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I eat cringe for breakfast. I produce content for @antaresphdev 🟥🟪🟦

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- Gawking on red carpet events and outfits
- Religious trauma as an ex-Jehovah's Witness
- Pinoy excellence
- Philippine politics
- Encantadia

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Isn't it so wild that Madonna really came up on a stage for an acceptance speech where she just lists her contemporaries that are now dead?? Lmaoo

"Michael is gone. Tupac is gone. Prince is gone. Whitney is gone. Amy Winehouse is gone. David Bowie is gone. But I'm still standing." 😭

Thank God Isetann Cubao is still standing, and NOVO is still slaying. Power Plant Mall and SM department stores could never rival the vibe these two give, i.e., lower middle class families buying new pairs of shoes, bags, and supplies for their child two weeks before school starts.

I can't help but feel the organizers of Quezon City Pride March are starting to lose their touch. I know there's an incentive to being the biggest Pride March in Asia, but it shouldn't be at the expense of the advocacies we should be fighting for.

Chasing for numbers got us partnering with oppressive corporations who are only in it for the money. I don't think we are forced to partner with necessary evils in this case. Okay naman tayo dati kahit wala sila e.

This is the exact same predicament we were in in 2024 when they revealed BINI as part of the guest performers to rake in attendees, even those who are not our allies. All we got was a concert that was supposed to be a march for gender equality but got hijacked by straight people who not only not cared, but even verbally assaulted queer people at an event that should've celebrated them.

Whoever designed the sun in the Philippine flag was genius. It’s a masterclass in brand design. You can just take that token out of its context and put it anywhere and it screams “Philippines”, with or without color. Nowadays, you pay design agencies in millions of dollars to create something like that.

Spent a full two days with iPhone 16. It is noticeable how fast the battery drains, even with both airplane mode and low power mode on. But this is still miles better compared to my Samsung A52s. I just have to remember to remove the 80% battery charge limit the next time I go out so it has more juice.

But also got a whiplash from how clear and crisp the images are. When I was choosing between it and Samsung S25, videos keep comparing cameras and focusing on the nitty gritty of everything. But I think realistically, if you're coming from an old midrange phone like I am, none of all that really matters. All I am noticing now is how much better iPhone's camera is to my old phone.

Also, I totally forgot that iPhone 16 only comes with 60Hz refresh rate. My friend (who is a graphic designer) had to point it out to me. I really didn't notice because I think the Liquid Glass effects compensated for it so much and the screen's quality is just crisp.

And that's coming from me who's gaming in 140Hz and has a midrange phone set to 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. I really didn't notice.

This storyline Marcoleta et al are weaving… it should be clear that they know there's no way out of this for them but another Duterte presidency. Yung script nila na nabigyan ng maleta pati ICC as bribe, it is not supposed to make sense. It is supposed to *confirm* the DDS' beliefs so they stay loyal to Sara come 2028. It doesn't matter that the hearing yesterday wasn't official. They just needed people to see it. All propaganda.

Mukhang na-realize ng team ni Heidi Mendoza na malaki impact sa brand niya nung naging fiasco regarding sa stance niya last elections re: LGBTQ+ community. I hope na sincere yung message niya na talagang naiintindihan na niya saan nanggagaling ang mga bading.

At kung tatakbo siya ulit, ibigay na niya sa mga bading yung running joke na sa kanya isusumbong lahat ng mga baklang siraulo at pasaway. Honorary homophobic kumbaga 🤣

We gotta prepare for when Inday Sara surrenders her presidential run and has her campaign replaced by Baste Duterte come 2028.

They're already planting the seeds. The dude literally just had a personality and branding overhaul. Apparently, he was your typical conyo yayamanin dude you'd swear was secretly gay. But now, he speaks just like his jailed father, down to the Bisaya cadence and tone and depth of voice.

They've seen the polls. Despite multiple statements saying she wouldn't run again, Leni is steadily getting numbers. Tulfo as well. While Sara's numbers go down every time she opens her mouth. Her political career is done for, at least on a national level, especially with the impeachment looming over her head.

Something Miranda Priestly said in the second film resonated with me so much. "People should know. They should know there's a cost. But boy, I love working."

Literally teared up at her just being giddy at saying that last sentence, because I, too, love working—even at the expense of watching my life pass me by sometimes.

I don't mind small talk, and I find it strange how people hate it when it comes to dating. Small talk is an important part of building rapport and making each other comfortable in a conversation.

These men always wanna jump into talking about heavy shit like politics, relgion, morality, and philosophy like?? And when you actually sit them down to talk about that, they come up with nothing substantial.

Talked to a guy once who said he hated small talk, so I asked him what he wanted to talk about. He said he wanted to know about me, so I told him everything, from how I grew up with no parents and how I grew up inside a cult—the entire autobiography. Then he had the audacity to tell me he didn't want to talk to me any longer because, according to him, I trauma dumped on him lmao

Attended the Pride Night by loveyourselfph last night, and it was so much fun. The theme was Songkran, so we were expecting to be hosed down, but they didn't have enough water supply. But it rained so much at around 9 or 10 PM so it was good.

