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Jim Rion

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Peace, please, peace for all. Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast. 英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」 20周年日本在中山口県万歳🙌

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 3h

I've had jobs doing synopses and samples for books that feel like punishments for past sins.
And the whole time I keep praying that if they get picked up, no one asks me to do the translation.

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 20h

Sending hugs and wishes for a swift defeat of that bastard. ❤️

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 22h

I made good bank on it for almost ten years, but this year is basically nothing.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

I'm a Japanese to English #translator whose "general" work has vanished, but I do cultural articles (like on Nippon.com) etc. Lately, I've been translating novels, especially the mystery/horror works of author #Uketsu: Strange Houses, Strange Pictures, and coming soon, Strange Buildings!
Click it!

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

No problem! Thanks for replying.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

I got your replies, thanks. I queue replies for approval so it just takes a minute sometimes.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

Jim's getting tired of social media. Aren't you?
#Blogs #RSS

Bring Me Blogs

If I'm writing, I want to own it. So, let's be bloggers again. Comment with recommended blogs to follow!

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

Thanks for writing a lovely story, Neil.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

Thank you for the early pre-order delivery, and for publishing such great stories.!

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 1d

Congratulations, @talkscaredpod.bsky.social.
What a great story!
#Books #Horror

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 2d

Just some shots from the morning's walk. #Birds

On today’s walk

Three snapshots of neighborhood wildlife.

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 2d

Happy birthday!

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 3d

SHIT I didn't even realize a new JHJ was coming out! I'm a bad fanboy.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 3d

LOL. But that helps, because it felt somehow nostalgic and now I get it. She still brings that Breeders vibe (and a bit of Pixies?) to bear.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 3d

Thank you for turning me on to these.
Personally, that Kim Deal album is 🤌💋❤️.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing like a client telling you that they think you did a wonderful job on the translation! Even better when that translation is based on the dialect you grew up speaking. Feels good, friends 🥹

#AmTranslating

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 4d

Pretty sure I'm just going to move over to my own blog for posting pretty soon. Just autopost to social media to spread the word?
Dunno. I'm just fed up with fucking everything these days.

Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 4d

Good Boy was well worth pre-ordering, and now that it's out, everyone who likes scary stories and good dogs should pick it up asap. #Books #Horror

Book Review – Good Boy

A short review of Good Boy by Neil McRobert, which Jim loved.

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 4d

I am being forced to read The Secret of Secrets for work by my "friends" and Dan Brown is so loudly and confidently wrong about everything and I want to tear my hair out.

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 4d

Yay! I have a lot of elderly neighbors and the worry is real.

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 4d

Jim opens up a bit about trying to, well, be more open to the world. This time, he does it via a book market in nearby Hakata. #Books #BungakuFreeMarket #文学フリマ福岡11 ＃文学フリマで買った本

Bathing in Book Love

A bit of personal introspection about Jim and his search for human connection through books.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

also disinclined to switch to a different atproto-based server because I mean I already left mastodon on purpose and don't feel the need to see it rebuilt from scratch

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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 5d

I recently went to a neurologist and the first thing he said to me was "You don't use AI do you? Good. These studies just keep coming in about how they're destroying cognitive ability and brain function. Anyway, what are you here for today?"

Can we please stop defending this stuff?

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Jim Rion @jimrion.com · 5d

Oh, those version steps can really mess things up sometimes. Even just in Word.