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ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گ
je ne sais rien, non sono qui.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
He/him, etc
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#Arsenal #linguistics #reading #ebooks #Aotearoa #GoldenAgeMysteries #JDramas #KDramas #OLDHindiFilms

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liztai, to books
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So i made the mistake of reading an article about war crimes before going to bed last night. The details was....graphic and kinda traumatizing to me, eventho i consider myself someone with a high tolerance. But human suffering - oof. Not so much.
My question - what books would you recommend I read before going to bed? Something calming and soothing?

#Books #Fiction #bookstodon

ronsboy67,
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@liztai Wodehouse, especially the Blandings series.

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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4.5/5 @thestorygraph for Molly Clavering's "Because of Sam", book 7/15 for me in #DeanStreetDecember 2023. Nearly flawless, delivering all the middlebrow muddles and mellow magnanimity one could hope for. #AmReading #ebooks #Kobo @bookstodon #ReadersOfMastodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/72af6223-a3c2-4d46-bd13-9b43f47812dc

ronsboy67, to Arsenal
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#Arsenal legend Ian Wright sharing wairua through a hongi with a young Gooner after a pōwhiri is probably the closest #Arsenal will ever come to #Aotearoa. He gets extra credit for having shared a Māori phrase a few days ago that could loosely be rendered in Latin as Victoria Concordia Crescit 🙏❤️👍

Ian Wright and a young man in an Arsenal shirt sharing a hongi

ronsboy67, to tesla
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Somehow this #Tesla news completely fails to surprise me
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

ronsboy67, to history
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It took me 23 days to read the book on the left, just a few hours to read the book on the right. Both were thoughtful and informative, especially as the 1200 year old city on the left may one day end up in an edition of the book on the right, which features many drowned sites.
#amReading #History #Nonfiction @bookstodon

Image shows the cover of the book "ATLAS of ABANDONED PLACES A journey through the world's forgotten wonders" by Oliver Smith

ronsboy67, to puns
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Too funny and clever not to share - I did ask first 👌

ronsboy67, to linguistics
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One last gem from "Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English" - Having come to love the flexibility and specificity afforded by the equivalent words in Hindi, I say " BRING 'EM BACK" #AmReading #ebooks #Linguistics @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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TFW you're reading a mystery set in the UK written by a UK resident author and your keen detective abilities make you think "hmmmm, US edition?"🤔
#AmReading #mystery @bookstodon #ebooks #Kobo

WagesOf, to random
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So you're starting a new series and it has a prequel. Is it assumed that the prequel should be read after the first couple of books, or do you go for it first?

#bookstodon

ronsboy67,
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@WagesOf It dependson length. When I started CJ Cherryh's Foreigner series, I read the 2 VERY short prequel novellas first, and was pleased I did. If a prequel is full-length, I more likely to start with first published.

jodmentum, to television

This is a #kdrama casting pet peeve but I'm tired of characters that are supposed to be raised in the US or Europe that don't have the correct accents. It's a real annoying sticking point. Your character was raised in Iowa and you can't pronounce corn correctly.

ronsboy67,
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@s1m0n4 @Missrdevine @jodmentum @EllenInEdmonton

From Wiki:
A first language (L1), native language, native tongue,

Or
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowing-subject/d-h/l1

I avoid "mother tongue" since I was raised from infancy by a single father 😀

ronsboy67, to random
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@Tusky I can post from my phone (as I have done with my last 2 posts) and see them on my PC, but this is what I see when I refresh Tusky on this phone. My other phone shows a home tab stuck 5 days ago

AnnaAnthro, to random
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Oh my - a #cdrama dilemna…
City in the City series just dropped on iQiYi.
About a bank teller & a bank VP in the Shanghai finance sector. Not usually a topic I enjoy.

Director is not that great. Script is based on a novel.

But wow… the MLs are super good!

Bai Yu Fan was brilliant in Ripetown, Reset and Minning Town.

Yu He Wu is a pro - Lead in Three Body, Rebel Princess and was crafty Cao Cao in The Advisors Alliance…

Do I risk it?!
Anyone tried it out?!

ronsboy67,
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@AnnaAnthro "City in the City"? That title t made me think straight away of a VERY different China - Miéville😀

s1m0n4, to drama
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@emmaaum I've started watching and it might be your kind of .

