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syubjim · 9 months

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IZE Magazine: 'SUCHWITA' time to get drunk with SUGA, time to get drunk on SUGA

SUGA is a member of the group BTS that debuted in 2013. In the group of seven, he is in charge of rapping together with RM and j-hope. Fair and bright face with buccal corridor (the space on both sides of the teeth) that opens every time he laughs refreshingly gives out a cute impression, but the low tone that's contradictory to the anticipation given by his appearance creates another different vibe. This kind of paradoxical charm of his shines even more on stage. Through his charisma-overflowing rapping to his perfect lyric delivery he captivates spectators and audience.

SUGA, who has been interested in making music since elementary school, has his named listed as lyricist, composer, and producer for most of BTS albums. In 2016 when BTS started to gradually make their name known, under the pseudonym ‘Agust D’ he released his first mixtape with the same title. The following year, he provided other singers with songs he wrote himself, and he took charge of the producing too. Even in between BTS activity, he was not slacking off on his personal growth, along with the name SUGA who is a member of the group called BTS, he fostered another name with its respective identity. He is hip-hop artist ‘Agust D’ who lets people listen to a little more honest voice of himself that couldn't be released under the group, and he is producer ‘Prod.SUGA’ who does the external work outside of BTS and his own song.

While so far those have been the other names of SUGA for his external activity, there is yet another name that only ARMY (the BTS fandom name) knows. It is SyubD (DJ SUGA's pet name) who officially debuted(?) as a host through the content ‘BTS HoneyFM 06.13’ that was released in 2013 to mark the 100th days since BTS' debut. Since then, SyubD has shown off his outstanding hosting skill, in the ‘HoneyFM’ held to celebrate their first Christmas under the name BTS, in addition to the content of the same name that was released every year on BTS' debut day.

With his distinctive low tone, in a calm and yet skillful hosting he led the program among 6 members who are full of energy all over the place and as the years went by his hosting skill improved by leaps and bounds. As a result, many ARMYs even wished for him to be a host of an actual radio program and get a job as ‘real SyubD’.

Due to the cross-border busy schedule, it is not known when this expectation will come true, but at least there is one point where his hosting ability that's built up through ‘HoneyFM’ meets ARMY's wish. It is a Youtube content called ‘Suchwita’.

‘Suchwita’, which is released in BTS official Youtube channel ‘BangtanTV’, is a talk content where SUGA, who became the host, drinks together with a guest and has a sincere conversation. The title — that brings ‘Daechwita’, the title song of ‘D-2’ the second mixtape released by Agust D in 2020, to mind — is short for ‘time to get drunk with SUGA’. The difference from various drinking contents is that the invited guest brings their favorite liquor and as they have a drink, they have a talk. SUGA, the host, wholeheartedly prepares snacks that go well with alcohol and welcomes the guests.

The charm of ‘Suchwita’ is that it is one step away from the stereotypical talk show format. BTS SUGA, who on any show would be chosen as an invited guest, hosts and invites someone. Accommodating the guest, the host SUGA's flexible and yet stable hosting gives you the feeling of seeing a new program every time. On December 5th last year, ‘Suchwita’ — which announced its beginning meeting with RM who was releasing his first solo album in 9 years after debut — has since invited stars with each different profession and taste, including broadcaster Shin Dong-yeop, actors Lee Sung-min and Lee Na-young, and singers Tablo and Taeyang. Facing these people, SUGA is all ears listening to the guest's story, and sometimes leads the conversation in a comfortable atmosphere. You can also see him sometimes expressing his curiosity or concerns outside of the questions prepared in the script.

In particular, it is a big harvest for the BTS members, who announced their ‘Chapter 2’ and started their individual activities, to visit ‘Suchwita’ with a new start. This is because there were not enough channels to listen to their individual's thoughts, since BTS was rarely seen on broadcasts other than K-Pop music programs. RM and Jimin, as well as host SUGA as Agust D, appeared as a guest on ‘Suchwita’ ahead of the release of their solo albums (RM was the host when Agust D guested). Jin's honest story, which was recorded three days before his enlistment, is a special gift that can only be heard in ‘Suchwita’. They unwrapped a bundle of their stories in a comfortable atmosphere as they were talking to someone familiar and friendly. On it, they honestly expressed the pressure to fill in each person's time with their own strength alone after the seven of them had spent such a long time together, about the alienation in the past, and the expectation for greeting each other in 2025 after spending time on their own names.

The members of BTS say that SUGA may be grumpy and indifferent on the outside, but out of sight, he is attentive in taking care of other people. As if to refute this, in the first episode of ‘Suchwita’ SUGA made it clear, “I'm just aiming for a talk show that is accompanied with alcohol”, adding, “I don't want a show that gets carried away under the influence of alcohol”. Even then, he said that if there is a guest who can't drink alcohol, they can drink tea instead (in fact, Taeyang prepared sikhye (traditional rice punch) and sujeonggwa (traditional cinnamon punch) on his appearance). Although it has the color of drinking content, alcohol is used as an accompaniment to create a comfortable and soft ambience, not as an essential element.

Therefore, for those who are new to ‘Suchwita’, the program may feel smaller than expected and may seem trivial. However, it is a content that allows you to lend an ear to someone's words and to simply enjoy a conversation without forced laughter, and that is enough reason to get curious about ‘Suchwita’. What is certain is that SUGA's natural charm is reflected in the program as it is. Like tvN's ‘You Quiz’, which he thinks of and is aware of as a competitive program, I hope it will be a content that is consistently unburdened, consistently warm, and we can see for a long long time. Let's get drunk with SUGA who is drinking, and get drunk on SUGA's new charm that is revealed every time, I highly recommend it to those who don't know ‘Suchwita’ yet.

—fin.

A little note as I just feel like it may get confusing, the article uses two particular "drunk" phrases:

1. to get drunk with; as in being drunk together with (in this case SUGA)

2. to be/get drunk with/on; as in getting intoxicated with (SUGA) as if he's the alcohol

Any mistake is purely my own, please take this nicely xx

#suchwita #article translation #because it's such a nice article #SUGA

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shomagravity · 2 years

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Chukyo University’s Uno Itsuki, out of the box and at his own discretion, promoting the appeal of Hockey while supporting Uno Shoma

Asano Yumi || 2022/10/07

Chukyo University’s Uno Itsuki, who takes part in various activities. (Photograph by Asano Yumi)

He’s actually someone who’s multi-talented. Sometimes he’s Chukyo University’s field hockey athlete, and sometimes he’s the manager of his brother Uno Shoma (Toyota Motor Corporation), who’s a World Champion in figure skating, and sometimes he’s a YouTuber who features daily life with his beloved dogs. A free man who’s out of the box. That is Uno Itsuki (3rd year, Nagoya International Junior & Senior High School)

Stood out as an Athlete, Model, and Interpreter

In contrast to his brother, who is 4 years older and mastering the path of figure skating, Itsuki had a blossoming talent in hockey. Starting with ice hockey at a young age, he switched to hockey in his first year of junior high school. He was chosen as a junior youth representative from Central Japan, and even in high school, he joined Aichi Prefecture National Team and was a member of the starting line-up from his first year. He was also the captain of the team for 3 years. He’s also part of the Hockey Club at Chukyo University and he’s currently pouring sweat to get promoted to Kansai League First Division.

“I don’t like doing ordinary things.” The foundation for that “out-of-the-box way of life” was laid when he was an elementary school student. He chose to take the junior high school entrance exam on his own, and got admitted into Nagoya International Junior & Senior High School to join the Hockey Club, despite his lack of experience.

While he was competing, he was also modeling for advertisements and appearing on TV shows. He stood out, doing things such as accompanying his older brother to competitions overseas and interpreting for him in English.

Academically he was good at English, Mathematics and Japanese. He helped tutor his classmates. He gave them advice during entrance exam season using his own interview experience, on how to answer interviews and write reasons for applying. “In my first year in Junior High School I would help Shoma with his high school homework and solve them. That might have improved me academically (laughs)”

He’s athletic and good at ball games in general. (Photography: Asano Yumi)

A Fulfilling Campus Life in Chukyo University

The way he picked a university is also very Uno-like. He could have aimed to get in Japanese National Hockey Team and picked powerhouses like Ritsumeikan University or Tenri University but what he chose was Chukyo University in his hometown. His reasoning was because “I wanted to continue playing hockey while enjoying university life rather than trying to master the sport.” He made the decision in his second year of high school.

Chukyo University is in Kansai League Second Division with 13 club members. They practice 4 times a week when they have classes, and 6 times a week at other times. They practice hard with the goal of being promoted to First Division. They participated in Intercollegiate Competition last season and finished in the Top 16.

He talked about his playing style in Chukyo University. “It changes from year to year but there were several good players a year above me and my playing style was to support them. Right now, I get along well with those a year below me and I’m confident in our cooperation.”

He values the time he spends with his friends outside of the field as well. He goes out to eat with the other club members after morning practice, or gets together with them at their houses to play games. He enjoys campus life fully saying, “University life is really fulfilling”

Uno Itsuki while playing. ( From his personal archive, photography by MY HOCKEY)

The Unseen Side of a 20-year-old Who Supports the World Champion

Shoma, who pushed forward on the path of figure skating and became the world champion and Itsuki, who lives freely, expanding his range of activities in fields other than hockey. Two people with different talents. He talks about what they have in common with a laugh. “We’re better at games than sports.”

As for their differences, Itsuki has exceptional reflexes and the ability to immediately imitate something. When he checked his reflexes in a First Person Shooter (FPS) game, which makes someone feel as if they were on the battlefield, he said, "I had a judgement that’s at the same level as AI (Artificial Intelligence).”

Hockey, which requires instant judgment during play, can make use of that reflex. On the other hand, he respects Shoma. “I think Shoma has a high spatial awareness. Just by looking at the distance, he can tell how much power he needs to jump how far. I’m always surprised by it.”

He was able to become a top player in less than a year after starting hockey because he had "a talent to immediately imitate things."

He says even his older brother would envy how receptive he is to techniques. He recalls that “At the beginning it took me some time to learn the rules but I am good at imitating what I see. I learned by watching my classmates who have been playing hockey since kindergarten.”

He’s always been curious in nature. “I’m the type of person who wants to try this and that, and no matter what I do, it doesn’t last long. That side of me is the opposite of my older brother, who’s just been skating for a long time. For me, hockey is something I’ve done for a long time. Shoma’s a genius who can work hard. He silently keeps practicing on his own when it’s about skating. He can continue to devote himself to the same sport. Being around him made me realize that hard work is also a talent.”

Uno Itsuki (left) with his older brother Shoma and their beloved dogs. (Photograph from his personal archive.)

He wants to popularize hockey in Japan.

In Japan, hockey may be listed as one of the "minor sports" where people know of it’s name but not the rules in detail. Uno wants to make hockey more popular. He says in order to achieve that, it’s necessary to have an environment where hockey can be played on a daily basis, and for Japanese athletes who can compete internationally to emerge.

Uno who studied overseas in Australia in his 3rd Year at Junior High School, was surprised at how close hockey was to his surroundings.

“There would be hockey games on TV when I watched it, and there are four or five hockey grounds within biking distance where professional games are being played. Maybe you can call it culture, but I think there’s a difference between what I’ve seen in my life until then. Just like how Japan watches soccer or baseball on TV, that was hockey for Australia. The footage is also easier to watch with highlights, rather than watching the competition the whole time. I think more people would watch it if there were parts like ‘It was close here’ or ‘This play was good’.”

And to raise the level of competitiveness. “I think it will be difficult (to get people interested in hockey) unless there is a Japanese player on the level of Shohei Ohtani in baseball.”

A player of the same generation that he is paying attention to is Daiki Takade (3rd year, Tenri) of Ritsumeikan University, who he had a friendly rivalry with on the same team in junior high school. He also has the experience of being a candidate for the Japan Youth Junior National Team. He sends him his support saying, “He’s an athlete I respect. I want him to keep getting better and become a representative of Japan.”

“I did the right thing by choosing Chukyo University” he says with a smile. (Photography: Asano Yumi) Even if he is not a top player, Uno has communication skills and is in a position to convey the appeal of hockey. “I would accept jobs regarding Hockey non-stop if there were any offers.” he says with enthusiasm. He describes its appeal by saying: “I think the appeal is in the speed, when it comes to watching hockey. As a competitor, it's a different kind of difficulty than other competitions. It’s not the type of sports where you can do something well as soon as you start, so you get better at it little by little. That was what intrigued me.” He’s thinking about contributing to the awareness of hockey in the future.

Who will Uno Itsuki be?

Uno also runs a YouTube channel “Uno1 Wan Channel Uno Itsuki”. He shares his life with four toy poodle dogs, and has around 51,000 subscribers. Contents that are popular among figure skating fans include his older brother playing with their beloved dogs, and the latest reports on competitions and ice shows. Uno is in charge from the composition of the videos to filming and editing.

Recently, he he’s also learning to be a manager. In August, he accompanied his older brother to an ice show where he learned the basics from a manager he’s acquainted with. “I think it would be nice to support Shoma while he's actively competing. Things like interpretation, taking care of his things, and looking after the dogs. I want Shoma to focus on competitions, and also I want to make time for him to play with the dogs since he’s quite healed by them.

About his career after graduating: “I think I should think about it a little more.” (Photography: Asano Yumi) A hockey athlete, a manager for his older brother, YouTuber... What kind of career will the 20-year-old, who is active in various fields, paint for himself from now on? His classmates are job searching. However Uno shyly said: “I'm doing a lot of things to increase the number of career paths I can take. I think I should think about it a little more. People tell me that they can't imagine what I'll be in the future." Where will he make the best use of his limited time as a student-athlete to shine his rich talent next? He doesn’t need to fit in. He should do out of the box things at his own discretion. The possibilities for Uno Itsuki are endless. Source

#uno itsuki #itsuki uno #uno shoma #shoma uno #article translation #shomagravitytranslations #2022 translations #2022 october

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reasonsforhope · 1 month

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By the way, I would literally bet money that we're going to successfully keep global warming below 2 degrees celsius.

Would I bet my whole savings on it? No, not yet. But the way the data is trending, in two or three years, I very well might.

#good numbers keep going up at a rate that is drastically higher than expected #and that rate is going to keep increasing #metaphorically ofc I don't gamble with that kind of money lol #but seriously #I WOULD bet money that we will keep the increase under two degrees celsius #based on all the news and articles I've seen and all the research I've done #SHOUTOUT TO EXPONENTIAL CURVES #COME SAVE OUR ASSES EXPONENTIAL CURVES #lay translation of that is #not news #climate change #climate anxiety #me #climate hope #global warming

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exhaled-spirals · 3 months

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« To mention the global loss of biodiversity, that is to say, the disappearance of life on our planet, as one of our problems, along with air pollution or ocean acidification, is absurd—like a doctor listing the death of his patient as one symptom among others.

The ecological catastrophe cannot be reduced to the climate crisis. We must think about the disappearance of life in a global way. About two-thirds of insects, wild mammals and trees disappeared in a few years, a few decades and a few millennia, respectively. This mass extinction is not mainly caused by rising temperatures, but by the devastation of natural habitats.

Suppose we managed to invent clean and unlimited energy. This technological feat would be feted by the vast majority of scientists, synonymous in their eyes with a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions. In my opinion, it would lead to an even worse disaster. I am deeply convinced that, given the current state of our appetites and values, this energy would be used to intensify our gigantic project of systemic destruction of planetary life. Isn't that what we've set out to do—replace forests with supermarket parking lots, turn the planet into a landfill? What if, to cap it all, energy was free?

[...C]limate change has emerged as our most important ecological battle [...] because it is one that can perpetuate the delusional idea that we are faced with an engineering problem, in need of technological solutions. At the heart of current political and economic thought lies the idea that an ideal world would be a world in which we could continue to live in the same way, with fewer negative externalities. This is insane on several levels. Firstly because it is impossible. We can't have infinite growth in a finite world. We won't. But also, and more importantly, it is not desirable. Even if it were sustainable, the reality we construct is hell. [...]

It is often said that our Western world is desacralised. In reality, our civilisation treats the technosphere with almost devout reverence. And that's worse. We perceive the totality of reality through the prism of a hegemonic science, convinced that it “says” the only truth.

The problem is that technology is based on a very strange principle, so deeply ingrained in us that it remains unexpressed: no brakes are acceptable, what can be done must be done. We don't even bother to seriously and collectively debate the advisability of such "advances". We are under a spell. And we are avoiding the essential question: is this world in the making, standardised and computed, overbuilt and predictable, stripped of stars and birds, desirable?

