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Introducing Refrakt
Introducing Refrakt, the next phase of my newsletter.
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Introducing Refrakt, the next phase in my newsletter. This bi-weekly letter is for those who want to get just a little bit more out of life, & see curiosity, exploration, & creativity to be key to that process.
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This is such bullshit. I should be bleeding out in the snow somewhere right now.
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is such bullshit. I should be bleeding out in the snow somewhere right now.
Do you like books? There's a lot of contenders for a Goodreads replacement; I like Hardcover. Simple, clean, and does exactly what I want it to. But I need friends! Follow me there?
hardcover.app/@ianjbattagl...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Do you like books? There's a lot of contenders for a Goodreads replacement; I like Hardcover. Simple, clean, and does exactly what I want it to. But I need friends! Follow me there?
hardcover.app/@ianjbattagl...
hardcover.app/@ianjbattagl...
I'm choosing to believe the cute girl on the train was checking me out. That's my right.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm choosing to believe the cute girl on the train was checking me out. That's my right.
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
The Boox Palma 2 has a mode where they put random inspirational quotes on the lock screen, which are often a little strange, but in my case occasionally make it seem like Chinatsu is saying something incredibly hard.
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Boox Palma 2 has a mode where they put random inspirational quotes on the lock screen, which are often a little strange, but in my case occasionally make it seem like Chinatsu is saying something incredibly hard.
I'm a DaVinci guy these days, but had to open Premiere for something; wow, Black Magic has really lapped Adobe in performance lately.
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I'm a DaVinci guy these days, but had to open Premiere for something; wow, Black Magic has really lapped Adobe in performance lately.
Went to read a videogame review, and I'm already annoyed. This isn't a yes or no question!!
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Went to read a videogame review, and I'm already annoyed. This isn't a yes or no question!!
Pet a pig today, and met two Australians who played American football in America, who told me "Bear down." It's the wild west out here in Tokyo.
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Pet a pig today, and met two Australians who played American football in America, who told me "Bear down." It's the wild west out here in Tokyo.
The photograph of mine that's made me the most money (not counting gigs), been downloaded and seen the most, is by far this one. It frequently gets sold as stock as data centers, technology, etc.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The photograph of mine that's made me the most money (not counting gigs), been downloaded and seen the most, is by far this one. It frequently gets sold as stock as data centers, technology, etc.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
On Ben Lerner, and what happens when you call attention to a piece of art as art rather than obfuscating it?
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
On Ben Lerner, and what happens when you call attention to a piece of art as art rather than obfuscating it?
Ben Lerner fucking did it again, wow.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ben Lerner fucking did it again, wow.
I really try to give it a fair shake, but every day at work by about 3 or 4p, I think, yeah, I'm ready to go home. There's just no point working beyond that.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I really try to give it a fair shake, but every day at work by about 3 or 4p, I think, yeah, I'm ready to go home. There's just no point working beyond that.
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After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
Bought all my Christmas presents, somehow giving three different people three different knives.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Bought all my Christmas presents, somehow giving three different people three different knives.
Listening to that metal that gets you cancelled.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Listening to that metal that gets you cancelled.
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Clear Autumn's Timbre
Two thousand words on Nichijou's most evocative two minutes.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Clear Autumn's Timbre
Two thousand words on Nichijou's most evocative two minutes.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
It's crazy the business side of AI is basically identical to a group of friends venmoing each other the same $20 back and forth, except it's $1B.
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's crazy the business side of AI is basically identical to a group of friends venmoing each other the same $20 back and forth, except it's $1B.
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if you think this can cure all cancers and you're not pushing budget to that, your focus is maximizing profit you could theoretically earn..from people who have cancer. but you think it has a maybe 2% chance. not worth diverting expenditures. ok so just don't pretend to care about cancer patients 😀
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
if you think this can cure all cancers and you're not pushing budget to that, your focus is maximizing profit you could theoretically earn..from people who have cancer. but you think it has a maybe 2% chance. not worth diverting expenditures. ok so just don't pretend to care about cancer patients 😀
James is such a thoughtful writer. I too am constantly grateful for the ability to run, to move—and know it's not forever.
"What makes this feel good is that I don’t know where this goes."
An ode to Michael Clayton and the giddy renewal before death.
1. Thomas Brinkmann - 96:12/24 VR
2. HTRK - Poison
3. TM404 - 202/303/303/303/606/606
4. Tropic of Cancer - Stop Suffering
5. µ-Ziq - Peppermint Aero
+ Tom Wilkinson
An ode to Michael Clayton and the giddy renewal before death.
1. Thomas Brinkmann - 96:12/24 VR
2. HTRK - Poison
3. TM404 - 202/303/303/303/606/606
4. Tropic of Cancer - Stop Suffering
5. µ-Ziq - Peppermint Aero
+ Tom Wilkinson
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
James is such a thoughtful writer. I too am constantly grateful for the ability to run, to move—and know it's not forever.
I agree with this and so...
Why not Imperator Battaglia
Why not Imperator Battaglia
converging on a worldview that is like Deflated Pynchonism: not only is there a big plot to keep and hoard power, there're a million of them, and the people executing them are not that smart
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I agree with this and so...
Why not Imperator Battaglia
Why not Imperator Battaglia
I'm all in on e-readers, but they have to make something that looks cooler to use. The vibe of any paperback is a million times better.
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I'm all in on e-readers, but they have to make something that looks cooler to use. The vibe of any paperback is a million times better.
I think about this all the time: "in fact the method didn't work since I was a deeply lonely person."
From Knausgaard, I think "Autumn."
From Knausgaard, I think "Autumn."
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I think about this all the time: "in fact the method didn't work since I was a deeply lonely person."
From Knausgaard, I think "Autumn."
From Knausgaard, I think "Autumn."