Cadensia 婉玉🪻🎀
@cadensia.bsky.social
Fleur de nymphéa au cœur écarlate • Cultural anthropology, environment, comp lit, gender/lesbian, East-Asia • EN/FR/日本語
Cultural representation of the Sumida River and urban watercourses. 隅田川や市内の水路の文化表象
Cultural representation of the Sumida River and urban watercourses. 隅田川や市内の水路の文化表象
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Fishing (Mighty Hits, PS1-Saturn, Altron, 1996)
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Fishing (Mighty Hits, PS1-Saturn, Altron, 1996)
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Wong Kar Wai’s BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI 🌹✨ Premiering exclusively on the Criterion Channel tomorrow at 8pm ET! From the director of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and CHUNGKING EXPRESS comes a dazzling new 30-episode series set against the rise of 1990s Shanghai.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Wong Kar Wai’s BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI 🌹✨ Premiering exclusively on the Criterion Channel tomorrow at 8pm ET! From the director of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and CHUNGKING EXPRESS comes a dazzling new 30-episode series set against the rise of 1990s Shanghai.
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We will be live with @bertknot.bsky.social for our podcast on Skyward Sword! We'll talk about the game, the relation with Tears of the Kingdom, and the sky for Fujibayashi! 🕊️
Starting in 30 minutes!
🟣 www.twitch.tv/miyabimitsuh...
🔴 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqd-...
#VTuber #ENVTuber
Starting in 30 minutes!
🟣 www.twitch.tv/miyabimitsuh...
🔴 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqd-...
#VTuber #ENVTuber
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We will be live with @bertknot.bsky.social for our podcast on Skyward Sword! We'll talk about the game, the relation with Tears of the Kingdom, and the sky for Fujibayashi! 🕊️
Starting in 30 minutes!
🟣 www.twitch.tv/miyabimitsuh...
🔴 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqd-...
#VTuber #ENVTuber
Starting in 30 minutes!
🟣 www.twitch.tv/miyabimitsuh...
🔴 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqd-...
#VTuber #ENVTuber
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The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
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Here are the approximate release times for Detective Instinct!
Steam (All Regions): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Americas): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Europe): Nov 26th, 11AM GMT
Switch (Japan): Nov 27, 12AM JST (store page will go live on release)
Four more days 👀
Steam (All Regions): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Americas): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Europe): Nov 26th, 11AM GMT
Switch (Japan): Nov 27, 12AM JST (store page will go live on release)
Four more days 👀
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here are the approximate release times for Detective Instinct!
Steam (All Regions): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Americas): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Europe): Nov 26th, 11AM GMT
Switch (Japan): Nov 27, 12AM JST (store page will go live on release)
Four more days 👀
Steam (All Regions): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Americas): Nov 26th, 9AM EST
Switch (Europe): Nov 26th, 11AM GMT
Switch (Japan): Nov 27, 12AM JST (store page will go live on release)
Four more days 👀
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Hiroshima Prefecture — which accounts for about 60% of Japan’s oyster production — is facing a crisis after farmed oysters began dying en masse, prompting fears among farmers about the industry’s survival.
Hiroshima oyster farmers face crisis amid mass die-offs
Producers in coastal areas of the city of Higashihiroshima have reported mortality rates of 80% to 90%, prompting fears about the industry’s survival.
ebx.sh
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hiroshima Prefecture — which accounts for about 60% of Japan’s oyster production — is facing a crisis after farmed oysters began dying en masse, prompting fears among farmers about the industry’s survival.
