AstroStelar

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 7d ago

When you're the fifth boss in Kirby's Return to Dreamland:

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 1w ago

I'm the opposite: I live in the Netherlands and am drawn to hilly/mountainous places

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 1w ago

Um... kudos on adding alt text?

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Hard to take the article seriously with that name

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

North Korean urban planning and architecture fascinates me as someone with a deep interest in urban planning. If I go there I wish I could study their guidelines and have discussions with planners.

The architecture feels almost cartoony with its designs and bright colours. This district feels modern but not sterile by being all white, glass and steel, I love it.

I do hope they extend a metro line to it, it badly needs it.

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

From Wikipedia, which cites Business Insider and the BBC:

As of May 2023, OnlyFans [claims] 3 million registered creators and 220 million registered consumers.

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Here the "Prinsenvlag" doesn't even have that progressive backstory, the Dutch "Republic" was basically a confederacy that got consolidated into an elected-but-in-fact-hereditary head of state from the House of Orange-Nassau. It's the flag of the "Dutch Golden Age" when Dutch imperialism was at its peak.

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Wait, his actual name is "Kim Dotcom"? You're telling me a Mega Man Star Force mafia boss named "Rich Dotcom" is halfway there to being real!?

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 2w ago

In the top left corner the document says "81st Congress" which was from '49 to '51, so the answer is McCarthy-era US

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

the Gog and Magog of SEO

I feel like Jacques Chirac now

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

They claim to be sure for various reasons but all the article provides is that she often appears next to her dad and has started speaking her mind sometimes.

The first one could simply be because Kim wants to take his daughter around now as a family man. The second one could simply be that she's old enough now to start engaging with politics. She certainly would be trained for politics at some level.

Some highlights:

In North Korea ( :yeonmi-park: ), where photos published by the state media are believed to carry a great symbolic weight, it is rare for individuals other than Kim Jong Un to be positioned equally prominently in the frame.

Same people that thought Xi having two teacups was a "power play", just orientalism.

She is often seen wearing her hair long, which is forbidden for her peers, and wearing designer clothes, which are out of reach for most in her country.

Still on about the haircuts? Also where are designer clothes not out of reach for most people, let alone a country that has to deal underhanded because of sanctions?

Many defectors and analysts had previously dismissed the idea of a woman leading North Korea as an unlikely scenario, referring to the country's entrenched traditional gender roles.

Hell Joseon has had a female president ffs

AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

they think working class Iranians, then and now, are dumb plebs who will follow any "demagogue" and need the strong hand of their preferred autocrat to get them to achieve "greatness".

It is fascinating how consistently liberals talk like this when their politics are proven unpopular.

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

Appointed by the very same Shah they love so much, no less.

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

Whoa... how? Because of Pat?

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AstroStelar [he/him] @hexbear.net 3w ago

I've played the sequel series Mega Man Star Force instead, but am familiar with common discourse about Battle Network. The short answer is that you'll love it the more you play.

The netbattling is consistently solid, but the first game is a bit bare-bones on that front. It almost always improves with each new entry. Starting in MMBN2 there are transformations that become more interesting with each sequel. Some overworld sections can be annoying or padded out, particularly in 2. The story is cheesy for the most part, but it has impactful moments too. Heads-up, BN2's story is, uh, much more off the rails than the rest and weird and insensitive at times. Also don't try to 100-percent BN4, not worth it. BN3 is most often considered to have the best story.

Also, please check out the Star Force series some day! It has some of the best writing in the franchise and it was woefully underappreciated back in the day because of its altered battle system.