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hakoniwa-h · 4 months

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10th Years "Tomodachi Life" (& My blogs)

On April 18, 2023, one year ago, I wrote a very long article on my blog about Mii and Japanese politics in relation to 'Tomocore', which was released earlier in Japan. I would like to share the English translation of that article, which I used Chat GPT and DeepL to translate.

To be clear, this article contains content that is very distressing for the feminist community, the LGBTQ+ community, and those who struggle with and contemplate human rights issues...

【The original article】10周年目のトモダチコレクション新生活（Tomodachi Collection:New life, 10th birthday) 2023.04.18 https://hakoniwa-h.tumblr.com/post/714856306541002752/

「This is a gift from everyone」

On April 18, 2013, "Tomodachi Collection: New Life" was released, and now, it has reached its 10th anniversary. Congratulations. To share the excitement of 11 PM on April 17, 2013, I updated this blog at 11 PM on April 17, 2023. Unfortunately, we can no longer recommend the always-with-you download version…

Before moving this blog, I was posting various things about Tomodachi Collection: New Life on Seesaa Blog. If you've been with us since then, you've been following this blog for over 10 years.

Thank you. Congratulations on the 10th anniversary!

↑ Kanta, the 100th resident born on Likunoko Island, has also turned 9.

Tomodachi Collection: New Life was released on June 6, 2014, under the name "Tomodachi Life" in America, the EU, Australia, and Korea …etc. Before its release, Nintendo corrected an element related to "same-sex marriage" as a bug. I remember that when some people requested not to correct it, Nintendo responded firmly, saying, "We cannot incorporate social claims," which led to protests from users and human rights groups, resulting in an apology. At that time, I felt I had to summarize this controversy in my own way, but with limited knowledge of gender and the LGBTQ community, I remember feeling uncertain about whether it was appropriate to write "same-sex marriage" or "homosexuality" (I had some hesitation about whether it was "love" when it came to Mii relationships). Therefore, I used the terms "same-sex marriage" and "same-sex relationship." I've quietly revised that clumsy blog post since moving from Seesaa, correcting parts that seemed "discriminatory" or "a bit mistaken," but the overall tone and sentiment from that time remain unchanged, and it still exists today.

Back then, I was still immature, grappling with "fighting the society I thought was normal" in the face of my favorite work and the changing times.

[Past blog post]Same-sex marriage fiasco before Tomokore's overseas launch https://hakoniwa-h.tumblr.com/post/151286653996/

[References] ・HUFFPOST - 伊藤大地「任天堂は同性婚にNO」？ゲームの設定めぐり海外で波紋 https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2014/05/08/nintendo-tomodachi_n_5292748.html ・CNET Japan – Nick Statt 任天堂が謝罪–「トモダチコレクション新生活」欧米版で同性愛に対応せずhttps://japan.cnet.com/article/35047703/・CNET – Michelle Starr How to have same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Lifehttps://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/how-to-have-same-sex-relationships-in-tomodachi-life/

Today, I'd like to share some serious thoughts about politics inspired by Tomodachi Collection: New Life over these past ten years.

"Let's sometimes check how seriously we are living!"

■ Mii's Achievements Almost ten years have passed since the criticism. Following this criticism, "Miitopia" was released, where Mii characters could love anyone regardless of gender (or rather, Mii's gender itself became quite ambiguous), and it was reborn as a fascinating software for the 3DS and later remade for the Switch with enhanced features.

Moreover, Mii showed a remarkable presence in "Miitomo," which was Nintendo's first mobile app launched on March 17, 2016. Unfortunately, "Miitomo" has since been discontinued, but they are now planting flowers in the city with Pikmin in "Pikmin Bloom." I believe Mii are still doing their best.

