On a related note ...

Someone else liking something shouldn't automatically trigger you just because you dislike it.

Someone else disliking something shouldn't automatically trigger you just because you like it.

Your likes and dislikes are your business. Your subjective opinions are not objective truths.

Mind your own business.
Don't yuck people's yum.

If other people's opinions on media trigger you into rage and anger, you need peace and therapy and much less media engagement.

#JustFYI

Rosé and Bruno Mars are teaming up for a surprise single!

“APT.” is set to be released at October 18th 👍🏾

Someone else liking something doesn't automatically mean it's good.

Someone else disliking something doesn't automatically mean it's bad.

Trusting someone else's opinion over your own is not an ideal way of making decisions on things that are about personal preferences.

Letting someone else make or determine decisions about what you should and shouldn't like is an indication of a lack of sense of self.

Do you ... not what someone else tells you is you.

#JustFYI

Congrats to Jennie for winning her first music show trophy for her solo single #Mantra 🎉

Love this side of her! Love her solo career direction as well.

Congratulations Jennie! ❤️

https://youtu.be/J6mQx6c0oIM

#RecluseRadio

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘶𝘮. 𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 “𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵.” 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. - James Hadfield

https://youtu.be/xqgR2pf5Fhw

In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Ursula K. Le Guin imagined a utopian city whose affluence depends on the perpetual suffering of a single child. When confronted with this grim reality, most of the city’s inhabitants choose to accept its “terrible justice” and go on with their lives — but as the title of the tale suggests, some choose a higher path.

Writer and director Sayaka Kai’s cerebral sci-fi drama “Adabana” (“Barren Flower”) is premised on an even more monstrous trade-off.

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My last 2 endocrinologists were amazing ... now I have a new one that I don't trust AT ALL, who wants to change my medications, doesn't trust my A1C, doesn't ask me any questions and just tells me what she wants to do ... this is a nightmare.

Now I am probably going to have to look for ANOTHER one ...

My A1C was 6.3 ...

I have PCOS, Type 2 diabetes, and thyroid issues and I don't use ANY insulin and she was like ... well I think your A1C isn't accurate.

HOW? I had 14 vials of blood drawn on 9/16 and and a huge panel of tests including metabolic and A1C but somehow you would rather believe the A1C isn't accurate? Because my Dexcom doesn't show you what you expect? Because the last 10 days of data look a certain way? A1C measures your average blood sugar level over the past 3 months.

She left to focus on diabetes in pregnant women ... and she KNEW how hard it was for me to find an endocrine who listened and cared. She knew my story and the woman who was my endocrine before her was someone she studied under so she knew to trust her notes and she didn't second guess anything in my chart.

Now I have to deal with someone new who doesn't know me ... makes assumptions ... doesn't ask me any questions and isn't interested in my data.

It's exhausting.

At the same time, when I OFFER all the data to them they're like ... no I don't need it, it's not clinical or accurate. Of course it's not ... it's not because you'd rather just make your own determinations based on your racism, sexism, fatism, and whatever else puts you above your patients.

The last endocrinologist I had was amazing. She LISTENED and she LOOKED at my data and she was interested in everything I was doing, what supplements I was taking, and why.

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One of the things that bothers me most about doctors is the bias and assumptions they make about me. I literally have BINDERS of data on my stress, my sleep, my diet, my exercise, my body scans, blood pressure, you name it ... I have been tracking my body info for well over 20+ years but none of the "apps" my health providers use are compatible with the stuff I use, so they make assumptions that I know nothing about my own body or my health. They assume I am doing nothing and know nothing.

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#DevilsStay is an upcoming Korean horror film that looks like it's going to be an amazing ride. Lee Re stars and if you haven't seen her work in Hellbound .. DO.

https://youtu.be/q4mZKsSosiY

#RecluseReleases

#Exodus - The Mara Yama trailer

https://youtu.be/a1hZDPay6_0

#CoSoGaming

After a small plane crashes, four indigenous children struggle to survive in the Colombian Amazon jungle, relying on ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.

Directed by Oscar winner Orlando von Einsiedel, this documentary tells the incredible story from the point of view of those involved in this epic rescue: the children's family, indigenous communities and leaders, and the Colombian army.

https://youtu.be/mTmSaHTVRPo

#RecluseReleases

Thank the UNIVERSE for #CynthiaErivo

𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 ...

Pushing myself to overcome problems with patience though #Dishonored2 was an interesting journey and it's impossible to explain the how of it if you don't game or never played Dishonored.

SHADOW and CLEAN HANDS achievements speak for themselves as do the RARITY of players even getting these achievements.

Playing a game like Dishonored 100% stealth and 100% passive is a unique testament on patience, self control, and focus.

I learned a lot about myself, my anxiety, and my ADHD that year.

There are certain aspects of #MediaTherapy that include gaming and I learn a lot about people watching how they game, where they fail, and how they react to failures.

Gaming is a great litmus test for someone's base psychological makeup and character definition.

I can tell almost everything about a person by watching them game and watching them absorb visual media mainly because media forces transference and that gives away everything about a person's psyche.

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I talk a lot about the reasons I game and 99% of that is about challenging MYSELF and working on improving things about myself.

Back in 2015 and 2016 my biggest issue on the gaming front was patience (with myself). I was very impatient about my ability to do things or not be able to do things. I was hard on myself for skills I was lacking or struggled with.

Learning to breathe and be patient with myself was something I wanted to work on.

#Dishonored2 was key ...

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#CoSoGaming

Luciano Pavarotti and James Brown onstage together performing “It’s a Man’s World” in 2002.

This happened at the penultimate Pavarotti & Friends concert, one of a series of yearly benefit shows that ran between 1992 and 2003, and also featured the likes of Andrea Bocelli, Grace Jones, Sting, and Lou Reed.

https://youtu.be/GaB9F3R9cIY

#CoSoMusic

As the number of foreign tourists to Japan soars to record highs, so to do the number of overseas travelers caught behaving badly during their visits. With higher-than-usual cases being reported, the Japanese media has even coined a term for it, meiwaku gaikokujin, which translates as “nuisance foreigner," and the latest case involves a tourist who was seen doing pull-ups on a torii gate at a Japanese shrine ...