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📢本日配信開始！
EGGコンソール ザナドゥ MSX
＼幻の剣”Dragon Slayer”を手に入れ／
＼ キングドラゴンを倒せ！ ／
#Switch
My Nintendo Store：
store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
EGGコンソール ザナドゥ MSX
＼幻の剣”Dragon Slayer”を手に入れ／
＼ キングドラゴンを倒せ！ ／
#Switch
My Nintendo Store：
store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
📢本日配信開始！
EGGコンソール ザナドゥ MSX
＼幻の剣”Dragon Slayer”を手に入れ／
＼ キングドラゴンを倒せ！ ／
#Switch
My Nintendo Store：
store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
EGGコンソール ザナドゥ MSX
＼幻の剣”Dragon Slayer”を手に入れ／
＼ キングドラゴンを倒せ！ ／
#Switch
My Nintendo Store：
store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
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新作です🎉🎉社会政策、ケア政策、中央地方関係、Policy diffusion、革新自治体、大蔵省統制、歴史的制度論、のようなワードに関心のある人は面白く読めると思います！！！
Takahashi, R. 2025. “The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care.” Social Policy & Administration 1–11. doi.org/10.1111/spol...
Takahashi, R. 2025. “The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care.” Social Policy & Administration 1–11. doi.org/10.1111/spol...
The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care
This study examines why Japan's social care reforms of the early 1970s led to a generous elderly care system but only modest and narrowly targeted support for children. Although child allowances and ....
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
新作です🎉🎉社会政策、ケア政策、中央地方関係、Policy diffusion、革新自治体、大蔵省統制、歴史的制度論、のようなワードに関心のある人は面白く読めると思います！！！
Takahashi, R. 2025. “The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care.” Social Policy & Administration 1–11. doi.org/10.1111/spol...
Takahashi, R. 2025. “The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care.” Social Policy & Administration 1–11. doi.org/10.1111/spol...
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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💫ANNONCE💫La Y-con s’ouvre aujourd’hui, et c’est désormais une habitude, nous en profitons pour vous dévoiler des nouveautés. On commence avec un shôjo particulièrement attendu : "Kono Koi wo Hoshi ni wa Negawanai", de la très talentueuse Shinoa. Toutes les infos sur notre site : tinyurl.com/35ujnedx
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
💫ANNONCE💫La Y-con s’ouvre aujourd’hui, et c’est désormais une habitude, nous en profitons pour vous dévoiler des nouveautés. On commence avec un shôjo particulièrement attendu : "Kono Koi wo Hoshi ni wa Negawanai", de la très talentueuse Shinoa. Toutes les infos sur notre site : tinyurl.com/35ujnedx
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One aspect of the Sega Saturn's identity that I feel is often ignored by western fans is the huge popularity of "gal games" on the system. There is a reason Sega created a title like Sakura Wars at the time, as the ratio of gal games being released on the Saturn was twice as large as the PS1. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One aspect of the Sega Saturn's identity that I feel is often ignored by western fans is the huge popularity of "gal games" on the system. There is a reason Sega created a title like Sakura Wars at the time, as the ratio of gal games being released on the Saturn was twice as large as the PS1. 🧵
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4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/games/832/G083229/20251107017/
「ときめきメモリアル」令和の入学オリエンテーション。あの頃の“ときめき”はどう映った？ 「ときメモ エモーショナル」新入生に話を聞いてみた
30年前からの在校生（ときメモラー母ちゃん）と新入生2人（夫と中学生の娘）の家族会話で見えてきたものとは？
「ときめきメモリアル」令和の入学オリエンテーション。あの頃の“ときめき”はどう映った？ 「ときメモ エモーショナル」新入生に話を聞いてみた
30年前からの在校生（ときメモラー母ちゃん）と新入生2人（夫と中学生の娘）の家族会話で見えてきたものとは？
「ときめきメモリアル」令和の入学オリエンテーション。あの頃の“ときめき”はどう映った？ 「ときメモ エモーショナル」新入生に話を聞いてみた
www.4gamer.net
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/games/832/G083229/20251107017/
「ときめきメモリアル」令和の入学オリエンテーション。あの頃の“ときめき”はどう映った？ 「ときメモ エモーショナル」新入生に話を聞いてみた
30年前からの在校生（ときメモラー母ちゃん）と新入生2人（夫と中学生の娘）の家族会話で見えてきたものとは？
「ときめきメモリアル」令和の入学オリエンテーション。あの頃の“ときめき”はどう映った？ 「ときメモ エモーショナル」新入生に話を聞いてみた
30年前からの在校生（ときメモラー母ちゃん）と新入生2人（夫と中学生の娘）の家族会話で見えてきたものとは？
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Russell Burge - The Promised Republic
Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961–1979
À paraître en juin aux Harvard UP
Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961–1979
À paraître en juin aux Harvard UP
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Russell Burge - The Promised Republic
Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961–1979
À paraître en juin aux Harvard UP
Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961–1979
À paraître en juin aux Harvard UP
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Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"
More:
More:
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON WEST
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu discusses the history and evolution of game music and shares opinion on generative AI.
automaton-media.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"
More:
More:
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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
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rest in power miss major. this is what it means to constantly be negotiating your existence!
