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Mamoan

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Plant mom who draws in Tokyo. Manga/game obsessed with a bit of art and comics

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · Nov 27

When you are on your way to a matchmaking event in a new land. pg1-4 (read right to left)

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 8h

Extremely chilling:
‘Days before the raid, the man who sheltered the mother and her daughter saw someone he believed to be a worker from the building taking pictures of the units “where the Venezuelans lived.”’

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 9h

Kobe yesterday

Looking down at Merikan Park with Kagome juice

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 13h

Reading this is really depressing. Not bc of what ex OpenAI employees think (bc they are obviously a type of person) but bc whoever wrote this at npr has given up and doesn’t even try to imply the government could ever regulate this with laws www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

www.npr.org

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 🙏

コミックナタリー @comic.natalie.mu · 1d

アニメ「ドロヘドロ」新シーズンは2026年春、カオスでポップな新ビジュアルも
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/643803

#ドロヘドロ

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 1d

980 yen meal in Sannomiya, Kobe. It’s crazy that small restaurants can still offer set meals at this price. (Miso soup and pickles didn’t fit in the picture I took)

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 1d

頑張ろう…

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 1d

🥺

コミックナタリー @comic.natalie.mu · 1d

「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」ココとキーフリーが作品世界へ誘うウェルカムビジュアル
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/643684

#とんがり帽子のアトリエ #Δ帽子

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 2d

I have been made aware irasutoya has an official fujoshi illustration

www.irasutoya.com/2015/08/blog...

Slightly dorky looking girl with glasses and a ponytail holds up a bundle of books. The front cover of the first one has two men on it and says "BL" in the corner.

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 1d

I just researched like 20 companies and my brain is dead 💀

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 2d

Aww thanks, but I actually took Friday off so we can take the Shinkansen over before the holiday weekend starts 😓

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Emma @ehanashi.bsky.social · 2d

In case anyone will be in Tokyo during October/November/December…

Planning for the Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetups are underway! If you would like more information, feel free to DM. 🙇

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know if it was a full blown trend, but I remember more people in cape-like coats than there are now 😔

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 2d

I’d love to! But I’m going to Hyogo this weekend :(

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minami @sakaimii.bsky.social · 2d

aster, my teifling bard

i accidentally gave him anxiety

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 2d

Omg!! Aster 🪕

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 3d

Yummm….

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 3d

To celebrate 100 yrs of the Yamanote loop, let me share this very old 4-panel comic I made back in the day 💀 You can tell it’s old because I drew it when cape coats were in fashion 😆

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 3d

Please…we need a visual

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 3d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 4d

Doodled them for old time’s sake

Mamoan @mamoan.bsky.social · 4d

In a daily quest not to freak out about my life

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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に @mok-2go.bsky.social · 5d

アルファ可愛い…ずっといてほしかった
#2go_pic

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