#from zurich!

[vulcanette]

🎥: @ diamondzinthetreez

[oyeixcher]

Random Wooyoung Gifs (8 ¦ ??) (feat. San) (Towards The Light: Will To Power in Zurich)

He's literally the cutest. Not only did he write it in German, he wrote it in Swiss German and that's insane and I love him even more. He definitely changed the game after this concert. Look at him blushing. What an absolute cutie pie. 🖤💜 (Video version on my Insta)

[daisyswift3]

“All this showmanship to keep it for you in sweetness, way to go tiger, higher and higher, wilder and lighter, for you….Your little hand's wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight, your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming so I tuck you in, turn on your favourite nightlight”

[postcard-from-the-past]

Greetings from Zürich, Switzerland

Swiss vintage postcard, mailed in 1899

[toki-toro]

The fact that this actor is literally me. He looks like me. I look like him. I am him, he is me. I want to become this. If I aggressively lock in then I will look exactly like this some day

[dontforgetukraine]

TIFF: And so it continues...5 to ZFF

Aaand "Russians at War" is going to be at the Zurich Flim Festival. Because of course.

The Russian Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova met a soldier on home leave in Moscow's subway, accompanying him to the front lines, where she spent over a year filming unauthorized footage in a battalion near the Ukrainian border. In her film, she gives voice to soldiers who have no understanding of the war's causes and soon find themselves mourning comrades who have become Putin's cannon fodder. This harrowing and unique war documentary captures images you would never see in the news media. 'Who are the Russian soldiers who are fighting against Ukraine? What do they think of Putin? The documentary has them speak their minds. A film that revealed more to me about this conflict than 100 newspaper articles.' – Christian Jungen Anastasia Trofimova Anastasia Trofimova was born in Moscow and is a Russian-Canadian filmmaker. She first studied communications and political science and then international relations. Trofimova is a renowned filmmaker who has made a name for herself through her work in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Russia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In her films, she addresses social inequality and injustice. She has been honoured with the Canada Screen Award and has participated as a jury member at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards five times. RUSSIANS AT WAR (2024) / CONGO, MY PRECIOUS (2017) / VICTIMS OF ISIS (2015) / HER WAR: WOMEN VS. ISIS (2015)

No mention of RT in the director's bio of course. Same shit, different film festival.

Also, if this propaganda film reveals more to you about the war than 100 news articles, that's not shining praise for the film, but rather an indictment of the sorry state of our collective media landscape in Ukraine and the West.

The West obviously has a problem of not reporting on Ukraine as often anymore. It's not "fashionable". A lot of the reporting I've come across is superficial and there is rarely a deep dive into the Ukrainian civilian aspect of the war. It seems there always has to be either a grotesque catastrophic event due to Russian aggression (like the Okhmatdyt children's cancer hospital), or an interesting enough topic in order for something to be considered (like the Mykola Hryshko national botanical garden being in danger of losing its tropical plants due to the war causing electricity cuts.) There is a dearth of human interest stories, which is the core of understanding this war and the effects it has on Ukrainians.

When there is such a story, it falls into the situation of the "box-ticking approach", as described by Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk:

It is not enough to simply ‘do Ukraine’ by reviewing one book on the war, especially if it’s by a Western journalist rather than a Ukraine-based author. It’s not enough to host one exhibition, particularly if it is by an artist or photographer who only spent a few weeks in the country. Quickly putting together a panel on Russia’s war in response to a major development at the front and adding a sole Ukrainian voice at the last minute doesn’t cut it either. This box-ticking approach is unhelpful and insulting.

Most if not all of the quotes I pull from human-interest stories are from Ukrainian journalism. If you've been following me for the short time I've had this blog up, you'll notice I read a lot. At this point I've given up on looking up Western based English media, because the core stories that define the war are just not there. If there is an interesting article from the West, I'll usually see it pop up on my Twitter feed (like the botanical garden story) and I'll take a look then because its been recommended and has what I'm looking for.

And finally, Western media can't let go of having some Russian expert talk about Ukraine, instead of actually talking to Ukrainians.

Kate from Kharkiv: Ukrainian media, both in Ukrainian and English, must improve their regional reporting. They are increasingly resembling local Kyiv media, which limits global awareness of events across Ukraine. Consequently, international media rarely cover these regions unless we die en mass. But not too often, because if often it is not news anymore.

Like Kate from Kharkiv points out, mass-casualty events are no longer "fashionable". She further indicates the lack of essential reporting in specific regions where conditions are different from Kyiv. One such example is the Russians turning Kherson into a "human safari". Initially, only Zarina Zabrisky was reporting on how Russian drones pilots were deliberately targeting civilians, and she shouldn't have to be the only one reporting on this. While there are some Western news outlets that have reported on this situation now, it's still not enough. Zarina Zabrisky is still diligently doing the bulk of the work in reporting on this. I can only imagine what other stories in other regions are going untold because there is little to no coverage.