■ Games and Politics Nintendo has stated, "We strive to create an environment where each employee can demonstrate their abilities," and reportedly introduced a partnership system in March 2021, advocating respect for human rights. This initiative for a diverse workplace includes a section on "promoting women's participation," but although 30% of Nintendo (Japan)'s employees are women, which might be relatively high for a general company, the fact that there are still fewer opportunities for women hasn't changed. Consequently, the fewer female employees, the fewer chances women have to benefit from the partnership system. Although it might be unrealistic to expect a sudden 50% representation tomorrow, I hope for a gradual increase. Additionally, Japanese electronics companies, including Nintendo, have been accused of being involved in forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 2020, and they are being asked to report on their stance regarding "modern slavery." [References]

・国際人権NGOヒューマン・ライツ・ナウ【報告書】新疆ウイグル自治区に関連する強制労働と日本企業の関与について https://hrn.or.jp/activity_statement/18457/ ・任天堂株式会社　現代奴隷に関するステートメント(PDF) https://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/pdf/ModernSlaveryTransparencyStatement_jp.pdf

There was also a bit of news that caught my attention. ・CNN 「任天堂米国法人が女性社員を解雇、理由を巡り物議に」https://www.cnn.co.jp/business/35080561.html・Gigazine 「ニンテンドー・オブ・アメリカで受けたひどいセクハラや女性差別について元従業員が告白」https://gigazine.net/news/20220819-nintendo-of-america-sexual-harassment/

■ Reality Pulling Us Back Now, regarding the much-desired proper sequel to "Tomodachi Collection: New Life" that I and probably the readers of this blog are hoping for, I must point out that the harsh response of Japanese society to the LGBTQ+ community is affecting the existence of the Mii characters. I can't help but think that the political issues surrounding whether to keep Mii's relationships and marriages strictly between male and female or make them more free are hindering development and release. It's likely impossible to create a "Mii who only likes one gender" now. Creating a "Mii who only likes one gender" would break the promise made during the controversy nine years ago when Tomodachi Life was released. The global fan community (honestly, excluding certain communities attacking minorities while jokingly invoking "Nintendo's legal department" and those sharing sensitive information affecting international relations and wars) is not foolish. Moreover, these issues will affect not just Tomodachi Collection but various other games. If it's judged that "human rights are being ignored for business," even the above-mentioned human rights statements will come under stricter scrutiny. Unless these issues are resolved, the development of a sequel to "Tomodachi Collection: New Life" won't be directed (or rather, can't be directed). I now think that the deterioration of Japanese politics over the past decade and the lack of "human rights education" are holding back development.

What I can say to those who wish for the release of "Tomodachi Collection: New Life" is to seriously consider Japanese politics.

If possible, think about human rights and the LGBTQ+ community because while Mii are fictional avatars, they occupy a unique position that can integrate real-life people into the game world, making them inseparable from reality and capable of influencing it.

Being aware of this, reexamining your own assumptions, and stopping discrimination are the quickest paths to development and release.

Is it natural that marriage is only possible between a man and a woman?

Wouldn't it have been acceptable for storks to deliver children to same-sex couples? Wouldn't having a slider setting for 'having children or not' solve this issue? Why is acquiring a home limited to married couples? There are many things we can reconsider.

I feel so seriously that "this country is in a bit of a crisis" that I have to say such serious things 10 years after the release of Tomodachi Collection: New Life. Please understand this small request.

I want the Switch to be imported to a new island in "Tomodachi Collection: New Life," and for Mii to play Zelda, Ring Fit Adventure, and more. I love Mii playing 3DS and WiiU on the 3DS, but I want to say, "Please export the Switch!"

If the economy were a bit better, I think many downloadable content and repairs for 3DS and Wii could have continued. What will happen if the Wii or 3DS of the Mii living on the island breaks down? It's sad to think about, but at the same time, I also feel like Mii could somehow fix it.

■ Tightening Last year, on February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. In 2013, Russia enacted a law prohibiting the "propaganda" of "non-traditional sexual relations (homosexuality)" to minors. In 2017, a legal amendment decriminalized domestic violence.

The fact that "Miitopia" was released with an R18 rating also caused a big stir, as it was caught by this “propaganda” clause. "Tomodachi Life" might also be included.

[References] ・毎日新聞 – 菅野蘭「女の子」だから、抗議する　プーチン政権下のロシアの女性たちhttps://mainichi.jp/articles/20230413/k00/00m/030/139000c ・AUTOMATON – Daiki Imazato ロシア下院議員が「LGBTを宣伝するゲーム」をリストアップ。『Fallout』や『Apex Legends』など有名ゲーム多数を危険視 https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20221115-226706/・AUTOMATON – Ayuo Kawase Nintendo Switch『ミートピア』はロシアでは“18禁”だとして話題にのぼる。同性愛描写が影響かhttps://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20210219-152683/ ・FRANCE 24 - Russia’s book police: Anti-gay law opens new chapter as censors target literature https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240430-russia-s-book-police-anti-gay-law-opens-ugly-new-chapter

Additionally, last November, it became a problem that the Shinto Political League distributed a discriminatory booklet at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentary group that described homosexuality as a "mental disorder" and an "addiction." Frankly speaking, I feel that Japan's stance on LGBTQ+ issues is very close to the situation described above in Russia. If a "homosexual propaganda ban law" were to be enacted in Japan, it would not only restrict the release of games related to Mii but also other imported games and works. I dread the thought that it could even lead to the halting of distribution of second-hand copies of 'Tomodachi Life' and 'Miitopia.'

[References] ・Yahoo個人 – 松岡宗嗣「同性愛は依存症」「LGBTの自殺は本人のせい」自民党議連で配布 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/matsuokasoshi/20220629-00303189 ↑（I've listed the sites and articles I referred to without changing their titles, but this article by writer Soshi Matsuoka, posting information about LGBTQ+ issues in Japan, became a scoop, particularly highlighting the LGBTQ persecution by traditional religions in Japan.）・朝日新聞デジタル – 伊藤舞虹議員ら会合でLGBTQ差別冊子、「加担怖い」　当事者の神職ら抗議(有料記事) https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQCG74K2QBPOIPE00S.html ・The Asahi Shimbun - MAIKO ITO /Staff Writer Shrine workers protest Shinto body’s anti-LGBT pamphlet https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14768713 ・東京新聞日本除いた「G6」からLGBTQの人権守る法整備を促す書簡　首相宛てに駐日大使連名　サミット議長国へ厳しい目 https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/238238

The direction of Japan's game industry is also influenced by the atmosphere among users. Until now, perhaps you could adopt the attitude that as long as you could play your favorite games, you didn't care about anything else. This was because Japan was perceived to (comparatively still) have "money," and it was a country with many people who could afford to be insensitive and not care about others. Moreover, I think there was a sort of tacit racial leniency as "an island nation with strange customs in East Asia."

However, such excuses will no longer be acceptable. We are entering an era where we must feel ashamed of the business practices that have relied on such excuses. Therefore, I sincerely hope that those who love Mii and read this blog will seriously think about the future, including politics.

And, based on that, I want you to boldly wish for the development of a sequel to 'Tomodachi Life: New Life.'

"From tomorrow, I will try my best."

The next election is the second half of the unified local elections on April 23rd. Why not seriously consider how you want Mii to be portrayed in the future as one of the starting points?

--- --- --- ■Supplementary information The day I wrote this article, April 18th, was a time when local elections were looming in Japan.

On May 19, 2024, it became clear that a Japanese lesbian couple sought asylum in Canada, being recognized as refugees due to compound discrimination against women and LGBTQ+ in Japan. We live in an environment so severe that we need to seek asylum. Nintendo, the creator of 'Tomodachi Life,' is unfortunately based in Japan and sometimes absorbs the discriminatory expressions of Japanese society. This issue extends beyond games to other media like manga and anime. Feminist groups that point out these problems often face SLAPP lawsuits and other forms of harassment, making it a serious social issue that rarely comes to light.

・日本人の同性カップル、カナダで難民認定　「迫害に根拠ある恐怖」 https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS5L2F7MS5LUTFL002M.html ・Colabo’s Fights against Sexual Exploitation and Misogyny in Japan Today | Webzine-KYEOL As you may know, in May 2014, before the release of "Tomodachi Life," it became big news that same-sex marriage was not possible in the game. At the time, I must confess, I had little understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and didn't fully grasp why this caused such anger. I believe most Japanese people felt the same.

