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BCD App missions Sharing my playlist for Level 1.& 2 if you play it twice 😆 open.spotify.com/playlist/2NGSP…

@chartdata @ssecijak Arirang!!

What's Album of the Year so far?

@wildflower43563 Sheem seems to always get barricade tickets. Is she touring the US too?

Question: what do we know about chelsea_tae? Just yk, looking at her vids and wondering. Now we have IG and TT ARMY it’s not always clear who is legit…..

@GoAwayWithJae Good one!! I added The Scarecrow to my list.

BEYOND EVIL is a weird (in a good way) K-drama that centers on the search for a serial killer who murdered multiple women. Virtually all the major characters are suspects at one point, with evidence that has been carefully weaved into the storyline. 🔗jaehakim.substack.com/p/beyond-evil-…

@GoAwayWithJae It’s the usual enemies-to-lovers thing, just set in a cooking world. I'm on episode 3 and so far it's OK.

@Elea_fr Do you like Tastefully Yours? That's on my list, too!

If you're not watching We are All Trying Here, what are you even doing?! It starts off weird & slow, and may not hold your interest initially. But by episode 4, you will be hooked. It will surely be one of my fave picks for 2026. (On @netflix) youtube.com/watch?v=16wcTv…

@SlenderSherbet @buitengebieden 😂😂

@7_amae Jimin laughs easily 😂😂

@Elea_fr No idea but she shot her shot! She don’t touch them and stayed respectful and most of all made Jimin laugh

@colin_goldmund I don't believe you're against and the couple of your translattions I came across were all well done and respectful.

