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CATEGORY: main vocalists with honey-toned voices who can also absolutely devour a rock song [ pls use ear/headphones ! 🎧🙂‍↕️ ] left - dk (svt) | center - sungho (bnd) | right - youngjae (tws)

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Jihoon's message from a year ago read by Shinyu 🪼 2501022, Wednesday I feel like I've finally come full circle to where it all started after running nonstop. the result led me to this meaningful moment where I get to live streaming with 42s happily. back when I was a trainee, I had a lot of dreams. I used to tell myself, I should share the tips to nail an audition and things like that. but now, the hyungs are the ones who shared all that 😂😂😂😂 I'm so proud of youngjae hyung who already preparing 6 songs! 🦒 ... what is he saying? 🐶 so he was saying that to my future self as if I'm already prepping 6 songs in the future timeline. so he said, I'm proud of youngjae hyung who prepping 6 songs ahead. 🐹 come again? 🐶 so, he wrote it as if the youngjae hyung in the future is preparing 6 songs now. 🐺 6 songs? 🐶 yeah, anyway he was saying you've worked hard for preparing 6 songs ahead. something like that 🦒 hmmm 🐰 ah, so that's what he meant! 🐶 he's saying it to the future youngjae in his mind, thus the "youngjae hyung already prepping 6 songs" then he said, great work to him 🦒 okay then, onto the "now" part 🪼 now, to jihoon of the future! the greatest blessing in your life is the fact that you're here with the members by your side. as you know, you're the strongest when you're together with the other 5 members, right? so put the trust in yourself more this year. that way, I hope you can give more love to the members. I don't use the word "forever" a lot since it sounds too much like a fairytale to me. but, when it comes to tws—even when nothings left in this world, I feel like "forever" is still possible with them. I'm saying this for the members as well as for me who love them all. to shinyu hyung who started greeting me with honirifics until we got closer with each other. to youngjae hyung who always give the biggest and prettiest laugh at my words. to hanjin who prepared the monthly evaluation together with me. to kyungmin who come to me first and ask me to teach him dancing, and lastly, to my forever soulmate dohoon hyung. the moment I got to meet you all as my dream was taking shape made me the happiest I've ever been. I truly mean it. I'll keep dancing and singing for tws' sake this year as well. fighting. Jihoon-ah, you're doing great

𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙖

10,997 views • 6 months ago

CSS Tip! ✨ It's 2024 and you have a new way to make animated borders 🚀 .glow::after { offset-path: rect(0 100% 100% 0 round var(--radius)); animation: loop; } @​keyframes loop { to { offset-distance: 100%; }} Using the offset-* properties you can animate elements along the perimeter of others 😍 The rect() value gained support in Safari 17.2 🙌 To start, you create an element and put it inside your main element. For example, you put a span inside the button 🤙 Click me! Make the element fill its parent with absolute positioning and inset [data-glow] { position: absolute; inset: 0; } Now the good part, you use a pseudoelement on that element and define an offset-path [data-glow]::after { content: ""; offset-path: rect(0 auto auto 0 round var(--radius)); animation: loop 2.6s infinite linear; } With the rect value, you are saying the path fills the parent container: top: 0 right: auto || 100% bottom: auto || 100% left: 0 Then you can use round to make sure the path uses the same radius as whatever the parent has The @​keyframes animation merely animates the offset-distance of that pseudoelement to 100% @​keyframes loop { to { offset-distance: 100%; }} You can see this more clearly in the video 🫶 The offset-* properties also include an offset-anchor property. This allows you to dictate which point of the element follows the path. For example: anchor-offset: 100% 50%; This means that the "right, center" of the element will follow the perimeter of the parent element 🤙 Lastly, the visuals 🎨 For color, you can use a gradient such as a linear gradient to fill the pseudo-element. [data-glow]::after { background: radial-gradient( circle at right, hsl(320 90% 100%), transparent 50% ); } Then clip away everything so you only have the border and can still have translucent backgrounds, etc. Use a mask with mask-composite ✨ A little transparent border trick: [data-glow] { border: 2px solid transparent; mask: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), linear-gradient(white, white); mask-clip: padding-box, border-box; mask-composite: intersect; } Bit of a long one. Hope you find it useful 🙏 CodePen.IO link below 👇

jhey ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

283,498 views • 2 years ago

🇮🇪GOD. FAMILY. COUNTRY🇮🇪 The reception we got in Letterkenny today was absolutely phenomenal🇮🇪 Laughter. Hugs. Handshakes. Music. Song & nothing but love of one another & our sacred & beloved country🇮🇪 Huge Thank you to Maria Mc Menmain Truth For FREEDOM 🇮🇪 Kim & all of the organisers it was such a wonderful & uplifting day🇮🇪 Harness this energy & support ALL Irish communities who are suffering because of forced illegal Mass migration going forward🇮🇪 If a rally is called utilise the crowd on the day & take it to the doors of plantation pushers in whatever area we visit. Use our constitutionally protected right of peaceful assembly & go & let these scumbags neighbours know exactly what they are living beside🇮🇪 DIRECT ACTION is the only way. Ten people with the right message outside their place of residence with a loud speaker & make these sell out traitors feel as uncomfortable as they have made us in our own communities because of their disgusting greed. It can & has had a greater effect than 10'000 people marching the streets🇮🇪 Well done everyone today. It was an absolute pleasure & an honour to meet so many wonderful Irish Men & Women🇮🇪🤝🇮🇪 We also SANG A SONG FOR IRELAND 🎶Well done Jacqui🎶💚🤍🧡 Enjoy the rest of your weekend🇮🇪 God bless you all🙌🇮🇪 éiReGoBragh🇮🇪 Credit video The Irish Zone 🇮🇪 🦌 Thank you very much my brother🇮🇪🤝🇮🇪

Fergus (Ferg) Power

44,005 views • 1 year ago

I'm using macOS for more than 14 years now, in a single laptop screen setup with lots of windows open, and I'm using macOS spaces everyday to organize my windows. Switching between spaces is easy: I hit CTRL+arrow left/right, it takes no time. What takes time however, is this macOS-native transition animation that takes a bit less than 1 second, for every single space switch. I've checked everywhere in macOS settings, asked friends with the same problem, and there's just no setting to disable this effect (even with Reduced Motion ON in Accessibility settings). This UX choice from Apple alone costs me days of my time every year, as I'm working non-stop on my SaaS business for 10h a day 5-6 days a week (Crisp for those who know about it!). I calculated that with my daily use of macOS spaces, in 6 months I'd perform 100,000 switches, which costs me the same in seconds waiting for the transition to complete. This represents almost 28 hours waiting. In 1 year, I'd have lost 2.4 days just... waiting! The Hack Fortunately, some other open-source projects discovered a hack not so long ago, which allows disabling the transition when switching spaces: it involves sending to the system a "fake" trackpad left/right swipe gesture that's faster than what's expected (faster than what a human can input via the Macbook's trackpad). Above some threshold, macOS just perform the space switch with absolutely no transition. A friend of mine, Yaël 🛸, made a quick prototype in Objective-C, and it magically worked! The Solution So, I asked my friend if we could make it a proper macOS app together, in a beautiful minimalist package, and he said yes! So, we launched Space Rabbit, a tiny 2MB fully native macOS app, that allows you to optimize macOS spaces for productivity! Space Rabbit is a full rewrite of the initial prototype in modern Swift, with a tray menu bar to configure the app, and a settings window, in a macOS app packaging. Space Rabbit can be downloaded right here: We just released V2 of the app last week, fixing a ton of little bugs, especially for dual screen setups. It's actively maintained to this day as it's my daily driver. The app is open-source: and will always be free, as it's helping improve our productivity in our daily Web Dev tasks for our main businesses. We'll be happy to implement more features from user requests, if you find this app useful and use it daily!