The answer is that Japan is a society that adheres to the standard that "marriage is between a man and a woman."

Japan is a country that is (for better or worse) susceptible to external pressure. When former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori made sexist remarks during the TOKYO Olympics, it was thanks to women around the world standing up that we finally managed to bring him down. The sad fact is that women's suffrage in Japan is shorter than his age. The reality is that few people can access the Japanese feminist communities and LGBTQ+ communities, and they are quite exhausted.

I live in a rural area (HOKKAIDO) and have never directly participated in these communities, which is an issue. Feminism in Japan feels like it belongs to those in urban areas, who can attend university, who have money, and who can participate in communities.

At the same time, this means that anti-feminists can easily infiltrate feminist communities if they have the funds.

I think Japan's situation regarding LGBTQ+ is close to Russia. Women's wages are 75% of men's. I live as a woman in this Japanese society. I encountered feminism in 2017 when Yumi Ishikawa started the hashtag activism #Kutoo, a play on #MeToo. Online visibility of feminists allowed us to see what books and media they were consuming. I was fortunate that when I encountered feminism, K-feminism, including Cho Nam-joo's "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982（KO:「82년생 김지영」 JP:「82年生まれ、キム・ジヨン」)" was spreading in Japan, and I rode that wave.

(Postscript 2024/05/26 Upon rereading, I realized there might be some confusion here. In 2017, the global hashtag movement #MeToo occurred, and I was shocked by Shiori Ito's case and the reports on it. Gradually, women's accusations started to accumulate, and although I felt I wanted to share something as well, I couldn't put my thoughts into words. This led me to read many books and articles about feminism. Among these, Yumi Ishikawa's #Kutoo (2019) movement emerged, the Flower Demo, public discrimination by a certain university professor, and the related lawsuits.)

I learned that Japan is a family-centric society, that we are bound by it, and that what I thought was "normal" since childhood was not "normal." Our rights are incomplete, and human rights education, including sex education, has not been conducted.

You may know famous feminists like CHIZUKO UENO and YOKO TAJIMA, but their books did not reach us. Japanese bookstores rarely carry feminist books. As mentioned earlier, women's wages are 75% of men's; it's not that we don't buy books but can't afford to. Moreover, many Japanese women are burdened with household chores and have no time to read.

The same applies to other cultures. There's no time to play games, no time for hobbies, but we're told to stay beautiful. The word "Jyoshi-ryoku" (women's power) became a buzzword in 2009. "Jyoshi-ryoku" is a term similar to "Tradwife," meaning always being cute, good at cooking, and perfectly entertaining men. It became a buzzword, and we were swayed by it.

Do you know what happened in 2009?

↑It's the year when the DS version of ”Tomodachi Collection” was released. Now, AI like Chat GPT has advanced greatly, allowing us to communicate like this (although it's still somewhat unstable).

The 10th-anniversary article touched on these social issues in Japan and addressed Mii fans, but it didn't get much response in Japan.

Japan still neglects the word "human rights." It is a country full of elderly people who do not get angry even if taxes are pocketed by suited old men. And I am one of the women sighing in that society. In Japan, making statements about feminism attracts trolls from all sides, creating a situation where even a small corner blog like this has to remain vigilant.

...Thank you for reading this long piece. Let me say a bit more. The point I want to make is that a society where many people suffer from various difficulties happening around the world is not only challenging for us but also for Mii. I hope for a society where it's easier to live, not only for the cute residents living on this small island but for everyone.

And I believe that applies to you, the one reading this text. I hope the English is coming across well. Thank you to ChatGPT and DeepL (and to all those developers and individuals striving for ethics), truly.

#mii #Tomodachi life #miitopia #feminism #トモコレ418

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The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki Revisits Princess Diana’s Most Memorable Looks | Life in Looks

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British Vogue presents Princess Diana’s Life in Looks with The Crown star, Elizabeth Debicki. Ahead of the release of Netflix’s The Crown Season 5, Elizabeth Debicki takes Vogue through Princess Diana’s 20 most memorable looks, from the infamous revenge dress to her first British Vogue cover in the ’80s featuring chandelier diamond earrings.

