Chris Pearce
@kobehonyaku.com
Japanese-to-English technical/industrial translator
日英 技術・産業 翻訳者
日英 技術・産業 翻訳者
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Once upon a time, the ever-evolving graffiti on this reservoir near the psych unit was a cave-painting-record. I photographed much of it over months.
One day they painted it grey. The next day:
One day they painted it grey. The next day:
February 12, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Once upon a time, the ever-evolving graffiti on this reservoir near the psych unit was a cave-painting-record. I photographed much of it over months.
One day they painted it grey. The next day:
One day they painted it grey. The next day:
Sannomiya station, Kobe, maybe 17 or 18 years ago. I stepped in to stop what I saw. I don't know if it was enough at the time, but I hope so.
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sannomiya station, Kobe, maybe 17 or 18 years ago. I stepped in to stop what I saw. I don't know if it was enough at the time, but I hope so.
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Had a long conversation with my contact at the Oregon Dept of Agriculture. The ODA administers the Hemp program. She has been hearing from a lot of hemp growers lately. (She thanked me for being nice about it - I said I waited a few days to calm down before calling.) Here's what I learned:
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Had a long conversation with my contact at the Oregon Dept of Agriculture. The ODA administers the Hemp program. She has been hearing from a lot of hemp growers lately. (She thanked me for being nice about it - I said I waited a few days to calm down before calling.) Here's what I learned:
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Predator movie that’s just about bureaucratic maneuvering between an animal-rights group that wants to end human hunting and an environmental sustainability group that says human hunt fees subsidize the protection of the whole reserve against industrial exploitation.
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Predator movie that’s just about bureaucratic maneuvering between an animal-rights group that wants to end human hunting and an environmental sustainability group that says human hunt fees subsidize the protection of the whole reserve against industrial exploitation.
Amazon must die.
This feels like an ad written, directed *and* acted by people who have
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Amazon must die.
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Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
"They’d basically talked themselves to death."
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
These companies hate their customers.
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
These companies hate their customers.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Imagining myself swinging a $1000 iPhone in a $230 sock with increasing speed above my head until with a blood-curdling shriek I launch it into a giant screen displaying Severance
“$230 for a cut up sock”: Everyone’s clowning on Apple’s new iPhone Pocket bit.ly/3JXF5h7
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Imagining myself swinging a $1000 iPhone in a $230 sock with increasing speed above my head until with a blood-curdling shriek I launch it into a giant screen displaying Severance
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
Fond memories of buying that whatever ticket it was at Narita to leave the country in the 1990s. What was it then, 2000 yen?
asia.nikkei.com/business/tra...
asia.nikkei.com/business/tra...
Japan eyes tripling departure tax to grapple with overtourism
Government envisions using revenue to ease transit congestion, support tourist sites
asia.nikkei.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Fond memories of buying that whatever ticket it was at Narita to leave the country in the 1990s. What was it then, 2000 yen?
asia.nikkei.com/business/tra...
asia.nikkei.com/business/tra...
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😭😭😭
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
😭😭😭
I hope they make Japanese Black Friday three weeks long this year. A fortnight just wasn't enough 🥹
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I hope they make Japanese Black Friday three weeks long this year. A fortnight just wasn't enough 🥹
Love to get 50 emails about opening an Olive account every day.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Love to get 50 emails about opening an Olive account every day.
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Your decadent Western export control laws are no match for the Chinese innovation ecosystem.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Your decadent Western export control laws are no match for the Chinese innovation ecosystem.
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"giving a shit is anti-AI" has been on my mind for a few days
ai ads will always be a hallmark of losers, even if the candidate wins. it's just intrinsically loser shit. no consent, environmental and other externalities? loser shit
zohran had staffers who cared to think about the transliteration of his name into Chinese. giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI
zohran had staffers who cared to think about the transliteration of his name into Chinese. giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI
Most importantly, the Chinese names are homophonous with "Zohran Kwame" when pronounced in both Cantonese (the spoken language used by first-wave Chinese immigrants from the South) and Mandarin (the spoken language used by new-wave Chinese immigrants from the North).
What an absolute masterstroke.
What an absolute masterstroke.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"giving a shit is anti-AI" has been on my mind for a few days
I wish there was a 24-hour news channel in Japan for bear news.
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wish there was a 24-hour news channel in Japan for bear news.
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Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...
TikTok video by Nikalie 🌈
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
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Microsoft is a crater of filth ruled by cruel imbeciles who don’t understand basic facts about the industries they hungrily exploit.
Its executives are *deeply* stupid people who mistake their predatory ruthlessness for savvy. If they all melted in hot slag tomorrow, the world wouldn’t be worse.
Its executives are *deeply* stupid people who mistake their predatory ruthlessness for savvy. If they all melted in hot slag tomorrow, the world wouldn’t be worse.
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Microsoft is a crater of filth ruled by cruel imbeciles who don’t understand basic facts about the industries they hungrily exploit.
Its executives are *deeply* stupid people who mistake their predatory ruthlessness for savvy. If they all melted in hot slag tomorrow, the world wouldn’t be worse.
Its executives are *deeply* stupid people who mistake their predatory ruthlessness for savvy. If they all melted in hot slag tomorrow, the world wouldn’t be worse.
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As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🥲
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Game publisher execs are about two more fads away from putting all their faith in literal magic beans.
They went all-in on services, all-in on NFTs, all-in on AI. Every time they’re convinced they’ve invested in a divine cure-all.
They believe in magic the way a child might. Except kids learn.
They went all-in on services, all-in on NFTs, all-in on AI. Every time they’re convinced they’ve invested in a divine cure-all.
They believe in magic the way a child might. Except kids learn.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Game publisher execs are about two more fads away from putting all their faith in literal magic beans.
They went all-in on services, all-in on NFTs, all-in on AI. Every time they’re convinced they’ve invested in a divine cure-all.
They believe in magic the way a child might. Except kids learn.
They went all-in on services, all-in on NFTs, all-in on AI. Every time they’re convinced they’ve invested in a divine cure-all.
They believe in magic the way a child might. Except kids learn.
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference