sick public transit, gloria
@seung.bsky.social
next station is the end of history, please gather your belongings as you exit
thinking of this classic tweet on thanksgiving day
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
thinking of this classic tweet on thanksgiving day
think this is the only movie worth its salt and the standard-bearer of the Korean Manchurian Western. others are less fun esp if you don't get all the anti-Japanese references
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
think this is the only movie worth its salt and the standard-bearer of the Korean Manchurian Western. others are less fun esp if you don't get all the anti-Japanese references
a similar series of events played out to usher in Platform Screen Doors in Seoul Metro -- but $80m may be a far higher litigation price, proportionally, MTA has to pay vs what Seoul Metro paid in 2005
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
a similar series of events played out to usher in Platform Screen Doors in Seoul Metro -- but $80m may be a far higher litigation price, proportionally, MTA has to pay vs what Seoul Metro paid in 2005
Al Gore, 2000, when the state was too close to call:
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Al Gore, 2000, when the state was too close to call:
this whole lecturing tone in the statement honestly makes me want to chuck the whole bike away with the battery. sorry it's been hard, but some of us may be hosting a fire hazard in our house so can you help a brother out??
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
this whole lecturing tone in the statement honestly makes me want to chuck the whole bike away with the battery. sorry it's been hard, but some of us may be hosting a fire hazard in our house so can you help a brother out??
very jealous I didn't come up with this beautiful IG account dedicated to photographing open-air modernist stairwells across South Korea and Japan -- and be a wordplay on gyedan ("stairs" in Korean) and dandadan my fav anime atm
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
very jealous I didn't come up with this beautiful IG account dedicated to photographing open-air modernist stairwells across South Korea and Japan -- and be a wordplay on gyedan ("stairs" in Korean) and dandadan my fav anime atm
man. I forgot how stacked of a cast this was
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
man. I forgot how stacked of a cast this was
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest. What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest. What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
open political brawl over sightline renderings in Seoul. the first photo is from the Korea Heritage Service, which says the new highrises by Jongmyo Shrine 100% interrupts the serenity. second photo is from Seoul Mayor who responded in kind "do you feel suffocated? do you feel the chi blocked?"
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
open political brawl over sightline renderings in Seoul. the first photo is from the Korea Heritage Service, which says the new highrises by Jongmyo Shrine 100% interrupts the serenity. second photo is from Seoul Mayor who responded in kind "do you feel suffocated? do you feel the chi blocked?"
if Chicago don't want Prop 13, then why did they name their L stations after the father of Prop 13, Howard Jarvis?
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
if Chicago don't want Prop 13, then why did they name their L stations after the father of Prop 13, Howard Jarvis?
an overwhelming urge to book a flight to Tokyo to purchase the Japanese National Railways soap and hand cream collection. a desperate yearning to smell like a state-owned railway...
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
an overwhelming urge to book a flight to Tokyo to purchase the Japanese National Railways soap and hand cream collection. a desperate yearning to smell like a state-owned railway...
told a Korean American actor is in the new Christopher Nolan Odyssey movie and my mind of course went back to this 1950s ethnography book which argues Korea (like England) was once an ancient Greek colony so therefore Koreans are white like the Greeks
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
told a Korean American actor is in the new Christopher Nolan Odyssey movie and my mind of course went back to this 1950s ethnography book which argues Korea (like England) was once an ancient Greek colony so therefore Koreans are white like the Greeks
this book by Namhee Lee (have not read) I think gets into this shift, but my favorite depiction of this disillusionment setting in is in Hwang Sok-yong's THE OLD GARDEN: what do you do after you fought and took down the dictatorship but the people simply wants to move on and make money
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
this book by Namhee Lee (have not read) I think gets into this shift, but my favorite depiction of this disillusionment setting in is in Hwang Sok-yong's THE OLD GARDEN: what do you do after you fought and took down the dictatorship but the people simply wants to move on and make money
the cultural elites of our age is characterized by the pastiche of their output and their unmoored relationship to the ever-unfolding history? picture unrelated
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
the cultural elites of our age is characterized by the pastiche of their output and their unmoored relationship to the ever-unfolding history? picture unrelated
in 1974, the priests at the Incheon cathedral protested the dictator govt when young activists who were executed at haste and whose bodies were immediately cremated to cover up torture. findings were uncovered and published in the West by Father James Sinnott, who was expelled from the country
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
in 1974, the priests at the Incheon cathedral protested the dictator govt when young activists who were executed at haste and whose bodies were immediately cremated to cover up torture. findings were uncovered and published in the West by Father James Sinnott, who was expelled from the country
when I checked yesterday, it had 2k signatures. less than 24 hours later, it has ~16k signatures. and the comments, my God, people are pouring their hearts out for the Suica penguin
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
when I checked yesterday, it had 2k signatures. less than 24 hours later, it has ~16k signatures. and the comments, my God, people are pouring their hearts out for the Suica penguin
a few more I found. (Interesting that several of these tweets really think JR East has gone downhill since Covid and this is just one in a pattern)
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
a few more I found. (Interesting that several of these tweets really think JR East has gone downhill since Covid and this is just one in a pattern)
Japanese twitter taking the Suica penguin news very normally
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Japanese twitter taking the Suica penguin news very normally
starting this was not a good idea if you have to go to work and perform expectant adult things
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
starting this was not a good idea if you have to go to work and perform expectant adult things
reading chapter 210, hooting, hollering for US of A for all the wrong reasons
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
reading chapter 210, hooting, hollering for US of A for all the wrong reasons
Californians:
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Californians:
@wmata.com, talk your shit on here too, man. King Randy holds the Mandate of Heaven
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@wmata.com, talk your shit on here too, man. King Randy holds the Mandate of Heaven