Valerian Saliou

200,765 views • 4 days ago

(talking about WISH's vocals) 🩷 : music critic, journalist Park Hee Ah 💚 : lyricist Jo Yoon Kyung (*participated in Sail Away, Feel The Beat) 🩷*saying she mentioned SHINee having different vocal tones on the previous episode* 🩷it's the same case for WISH. sion, riku, yushi, i'd say the three of them bring a 'key' (defining) tone? 💚like signature 🩷they have such a vocal tone. personally, if i were to say which one is the signature among them, i think it's yushi's voice. fans describe that as cotton candy voice. i think yushi is the one who creates the dreamy and loveable vibe of WISH so if i were to say one person's voice is the 'key' within WISH, i think it's yushi. 🩷as for sion and riku, people might have mixed opinions about their vocal tones but regardless, they're very clear about their roles in the group. i think they play the role of creating WISH's vibe. 💚i think jaehee's voice also plays a huge role in WISH. a voice that can blend with everything, doesn't stand out in any setting, and can bring in all those distinctive voices together as one is needed. 🩷that's absolutely essential 💚i think jaehee's vocal is doing a really good job on that role. that's why the newsletter you published back then was really relatable. 🩷what i wanted to talk about in the newsletter was, he's a member who got through in survival mode right. he's someone who made his debut through NCT in a short time, giving up all the life he used to have, transitioned into the job very quickly. 💚that's right 🩷but i believe someone like that has their own efforts they put to survive and to be honest, seeing their efforts could also kinda inspire people like us. that's why i wanted to describe that jaehee's voice is rather versatile? 💚what a nice word 🩷there are so many different kinds of ballads right. but he's someone who can pull off any of all those ballads, no matter the style. i thought it'd be too tonal for dance songs but after listening to Ode to Love this time, i find the parts where that tonal quality really shines stand out so. 💚right. i think he'll be releasing his solo album someday. 🩷that's right ×2 💚i want to hear it soon! he's the member i have very high expectations for 💚when i come across a member with a very good vocal, i'd feel like listening to a whole story full of this person's voice entirely through a song. i think i've been feeling this a lot in jaehee's vocal lately. 🩷oh i couldn't agree more 🩷he's someone who can comfortably pull off many genres. i watched the one he was on KOMS back then and he didn't come across as struggling that much. i'm sure he was putting in a lot of effort but the fact that he could make it look effortless is an incredible ability. 💚that's right 🩷so in that sense, it's too early for jaehee's solo album but regardless, it's worth looking forward to. 🩷it's my first time seeing a main vocal improves in dancing to that extent so i (think) highly of him in that regard 💚that's right. there's the word 'growth trend' you know. 🩷in the article i wrote, when i talked about that jaehee was the one who fits the keyword 'growth' the most in WISH, i meant it in that context so.

chris🍀 | 정祐천乐ᴺᶜᵀ

54,816 views • 1 month ago

I had the thrill of a lifetime getting to sing backup for Monte Warden at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday. I feel like I've been floating for days. My husband and I have been huge fans of Monte -- an absolute Texas legend -- for years. He has two great bands -- the Wagoneers and The Dangerous Few. We've seen both at their Austin residencies (at the famous Broken Spoke and Parker Jazz Club, respectively) and in other locales. I got to be backstage last year when he performed solo at the Opry. It's weird to have an inanimate object give off such an energy as the Opry stage does. Everyone who matters has sung from there and you can totally feel that. The crowd on Saturday night was AWESOME. They were there to have fun and be entertained and had a great energy also. It was the anniversary of Elvis's death so Monte sang the two songs Elvis performed at the Opry in 1954 -- Blue Moon of Kentucky and That's All Right. Elvis received a famously tough reception, with the crowd thinking he was way too rock n' roll for a country music stage. As he left the stage, one guy told him he should probably just go back to Memphis and keep driving a truck. He would never perform there again. Monte told the crowd he hoped for a better reception and boy did they provide. Monte also performed a spiritual he wrote with his beautiful wife Brandi (who also sang BGV and is one of my favorite people on earth) called Steadfast Love. And we got to sing back up on that as well. Legends T. Graham Brown and Don Schlitz played that night as did newer artists Jordan Davis and Kylie Morgan -- it was so fun to meet them and watch them from backstage. Also this absolutely phenomenal bluegrass kid named Wyatt Ellis. We got ready in Porter Wagoner's old dressing room, decorated with photos of his career and some of his famous garb. Monte joked that night to the crowd that if you ever get the opportunity to perform at the Opry, you should do so. I COULD NOT agree more. Here's a bit of us singing Steadfast Love.

