Brendan O’Kane
@bokane.org
Scrutable Occidental, erstwhile 北漂, quondam translator, Ming/Qing fiction enjoyer, congenital Philadelphian, escaped academic, MLIS aspirant, 鏟屎官 (二等). Cynicism makes you an easy mark. Signal: @bokane.1644.
http://www.burninghou.se
http://www.burninghou.se
so maybe don't take their advice, got it
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
so maybe don't take their advice, got it
did they have any suggestions
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM
did they have any suggestions
Yes, the Trump years are terrible, but think of all the great art they will inspire
There's like music and stuff too
January 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Yes, the Trump years are terrible, but think of all the great art they will inspire
Minor character from a tragically lost John Waters film
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Minor character from a tragically lost John Waters film
“I’ll go easy on you — one coastline. Show me one new coastline and we can talk.”
January 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
“I’ll go easy on you — one coastline. Show me one new coastline and we can talk.”
Just sort of wandering around Creation, casually sidling up behind people and being like “you like that? Nice, right?”
January 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Just sort of wandering around Creation, casually sidling up behind people and being like “you like that? Nice, right?”
I just love that God is such a bitch, though to be fair if I were the one herding constellations forth in season I probably wouldn’t ever shut up about it either
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I just love that God is such a bitch, though to be fair if I were the one herding constellations forth in season I probably wouldn’t ever shut up about it either
“When every star at sunrise sang as one / and when the Sons of God rang out in chorus.” Always thought that was a really lovely image, leading into a passage that’s breathtaking but also extremely funny since I cannot help but read it as “I invented weather, stfu”
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“When every star at sunrise sang as one / and when the Sons of God rang out in chorus.” Always thought that was a really lovely image, leading into a passage that’s breathtaking but also extremely funny since I cannot help but read it as “I invented weather, stfu”
I really like the way you handled one of my all-time favorite images in Job 38!
January 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I really like the way you handled one of my all-time favorite images in Job 38!
Yeah, like every single thing about this image is diminishing the original
January 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Yeah, like every single thing about this image is diminishing the original
Yeah I got a few notes on this image
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Yeah I got a few notes on this image
they've got books full of helpful gardening advice, but I would not let them decide what to plant
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
they've got books full of helpful gardening advice, but I would not let them decide what to plant
Man, that’s awesome. I love the Jesuits.
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Man, that’s awesome. I love the Jesuits.
I would be very interested to hear more whenever you do get around to it!
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I would be very interested to hear more whenever you do get around to it!
It’s good! I tried doing the same thing less well a while back
人从
信臥
信臥
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It’s good! I tried doing the same thing less well a while back
Since it’s a progression, maybe “Image > Pictograph > Calligraphy” for the three?
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Since it’s a progression, maybe “Image > Pictograph > Calligraphy” for the three?
Yup - the first character gets simplified as 図 in Japan
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Yup - the first character gets simplified as 図 in Japan
It may be some time (Yakuza 3 Kiwami is coming), but I will add it to The List!
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
It may be some time (Yakuza 3 Kiwami is coming), but I will add it to The List!
I got it just the other week on the strength of this same thing; have barely begun but it's definitely these things so far
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I got it just the other week on the strength of this same thing; have barely begun but it's definitely these things so far
Alighieri子, via Sayers! (Really underrated as a translation; when it works, it works very well)
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Alighieri子, via Sayers! (Really underrated as a translation; when it works, it works very well)
the third layer is rain: one ceaseless, heavy, cold, accursed quench whose law and nature vary never a grain. (huge hailstones, sleet and snow, and turbid drench of water sluice down through the darkened air, and the sodden earth gives off a putrid stench.)
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
the third layer is rain: one ceaseless, heavy, cold, accursed quench whose law and nature vary never a grain. (huge hailstones, sleet and snow, and turbid drench of water sluice down through the darkened air, and the sodden earth gives off a putrid stench.)