When asked for her favourite look, Debicki opted for Diana’s blazer, jeans and cowboy boots ensemble from the Guards Polo Club in Windsor (1988): “This is what I think we think of when we think of Diana in the ‘90s. The cowboy boots are incredible; we had these remade — I was obsessed with them. She was probably the first Royal to ever wear a baseball cap in public. Just to see a Royal off-duty and make it so cool. I think it’s so much a sense that she made all the choices herself”. Watch the full episode of British Vogue’s Life in Looks, as we break down Princess Diana’s 20 most memorable looks.

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00:00 - 1981: Engagement announcement at Buckingham Palace, London 00:45 - 1981: Attending a polo match at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor 01:06 - 1981: First British Vogue cover - photographed by Lord Snowdon 01:31 - 1981: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their honeymoon, Scotland 02:07 - 1986: Family ski holiday, Switzerland 02:22 - 1987: Visiting the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 03:01 - 1987: Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Cannes Film Festival, France 03:35 - 1988: Attending a polo match at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor 04:15 - 1989: Attending Sir Francis Brooke and Katherine Hussey’s wedding, Bath 04:34 - 1990: Family holiday, Necker Island 04:59 - 1992: Visit to the pyramids, Egypt 05:20 - 1993: With Prince Williams and Prince Harry on a family ski holiday, Austria 05:57 - 1994: Visiting her newborn nephew at St Mary’s Hospital, London 06:18 - 1994: Ski holiday, Austria 06:34 - 1994: Attending a Vanity Fair party at the Serpentine Gallery, London 07:11 - 1995: Attending the annual Serpentine Gallery summer party, London 07:32 - 1995: Leaving the Chelsea Harbour Club gym, London 08:05 - 1997: Visiting active landmines with charity The Halo Trust in Huambo, Angola 08:38 - 1997: Attending lunch at The Connaught Hotel, London 09:06 - 1997: British Vogue cover released after her passing - photographer by Patrick Demarchelier

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I WANNA SNARL AND SHOW YOU JUST HOW DISTURBED THIS HAS MADE ME.

#RI0S. an independent & semi - selective character plucked from canon and remade into an original character. RIO VIDAL, green witch with a black heart. supernatural based with multiple verses available in other fandoms. original character & multi fandom friendly. spellbound by ELLIE, 23, SHE / THEY.

A STUDY IN: the wicked witch stereotype, born intertwined with mother nature, sadism as survival, what it means to be covenless, nurturing a rotting heart, burn the witch, moral decay.

⁰¹. carrd ⁰². study ⁰³. prompts.

TEMP RULES UNDER CUT.

01. hi! my name is ellie. i'm 23 and use she / they pronouns. a few things to know about me and this blog: i'm neurodivergent, which means activity may be spotty due to my attention span. fixations come and go, meaning i may not always be quick to respond to threads, but that doesn't mean i'm not interested. however, this blog is strictly 18+ and mutuals only. if i follow you, it's because i actively want to write with you!

02. this one goes without saying, but any asshole behavior on the dash won't be tolerated. homophobia, racism, transphobia, antisemitism, misogyny, or any form of hatred will result in a block. hate and dash drama will result in a block. if i catch you practicing anon hate, i'll block. if i see you being passive aggressive and frequently vague posting about mutuals, i'll block. if you are pro - isreal or pro - war, this isn't the blog for you. i reserve the right to block in order to curate my space. if you intend to sever ties with me, please soft or hard block me!

03. i don't have any hard DNIs as far as faceclaims and characters go. i just ask that you practice common sense; if a character is bigoted in any way, i won't interact. if an actor/celebrity is generally what i deem problematic, i won't interact. always feel free to ask me to specify according to your muses. i will not interact with muses who use animated/cartoon face claims for my own comfort.

04. rio is a complex muse. she may do or say things that i don't personally condone, so it's important to note that muse does not equal mun. please take anything said or done in character with a grain of salt. never will she be hateful, ignorant, or bigoted.