Mollie

197,123 views • 11 months ago

MAGIC VIBES WITH EMIBONNIE #GMMTV2026 #EmiBonnie 🦊: The name of our series next year is "Moon Shadow". 🎤: How is it? Tell us abt it. 🐰: It's a relationship that's a bit of a love triangle. There's another character named "Jay" who is P'Film's character. The story is that P'Chan– 🦊: I play the role of Chan, who is a bar owner. 🐰: And I'm Key, a singer who applies to be a singer at the bar. 🦊: And my character asks, "Are you here just to sing?" 🎤: And what do you want her to do? Pls answer, pls answer. 🦊: We answered in the way you saw just now (in the pilot) that she's not just there to sing. 🐰: She's not just there to sing, 'kay? She's there for other things too. 🦊: Yeah, it's a relationship like a one night stand between P'Chan and N'Key. 🐰: But she doesn't want just one night. 🦊: She doesn't want it to be temporary, right? 🐰: She wants it to be forever. 🦊: She wants to stay overnight forever.* 🐰: But P'Chan has a lingering bond. 🦊: That is N'Film. N'Film stars as my ex girlfriend. 🐰: You can tell what her type is. 🦊: She has an ex who she hasn't been able to forget. There are still ties between them. 🎤: And what are you going to use to fight against that, Bonnie? 🐰: I'm good at giving affection and pleasing ppl. 🦊: She's very good at giving affection and being attentive. 🐰: So that's what I have to use to fight. 🦊: She doesn't stop fighting, she doesn't back down. 🐰: Well, is she as good at being attentive as me? 🦊: You'll have to see in the series whether she's good at being attentive and affectionate. 🎤: Is it hard to choose? 🐰: Yeah, is it? 🦊: There are options, aren't there? Each of them has different good qualities. 🐰: Hey, what does that mean? 🦊: They have their own good qualities. One of them is an ex, well, why are they an ex? 🐰: Favourite ex? 🦊: Nooo~ 🦊: There has to be a reason why they're an ex, right? 🐰: But they're a favourite? 🦊: 😂 🐰: A favourite ex. 🎤: Let's save the family problems for later 😆 🐰: Okay okay. 🦊: Well, honestly, I don't know yet how much of a favourite she is, but she might be, bc as soon as she appeared, even though she'd been gone for a long time, my heart still fluttered again. 🐰: 😐 🎤: And Film's eyes were something too. 🐰: They were something. I just touched her piano, and she was like, "Don't touch it!" 🦊: Yeah. 🐰: Can't touch her ex's gift at all. 🦊: The piano is something that I and N'Jay bought together, she bought it for me and we played it together all this time, and Key suddenly touched it. 🐰: See? That means she hasn't forgotten her ex. But I'm good at pleasing ppl, right? 🦊: Anything that's from the past, there are reasons why they're in the past. 🎤: And the ex is the past? 🦊: Yeah, the past is the past, the present is the present, and the future is– 🐰: Me, I'm your future. 🎤: 🤭 🦊: Well. Yes. 🎤: So you've matured in this series. 🦊: Yeah, we've matured in this series. 🐰: We've grown multiple steps. 🦊: Bonnie really matured a lot. 🐰: Yeah, it's the first series that's super spicy. 🦊: Pls stay tuned for whether the relationship between the three of us is going to be temporary, overnight, or forever. 🐰: The three of us? 🦊: Oh! Two of us, two of us. Sorry, I misspoke. 🐰: Three is fine. Sure. 🦊: Two ppl, but the relationship between the three of us. Three of us. 🐰: How it will turn out. 🦊: And pls check out the song that we sang in the trailer. It was us singing. 🐰: It's the song "ชั่วคราวหรือค้างคืนตลอดไป (Temporary or Overnight Forever)". 🦊: "ชั่วคราวหรือค้างคืนตลอดไป (Temporary or Overnight Forever)" by P'Mai Charoenpura (and Nueng Narongvit). 🐰: I'm not sure when they'll release it. 🎤: You're singers, can you sing it now. 🦊: Now? 🐰: (sings immediately, love her) 🦊: (sings too, touches Bonnie's chin for absolutely no reason) 🐰: She's playing an MV too. 🦊: (continues singing) [continued in replies]

K-bab

140,021 views • 8 months ago

260726 hao’s ending ment eng translation #장하오 including thanking the audience, yh is bankrupt, and thanking staff and family members in korean you’ve worked hard for 10 shows 🫳🏼🫳🏼 — 🐼: firstly i have to thank everyone, for giving so much support during these two days 🐼: because as everyone knows, for us this time, we had quite a lot of pressure 🐼: because immediately after debuting, we held these many showcase [concerts] 🐼: so we are really thankful to everyone too 🐼: because right after debuting — because everyone came [to the concert] with the attitude of supporting us, 🐼: not knowing ‘how could we hold a concert with only 5 songs?!’ 🐼: so everyone came because you love and2ble— 🐼: —right? 🐼: so in order to respond to this call of love for us, 🐼: we have to give you, to be worthy for you to come and give us love, 🐼: so we must repay it to everyone 🐼: just, (i) hope that you’ve received our love back in return 🐼: did you receive it? 🗣️: we did!! 🐼: right, (we) want everyone to walk out and be able to say proudly, ‘i’m a fan of and2ble’ 🐼: and also just today, backstage just now, 🐼: *listening to his in ear* 🐼: can i not say it..? definitely — 🐼: anyways, there will be a name soon, [for] everyone 🥳🥳🥳🥳 🐼: soon soon, soon there will be a name 🐼: who cares, it’s not like this is a secret that can’t be said 🐼: just there will be a name soon 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🐼: so everyone 👍🏼 you guys are really amazing 🐼: because everyone is just too amazing (we/i) want to give you a namesake/identity soon 🐼: right 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ 🐼: really thank you guys 🐼: and this time, special thank you to our company, who continuously listens to our suggestions 🗣️: ITS BANKRUPT ITS BANKRUPT 🐼: AND! ✋🏼 WHILE WE’RE HERE 🐼: I’m gonna play what is played here 🐼: as in, let’s all thank yuehua together!!!!! 🗣️: it’s bankrupt~~ yuehua is bankrupt~~~ 🐼: 👏🏼👏🏼 thank you yuehua 🗣️🗣️ 🗣️: ITS ~GOING~ BANKRUPT 🐼: 😆😭😭😭😭😭😆😭 🐼: ✋🏼 no— nobody translate it to korean for them to hear 🐼: it’s only a secret between us our little secret ~ 🤫 🗣️: it’s bankrupt 🐼: okay, next i’ll use korean— 🐼: (krn) we are really thankful for the people at our company, 🐼: our staff members from all teams, our performance team, 🐼: listening to our opinions, 🐼: trying their best to fulfill everything that we wanted to do 🐼: and all the family members of our members too, 🐼: always cheering us on, following behind us, supporting us from behind, i wanted to say thank you 🐼: thank you~~ i’ll take care of them well for you~ our members 🐼: i’ll take even more care of them 🐼: and to our fans — we will do our best to quickly prepare even better music and even better stages to show everyone 🐼: everyone must wait for us well, okay? 🗣️: OKAYYY 🐼: 🗣️🗣️ I LOVE YOU ALL 🫶🏼🫶🏼

