Heather Jochens
@heatherjochens.bsky.social
A walking disaster with a hot beverage in hand. Geek with way too many random facts to share. Still having weekly existential crises . 日本語まだ勉強中です。
Pinned
As I grow a record collection, I might pin and start a thread of all of the records I’ve got/gotten…
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The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Director: Samuel Fuller
While investigating the murder of a burlesque dancer, two Los Angeles detectives - A white American (Glenn Corbett) & an American of Japanese origin (James Shigeta), who are partners and also fought together in the war, (....)
Director: Samuel Fuller
While investigating the murder of a burlesque dancer, two Los Angeles detectives - A white American (Glenn Corbett) & an American of Japanese origin (James Shigeta), who are partners and also fought together in the war, (....)
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Director: Samuel Fuller
While investigating the murder of a burlesque dancer, two Los Angeles detectives - A white American (Glenn Corbett) & an American of Japanese origin (James Shigeta), who are partners and also fought together in the war, (....)
Director: Samuel Fuller
While investigating the murder of a burlesque dancer, two Los Angeles detectives - A white American (Glenn Corbett) & an American of Japanese origin (James Shigeta), who are partners and also fought together in the war, (....)
Cool. It’s still not a plan. You stupid ass mother fuckers don’t have a plan. You just want to get rid of the ACA and pretend that having a “free” choice to not have healthcare is the greatest thing the GOP can give Americans.
Oh but no worries! Women are great shoppers so that’s fine!
Fuck you
Oh but no worries! Women are great shoppers so that’s fine!
Fuck you
Sen. Roger Marshall on the Republican healthcare plan: "By the way, women make 80% of the healthcare decisions on where you're going to go. They're great shoppers."
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cool. It’s still not a plan. You stupid ass mother fuckers don’t have a plan. You just want to get rid of the ACA and pretend that having a “free” choice to not have healthcare is the greatest thing the GOP can give Americans.
Oh but no worries! Women are great shoppers so that’s fine!
Fuck you
Oh but no worries! Women are great shoppers so that’s fine!
Fuck you
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Lovely to be back in a sunny London to give a talk on my new book.
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Lovely to be back in a sunny London to give a talk on my new book.
It reminds me of the people who opine about how people don’t stay married like they used to without acknowledging the fact that most people—particularly women— did not have the choice to leave.
They’re literally finding different, un-romanticized ways to characterize that same phenomenon.
They’re literally finding different, un-romanticized ways to characterize that same phenomenon.
Saw a few articles over the past few weeks about how women are "quiet divorcing" their husbands by staying in their marriage but not engaging, like people being in relationships that aren't good for them is a new trend and not something that's been happening for the entirety of human existence.
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It reminds me of the people who opine about how people don’t stay married like they used to without acknowledging the fact that most people—particularly women— did not have the choice to leave.
They’re literally finding different, un-romanticized ways to characterize that same phenomenon.
They’re literally finding different, un-romanticized ways to characterize that same phenomenon.
Reposted by Heather Jochens
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In this week’s episode of the LRB podcast I speak with the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi about her new documentary, ‘Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk,’ a portrait of Fatma Hassona, a photographer in Gaza who was killed in an Israeli air strike on April 15. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Life and Death of a Photographer in Gaza
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 12/03/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In this week’s episode of the LRB podcast I speak with the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi about her new documentary, ‘Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk,’ a portrait of Fatma Hassona, a photographer in Gaza who was killed in an Israeli air strike on April 15. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“I see you shiver with antici……
Pation” *jazz sting*
Pation” *jazz sting*
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“I see you shiver with antici……
Pation” *jazz sting*
Pation” *jazz sting*
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Robert sits down with @margaret.bsky.social to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Robert sits down with @margaret.bsky.social to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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With the right personality and the right level of Japanese language proficiency, you'll quickly find that most Japanese people really aren't as "cold" and "distant" as the stereotypes would have you believe.
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
With the right personality and the right level of Japanese language proficiency, you'll quickly find that most Japanese people really aren't as "cold" and "distant" as the stereotypes would have you believe.
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Late 80s they were puttin Daredevil through the wringer
Classic Marvel Comics ad #Daredevul
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Late 80s they were puttin Daredevil through the wringer
The hwhat…??
Please impart to me the legend of "banana cocaine lady"
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The hwhat…??
Update: she’s watching Return of the King today and I heard the music that plays when Sam says he cannot carry the burden for Frodo… but he can carry him. 😭😭😭
Oh my god for the first time in so long, my mom is watching Lord of the Rings of her own free will on her new television and not Fox News.