The other obstacle I've noticed is accessibility to news in Ukraine from a language perspective. There isn't enough English language coverage from Ukrainian media outlets. While I would love to be able to read Ukrainian confidently, I'm nowhere near there yet, and the West is collectively even further away. Google translate isn't a great substitute either for obvious reasons. The number of times I wanted to read/watch a news report, and there was no English supplement is a lot. It happens frequently with the English language Ukrainian news accounts I follow. They'll post a clip from a news report with no translated subtitles and say, "look at this!", but I can't extract the information they want to show because of this problem.

This is why I hold volunteer translators as some of the most valuable contributors in the information space, and I will always credit them.

It's a vicious cycle. If a large proportion of Ukrainian news media is inaccessible to Western media due to the language barrier, information has even less of a chance of being noticed and spreading. This is, in my opinion, the other side of the coin on issues in the information war.

[naturepointstheway]

Vienna 1989/90 giving me that tasty Tuggoffelees juice at the end of Mistoffelees' number. Love how Misto just spins Tugger away. It also actually reminds me a lot of a very similar duo spin dance at the end of this number that happens in Zurich with Lindsay Chambers' Misto, but instead it's with Munkustrap rather than Tugger.

And in Zurich's case, well, let's say that this Misto has a very different experience to Valentin's (who reminds me a lot of Tim Scott's Misto, especially with the makeup), and Munk is more showing he has accepted him fully.

@absolutehumandisaster - hope you don't mind me tagging you as I feel you'd be interested in my "little" tag ramble/thoughts on Valentin's vs Chambers' Mistos and how Valentin's is Chambers' Misto once he is fully accepted and has grown exponentially in confidence by the next Jellicle Ball.

[periwinklefemur]

"and they were lab partners!"

"omg they were lab partners..."

here's a doodle concept for teen!Danbert :))

[millenari]

Seven Cat Calls Event

Celebrating my favorite (looking) Cats performers

‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‣Week twenty-one: Macavity

[vulcanette]

ii + vessel; euclid in zurich;

🎥: @ virginiablatter

[oyeixcher]

Random Wooyoung Gifs (7 ¦ ??)

Towards The Light: Will To Power in Zurich

[tutyayilmazz]

I WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AT SWISS CUP THIS YEAR FINALLY

i didn't get the catering spot i wanted, just smth with spectator entry so idk if I'll have a chance to see the athletes up close but if i can see any glimpse of rebeca's gymnastics in person it will be worth it 😭💓

[angelmush]

crispy skin salmon w lemony garlicky dill yogurt w a big glug of olive oil 4 lunch + organizing my purse on the dining table

[toki-toro]

Bonbalurina 😋😋😋

First impression: i won’t lie I didn’t rlly have a strong opinion abt her at first (this also goes for demeter and jelly) But I’ll admit that it was only because i was dedicating all of my attention on that weirdo scottish cat rather than literally any other character

Impression now: YAY I’ve grown to like her a lot more !! But tbh I’d say that I began to appreciate bomba maybe after I got to take a look at the designs in other productions. Some of them are so so pretty augh…… she is a fav

Favourite moment: I’ve been thinking about her dancing with tugger for the longest time now 🥀 and I esp like her part in the jellicle ball

Unpopular opinion: ik people have debated the relationship between bomba and demeter, but they are yuri to me 🫡 i know that’s *somewhat* a popular opinion but ummmmm ,shrugs.

Favourite relationship: obv I’m gonna say bombashanks they mean so much 2 me……… her and demeter have also grown on me

Favourite headcanon: ☝️well I like the idea that the main reason why she likes tugger is bc he reminds her of macavity. The latter gave her attention that she, in a way, misses (despite not liking him) and she’s trying to seek that same feeling from tugger. Like honestly I don’t even think this is a hc I’m pretty sure the choreography directly implies this from how she treats other toms

Face claims: these esp are some of the prettiest bombas I LOVE their makeup and I reference them all the time when drawing her

[louisupdates]

ZURICH [23.10.2023] 📸 eilidhsadcentures on TikTok.

Her caption: i always get birthday blues but this year was especially bad i just wanted to die. but louis change that and made this my favourite birthday ever !! i guess this is kind of like a story time ??? i couldn’t have been there w/o my amazing friend sky and everyone who was around me in pit i’m so thankful , and a special  thanks to everyone who sent me these videos as i didn’t record anything !  thank you to louis’ touring team who always make the shows a safe and enjoyable experience for me and make sure i’m happy and spoiled. forever gonna be supporting you louis always your girl from donny (even though i’m nb it’s okay 🤭)

[jellogram]

I love talking to people from around the world because they don't expect Americans to know specific cities and such but because of my job I actually know a lot of geography so they'll be like "I'm from Poland" and I'm like "Oh nice, what area?" and they're like "....Wrocław? It's in the southw—" "Oh cool! That's the place with the gnome statues hidden around town, right?"

It always impresses people and they're like "Wow you know a lot about Poland!" and I'm like well honestly not really. I just have the kind of job where I write about Wrocław gnome statues.