햇빛

16,565 views • 14 days ago

💣 FBI agents, Muslims blast Zohran Mamdani's embrace of radical imam as 'foolish' and 'dangerous' 🔗 Read my new Fox News article here: 💣 I don't know if you remember the first World Trade Center attack. I do. It was Feb. 26, 1993, and across from the offices of the Wall Street Journal, where I worked in the Washington, D.C., bureau, a man attempted to blow up the World Trade Center towers. 💣 Sound familiar? 💣 It was the same plot -- but by ground -- that was "successful" on Sept. 11, 2001. 💣 Why does it matter today? 🕌 Because New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Friday embraced an imam, Siraj Wahhaj, who served as a CHARACTER WITNESS for Omar Abdel Rahman, the so-called "Blind Sheikh -- who lectured at Wahhaj's Brooklyn mosque, Masjid Al-Taqwa while plotting the 1993 scheme that murdered six innocents and injured 1,042 civilians at the World Trade Center. 🕌 On Friday, Mamdani walked into that same mosque in Brooklyn and embraced Wahhaj, posting a photo with both men's arms around each other, beaming, and he shared this message: "Today at Masjid At-Taqwa [sic], I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community." 🕶️ Two retired FBI agents who investigated the 1993 World Trade Center bombing are questioning Mamdani's embrace of Wahhaj, who has also raised legal defense funds for convicted terrorists. 🕶️ One of the retired FBI agents, Frank Pellegrino told me “Either he doesn’t know who Wahhaj is or he doesn’t care. Whichever it is, Mamdani looks foolish.” 🕶️ The other retired FBI agent, John Anticev, the FBI’s lead case agent on the 1993 attack, echoed the concern, telling me: “Everybody in politics should be aware of the people whose endorsement they’re getting. Imam Siraj Wahhaj has endorsed a radical agenda.” ❓Why should we pay attention to these retired agents? 💣 For decades, these agents have chased extremists around the world. I know Frank Pellegrino because he tried to arrest Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his involvement in the 1993 WTC attack but Qatari officials tipped him off. It was KSM's NEPHEW, using the pseudonym "Ramzi Yousef," who blew up a rented car below Tower One. 💣 Here were the demands that Ramzi Yousef sent to the New York Times in a letter: 1 – "Stop all military, economical, and political aid to Israel." 2 – "All diplomatic relations with Israel must stop." 3 – "Not to interfere with any of the Middle East countries interior affairs." 💣 Sound familiar? They're the same demands of Mamdani's Students for Justice in Palestine National Students for Justice in Palestine and DSA. 💣 KSM escaped Qatar to be able to plot from Pakistan a second attack on the World Trade Center -- the 9/11 attack -- and then months later in 2002 behead my friend and Wall Street Journal colleague, Daniel Pearl. 💣 Frank Pelligrino interviewed KSM in Guantanamo where he confessed to murdering Danny with his "blessed right hand." ❓ Why does all this matter today? 💣 Let me say this point of fact again: Siraj Wahhaj served as a CHARACTER WITNESS for the Blind Sheikh. He has also raised funds for Aafia Siddiqui (“Lady Al Qaeda”), called America “a garbage can,” and once urged U.S. Muslims to “elect our own emir.” He’s preached that democracy can be used as “a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.” 📹 Watch the video I'm sharing see the ideology of islamism, or political Islam, that Siraj Wahhaj embraces -- and now hopes to see realized with his endorsement of Mamdani. ❓ What do Muslims who reject Wahhaj's interpretation of political Islam, or Islamism, say? In my article, I interview Muslims who reject this interpretation of Islam, and they, too, blast Mamdani for this alliance with an Islamist interpretation of their faith. This is what they say... 🔹 Dalia Ziada - داليا زيادة, Washington, D.C., coordinator and research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy ISGAP, says: “By embracing Wahhaj, Mamdani is sidelining moderate Muslims and normalizing extremist ideology.” 🔹 Soraya Deen Soraya M. Deen, MA, founder of the Muslim Women Speakers Movement and cofounder of CLARITyCoalition, says: “It’s dangerous for America and for Muslims.” 🔹 In the mosque photo, no women appear — because Wahhaj bans them from praying in the main hall, promoting an interpretation of Islam that women tempt men. “Despite the gender jihad women face worldwide, Mamdani poses with the men suppressing women’s rights,” said Deen. 🔹 M. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, says: “There’s nothing more clarifying about Zohran Mamdani’s danger than his friendship with known anti-American jihadi Imam Siraj Wahhaj....It tells you everything you need to know.” 🔗to the 1993 bombing court case files, including Siraj Wahhaj's defense of the Blind Sheikh and his admission to raising legal defense money for another man involved in the 1993 bombing, El Sayyid Nosair. You'll see the prosecutor's letter that Siraj Wahhaj "may" be an unindicted coconspirator because of his ties to the men behind the WTC attack; he wasn't prosecuted but he was on the radar of law enforcement officials for his close ties to the "Blind Sheikh" and his coconspirators:

Asra Nomani

20,083 views • 9 months ago

Her water melon exploded in her kitchen, in Nigeria not overseas. And that’s not even the distressing part…it’s the look of what she bought as “water melon,” that would traumatize you. Check it out for yourself. See, many of us think the issue of GMOs is a matter of trends - so we talk about it only when it’s a trending topic. Mo, it’s is a matter of life and death and must be treated with a heightened sense of urgency. It’s a topic that should never stop trending till the hazard ⚠️ is removed. People are already slowing down with their campaign against GMOs because they’re no longer hearing anyone promote them. But this is wrong. The last time we slowed down, they quietly creeped into our villages and corrupted/deceived more farmers and got them on their side. Before we said Jack, their products weee everywhere, which then gave them the impetus to buy some influencers for their PR, which we have now shut down. If we slow down again, by the time we realize it, every single food our people eat in Nigeria will be GMOs. Make it a point of duty to post on GMOs every week if you can’t do it everyday. We must not let them rest. Those of you who can take action - simple action of re-educating farmers in your communities, please do it. We also need to start buying or mustering up organic seeds wherever they may be found. We need to start storing and preserving or planting them. I’ve been talking about this because the end game is to outlaw the use of organic seeds, if we let them. If we do a good job with our farmers reorientation program across Nigeria, there will eventually be farmlands we need to destroy completely with the consent of the farmers who had been deceived and reorientated. If we know such farmers, we can help them transition. Some farmer in Northern Nigeria must have been deceived into growing the so called “water melon” in this video. They were not imported. They’re in the midst of our people in Nigeria. Imagine how many more are out there in the markets. Our people are in serious trouble. Immune systems are gonna start crumbling left right and center, ahead of their planned next pandemic, which they say could happen between 2026/2027. We are literally like sheep being walked to the slaughter. We have got to wake up en masse, Africa! Nigeria! Wake up!