05. interactions are best kicked off with me by sending prompts to my inbox, and vice versa. i'm open to plotting, but i ask that you please excuse any inherent awkwardness if you slide into my IMs. my discord is also available for you upon request. please note that i am not amazing at interacting out of character during the ice breaker period, but i'll always try to respond to dms as quickly as i can.

06. this blog may contain usfw content. viewer discretion is advised. i will write usfw content with those i feel comfortable with (but ask that no smut - centric blogs follow me), and i'll ALWAYS tag any usfw content with usfw tw. smut will not be common on this blog, as rio requires a genuine, plotted out connection with another muse to engage in sex. general warnings for alcohol / drug use, trauma, blood, gore, body horror, violence, death, etc, apply. if there's anything you want me to tag that isn't already tagged, let me know!

07. shipping will be based on chemistry for the most part. please don't force ship or automatically assume ships! again, the best way to test the waters is with an inbox prompt. if i see our characters potentially being romantically involved, that's a great first step towards establishing chemistry. be mindful of rio's stated sexuality ( pansexual ).

08. as mentioned before, my attention span is extremely limited. i may respond to some things quickly and others may take a while. it's never personal. if you want me to respond to something and it's been a minute, give me a friendly nudge! please don't nag frequently, as i am trying my best and nagging tends to make it harder than it already is. i appreciate your patience!

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private, selective, and medium to low activity QUEEN ANNA OF ARENDELLE this interpretation is canon-based and some headcanons influenced by my writing and interactions. as adored and loved by kayla since march 2014 mun is 24, she/her

( rules below the cut )

current rules as my main page is under construction

𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 & 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔.

01. i ship chemistry, currently i am multi-ship. do not force ship. nor assume our muses have an established connection unless your character is apart of the frozen franchise, ty !!

02. ask memes are appreciated and returned !! I believe in meme karma !! headcanon based memes will be accepted by all, but ask starters will only be accepted by mutuals.

03. i format my responses, though not heavily. I use small text and icons. I will remove small text upon request for our threads !! i do not expect this of you. you also do not have to match my length, but i like my novellas to be answered with novellas. like if i write 6 paragraphs, at least write 1-3, ya feel.

04. I am open to plotting !! message me !!

05. if an ask meme is turned into a thread, all i ask is that it is started in a separate post. PLEASE. and cut the threads.

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bigboxochristmas · 2 years

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Yuletidings 1987: HaHaHallelujah

1. Have Yourself A Looney Christmas - Bugs Bunny & Friends 01:49 2. Don't Believe in Christmas - The Sonics 01:42 3. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Bob Rivers 02:05 4. Toad Away - The Firesign Theatre 02:13 5. Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope - Martin Mull 02:19 6. Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer - The Turtles 01:54 7. Be-Bop Santa Claus - Babs Gonzales 03:05 8. Santa Claus Is Watching You - Ray Stevens 03:14 9. The Hat I Got For Christmas Is Too Beeg - Mel Blanc 02:42 10. Christmas in the Congo - The Marquees 02:13 11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - A.B. Green 02:09 12. There's Trouble Brewing - Jack Scott 02:17 13. Jingle Bells - NRBQ 00:55 14. Santa and The Satellite - Buchanan & Goodman 02:58 15. Captain Santa Claus -Bobby Helms 02:27 16. Monster's Holiday - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett 03:06 17. 'Zat You, Santa Claus - Louis Armstrong 02:44 18. I'm Your Santa (As Seen on TV) - The Christmas Jug Band 03:46 19. The Nutcracker Suite - Spike Jones 06:57 20. O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads - Bob Rivers 01:22 21. I Tawt I Taw Ol' Tanty Claus - Tweety & Sylvester 01:59 22. Christmas Dragnet - Stan Freberg 06:38

------------------------------ The basic theme for this collection was holiday recordings with a humorous bent, though the definition of ‘humorous’ was stretched in a few cases. My holiday-music collection still being somewhat limited at the time, there are a few repeats from the previous compilations, but there are definitely some gems here. Highlights include: Bob Rivers’ stunning, note-for-note cover of The Animals’ “House of the Rising Sun” (with an absolutely perfect Eric Burdon imitator on vocals), remade as “O Little Town of Bethlehem”; the Firesign Theatre’s (from whom I swiped my nom de blog, Sacred Cowboy) quasi-biblical “Toad Away”; Martin Mull’s classic “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope”; Babs Gonzales’ 1955 hipster version of “The Night Before Christmas”, entitled “Be-Bop Santa Claus”; the peculiar interpretation of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by one A.B. Green, and Stan Freberg’s holiday-themed follow-up to his earlier “St. George and the Dragonet”, “Christmas Dragnet”.