A Plea to My ARMY Friends: Please Do Not Look Away When an ARMY Translator Is Being Harassed As you all know, BTS, perhaps more than any other artist of this generation, have endured relentless online hatred and harassment throughout the years. They have written about it openly in their music, most powerfully in “UGH!” The rap line condemned the culture of keyboard warriors, people who spread rage, lies, and cruelty from behind screens while pretending they face no consequences for the damage they cause. For the past few days, I’ve been speaking about the recent backlash BTS have received because of their massive success and record-breaking tours. Ironically, some of the ugliest behavior I’ve seen has not come from antis, but from people claiming to be ARMY. Several of my longtime ARMY friends recently sent me screenshots of a person ( @part3__k ) spreading hateful lies about me online. As you can see in the image below, this keyboard warrior harasser is repeating the same accusations that have circulated for the past two years: that I am anti-BTS, that I condemned SUGA, that I profit off BTS, and that I use BTS for clout. My friends, many of you have known me for years, almost a decade. You have seen me translate and analyze well over one hundred BTS songs, lyrics, speeches, and letters. Have you ever once seen me insult BTS? Have you ever seen me treat their artistry with anything less than admiration and respect? Especially regarding SUGA, whose music and honesty I have written about countless times. Of all the analyses and translations I posted about him, did I ever show disrespect toward him? Of course not. If anything, my writing has always reflected deep affection for his artistry and the courage with which he lays bare his emotions through music. And the accusations themselves make no sense. Making money off BTS? How? Make clickbait posts so people would visit my website? Sell a PDF book of my BTS translations and analyses to ARMY? As I’ve already said many times before, my website has no membership system, no advertisements, no sponsor links, not even a “Buy Me a Coffee” button. I personally paid for the site out of my own pocket because I wanted a place where ARMYs could freely read translations and analyses without clutter or paywalls. PDF file? Some ARMY friends once suggested that I gather my BTS analyses and translations into a PDF collection because they wanted an easier way to read them all together. And if I had ever found the time and energy to organize hundreds of pages of writing into a proper collection, I would have shared it for free. Because that was always the point. Not profit. Not clout. Not internet fame. Just wanting to share my admiration for BTS’s artistry with fellow ARMYs around the world. People who have followed me for years already know this. I never treated BTS as content to exploit. I treated their music, lyrics, and letters with sincerity and respect because their work genuinely meant something to me during different moments of my life. As for “clout,” clout for what exactly? I am not an influencer, politician, or celebrity. I am a middle-aged teacher with a regular life, a demanding job, stacks of grading, and students waiting for counseling meetings. I teach at an expensive school and also translate books. I’m not rich, but I make decent money. I do not need to make a few bucks off BTS nor ARMY. But I do know who benefits from outrage. The moment this person posts hateful accusations, other like-minded keyboard warriors gather around it, liking, reposting, and amplifying the hostility. Outrage has become social currency online. Hatred gets engagement. Lies spread faster than nuance. And suddenly the person doing the harassment begins presenting themselves as some moral crusader while targeting people like me who spent years supporting BTS. For newer ARMYs who may not know what happened, let me briefly explain. Two years ago, during the SUGA incident, many of my international ARMY friends contacted me because I live in Korea. They wanted to understand how Korean media, public opinion, and legal culture might react. I reached out to lawyer friends and journalist friends to better understand the situation and relayed that information to ARMYs who were confused and worried. That was all. I was trying to explain how situations like that are often discussed and perceived within Korea. But some people completely misread my intentions and accused me of wanting bad things to happen to SUGA or condemning him personally. I even contacted some of these people directly through DMs, including those who came onto my timeline, and politely asked them one simple question: “Where exactly did I condemn SUGA?” None of them could answer. None of them quoted a sentence. None of them pointed to a single line I wrote. Actually, none of them has ever replied back to my DM nor posted a reply to my comment. Why? Because there isn’t one. That accusation exists only through repetition, rumor, and people blindly echoing one another without ever checking what I actually wrote. Some claimed I deleted the posts because I had something to hide. No. I deleted my previous X account with nearly 30,000 followers because mobs of keyboard warriors, people who claimed to be ARMY, flooded my timeline with harassment and personal attacks. I deleted the account because I was exhausted, not because I was guilty. I have taught students long enough to know that not everyone possesses strong reasoning skills or emotional maturity. Misunderstanding something is one thing. But falsely accusing someone of illegal profiteering, dishonesty, or manipulation is something else entirely. At that point, it stops being confusion and becomes malicious behavior. And yes, there are legal consequences for malicious defamation. If this keyboard warrior continues spreading false accusations and lies, I will seriously consider taking legal action, just as Tablo pursued legal action against malicious harassers, and just as HYBE has increasingly done against people who spread defamatory lies about BTS members. False accusations are not harmless gossip. They damage reputations, careers, and mental health. Ironically, if someone falsely accuses me of profiting illegally from BTS, and that accusation becomes part of a successful defamation case, then I suppose that person may accidentally become the reason I make money after all. To those who follow this person or know them personally, I sincerely ask you to encourage them to stop. This behavior stands against everything BTS and ARMY are supposed to represent. Kindness. Empathy. Respect. Humanity. Friendship. Loving oneself. Loving others. And to my fellow ARMYs, especially those who have supported translators, writers, and longtime fan accounts over the years: please do not look away when people are being harassed. Many gifted ARMY translators and writers have disappeared over the years, not because they stopped loving BTS, but because the harassment became unbearable. Some were driven off social media entirely after dedicating years of helping fellow fans understand BTS’s words and artistry. As RM wrote in “UGH!,” there is also responsibility in silence. When hatred spreads unchecked, and good people say nothing, the culture slowly becomes uglier for everyone. Most of my ARMY friends who have met me in Seoul know exactly what kind of person I am. I’m positive. Friendly. Warm. My students know me that way too. I do not perform kindness for my friend, student, or social media. It is just naturally who I am. But being kind and positive does not mean accepting endless harassment in silence. So today, I am asking my ARMY friends directly: please help protect the people who have spent years trying to support this fandom with sincerity and love. And don’t let people get away with the most anti-BTS, anti-ARMY behavior.

@goodreads Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

What's the last book that gave you a serious book hangover?

@taytanniess That's good!

the meltdowns on this app mean absolutely nothing irl because stanford n1 was packed with love and energy, tannies had a great night!

@cypherluscious Are you afraid? 😱 Elevator: No Cemetery: ...only at night Lizard: No Spider: How big? Dark: Yes Horror movie: YES Ocean depths: Never been Airplane: No Travelling alone: No Snake: How big? Pressure cooker: No Needle: No Insects: No.