Too bad, one generator got wet and caught fire so the event had to be called early. And of course, people online are saying it's a sign from God but whatever 🙄

Iba din yung 2000s to 2010s rivalry ng ABS-CBN at GMA e. Same concept sa mga teleserye, magkaibang take sa execution, pero parehas problematic srofl

Sa ABS-CBN, may mga taong unggoy sa Kambal sa Uma. Sa GMA naman, may taong uling sa Luna Blanca. 😭😭😭

Ahead of the Pride Month, I'm sharing another Filipino gay lingo I use all the time.

"Watashi" = a person.

Example: "Paepal na naman 'to si watashi, parang timang eh."

Root word: "tao", lit., human

tao → otaw (reversed, street slang) → wato (reversed again) → wata → watashi

Variants: watusi, watsiley (from Wa Zi Lei from Meteor Garden), watanabe, waterloo, watsmi, watch-me-neyney.

Also, the way Pepito Manaloto just has deep lore that not even most viewers know? Like I was today years old when I found out the first instalment is a way different story than the second one. The first one was a mockumentary of Pepito's life, but it's all fabricated stories. Then they remade it to show the actual day-to-day life of Pepito's family, and that's why the second instalment is called Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay na Kuwento.

These new devs dunking on jQuery. Let's put some respect on its name, y'all weren't here when not even border-radius was a thing. And even in 2016 when I started web development, it was a godsend because shit didn't work half the time.

The reason we enjoy compatibility now and Baseline and shit is because of jQuery. Y'all wouldn't have the bloat of React and fanciness of these other frameworks without it.

The Pope just published a manifesto *against* AI.

"Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together."

vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/

Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
Genshin Impact Luna VII minor spoilers

What they're doing to Nefer's character this patch has been truly astounding, I say. This is exactly how I wanted them to answer the question of how does Nefer react to being back to the desert after going through all that traumatic experiences that made her leave in the first place.

Perfect character writing. I say they are doing this better than their first go at it.

In , the D/R alternation (i.e. when words' spelling change between D or R depending on the sound that precedes it) is totally optional as long as the meanings doesn't change.

So while we sound-wise prefer "Malaki raw" over "Malaki daw", neither is wrong. Both are grammatically correct.

[Source: Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat]

Subalit tandaan: Hindi ito dapat ituring na tuntunin sa pagsulat. Ang ibig sabihin pa, hindi dapat ituring na pagkakamali ang paggamit ng din at daw kahit sumusunod sa salitang nagtatapos sa patinig at malapatinig. English translation: "However, note: this should not be treated as a rule in writing. Furthermore, using 'din' and 'daw' after words that end in vowels and semivowels should not be considered wrong."

There are cases when the alternation is mandatory as it changes the meaning of the word. The source gives the words "madamdamin" and "maramdamin" as examples. Although both words are technically one and the same, the vernacular has given them sufficiently distinct meanings.

"Madamdamin" is an adjective that describes something as being full of emotions (e.g. "Madamdaming palabas" (lit. "emotional show")).

"Maramdamin" describes someone who's emotionally sensitive.

Sobrang out of touch ng mga mayayaman talaga no, until now di ko pa rin maarok kung paano dumating si Sarah Discaya sa conclusion na okay lang iyabang sa media na first time niyang boboto on the same year na tumakbo siya sa pagka-mayor 😭

Etong Meralco pati solar panels pinagdidiskitahan under the guise of concern dahil source ng sunog. Eh samantalang hallmark ng Philippine tourism ang sala-salabat na wiring ng electric cables.

Baket di n'yo pa lubusin at i-regulate na lang din ang photosynthesis?

I keep remembering that post on Instagram that said that healing the inner child is easy compared to the inner teen because the teen is mad as hell.

And I feel like now I am getting to that point. I just feel my patience wither away faster than it used to be, and especially to people that I believe should know and do better.

Legit yung story ni Pirena parang si Loki sa MCU.

- Royalty na na-reveal na may lahi ng kalaban
- Naging taksil, nakianib sa big bad para sakupin ang buong kaharian
- Na-corrupt
- Nag-sacrifice ng sarili as redemption
- Napunta sa ibang realm to reclaim powers
- Naging being of a higher power

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I don't even wanna put Katy Perry's six-fingered outfit here because, despite how the media outlets want to frame it as her statement against AI-generated content, it's not all that.

She used AI-generated video footage as backdrop on her previous tour. So that outfit isn't her making a statement against AI. It's her saying that AI-generated content is art.

The Filipino man behind the ILOVEYOU virus of the early 2000s. In a better country with a more ideal setting, he would've been part of a national cybersecurity team. But he's in the , so he has settled into becoming a mobile phone technician.

It's no secret that we just let our talents here dry up if they can't be exported into other countries.

web.archive.org/web/2020091501

WIRED The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus For two decades, Onel de Guzman has been suspected of unleashing the groundbreaking virus. But he's never confessed to anything—until now.

“He says he loves his work and that he’s content, but as I make my way out of the Blade Runner-esque fluorescent-lit maze of cramped computer shops, I get the feeling this isn’t where he’d imagined his life would end up.”

Sabrina Carpenter arriving in a dress made of filmstrips of the 1954 film Sabrina. She understood the assignment, and I for one am grateful she decided to come.

Can I also say that she *knows* her body well? She looks like a doll with her emphasis on her really good proportions.

Sabrina Carpenter in a dress made of filmstrips.

Bad Bunny walks in a look that's meant to be a reflection of the aging body. If you think about it, aging is an art form where some do it well and others do it like milk.

In an event filled with women in gorgeous outfits and men in boring suits, Bad Bunny stands out by coming in a boring suit but doing it with a statement.

Bad Bunny wearing an all black outfit, a white hair wig, facial hair, and prosthesis to make him look 70 years old.

Janelle Monaé walks down the carpet in an outfit that reminds us of the failures of our tech-defined society. With moss covering the wires, ports, and connectors in her dress, she reminds us that eventually, nature reclaims everything.

Jannelle Monaé in a mossy (literally) green dress covered in wires, computer ports, and connectors. She dons a butterfly hair clip on her head.

I cannot stop singing Shape of a Woman. This is reminding me of when Bad Romance came out in 2009 and I couldn't get it out of my head (which btw convinced my Catholic ass that it was written with demons' blood because how could a song get stuck in one's head for that long??)

Had my first round of interviews today after (impulsively) sending out applications last Saturday. My mind still isn't set on leaving my current job, but I have forgotten how freeing this part feels, as in the part where you know you're on your way out and you still kinda care but your stakes in the workplace are not as high anymore.

Devil Wears Prada 2 spoilers

The real villain of the sequel are the tech oligarchs and capitalists only out to squeeze every last cent out of every industry they could get their hands on.

These tech billionaires don't care about fashion and the art and beauty in it, only the money that comes with it.

The real villains are the billionaires—and they ain't wearing Prada.

Devil Wears Prada 2 spoilers

This is sooo on the nose but also a very pointed reference to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and the like who are famously known for their plain, boring fashion that apparently gives them one less decision to make every day (and that supposedly leads them to be more effective decision-makers).

Anna Wintour saying "[Trump] hasn't been cancelled, he just truly never belonged here" is such a gag for me. I'd always seen her as this uptight too-in-her-head figure because of stereotypes around fashion heads, but her uninviting Trump *permanently* to the Met Gala... wow.

"It's ridiculous that he actually thought he could come back." 🤯🤯🤯

Devil Wears Prada 2 spoilers

Knowing Lady Gaga, she would never say yes to a role if she has nothing to say in it and through it, even when playing as herself. In the film, Miranda guilt trips Lady Gaga to perform at their grand Milan fashion show last minute, and Gaga reluctantly does, stating that Miranda threatened her never to have a Runway cover ever again.

This is *almost definitely* a thing that happened to Gaga in the past lmao.

Devil Wears Prada 2 spoilers

I love that we get an insight into who Miranda is underneath. I was afraid from trailers that she would be grossly mischaracterized in the sequel, but they did a *fantastic* job in explaining why she is the way she is now.

Scarlet Witch

1. Bruha Eskarlata (from Spanish)
2. Pulang Manggagaway

(I didn't wanna use "mangkukulam" here because it connotes someone who works specifically with voodoo dolls, and "mambabarang" connotes someone who works specifically with bodily ailments. "Babaylan" is priestess, so that's a no-go as well.)

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch from WandaVision.

Fantastic Four - Kamangha-pat (idk sorry 😭🤣)

Mr. Fantastic - Mr. Walastik
Reed Richards - Rene Ricardo

Invisible Woman - Laho Lady
Susan Storm Richards - Susan Salonga Ricardo

Human Torch - Taong Sulô
Jonathan Storm - Jhonatan Salonga

The Thing - Ang Ano
Benjamin Grimm - Benjamin Gamboa

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Bisexual people getting invalidated every single day wow. If you're a woman, they say it's just a phase or you're just experimental. If you're a man, they say you're actually gay and haven't come to terms with it yet. You come out to people, and then immediately defend it and prove it in court after.

And we haven't even touched the subject of variations between bisexuals, because some like one gender more than the other. Now THAT is a whole another can of worms.

No wonder bi people just say they're either gay or lesbian because for some reason it's much easier for people to accept.

There are three criteria to being a twink: you have to be thin as hell, hairless as hell, and young as hell. So that man you're calling a twink because he's got a thin frame but he's toned and sporting a healthy set of facial hair? That ain't a twink.

That dude who's thin and balding? Also not a twink.

That 23-something dude who goes to the gym everyday? Definitely not a twink.

Word of the Day:

choppelganger (n.)
- a less attractive version of someone or something.

Example: "James Charles in drag looks just like Dua Lipa but uglier, she's her choppelganger."

Etymology: "chopped" + "doppleganger"

chopped = ugly in Gen Z slang.

merriam-webster.com/slang/chop

choppelganger Choppelganger (or choppleganger) refers to a less attractive or worse version of something or someone.
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