As mentioned in the notes for the first compilation, Mel Blanc’s “The Hat I Got for Christmas is Too Beeg” is somewhat queasy-making by modern standards, as is The Marquees’ “Christmas in the Congo”, and are only included here because they were part of the original mix.

The cover art (such as it is) was a cut-and-paste job with some photocopies of an alphabet from a book of classical lettering designs and borders. DOWNLOAD

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Crooked Timber's Ministry for the Future Seminar

Kim Stanley Robinson's 2020 novel "The Ministry for the Future," is a fierce imaginative work. Robinson doesn't just depict a future beyond the climate emergency and capitalism itself, he depicts the specific, wrenching transition that takes us there.

https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-the-future/

As I wrote in my review, the (variously attributed) maxim "It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism," isn't quite right. Imagining postcapitalism is an easy lift, but imagining the path to that world is *very* hard.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/03/ministry-for-the-future/#ksr

Robinson didn't leap into this project - he's been working up to it for literally decades, at least since the publication of the "Three California" books, which include one of the most uplifting novels I've ever read, PACIFIC EDGE:

https://memex.craphound.com/2015/01/15/pacific-edge-the-most-uplifting-novel-in-my-library/

Meanwhile, his 2312/Aurora/New York 2140/Red Moon novels constitute a kind of rangefinding exercise, starting 300 years the future and then walking his projection backwards to find a plausible route to get there.

https://memex.craphound.com/2017/03/18/new-york-2140-kim-stanley-robinson-dreams-vivid-about-weathering-climate-crisis/

But all these brilliant novels really seem to be warmup exercises for the main event, The Ministry for the Future, which depicts the intermeshed systems of economics, politics, geoengineering, streetfighting and tragedy that might rescue us from dying in our own waste-gases.

It's urgent, frightening and hopeful, raising as many questions as it answers.

These questions are now taken up in one of Crooked Timber's "seminars": a series of interdisciplinary essays about the book, culminating in the author's response.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/03/the-ministry-for-the-future-seminar/

The first of these essays comes from Maria Farrell: "What is Ours is Only Ours to Give," about the digital technology at the core of TMFTF, namely blockchain and independent social media. Farrell is characteristically incisive on these elements.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/04/what-is-ours-is-only-ours-to-give/

Her thoughts here tie back to her notion of the "prodigal tech bro," and how we should treat the tech industry's claims of genius with skepticism - even when those claims are cloaked in confessions of being an EVIL genius.

https://crookedtimber.org/2020/09/23/story-ate-the-world-im-biting-back/

The next essay is Oliver Morton's, digging into the solar geoengineering in TMFTF, and the "sustained contradiction" such an effort might produce - relieving the urgency of addressing carbon production and accumulating new policy debt in the process.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/05/on-solar-geoengineering-and-kim-stanley-robinson/

Morton's a very good choice for this role: his 2016 book on geoengineering, "The Planet Remade," remains one of the best technological, economic and political overviews of the subject:

https://memex.craphound.com/2016/05/04/the-planet-remade-frank-clear-eyed-book-on-geoengineering-climate-disaster-humanitys-future/

Next is Jessica Green's "Can the World’s Bankers Really Save the Climate?" which drills into Robinson's fictional carbon markets, where central bankers are pressed into service to save the planet in an unjust (but rapid and necessary) compromise.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/06/can-the-worlds-bankers-really-save-the-climate/

Green's an expert on climate and finance, so she's as good at spotting the cards that Robinson palms here as Farrell is with tech. Green credits Robinson with identifying the "true sources" of climate obstruction, but thinks he's missed the mark on how to deal with them.

