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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 11h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god I have purchased a fountain pen, I was unaware this level of intolerably smug existed

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 11h

Have fun storming the workshop! o/

(Also I hope it's the good giggly kind of goss and not the 'Auntie's cousin's friend's third daughter won the Nobel Prize, what are you up to' kind)

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 1d

Japan's most popular online marketplace is only available in a handful of other countries. That's all about to change. Mercari is slowly rolling out a worldwide app that will let anyone buy anything sold in Japan from anywhere.

buff.ly/Qe96uf3

Japan Shopping Giant Mercari Eyes the Global Market With New App - Unseen Japan

unseen-japan.com

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squidpizza @squidpizza.art · 1d

I don’t remember where I read this but some book compared their delicate little flowers on long stalks to the white flag of truce and that always stuck with me.

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 1d

Why are we hyping hope? Why now?

To quote Alexandra Rowland, who coined the term hopepunk:

“in this world of brutal cynicism and nihilism, being kind is a political act. An act of rebellion.”

Read Rowland’s full defense of hopepunk here, ya rebel

festive.ninja/one-atom-of-...

#HopePit

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 1d

Finally got round to reading @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social‘s We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read. What a treat it was, exploring time and legacy (and of course, plenty of iteration).

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read - Lightspeed Magazine

This is our story, simplified: Life. Loss. Transformation. Love. Death. Iteration. The first time you get our message, you only / find one thread. It mimics your language in / its simplest form, a sin...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 4d

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 2d

Well, polly my crackers. Today I learned you can find parrots in Tokyo.

www.audubon.org/magazine/tok...

Tokyo's Got a Parrot Problem

Feral parakeets, let loose after an exotic pet craze, have taken over the world's largest city.

www.audubon.org

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

For those days where I consider my work to be dumbed-down, phoned-in crap (and I feel this a LOT), I have this superb 101-second reminder from Ira Glass:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...

If you're having a "ugh I'll never get good at this stuff" day, I hope it helps you too.

The Gap by Ira Glass

YouTube video by brien daniels

www.youtube.com

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 4d

I know a number of people who have been avoiding the latest COVID Vax because of how bad it makes them feel. This protocol of taking antihistimines prior to vaccination has helped folks have milder reactions.

A day of ick from a vaccine is still better than a lifetime of long covid

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20d

The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin

Captcha Check

synecdochic.dreamwidth.org

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 4d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 4d

As a somewhat evil marketer by day, colour me intrigued!

May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 4d

He had me at 'etymythology'.

Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing title slide I have to share before even watching @scriptingjapan.bsky.social

youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 4d

They're doxxing professors & turning the conservative apparatus personally against them.

Meanwhile Trump has declared "antifa" a "terrorist organization" - even though it's not an organization & is not terrorist.

But this country takes due process away from those it labels as "terrorists."

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 6d

Do I know any trans or nonbinary voice actors or audiobook narrators? Asking for a potential project, but genuinely have no idea who I know.

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 7d

Oofdy hoofdy, what a weekend it’s been. 🫠

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 7d

LRP: Babe are you ok you’re reposting the Chinese Indonesian!Lois comic again

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Jes & Cin @jesncin.bsky.social · Jan 29

"Who Is Superman? A Private Interview With Lois Lane" A story about hope and connection ☀️(1/4)

A comic cover for a fan comic. The cover portrays Superman carrying Lois Lane (she is depicted as a Southeast Asian woman in a purple office suit and skirt).

Superman sets Lois down gently as she says, ‘That’s going to take some getting used to.’ The two are far from the city, in a roadside canyon with a view overlooking Metropolis. Standing in front of a fence with Metropolis and a sunset-colored sky in the distance, Superman asks, ‘The flying?’ Pulling something from her pocket, Lois says, ‘Oh, that and everything. Let’s get to it, shall we?’

The item she pulled from her pocket turns out to be a recorder device, which clicks on as she says, ‘This is Lois Lane of the Daily Planet, interviewing the elusive Superman. The date is – nevermind, let’s cut to the chase.’ He looks somewhat surprised as Lois paces around. She says ‘Although some feel that you’ve made your intentions clear to Metropolis through your acts of heroism and good will … others feel that the way you’ve avoided giving an official statement has led to speculation and worry.’

She holds the recorder up to him and asks, ‘So why speak up now, Superman?’ He pauses before responding.

Superman smiles and says, ‘Well … because I’m ready to talk.’

Looking incredulous, Lois asks, ‘Can you explain why you feel “ready” to talk.’

Now floating a few feet off the ground, he replies, ‘I guess … people have always been nosy about me, even before I started flying. Lately it’s like every other day someone’s trying to figure out who I am and how I’m like this.’

He finger guns in her direction and says, ‘Why, you were the most gutsy about investigating me, Ms. Lane. Didn’t you pitch that one theory about my strength being the result of a lab accident—’ She cuts him off- blushing in embarrassment as she says, ‘Okay, listen!’

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 9d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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SPOOKYCOLLARS 🦷🔞 @shockcollars.bsky.social · 8d

The maidens are asking who I’m wearing. The armor is of my holy blighted queen. The sword was wrenched from the body of the world serpent. The blood upon my hands and blade and face is of the champion of the golden monarch. The bag is Louis Vuitton. The chainmail was forged in the nine hells.

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 8d

Take On Me.

(deeper cut: Ola Oli. Not the Puteri Sari one, the original chant)

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 8d

ALT VERSION:

Tweet from Lindsay King-Miller @AskAQueer

If you made a horror movie, what extremely upbeat pop song would you want slowed down and creepified to play in the trailer?

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 8d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 10d

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.

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