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The Thai 'Boys' Love' TV Dramas Conquering Asia

At her lowest point, fighting burnout and depression in her Chinese hometown, Huang Bingbing says she found comfort in watching the escapist love story of two young men on a then-unknown Thai TV drama.

International Business Times

Sikkim: SDF announces six candidates for Assembly polls

Sikkim Democratic Front announces candidates for upcoming Assembly elections, including former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling.

The Hindu

OPINION - The British Library hack is a national outrage – and the Government must pay to save it

It is a national outrage that the British Library has been unable to fulfil its function over the past three months following a savage cyberattack – and that its functioning is likely to be severely limited for many months to come.

Evening Standard

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‘A 22-carat disaster’: what next for British Library staff and users after data theft?

Progress made on restoring access after cyber-attack but there have been complaints of poor communication

The Guardian - UK

'Totally and utterly bereft' — the devastating repercussions of the British Library cyber attack

One of the UK's most vital cultural institutions has been paralysed by a ransomware hack, but what does it mean for the Londoners who rely on it — and are more government organisations at risk? Robbie Griffiths reports

Evening Standard

East beats West on queer TV love stories

Those missing "Red, White & Royal Blue" should check out Thailand's soft power that has led the way for Asian media

Salon

Harris Mann obituary

Designer of the Austin Allegro and radical ‘wedge-shaped’ cars including the Triumph TR7 and the Austin Princess

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New Paper Makes a Bold Plan for Where to Look For Aliens: Far Beyond Our Galaxy

It has been over sixty years since Dr. Frank Drake (father of the Drake Equation) and his colleagues mounted the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) survey.

Inverse

No Pseudonymity for Parent and Now-Adult Child Challenging School District's Supposedly Anti-White Curriculum

From B.L. v. Fetherman, decided last Wednesday by Magistrate Judge Jessica Allen (D.N.J.): This case arises out of Plaintiffs' legal challenge to portions of Mountain Lakes School District's ("MLSD") public-school curriculum on the basis that it is discriminatory against white students…. [A]ccording to Plaintiffs, Defendants have unlawfully discriminated against [B.L.'s…

Reason

Challenging the norm

Yaoi or Boys' Love (BL) has grown from an underground to mainstream fictional genre. It emerged from women's manga comics in Japan in the 1980s, which portrayed the relationship between young boys based on the seme (active) and uke (receptive) dichotomy. Through an informal fan network, the transnational phenomenon came…

Bangkok Post

Thailand’s gay-romance TV dramas help revive flagging tourism industry

The Guardian - UK

The sof t power of love

PM Prayut's BL conundrum, shameful scenes at London Pride.

Bangkok Post

Making dreams come true

Last month Thailand saw a marriage equality bill pass its first reading in parliament, which was regarded as a historic move that could make marriage law applicable to couples across all genders, not only opposite sexes.

Bangkok Post

Thailand betting on dramatic 'boys' love' tourism boom

TOKYO: Thailand has begun a campaign to attract international tourists, and especially Japanese travellers, using the popularity of homegrown productions of "boys' love," or BL dramas, as a drawcard.

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Out and Proud

Saroj "Ark" Kunatanad lives out and proud is his personal and professional lives. As an OG member of Trasher Bangkok, he has directed parody music videos and organised inclusive parties pre-Covid-19. He has also explored photography skills with intimate and sensual male portraits, adding "director” of music videos and commercials…

Manchester Evening News

Paralegal addicted to gambling stole £438k from law firm

Paul Young, 38, 'took advantage of flaws in their system' and siphoned cash meant for victims of road accidents into his own accounts

Benzinga

Analyst Ratings For BlackLine

Over the past 3 months, 4 analysts have published their opinion on BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

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