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“According to the Onigiri Society, one major rice ball trend to watch out for in the future is the “reverse import.” An example of this phenomenon is the California roll becoming popular in Japan. Little was said on precisely what form the reverse-import rice ball might take. It’s hard to imagine it’ll be the British fish and chips onigiri, the Swiss cheese fondue onigiri or the Alpine macaroni onigiri. Available at the Onigiri Summit, all three were part of an “Onigiri of the World” series of rice balls developed by Nico Nico Nori in collaboration with the Osaka University of Arts and to be sold during Expo 2025”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/09/08/food-drink/onigiri-summit-rice-ball-japan/

“Perhaps more importantly, the Biden era rarely felt like winning for Democrats. The Dobbs decision undoubtedly contributed to this. But it’s also a feature of why Democratic politics seems to fall short in the “messaging” wars. Biden came to office with a lot of problems to solve, and addressing problems requires talking about what the problems are, who is affected, and why they came about. This produces a very psychologically unsatisfying discourse not well-suited to the current media environment. And solutions are often slow and riddled with tradeoffs. Even if they address the underlying problems, they don’t solve the messaging issues”

https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/explaining-the-2024-elections-exaggerated

“Andreessen’s unwillingness to recognize that DOGE promises to be fundamentally different in its goals and structure relative to prior government reform commissions reiterates a recurring theme in his interview: I stayed normal as I became a billionaire; its the rest of the world that became radicalized”

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dangerous-oligarchs-grab-everything

“The katsu curry craze is a specifically British phenomenon; it isn’t derived from a larger international trend. American supermarket shelves are not laden with katsu curry products. Burger King never sold their Katsu Range in Canada or Australia, and McDonald’s didn’t release their katsu curry nuggets anywhere else either. The trend is also a recent one – the ubiquity of katsu curry feels sudden and unprecedented. Unlike chicken tikka masala, it does not derive from a major wave of immigration to the country; unlike burgers, it is not inspired by a country that wields global cultural hegemony. But while the trend seems to have come out of nowhere, perhaps it should come as no surprise. After all, katsu curry is British food. Or, at least, it was”

https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-katsuification-of-britain

“In 1984, Co Rentmeester photographed Michael Jordan leaping midair toward the basket with a ball in his left hand. His legs are nearly in a split as he flies toward the net. It’s a familiar image for most of us — not because we’ve seen Rentmeester’s original photograph but because Nike used a similar silhouette of the athlete as the logo for Air Jordan products. The silhouette in the logo is not from Rentmeester’s image but from a separate, later photo that Nike created where Jordan is again leaping toward the basket. His legs are outstretched but perfectly straight and at more of an angle, and his right arm points down sharply. Behind him is the Chicago skyline at dusk. Rentmeester sued Nike in 2015.

[…] Nike prevailed over Rentmeester in the case, with a court finding that the images weren’t substantially similar — the photographer didn’t own Jordan’s pose, and only creative choices like the angle of the photographs and camera shutter speed could be protected”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/24303161/amazon-influencers-lawsuit-copyright-clean-aesthetic-girl-sydney-nicole-gifford-alyssa-sheil