Next is the Roosevelt Institute's Todd Tucker with "Ministry for Your Future Soul": praise for KSR's depiction of the scientific process, scientists, policy wonks, and the progress of policy. Tucker calls Robinson a "Gramscian science fictionologist."

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/07/ministry-for-your-future-soul/

Robinson's "dynamic imagination...makes the book valuable to policy nerds" because "fiction can inform planning," specifically through that exercise of starting with the outcome we want and then working backwards to imagine the steps we need to get there.

This "backcasting" method has many and varied adherents. It's the method that Anonymous used to create its notorious ops, as documented in Biella Coleman's 2014 book on the ensemble:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-anonymous-ghost-in-the-machine

But it's also the method that Amazon uses for new product decisions: starting by writing the press-release announcement and then working backwards to sell the org on developing the product to go with the press-release:

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/amazon-uses-a-secret-process-for-launching-new-ideas-and-it-can-transform-way-you-work.html

Next is Belle Waring's "Sudden Tempest of Ultimate Summer," which goes straight for the political violence in TMFTF, and KSR's seeming discomfort with this violence, coupled with his evident belief in its necessity.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/10/the-sudden-tempest-of-ultimate-summer/

As Waring points out, alongside all the nonviolent tactics Robinson depicts, there is a lot of (mostly offstage) violence - and when that violence is onstage Robinson pivots away from it, subjecting the Davos hostages to Powerpoint presentations instead of a firing squad.

Waring also grapples with the intimate, gendered role that violence plays in the book - the relationship between heroine Mary Murphy and the traumatized antihero Frank May, who holds her hostage, and whom Murphy subsequently dedicates herself to.

The next installment - Half the Earth? - comes from John Quiggin, a trained agricultural economist who delves into Robinson's depiction of a successful "Half Earth" transition in which humans surrender half our planet to other animals.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/11/half-the-earth/

Quiggin is pretty bullish on the possibility of this happening, noting that we have more than enough food as things stand and that human fertility is already below the replacement level everywhere except Africa, where it's still trending down.

For Quiggin, vacating half the Earth is do-able: "We are, suddenly and surprisingly, at a point in history when radical change seems not just possible but likely."

Next is Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, whose "What’s In Our Way?" - a frank look at how KSR depicts north/south politics, and the realism behind a scenario in which mass death in India leads to little change, while the erasure of LA sets change in motion.

https://crookedtimber.org/2021/05/03/whats-in-our-way/

Táíwò calls this "equal parts fatalism, pragmatism, and optimism," and while he acknowledges its realpolitik, he also calls upon us to imagine something better - led by the global south, rather than the "elite of the elites."

There are three more responses to come: from Henry Farrell, Suresh Naidu and Robinson himself - a contribution I'm eagerly awaiting. Based on my own experience with the CT seminar on my novel Walkaway, this will be an intense project for him.

https://crookedtimber.org/2017/05/10/cory-doctorow-seminar/

For all that the seminar raises serious questions about whether TMFTF can be a roadmap (as opposed to an inspiration) for a transition to a better, sustainable future, the book remains an awesome, towering accomplishment, a beacon and a delight.

What's more, Robinson has walked back his early 2020 idea that TMFTF would be his last novel for an indefinite period while he worked on nonfic (about the Sierras and conservation). He says he's back to writing novels, which is *outstanding* news.

I read TMFTF as I was writing THE LOST CAUSE, my post-GND climate novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias and plutocrat wreckers.

You can read the prologue here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-decameron-36398964

That book is now done, and reading TMFTF and thinking about its boldness, its brilliance and its flaws made me reconsider my own story. Imagining the end of capitalism remains the hard problem of our future, and Robinson has done sterling work on that problem.

The Crooked Timber seminarians are carrying on the work Robinson started in TMFTF, shoring up its weak spots and calling attention to its sturdy frame. Taken together, the CT essays and Robinson's novel are a heady tonic for a world in transition.

#pluralistic

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