I'm 4 episodes in and there's no violence, no dramatic moments and no traumatic experiences.
It's all about status and competition. Both in the Korean society and among people working for hagwons.

ronsboy67,
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@emmaaum "interesting" is a wonderfully kind way of saying 'idiotsyncratic' (sic) - thank you. I am a somewhat niche demographic as a 50+ male who's a hardcore brony, that's for sure. 🤔

ronsboy67,
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@s1m0n4 @emmaaum Thanks for this summary - it sounds VERY MUCH my cup of tea. I've had a soft spot for Jeong Ryeo Won ever since cracking up at her "American" character's REALLY thick Aussie accent in #KDrama My Name is Kim Sam Soon. She was also all kinds of awesome in History of a Salaryman (a romance Drama in which the issue of consent never comes up because the ML & FL never kiss 😂 ) and I've liked several of her legal Dramas. So I was hoping this one would be one for me, thank you!

ronsboy67,
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@emmaaum THANK YOU!

I saw one of them, We Made a Beautiful Bouquet a year or 2 back, and really enjoyed it. I've seen the lead female actor in 2 movies and 1 Drama now, and she's impressed me in them all. "Bouquet" was a beautiful film, reflective, realistic, bittersweet. In my utterly philistinic opinion, of course. #JFF2024

ronsboy67,
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@emmaaum Fixed, sorry!

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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4/5
@thestorygraph for "Steeltown Magnolia" by Melissa F. Miller, a tense and gripping series debut that I enjoyed, even while being put off by what felt like overt product placement for Apple being made integral to the story.
#AmReading #ebooks #mystery @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/49233080-a64f-4e11-b0d0-c9da5a83a10b

ronsboy67, to Travel
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seeking @bookstodon #bookstodon #travel help - looking for #ebooks on slow train travel in #Italy all suggestion gratefully received!

ronsboy67,
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@Astrealix @Aesecakes I've only been following the women's team for 2 seasons, about 1.5 seasons more than necessary to have had enough of Eidevall, but who would be credible contenders for an upgrade? Leah's "my home" signing spiel makes it possible the decision to make Emirates the women's official home ground played a part in her decision. It also suggests the club is really serious about the women's team, so they absolutely deserve better, imo

ronsboy67,
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@nuggsy @MHPengwingz That's an amusing typo at the end, kind of apt for the mess Chelsea is in😁

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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#AmReading
#10Authors5BooksEach
@bookstodon

Martin Edwards
Madhulika Liddle
David Crystal
Terry Pratchett
P. G. Wodehouse
Margery Aliingham
Cecilia Peartree
C. J. Cherryh
Iona Whishaw
Francis Vivian

vaseline, to television

Which side couple has a special place in your heart? @kdrama

ronsboy67,
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@s1m0n4 @vaseline @kdrama I have found many times that STPs are fun to follow, and have often rewatched Dramas for them, rather than for the OTP. Operation Proposal is great example. A Drama with a great first couple tbut where I still enjoyed the 2nd even more was Miss Korea. A #KDrama with an OUTSTANDING 2nd pair tht I hesitate to recommend is King2Hearts - I hesiste BECAUSE the SEP is so good. Those whove seen it will know what I mean

ronsboy67, to television
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Whenever I'm really enjoying a Drama like #CDrama 'Fake It Till You Make It", I get nervous nearing the end: "Will it stick the landing?" It did & gave me the rare treat continually upping it's score its score right to the end, finishing on 10.25/10 - SMART dialog, sweet, stunning chemistry between 2 skilled leads, the bonus is for the perfectly grounded feelgood realism of the very end. It's also seen #CDrama move from 4th to 2nd in my average ratings, bumping #KDrama into 3rd

beexcessivelydiverting, to books
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Every Movie Adaptation Ranked From Worst To Best (Including )

https://screenrant.com/emma-movies-adaptations-ranked-worst-best/

@bookstodon

ronsboy67,
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@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon VERY impressed that they included Aisha. I don't disagree with the review, but when I saw "EVERY movie" my very first thought was "EVERY? I wonder if they'll include Aisha" So, kudos

ronsboy67, to random
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@Tusky My mas.to account is working fine on my PC but not on Tusky on either of my phones. Home tab not updating

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