"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
rest in power miss major. this is what it means to constantly be negotiating your existence!
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the art you make is always already made for yourself and for others at the same time, insofar as the changing self is nothing more than a perpetual dialogue with changing others. thus, your art works within its social context but is autonomous through your creative process. do what you see fit
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
the art you make is always already made for yourself and for others at the same time, insofar as the changing self is nothing more than a perpetual dialogue with changing others. thus, your art works within its social context but is autonomous through your creative process. do what you see fit
Okay, but genuinely, how long has it been since we have ever felt uplifted so by a major candidate's speech or communication?
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Okay, but genuinely, how long has it been since we have ever felt uplifted so by a major candidate's speech or communication?
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As #UHA2025LA kicks off, I’m happy to share here my most recent piece on the Metropole, on an understudied topic in #urbanhistory #envhist —how different lighting tech’s have affected birds & humans over the centuries & what we can do about it.
It’s a dual exposé & call to action Check it out here:
It’s a dual exposé & call to action Check it out here:
"Urban historians have written much about technological and social change in cities and very little about the ways in which historical transformations in lighting technologies have affected environments and ecologies, and the habitats and health of birds." from @charlotte-leib.bsky.social
Healing Wounds of Light: Birds, Cities and the Fast, Slow, and Forgotten Violence of Artificial Illumination
This post is an entry in our ninth annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest. This year’s theme is “Light.” By Charlotte Leib “Surely you’ve heard about the penguins,” behavioral ecologist Joanna Bu…
themetropole.blog
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As #UHA2025LA kicks off, I’m happy to share here my most recent piece on the Metropole, on an understudied topic in #urbanhistory #envhist —how different lighting tech’s have affected birds & humans over the centuries & what we can do about it.
It’s a dual exposé & call to action Check it out here:
It’s a dual exposé & call to action Check it out here:
I've never been very sure about the character and views of Krasznahorkai, I must admit, so I'll refrain from really commenting too much (even though I did like his books)!
But yes, it's really an unsurprising pick after Han Kang last year.
But yes, it's really an unsurprising pick after Han Kang last year.
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm
• Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’
The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced.
The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've never been very sure about the character and views of Krasznahorkai, I must admit, so I'll refrain from really commenting too much (even though I did like his books)!
But yes, it's really an unsurprising pick after Han Kang last year.
But yes, it's really an unsurprising pick after Han Kang last year.
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I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course
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This is a better response than I was expecting. I only wonder how the more noxious parts of the userbase will react, but with any luck, they'll self-moderate and fuck off someplace else.
Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals
TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...
retroachievements.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is a better response than I was expecting. I only wonder how the more noxious parts of the userbase will react, but with any luck, they'll self-moderate and fuck off someplace else.
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Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals
TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...
retroachievements.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
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Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers
Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers
Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk
Almost 4,000 people in England and Wales are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollution that has devastated three rivers, including the Wye.
In the largest environmental group action of recent times, 3,943 residents and business owners are seeking substantial damages from Welsh Water and the leading chicken producers Avara Foods Ltd and Freemans of Newent Ltd, alleging they are responsible for “extensive and widespread pollution” in the Wye, Lugg and Usk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers
[imagine I wrote an article about the cultural politics of Heisei retro]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDA...
劇中歌「One more time, One more chance」スペシャルリリックビデオ｜劇場用実写映画『秒速5センチメートル』【10月10日（金）公開】
YouTube video by 東宝MOVIEチャンネル
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October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
[imagine I wrote an article about the cultural politics of Heisei retro]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDA...