マリオ (Mario Menti)
@mario.neko.cat
Swiss-Brit 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇯🇵
CTO @ Ipsos Healthcare @ipsosgroup.bsky.social
❤️ cats, japan, books, running, drums, cooking, tinkering with technology and (mostly weird) music. 日本語を勉強しています。
https://menti.net
Currently listening to / 現在聴いている曲: @mariolistens.neko.cat
CTO @ Ipsos Healthcare @ipsosgroup.bsky.social
❤️ cats, japan, books, running, drums, cooking, tinkering with technology and (mostly weird) music. 日本語を勉強しています。
https://menti.net
Currently listening to / 現在聴いている曲: @mariolistens.neko.cat
Taiwan's representative to Finland explores heavy metal diplomacy 🤘
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511290008?utm_source=ft.app&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=ftapp
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511290008?utm_source=ft.app&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=ftapp
Taiwan's representative to Finland explores heavy metal diplomacy - Focus Taiwan
Freddy Lim (林昶佐), Taiwan's representative to Finland, has successfully built connections with local politicians through a joint heavy metal concert with Finnish bands in Helsinki on Thursday.
focustaiwan.tw
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Taiwan's representative to Finland explores heavy metal diplomacy 🤘
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511290008?utm_source=ft.app&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=ftapp
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511290008?utm_source=ft.app&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=ftapp
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. In the bilibili mobile app, moving your finger up or down over the currently playing video adjusts the volume!
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. In the bilibili mobile app, moving your finger up or down over the currently playing video adjusts the volume!
I still find it a little weird that one of my favourite live videos this year is by a Japanese idol band.
Although RAY are definitely the most interesting one (their album "White" this year is really good), and there is quite a bit of Japanese math rock royalty on stage here. 😊
#RAY
Although RAY are definitely the most interesting one (their album "White" this year is really good), and there is quite a bit of Japanese math rock royalty on stage here. 😊
#RAY
RAY - plasma - 2025/9/21 at LIQUIDROOM - YouTube
2025/9/21にLIQUIDROOMで開催されたRAY ONE-MAN SHOW「GROOVE! GROOVE! GROOVE!」より、「plasma」のLIVE動画です。「plasma」Lyrics, Music & Arrangement：星優太（WOZNIAK）Guitar & Guitar Arran...
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I still find it a little weird that one of my favourite live videos this year is by a Japanese idol band.
Although RAY are definitely the most interesting one (their album "White" this year is really good), and there is quite a bit of Japanese math rock royalty on stage here. 😊
#RAY
Although RAY are definitely the most interesting one (their album "White" this year is really good), and there is quite a bit of Japanese math rock royalty on stage here. 😊
#RAY
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Look for RJL’s 2026 list of new and upcoming releases from Japan later this week.
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
2026 New Releases from Japan
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Look for RJL’s 2026 list of new and upcoming releases from Japan later this week.
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek of what’s already available for pre-order!
There's a company called Dreamsake, selling "modern Japanese sake".
Please meet my new company Fucksake, selling the cheapest and strongest sake available.
Please meet my new company Fucksake, selling the cheapest and strongest sake available.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There's a company called Dreamsake, selling "modern Japanese sake".
Please meet my new company Fucksake, selling the cheapest and strongest sake available.
Please meet my new company Fucksake, selling the cheapest and strongest sake available.
I really liked this film, despite its length (I often struggle with long films, and Kokuho is just under 3 hours). Really recommend seeing it when it's released (not sure when it comes to the UK).
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
“Kokuho,” or “national treasure,” has won over critics with its lush cinematography and portrayal of the little-known world of kabuki.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I really liked this film, despite its length (I often struggle with long films, and Kokuho is just under 3 hours). Really recommend seeing it when it's released (not sure when it comes to the UK).
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025...
The Premises (where we rehearse, not sure how they overlooked us and mention has-beens Radiohead instead 😅) was in the Observer this weekend!
The corner cafe where music history is made | The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/musi...
The corner cafe where music history is made | The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/musi...
The corner cafe where music history is made | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The Premises (where we rehearse, not sure how they overlooked us and mention has-beens Radiohead instead 😅) was in the Observer this weekend!
The corner cafe where music history is made | The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/musi...
The corner cafe where music history is made | The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/musi...
Some interesting Chinese CAPTCHA screens where you have to select the Hanzi in the correct order.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Some interesting Chinese CAPTCHA screens where you have to select the Hanzi in the correct order.
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Ray (44) Hüsker Dü (43) bloodthirsty butchers (20) Inwards (19) ZAZEN BOYS (15). #myweekcounted 347 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Ray (44) Hüsker Dü (43) bloodthirsty butchers (20) Inwards (19) ZAZEN BOYS (15). #myweekcounted 347 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
We brought her back this dumpling 🥟 toy from Taipei, and she loves it. She bashes it all around the house (and at about 14 years old, she's not young anymore).
#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We brought her back this dumpling 🥟 toy from Taipei, and she loves it. She bashes it all around the house (and at about 14 years old, she's not young anymore).
#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
I’m starting to go over some of my favourite albums this year, and this live version is great.
Triple Deer are a Taiwanese post rock (ish, sort of) band that sing in Amis, one of the indigenous languages of Taiwan. I really like the album this comes from, SOWAL.
#TripleDeer #Taiwan
Triple Deer are a Taiwanese post rock (ish, sort of) band that sing in Amis, one of the indigenous languages of Taiwan. I really like the album this comes from, SOWAL.
#TripleDeer #Taiwan
Triple Deer - Romi'ami'ad ( Live Session) - YouTube
Triple Deer - Romi'ami'ad from the album "SOWAL"out now : https://packer-sys.streetvoice.com/zh-hant/packerlink/xB8ZVYkQ9r/🦌🦌🦌 Triple Deer 🦌🦌🦌Take off,...
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m starting to go over some of my favourite albums this year, and this live version is great.
Triple Deer are a Taiwanese post rock (ish, sort of) band that sing in Amis, one of the indigenous languages of Taiwan. I really like the album this comes from, SOWAL.
#TripleDeer #Taiwan
Triple Deer are a Taiwanese post rock (ish, sort of) band that sing in Amis, one of the indigenous languages of Taiwan. I really like the album this comes from, SOWAL.
#TripleDeer #Taiwan
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Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
I mean, this explains a lot about the US.
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
Pew's latest social media report shows X's staying power in the U.S., despite competition | TechCrunch
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
techcrunch.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I mean, this explains a lot about the US.
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Li Jun wins best director at Golden Horse Awards
00:36
Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) has been named best director at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards for his latest film "Queerpanorama" (眾生相).
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202511230003
#news #taiwan
00:36
Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) has been named best director at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards for his latest film "Queerpanorama" (眾生相).
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202511230003
#news #taiwan
Li Jun wins best director at Golden Horse Awards - Focus Taiwan
Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) has been named best director at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards for his latest film "Queerpanorama" (眾生相).
focustaiwan.tw
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Li Jun wins best director at Golden Horse Awards
00:36
Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) has been named best director at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards for his latest film "Queerpanorama" (眾生相).
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202511230003
#news #taiwan
00:36
Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) has been named best director at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards for his latest film "Queerpanorama" (眾生相).
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202511230003
#news #taiwan
I watched the first episode of イクサガミ (Last Samurai Standing) tonight, but honestly, I'm not sold. It just seems too much like "Squid Games in the Meiji Period" to me...
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I watched the first episode of イクサガミ (Last Samurai Standing) tonight, but honestly, I'm not sold. It just seems too much like "Squid Games in the Meiji Period" to me...
Yet another literal hell on earth involving live animal transport on ships.
Take Action: Email Template to Help the Cows on the Spiridon II
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2025/11/16/take-action-email-template-to-help-the-cows-on-the-spiridon-ii/
Take Action: Email Template to Help the Cows on the Spiridon II
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2025/11/16/take-action-email-template-to-help-the-cows-on-the-spiridon-ii/
Take Action: Email Template to Help the Cows on the Spiridon II
As a journalist and the founder of The Animal Reader, I’ve been covering the Spiridon II live export crisis from day one.
www.theanimalreader.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yet another literal hell on earth involving live animal transport on ships.
Take Action: Email Template to Help the Cows on the Spiridon II
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2025/11/16/take-action-email-template-to-help-the-cows-on-the-spiridon-ii/
Take Action: Email Template to Help the Cows on the Spiridon II
https://www.theanimalreader.com/2025/11/16/take-action-email-template-to-help-the-cows-on-the-spiridon-ii/
If you're into blackgaze, this split EP by Bejing's Asthenia and London-based World Coda is fantastic! 🥰
#Asthenia #WorldCoda #Blackgaze #China
https://worldcoda.bandcamp.com/album/rupture
#Asthenia #WorldCoda #Blackgaze #China
https://worldcoda.bandcamp.com/album/rupture
Rupture | World Coda, Asthenia | World Coda
4 track album
worldcoda.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you're into blackgaze, this split EP by Bejing's Asthenia and London-based World Coda is fantastic! 🥰
#Asthenia #WorldCoda #Blackgaze #China
https://worldcoda.bandcamp.com/album/rupture
#Asthenia #WorldCoda #Blackgaze #China
https://worldcoda.bandcamp.com/album/rupture
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Cephalo (10). #myweekcounted 10 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Cephalo (10). #myweekcounted 10 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
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