J. C. Okechukwu

160,631 views • 11 months ago

This is a fascinating video that I think will surprise a lot of people because it highlights the extent to which the political scene evolved in France. Le Pen - the father - was actually very pro-Iran and pro-Palestinian. As you can see in this video - dated from 2009 - he was invited by the Zahra center (a pro-Iran lobby group that's since been shut down by the French authorities: to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Le Pen describes himself as a committed "friend of Iran" because he always "sided with free nations that do not accept the diktat of other countries." He even supported the Iranian nuclear industry, saying that "Iran has the same rights as any other country in the world and if there are voices hostile to nuclear weapons they must start first by disarming those who acquired them, often secretly, in total violation of UN rules" (meaning, of course, Israel). He also said he "breathed a huge sigh of relief" that Bush didn't attack Iran. On Gaza (there was yet another Gaza conflict in 2009) he said he "was shocked to see that the great silence of world opinion, and even of Arab and Muslim opinion, when this small country was crushed," describing it as "a real concentration camp." Fair disclaimer: these views had nothing to do with anything even resembling a progressive embrace of Muslims or multiculturalism. The man was virulently anti-immigration and hostile to multiculturalism at home. It's hard to understand today because hating foreigners at home now somehow requires hating them abroad too - but back then, "Muslims out of France, long live Iran" could make sense. And funnily, in France and much of the West, Jean-Marie Le Pen's foreign policy views (not the domestic ones) are now firmly associated with the far left. Heck in France's case they're too extreme for even Mélenchon's LFI party to embrace: even they are calling Iran a "theocratic and predatory regime", and are siding with the protesters ( As for Le Pen's party today, led by his daughter, these views are basically everything they now stand AGAINST: today they're firmly pro-Israel, framing it as a civilizational ally against Islamism. When Le Pen - the father - spoke of his fear of Iran being attacked by the Americans, his party under his daughter are now openly cheering for it. Marine Le Pen said, after the June strikes on Iran: "The strikes that aim to specifically destroy Iranian nuclear sites must be applauded. One can only rejoice that this Islamist dictatorship, which has threatened Israel on multiple occasions, does not obtain nuclear weapons" ( Basically celebrating precisely what her father said he "breathed a huge sigh of relief" didn't happen under Bush. This is what's most striking about this video. As we live through politics day to day, we often fail to notice the changes - but when you step back, you can see the absolutely seismic shift in the political landscape in just one generation.

Arnaud Bertrand

140,763 views • 6 months ago

Continuing in my series of showing you the Woke Right's meltdown about talking with Jordan Peterson about Woke, thus them, I bring you some clips from Blaze Media propagandist "Auron MacIntyre." These require more analysis because unlike Carl Benjamin, Auron MacIntyre is a relatively skilled propagandist. So in this clip Auron begins by mocking Peterson and me for allegedly not understanding the slang term "based" (which is demonstrably false, btw -- I've detailed its history and uses elsewhere -- a typical sort of lie a propagandist tells). He mocks us as being out-of-touch old people ("old man shakes fist at sky") for believing "based" should refer to being "based in reality," which it should, so a digression to reveal the malicious technique. The origin of the term "based" used by the Woke Right was from a rap song about freebasing cocaine, and it became slang for being bold and edgy and saying socially taboo things. In 2021, the conservative movement at large started picking it up, understanding it to mean "based in reality and principle and willing to say uncomfortable truths as such." The "willing to say uncomfortable [things]" in both cases is where the confusion lies because it can be done two ways: responsibly (truths) or irresponsibly (edgy transgression). This is basically my point with bringing it up with Peterson. Setting aside the digression of whether we want a term associated with being the opposite of Woke to mean "based in reality and principle" or "high on ideological cocaine," Auron is particularly keen within the first few moments of speaking (~1 min) to drive the old versus young wedge that the Woke Right is so keen on pushing. Just like the Bernie Bros of 10 years ago, they want to invest their movement with "Ok Boomer" energy and cause a generational split. Historically, this is Red Guard behavior, which is cultural Maoism, which is... where Woke comes from in the specific sense we're familiar with and hate. So, he's being Woke in a particularly damaging and dangerous way. So using the classic Jon Stewart (Woke) trick of opening with mockery to create an atmosphere of humor that discredits his targets (Peterson and me) particularly with a target audience (young radicalizing right-wing) that he signals alignment of, he steps into his "analysis" by accusing me of a "pivot." Spoiler: I have not and never pivoted, and that's why they're pissed off at me. I didn't go along with THEIR pivot, which has been unfolding for a couple of years (particularly at the Blaze, since Glenn Beck retired and they hired a bunch of "Schmittians," including Auron) and went on steroids last fall in the lead-up to the election. His specific accusation that he's accusing me of is claiming that I said "the Left wanted to get rid of all racism, so these guys [Woke Right] want to bring back all the racism." This isn't my claim, but it will happen to some degree and is happening. Auron is creating plausible deniability around that here, but what was my actual claim? My claim was that Woke on both sides is characterized by the transgression of mainstream norms using the opposite side's radicals as the justification. The Woke Left transgressed against the term "racism" and successful and majority races with CRT by expanding the definition and reversing the classic racism "directions" under roughly Ibram Kendi's "antiracist" program of ending discrimination by discriminating. They did this in the name of "stopping racism," which they associated with the "far right" and claimed was endemic through all of society. It was society's norm of identifying actual racism correctly and not being racist in any direction they were actually targeting. The Woke Right transgresses against this same norm the other direction ("same energy, opposite direction") by leaning into racism in "based" defiance of the Left and CRT norms. They're violating a lot of taboos the mainstream depends on in the process, like not being racist, on justifications like "if every other group gets to be racist/tribal, we have to too for self-defense," which they're actually arguing pretty widely. The point is that both Woke groups are transgressing against norms against racism in different ways. Same energy, opposite direction. Auron directs his audience away from this point and builds a strawman that he can press into the train of mockery he already started. But what he actually does is shifts to make out that my real point is that "the most important issue we have to care about in society is racism," trying to place me in the CRT/Leftist camp, which I'm literally actually opposing in the clip he's commenting on (and that I've done more to oppose than anyone in the world, without any doubt to anyone familiar with my work for the last seven or eight years). He uses this straw man to lump together "center left, classical liberals, IDW" and to say we're "revealing ourselves" effectively as crypto-Leftists, which the portion of the clip of me that he played (aside from all my previous work) directly refutes. "Their religion," Auron opines, "is still antiracism." [So does he mean like being not-racist, like we actually are (not religiously), or like Kendi means it? Has he accepted Kendi's framing that there's only "racist" and "antiracist" and then tried to project that onto people who want to be not racist? Sure looks like it.] "James Lindsay, as much as he's against it, as much as he's written against it, as much as he's claimed to want to expose it, ultimately, he doesn't disagree with 'antiracism' as the core religion of the United States." That's a pretty astonishing sentence in its calculated falseness, and we have every reason to believe it was made deliberately and maliciously (Auron has a very long track record of precisely this behavior). The effect is to flatten all "center left" and "classical liberals," along with me and my work specifically, into a kind of crypto-CRT "religious" belief in an effort to discredit us and name us part of the problem (the "dialectical flattening"/psychopathic splitting I also discussed with Peterson comes to mind here, for those who saw the whole show). He aims to treat different things as though they're the same thing (Woke context and language blurring) in order to cast us as secretly in alignment with Kendi and the rest of CRT. "He, he, he thinks that that ['antiracism'] should be the 'civic religion' of the United States." No, I don't. This is called lying. It's also mind reading through secret (Gnostic) interpretation of hidden clues in my language and work that reveal that I mean the exact opposite of what I'm consistently saying. "He just doesn't like the extreme version of it." Still lying, but trying to make it sound more plausible. "He's like a moderate jihadist. Ok, he wants moderate jihad. M-m-moderate Sharia. That's what James Lindsay demands." So beyond being ridiculous and defamatory that's a really weird association to make, but it should be obvious why he's making it. The game is to discredit me through mockery and association with things his audience already doesn't like. Also, the Iron Law of Woke Projection never misses.... The Woke Right holds to a "No Enemies to the Right" policy of extremism, and I do not. Mockingly pretending his speaking my voice: "Ok, I still want Sharia Law. I still want a woman beaten if she's walking outside alone. I- You, you know, u-use a small rod instead of, like, you know, a large stick. That's kinda James Lindsay's stance on this, right?" No, "Auron," not right. "So, so he still wants racism to be, like, the central concern of the United States; it just needs to have a more reasonable definition. Stop looking at the [Woke examples] of racism; just go back to the good old 'antiracism' that we used to have." It's called being not racist, which reveals what "Auron" is really arguing for, as with his take on "based" at the start of the clip (he wants transgressive ideological high on cocaine, not based in reality and principle and courageous enough to stand for them). He has completed his straw man, erected him, and is showing the audience Straw James for mockery and rejection. "The problem for James is that the entire reason you [sic] got there is that there's a gradient to the logic [so it's all 'antiracism' on a slippery slope -- dialectical splitting again]." "Auron" is explaining here yet again that "liberalism," which he is deliberately unclear about, is just another manifestation of Communism, a quieter, more moderate crypto-Communism (or, specifically Race Marxism, here). This bit of propagandizing depends on the fact that his audience uses the word "liberal" inaccurately and blends together many things including classical liberalism, traditional liberalism, European social and economic liberalism, neoliberalism, progressivism, socialism, Marxism, and Communism for a lot of bad reasons that are too much to cover here. The point is that as a propagandist, he's not just relying upon this lack of clarity and exploiting it, he's also deliberately sowing more confusion in the name of clarity (...disguised as an angel of light, since his stream is all about Lucifer anyway), deliberately and maliciously. "Again, you'll notice that he wants those 'liberal' norms [not being racist] back, but what James never admits, what James never makes clear, is that the 'liberal' norms got him Wokeness." If I thought this was true, I would have said it. I'm not hiding anything. I just think it's completely false and have dedicated an insane amount of effort into making it clear for people around the world. Maybe "Auron" should listen to any of the hundreds of talks, lectures, or podcasts in which I quoted directly from the book Critical Race Theory: An Introduction where the authors (Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic) explicitly state that one of the reasons Critical Race Theory exists is to attack "Enlightenment liberalism" (just like the Woke Right does!). Much of the writing in Critical Race Theory is explicitly, and at length, a criticism and rejection of liberalism and liberal norms in favor of completely different radical ones. If "Auron" did that, though, he'd risk exposing that Woke Right shares this in common with CRT while liberals do not. "The liberal obsession with equality, the liberal obsession with racism, is what brought you to Wokeness." This is a few misarticuated truths married to a lot of lies (that is, propaganda). It's a lot to unpack. Liberalism means equality before the law, not everyone is literally equal. CRT attacks liberalism exactly the same way, consider Robin DiAngelo's book titled Is Everyone Really Equal? As documented, say by Shelby Steele in White Guilt, it is true that the values of American equality and the circumstances of the Civil Rights Movement were hijacked by Race Marxists to open the door to the CRT racial dialectic, but that's not liberalism being obsessed with race or bringing us Woke. That's Communists exploiting people with certain sensibilities. That is, this is propaganda. This is already extremely long, and the rest devolves into him talking about ethnic hatred instead of "racism." I guess he needs more politically correct terms for it, "as a Christian," he says. The only reason to mention it is how he ends it. "However, James wants a much, much broader definition of 'racism.' He wants a political definition of racism. He doesn't care about how you treat people one-to-one [remember, I'm the individualist here...], he cares about using that definition to cancel you, right? And that's the plan. That's the plan." It's really more of the same thing, but it bears mentioning because it's the completion of his malicious straw man. It's not only completely false but obviously false except outside of the Woke Right narrative that he also pushes that I only created the term "Woke Right" (again, I didn't create it at all) to cancel people, which is the narrative he needs to get people to believe. That's underscored by his repetition of "that's the plan." My objectives with naming the Woke Right were abundantly simple: name a dangerous phenomenon in the hopes that it can be identified and stopped. I would not like to see people cancelled, but I won't tolerate this bad behavior either, not for any rewards they might dangle or withdraw. I hope every one of them realizes they are acting "Woke" and backs off from it. We need all the help we can get in stopping the huge global effort to subvert us and steal our liberty. My verdict here? This is among the rankest of rank propaganda. The Blaze, if (and only if) it wants to be considered a serious outlet in any regard, should be ashamed to be associated with this guy and what he's doing. I can't really even say this, though, because in light of the straw man built about me throughout, they'll say this is a Woke accusation on my part too, and an attempt to cancel him, but it's just a simple, plain fact. Rank propaganda isn't reporting or even really commentary, and there's nothing respectable about it. For years I've made the point that there's a key difference between "cancellation" and "taking responsibility." Anyone can find ample evidence of this. Why did I do that? Because the Woke Left claimed that anything that identified their bad behavior in our institutions was an attempt to "cancel" them too. It's a Woke (and psychopathic) technique called DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Deny that you're doing anything wrong, attack the person who called you out, and make yourself out to be the victim of their "cancellation" attempt. Of course, adding this here will guarantee they'll howl with laughter as they yet again insist that's what I'm doing to them with this.