I was legit ready to cry when I heard the music start upstairs and it wasn’t the wretched voices of Fox News fuckheads who spew shit for a profit.
I was legit ready to cry when I heard the music start upstairs and it wasn’t the wretched voices of Fox News fuckheads who spew shit for a profit.
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Update: she’s watching Return of the King today and I heard the music that plays when Sam says he cannot carry the burden for Frodo… but he can carry him. 😭😭😭
I like how he’s trying to paint the journalist as the whole who is being in their air conditioned office and shit as if he doesn’t spend a good portion of his time getting camera ready and doing performative bullshit because he’s useless in everything he does…
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I like how he’s trying to paint the journalist as the whole who is being in their air conditioned office and shit as if he doesn’t spend a good portion of his time getting camera ready and doing performative bullshit because he’s useless in everything he does…
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Illinois state officials have given rental car companies official notice that immigration enforcement agents using their vehicles are not allowed to swap the rental’s assigned license plates for other plates to disguise the vehicles, and if they do, the companies could be held liable.
Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates
The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.”
nbcnews.to
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Illinois state officials have given rental car companies official notice that immigration enforcement agents using their vehicles are not allowed to swap the rental’s assigned license plates for other plates to disguise the vehicles, and if they do, the companies could be held liable.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What the actual fuck is going on…???
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What the actual fuck is going on…???
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
“By right”?????? Vance, if anyone in this country believed that housing was a human right, we wouldn’t have homeless people. We also wouldn’t have people forgoing homeownership to live with parents, roommates or under slumlords.
Not even YOU believe that you Appalachian cosplaying nonce!
Not even YOU believe that you Appalachian cosplaying nonce!
JD Vance: "Why did homes get so unaffordable? Because we had 20 million illegal aliens in this country taking homes that ought by right go to American citizens."
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“By right”?????? Vance, if anyone in this country believed that housing was a human right, we wouldn’t have homeless people. We also wouldn’t have people forgoing homeownership to live with parents, roommates or under slumlords.
Not even YOU believe that you Appalachian cosplaying nonce!
Not even YOU believe that you Appalachian cosplaying nonce!
Oh please, these are the people that want things like a straight people awareness day and shit and then get mad when black people get even ONE WHOLE MONTH about their history.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” cool, so I guess you must be pumping a whole lot of money into research, right?
“An awareness day is not a strategy” cool, so I guess you must be pumping a whole lot of money into research, right?
the government's comment is next level trolling and they know it: "an awareness day is not a strategy."
So, are lawless cuts to lifesaving HIV programs an HIV strategy?
Comments from me on #WorldAIDSDay in a time of Trump, from @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
So, are lawless cuts to lifesaving HIV programs an HIV strategy?
Comments from me on #WorldAIDSDay in a time of Trump, from @npr.org:
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh please, these are the people that want things like a straight people awareness day and shit and then get mad when black people get even ONE WHOLE MONTH about their history.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” cool, so I guess you must be pumping a whole lot of money into research, right?
“An awareness day is not a strategy” cool, so I guess you must be pumping a whole lot of money into research, right?
Oh for the love of fuck
Japanese and Chinese vessels engaged in a fresh standoff near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Tuesday, the two countries' coast guards have said.
Japan Coast Guard reports standoff with Chinese vessels near Senkaku Islands
Relations have been strained since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested last month that Japan could intervene militarily in a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
ebx.sh
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Oh for the love of fuck
I always had a hard time with the Tamago Sando episode of Midnight Diner…Because sometimes you don’t get that cinematic happy ending with someone you want.
However… being reminded of what an honor it is to be loved by someone and how it’s an insult to say you didn’t deserve it… god that hits hard
However… being reminded of what an honor it is to be loved by someone and how it’s an insult to say you didn’t deserve it… god that hits hard
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I always had a hard time with the Tamago Sando episode of Midnight Diner…Because sometimes you don’t get that cinematic happy ending with someone you want.
However… being reminded of what an honor it is to be loved by someone and how it’s an insult to say you didn’t deserve it… god that hits hard
However… being reminded of what an honor it is to be loved by someone and how it’s an insult to say you didn’t deserve it… god that hits hard
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Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
This Japanese End-Of-The-Year Tradition Is The Perfect Reset
Ōsōji blends practicality with spiritual meaning, and it might inspire your own end-of-year reset.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
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This is… a mess.
We are going to see things that make Groverhaus look like a tasteful mansion.
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is… a mess.