Are you afraid? 😱 Elevator: No Cemetery: ...only at night Lizard: ...how big..? Spider: YES Dark: Yes Horror movie: YES Ocean depths: ABSOLUTELY YES Airplane: No Travelling alone: No Snake: Yes Pressure cooker: No Needle: No Insects: ...what kind..? Yes, I'm a scaredy-cat.

Somewhere in Zagreb, Croatia! #Travel_Europe

@minafor7 I saw Jin and Namjoon then JK and Tae.

I was so confused at first but the result😍 Amazing talent🔥

@MrPitbull07 I remember her in Sister Act and Hook.

She was bald beneath the wig. She felt sick enough to collapse between takes. She was 72 years old, fighting breast cancer with chemotherapy — and almost nobody on the Harry Potter set knew. The tight grey bun of Professor McGonagall hid the fact that Maggie Smith had lost all her hair. While millions of children watched her command Hogwarts with calm authority, the actress behind the role was quietly fighting for her life. And she never stopped working. In 2007, during the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Maggie Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer. Production on the film continued, with enormous pressure surrounding one of the biggest movie franchises in the world. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint still had another year ahead on set. Most people would have stepped away. Maggie Smith chose differently. She went through chemotherapy while continuing to film. She kept the illness private. Day after day, she arrived on set, delivered her scenes, and returned to her trailer feeling exhausted and ill. Later, she admitted the treatment left her feeling “flattened” and so weak she sometimes felt she could die. But when the cameras rolled, she became Professor McGonagall again — sharp, commanding, unforgettable. The younger cast members didn’t know the full extent of what she was enduring. The filmmakers would likely have rearranged everything for her if she had asked. She never did. She completed Half-Blood Prince and continued into the final two Harry Potter films. During Deathly Hallows, her immune system weakened again and she developed shingles. She kept filming. For nearly two years, she carried the burden privately. No public sympathy campaign. No dramatic announcement. She simply worked through it and went home to recover in silence. Only after treatment ended did she finally speak publicly about the cancer. “It takes the wind out of your sails,” she said. “It leaves you flattened.” Then, at 75, she stepped into another iconic role: Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. The role introduced her to an entirely new generation. Her cutting one-liners and unforgettable expressions became beloved around the world. She won three Emmy Awards for the performance and became, unexpectedly, a global pop-culture icon. With her usual dry humour, she once said: “I’d led a perfectly normal life until Downton Abbey. Nobody knew who the hell I was.” And still, she kept working. She returned for two Downton Abbey films and continued acting well into her late eighties. In 2023, at 88 years old, she appeared in The Miracle Club. Maggie Smith died in London on September 27, 2024, just months before her 90th birthday. Her family said she remained intensely private to the very end. Daniel Radcliffe later said the word “legend” was often overused — but not in her case. The world remembers her as Professor McGonagall. But perhaps her greatest performance was simply showing up, day after day, while fighting a battle almost nobody could see.

@Albumism @JanetJackson The Velvet Rope ❤️

As we wish @JanetJackson a very Happy 60th Birthday today (born May 16, 1966), we're revisiting her dynamic discography. What is your all-time #1 favorite Janet Jackson album? And while we're discussing it, what is your #2 favorite? album.ink/JanetJackson

@SlenderSherbet 😂😂

"Do you want yours licked or not licked?"

@wildflower43563 But they need to cam down?!

Growing up in the 80s and 90s in the UK it was normal. But less so these days. I’m still surprised to see it. But if you go to any football match there’s always a stand you don’t want to be near - it can get filthy sweary and eruptions happen. I’m like yeah that’s bad but 🤷‍♀️

@sfchronicle Wishing this exhibition a great success!!

K-pop sensation RM is teaming up with SFMOMA for a collaborative art exhibition that will be on display from October 2026 through February 2027. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

@JoannaCannon @amateuradam I read this one!! Yay!

Day 17 of A Book a Day in May is all about the importance of memoirs ... featuring the brilliant @amateuradam