James Lindsay, anti-Communist

53,212 views • 1 year ago

Kim Sung-soo, Culture critic: The first trial verdict has been delivered. The first-instance ruling was a narrow and limited judgment, confined strictly within the wording of the contract itself. However, in the appellate court, the second trial, the approach is different. It does not rely solely on the contract’s text. The appellate court also examines legal principles, and within those principles, issues such as human rights that must be interpreted in conjunction. So, personally, I believe that in order to fully address this human rights issue, a constitutional petition is necessary… to examine whether the standard exclusive contract truly aligns with the Constitution. As it currently stands, the so-called “standard contract” is essentially a mock contract. It heavily reflects the company’s interests, while the artist’s position is barely represented. When the first standard contract was created, large entertainment companies, including SM, were actively involved and able to propose detailed input on its wording. However, individual idols had no real channel to express their opinions. At best, only a few idols who were already experiencing disadvantages managed to submit their feedback two or three months later, and even those limited opinions were all that ended up being reflected. This is precisely why a labor union or a proper artists’ agency system is necessary. Contracts should be written on the basis of equal relationships between the parties, and this is especially true for standard contracts. A “standard contract” should serve as a model that balances the interests of both sides, built through thorough study and negotiation between the concerned groups. But right now, the Ministry of Culture is operating entirely under the influence of those who hold the power. If you’re a government official at the Ministry of Culture and want to keep your position for a long time, whose interests do you think you’d cater to? The ordinary citizens who file complaints through the national petition system? Of course not... they don’t fear those people. To be blunt, what can an individual citizen do alone? That’s why associations or unions need to exist, only then will those in power start to listen. That’s exactly why webtoon artists formed a labor union. Their status as workers is much clearer. But idol trainees are different, who would even recognize them as “workers”? Because of that, idol trainees’ voices can’t be heard, and the result is a deeply one-sided standard contract. So, at the very least, experts who understand these structural issues need to be part of the discussion. But people like Kim Sung-soo weren’t even included. Then who can we say were the “experts” involved? If the people at the table are managers currently working in the field, do you think they’ll advocate for trainees’ rights? Of course not! When they negotiate their own contracts, they’ll naturally prioritize their own advantage. When a framework like this is created, if a politician or leader doesn’t fully understand the situation, it becomes all too easy to deceive that leader. What we’re trying to do now is prevent that kind of deception from happening again. In the appeal (second trial), it must be clearly demonstrated that the so-called “standard contract,” which was used as the basis for the first ruling, contains numerous toxic clauses, and that these clauses have in fact become the foundation for human-rights violations. On that basis, we must argue that NewJeans’ right to freedom should be recognized and protected. Right now, when you look at what’s being said about NewJeans, HYBE is spreading serious lies. It’s practically fraudulent. They claim, “We’re preparing everything after Min Hee-jin. Just like before, we’ll give NewJeans full support so they can focus entirely on their work... composers, choreographers, curators, everything.” But in reality, that’s nothing more than a façade. A repetition of the same deceptive pattern that led to this situation in the first place. They say things like, “We’ll give you all the support you need so you can focus entirely on your work. We’ve already prepared everything... composers, choreographers, curators, all of it. We’ve gathered the best creators in Korea, the best production teams in the world. So don’t worry and just come back.” That’s the nonsense they’re spouting. But think about it... how can someone who doesn’t even understand NewJeans’ concept possibly create work that preserves what makes NewJeans unique? What we’re dealing with here is art... popular art, yes, but still art. Even though it’s sold commercially as a product, that product’s concept and creativity are absolutely essential. Without a clear and distinctive creative identity, you die in this industry. Each individual song might be good... in fact, in K-pop, there are hardly any “bad songs.” But what matters isn’t just whether a song is good... it’s whether the concept and artistry are cohesive, fresh, and differentiated. Yet so many people say things like, “That song’s weak,” or “It doesn’t suit my taste,” as if their personal preference determines artistic quality. That’s not understanding art! That’s just surface-level criticism. But if you really evaluate it objectively, that’s not because the songs themselves are weak. It’s because the artists can’t fully embody them, or because the songs don’t fit their concept or identity. That’s why it doesn’t work. Take, for example, Cho Yong-pil, the legendary “King of Singers.” He once sang “Because I Loved You” because he truly loved that song. You’d think that if Cho Yong-pil sang it, it would automatically be a hit, right? But it wasn’, the version that succeeded was Yoo Jae-ha’s. Do you know why? Cho Yong-pil admired that song deeply, but his vocal style, that vibrato, that forward, resonant tone, simply didn’t suit the song. This is what people need to understand. Does Minister Choi Il-young at the Ministry of Culture even grasp something like that? Let’s put it bluntly: when Samsung Electronics produces high-yield semiconductors, they’ll sell anywhere. If the yield rate is high and performance is good, that’s all that matters. But art doesn’t work that way. Only the person who can truly embody and interpret the work can make it shine to its fullest. That’s why Andrew Lloyd Webber searched so meticulously for the actor who could produce the exact sound he wanted for The Phantom of the Opera. It’s not just about technical skill, it’s about artistic compatibility and interpretation. He even married her. Why do you think that was... because he was a playboy? No. It was because of artistic connection and understanding. So, to sum it up: NewJeans must break free from HYBE. If they continue working with the people HYBE is currently talking about, the essence and identity of NewJeans will disappear. NewJeans will become ordinary. And when that happens, people will say, “See? NewJeans wasted over a year being gaslighted during such a critical time, and now they’ve missed their moment. Serves them right.” HYBE will spread that narrative through their underlings, shaping public opinion in their favor. After that, they’ll probably go on to file a claim for damages, following the same predictable playbook. Are we just supposed to stand by and watch this happen? It’s infuriating. But I’ll do my best to stay calm and composed. Sorry... I got a bit carried away while saying goodbye. It’s just so frustrating. Alright, let’s say our goodbyes together.

1tokki

105,361 views • 9 months ago

I've been thinking about what to say since the ending of the stream but I still have no words So I'll just let my heart guide my words As many as you know due to past tweets I've followed Sinder since even before she was Sinder back on her ASMR channel Tashi.mp3 Her videos helped me fall asleep at nights where my world was falling apart Even tho I couldn't watch every stream and most of the time I only could watch her tweets I always liked them and retweet them I couldn't buy merch or subscribe to her twitch like other pyro pups so that's the only way I had to show my support I once left her a reply with an old account of mine telling her that she has a bright future ahead of her And even with everything that has happened I still believe in those words I said Sinder is really strong and not only one of my oshis but also one of my role models, her kindness and gentle heart have inspired me into becoming the person I am today, I'm still far from being the best version of myself, there's still a lot more work that I need to do before I get to that point But I think that now I'm on the right path When all this started 5 months ago I made a promise to myself That If she doesn't give up on her dreams, then I would work harder than ever to achieve mine Today it's proof of that promise Sinder never gave up And even tho there's still a long road ahead until I can finally say that I achieved my dreams With each passing day I feel that I'm getting closer Even if it's just by millimeters I know most of you may have questions about me, like "Who are you?" "What made you create this page?" I promise to answer them in the future if everything goes well But until I kindly ask you to continue to walk this path with me Sinder is not giving up So neither will we The nightmare is over We hit rock bottom And that's why I know that from now on it's all uphill for us from here on out Let's keep moving forward Together -The Pyro Pup Center.