To confine science to the search for "solutions" so we can continue down the same path is to lack both imagination and ambition. Because the “problem” we face doesn't seem to me, at this point, to be understood. No hope is possible if we don't start by questioning our assumptions, our values, our appetites, our symbols... [...] Let's stop pretending that the numerous and diverse human societies that have populated this planet did not exist. Certainly, some of them have taken the wrong route. But ours is the first to forge ahead towards guaranteed failure. »

— Aurélien Barrau, particle physicist and philosopher, in an interview in Télérama about his book L'Hypothèse K

#quote #article #aurélien barrau #ecology #science #english #translation mine

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dxl44 · 8 months

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i think a lot about the time someone uploaded a picture of their cat to the scp wiki as a joke article and the actual funniest part of the joke was how it became the most controversial thing on the wiki for a week

#scp #scp wiki #scp foundation #scp-pl-kot-j #the best part was that it was a “translation” of an article on the polish branch of the wiki which was the exact same thing

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jamiesansible · 3 months

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I’m sure everyone remembers the article from 2020 where researches found three-ply cordage made by Neanderthals.^

But did you know that in the supplemental material for the article, it mentions that pine needles can be made into textiles?^^ As someone who works with textiles myself, I had come across pine needles as a dye stuff, but not as a fibre.

The source is listed as "L’acquisition des matières textiles d’origine végétale en Préhistoire" by Fabinne Médard. It talks about how other fibres, including brambles and broom could have been used prehistorically for a similar purpose, as well as flax. However, it contains only one metion of pine needles.

“Les aiguilles du pin sylvestre (Pinus sylvestris L.) fournissaient, après rouissage, une matière textile appelée « laine des forêts » qui remplaçait la ouate et l’étoupe dont on faisait également des tissus (Mathieu [1858] 1897)" * The needles of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) provided, after retting, a textile material called “forest wool” which replaced wadding and tow from which fabrics were also made.

So Scots pine needles were processed, spun and woven, or simply used directly after processing, potentially prehistorically.

If you follow the source for the quote above, it takes you to a book from 1860 called Flore forestière; description et histoire des végétaux ligneux qui croissent spontanément en France et des essences importantes de l'Algérie. It says:

“On fabrique depuis quelques années, avec les faisceaux fibreux, allongés, et tenaces des aiguilles, une espèce de drap grossier.” ** For several years, we have been making a kind of coarse cloth using the fibrous, elongated and stiff bundles of the needles.

So this processing of pine needles was also happening in the 1800s.

Another souce from the 1840s describes the texture of forest wool as resembling "...horsehair, and has been used for stuffing mattresses"** and that an industry sprung up in Humboldtsau, near Breslau for processing it. Manufacturies for forest wool then spread to Sweden, Holland and France, which may explain the mention in the 1860 Flore forestière.

Despite looking a bit more, but couldn't find much else on the subject expect a recent masters thesis in German (which I couldn't access) and an article on the designer Tamara Orjola.

Orjola's work investigates the modern use of pine needle fabric, showing there is still interest in it. She says:

"Forest Wool began with research on the forgotten value of plants. Valuable local materials and techniques are left behind due to the unwillingness of mass-production to adopt more sustainable practices. In the old days the pine tree was used as food, remedies, to build homes and furniture and for many other purposes. Nowadays, it is only valuable for its timber." ***

I find the line from prehistory to now facinating - that people have looked to something as mundane as a pine needle to spin, especially as researchers are discovering a lot of what they thought was linen fabric is actually ramie (from nettles).

As far as I can tell, only Pinus sylvestris L. and one other variety was used. I am not sure what makes that tree more suitable than other pine trees, or if it was simply a question of availability. In terms of processing, the answer as far as I can tell is retting, presumably followed by scutching and hackling - similar to how flax is processed. However I have not done that myself and cannot speak to the specifics.

It would be something intresting to try though.

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^ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61839-w#MOESM1

^^ https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-020-61839-w/MediaObjects/41598_2020_61839_MOESM1_ESM.pdf

* https://journals.openedition.org/nda/602

** https://www.proquest.com/openview/276605d708970d416923b94e8856d20b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=41445

*** https://lampoonmagazine.com/article/2021/05/15/recycled-wood-pine-needles-byproduct/

#fabric #history #i was consumed by the spirit of academia and could not stop reading french articles #please excuse the use of Google translate #my French is okay but not academic article good #it’s just a super interesting topic #the variety of plant fibres used for textiles is always larger than I think

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