Movies and mushrooms. Writer, film critic, Japanese film lover, amateur mycologist, co-director of CREEPING GARDEN and J-HORROR VIRUS and author of a few books. https://jaspersharp.squarespace.com
Jasper Sharp
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This will go down as a major stain on FIFA and its World Cup before a ball has even been kicked. Infantino has been banging on about the most inclusive World Cup and Africa’s top referee can’t even get into the country.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...
Papua New Guinea has detailed its plans to protect approximately 200,000 km² of Pacific Ocean waters from fishing and all other destructive human activity.
Papua New Guinea sits within the Coral Triangle, the global epicentre of marine biodiversity.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year.
Compare that to:
Premier League football: £6.6 billion
Home entertainment: £5.6 billion
UK film industry: 2.8 billion
Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.