The Pyro Pup Center 🔥

81,548 views • 9 months ago

DOWNPLAY: Watch this ABC panel on Mamdani's attempted DSA hijacking of the NYC congressional delegation, which makes no mention of his endorsement against a sitting incumbent. JON KARL: All right, the roundtable is back. Uh. So Faiz, let me ask you about what we just heard before the break. Uh, from Mayor Mamdani, uh, saying that basically the Democratic Party needs backbone. Is the Democratic Party heading in his direction? Democratic socialists of America? I mean, we saw another DSA candidate win the primary here in DC. They got to the runoff in Los Angeles. Is that where the energy in the party is now? FAIZ SHAKIR: Yeah. And populist left candidates Graham Platner, Abdullah el-Sayed, a bunch of people who are doing very well right now. And the reason- well, you have to ask why, why are they doing so well? And part of the reason, what Mayor Mamdani is saying is you have to have an agenda. So we're living in a period of scarcity. Donald Trump is saying $132 billion for Iran. That's great. We should spend that. Instead, we can't have Medicare for All. We can't have- we have to cut Medicaid. We can't have affordable childcare in this country, got to cut food stamps, can't do anything about, um, decency of raising the minimum wage to a living wage. No, none of those things are possible, according to Trump. And according to most conservative, you know, center left and center right politicians- status quo-ism. And here you have a movement that is building support because saying, “here's an affirmative agenda of a vision that is improving the lives of working-class people in this country.” KARL: But, Donna, can that agenda win nationally? DONNA BRAZILE: Look, the affordability agenda has many voices. And at a time when the Democratic Party is still searching its way out of the 2024 campaign, I feel like every week we're in the coroner's office reviewing another autopsy. It's not just about your spine and your brain and your heart. It's about making sure that you have an agenda that inspires the American people. Whether you live in Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York, that, yeah, they may be moving in that direction, but most Democrats are pragmatic. They're centrist. They're also bold in their solution. They understand that Progressives want a voice within the party. But I don't believe that this- this so-called energy is going to carry us forward unless we can build coalitions and coalitions that can earn us the votes of the American people. KARL: Chris? CHRIS CHRISTIE: Um, look, this is fine. You know, in this post, uh, 2024 period, um, for the rise of folks like Mamdani, they have to show they can actually do the job. He's in the easy part right now. He gets to give speeches, he gets to wear a Knicks jersey. He gets to, you know, run a parade, which I was there, it was sketchy. Um, in terms of the way the city helped to run that. KARL: He's off to a pretty good start, though, isn't he? CHRISTIE: But Jon. KARL: I mean, even… CHRISTIE: He's off to a pretty good start. What does that mean? He has not yet accomplished any of what he talked about in his campaign.. KARL: Well, he’s been in office.. SHAKIR: Well, child care… CHRISTIE: …how do we.. how do we... SHAKIR: Child care expansion has occurred. Potholes are being fixed. Snow shoveling occurred. CHRISTIE: Oh, really? You’ve driven in New York? Potholes have been fixed? I know. of course, SHAKIR: I did. I did- just went there yesterday. CHRISTIE: Of course you haven’t. And that's why, you know, you want to believe the rhetoric the Mamdani people put out they’re fixing things. He hasn't done anything yet. I'm not saying he can't. He has not. So to say he's off to a good start means he hasn't thrown up in his shoes. Well, congratulations. That's a great thing. And he can run a rally for a team that wins the NBA championship. Great job. What he's saying right now is all rhetoric and no accomplishment. And I think what Democrats have to show, especially if they get Congress back this fall, is that they can accomplish some things. And the Sanders wing of the party has never shown that they can accomplish anything. Big speeches, no accomplishments. SHAKIR: There's a finger wag here going on of elites who say, “hey, look at these dumb people. Look at this. Mayor Mamdani not doing anything.” Look at the people of New York. What are they saying? His unpopularity has been increasing. Why? Just be curious about it. Why do regular working class New Yorkers, some people who voted against him are saying, hey, I like this guy. What's he doing? He wakes up every day with a sense of integrity, of saying, I'm going to improve your life. I'm focused on you. Yeah, I could be worried about Ken Griffin. I could be worried about private equity. I could be worried about Michael Bloomberg. But I'm worried about you. And I'm going to try to work on things. And you, you and I know like you've had a tough job as Mayor or Governor of New Jersey. It is hard to be a person in charge. And yet, while he does it with integrity, a desire to improve working class people, he's focused on the underdogs. And it’s working for him.

Jorge Bonilla

69,138 views • 1 month ago

The outrage surrounding NewJeans’ debut track “Cookie” is nothing more than a Western projection… a case study in cultural misunderstanding masquerading as moral activism. When the song was released, it sparked a wave of moral panic among Western fans who claimed the lyrics were “inappropriate” for underage idols. The discourse exploded across platforms like Twitter and Reddit, driven not by insight or cultural fluency, but by people interpreting Korean content through their own narrow frameworks. The result? Misinformed outrage based on assumptions rather than understanding. The irony, of course, is that none of this backlash originated in Korea… the country where the song was written, produced, performed, and broadcasted. Instead, it was outsiders projecting their own discomfort onto a cultural context they didn’t bother to learn… or didn’t care to. This mindset, the belief that one’s own cultural lens is the only valid one, is a dangerous form of ethnocentrism disguised as activism. It strips creators of their agency, flattens cultural nuance, and frames artists and producers as either ignorant or malicious, all without granting them the benefit of the doubt. But here’s the truth: in Korea, “Cookie” was never controversial. The phrase “baking a cookie” is understood locally as a metaphor for “burning a CD,” that is, making and sharing music. Both also share the same conceptual verb in Korean. It’s a playful reference to the group’s debut, offering fans something warm, fresh, and handmade. The OG ADOR even took the unusual step of publishing a formal explanation of this metaphor, specifically to clarify the misunderstanding for international fans. The intended meaning was clear to anyone familiar with the context, and in Korea, that includes everyone from fans to idols to media professionals. Yet, despite the facts, the outrage persisted, largely from people with no meaningful connection to Korean language or culture, but with endless confidence in their own assumptions. And here’s another layer of irony: in South Korea, a country far more conservative than most of the West, the song aired without issue. It was promoted on major music shows, performed by the group on national television, sung by other idols (including your faves), and treated as an innocent, catchy track. No parents’ groups protested. No broadcasters banned it. No regulatory body raised an eyebrow. If “Cookie” were truly as provocative as haters claimed, it never would have been allowed on air, certainly not sung by teenage idols on Korean public broadcasts. The real issue here isn’t “Cookie.” It’s the refusal of some Western fans to decenter themselves… to step back, listen, and learn. This isn’t to say that protecting minors doesn’t matter. It absolutely does. But projecting harmful interpretations onto a song that holds no such meaning in its original context isn’t protection… it’s distortion. And in many cases, it’s actually more exploitative than the thing being criticized. Korean fans, parents, producers, media regulators, and even fellow artists understood the metaphor. They understood the art, the intent, and the culture from which it came. The only real scandal is how arrogantly some outsiders dismissed all of that in favor of their own discomfort. You consume Korean pop music… the least you can do is make an effort to understand the culture it comes from. So ask yourself: are you really advocating for the artists? Or are you centering your own unease in a conversation that was never about you to begin with? Because if you were truly looking out for the girls, you wouldn’t be the same people who mock, shame, hate, and twist their words the moment they speak for themselves. This was never about them. It was always about you… your need to be morally superior, your hunger to impose your values and worldview, and your obsession with being right even if it means silencing the very voices you claim to defend. Let’s call it what it is: performative outrage with no cultural humility. And until that changes, the real harm won’t come from songs like “Cookie,”it’ll come from those who claim to “protect” without ever understanding what they’re protecting.

1tokki

31,761 views • 1 year ago