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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.
Boox Palma 2, Chinatsu wallpaper.
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Went to read a videogame review, and I'm already annoyed. This isn't a yes or no question!!
What kinds of lessons do we learn from our favorite pieces of fiction? Are they simply a means for escapism and environment, or can they also have a tangible impact on our lives? Having played nearly every RPG from developer Atlus, my answer to that last question is a resounding, "Yes." Metaphor: ReFantazio ponders these questions in both concrete and abstract ways through the lens of a politically charged fantasy RPG, further proving that there's real power in the stories games can tell. As familiar as it mav feel at times, it also treads new territory with a sense of clarity in its message and an empathy that ripples throughout its harsh world From its more intimate moments to the grand gestures in its main story, Metaphor makes a loud and clear statement - one that is both relevant to our world today and a timeless examination of the best and worst parts of humanity
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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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.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Some incredible photographers already mentioned who'd probably be on my list, so here's four that nobody's said yet:

Greg Girard
Fan Ho
Todd Hido
Luigi Ghirri
Greg Girard image of Tokyo train station employee saluting passing train. Fan Ho image of light pouring into a train station Todd Hido image of a suburb enveloped in fog lit from within. Luigi Ghirri image of a pane of glass covered in condensation at a ski resort.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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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."
In theory I understand that a person's being is so rich that it can change and live out othe, inner aspects of the self, move in wholly new directions, but in practice my experience is that 1 am the same person and do the same things, think the same and feel the same as I al. vays have. During a therapy session 1 had with your mothe I said that I had found a method, one that worked for me, and that I didn't want to or didn't dare to change it. The ther- apist said with a smile that in fact the method didn't work since I was a deeply lonely person. ' But what if it feels good to be lonely?' I said. 'It is never good to be lonely,' she said. think she is wrong, but maybe I think so because that would threaten my story, who I am to myself, which I stick to in all weathers and every season, even if it means waking up de- jected every morning, and even if I am constantly harassed by feelings of guilt and shame, for despite everything it works, the way the shell works for the crab as it crawls side- ways in the darkness at the bottom of the ocean, or the way subservience works for the dog, that too is a form, some- thing fixed, to which it can therefore entrust itself. The story that is my identity, this crab-like carapace, this set of notions which I don't challenge, is the very opposite of literature, for while I am not interested in freedom on my own behalf, in my own life, and haven't been since I was a teenager, freedom means everything in literature that is its essence, and that is why I wrote that ruthlessness was the core and justification of literature, since freedom and ruthlessness are two sides of the same coin. In literature the simple story of the self encounters the complexity of reality, and this encounter is one of the basic structures of the novel, as in the meeting between the romantic selfimages of Don Quixote and I
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Shinjuku
#tokyo #streetphotography #leica
Boy in a stroller yelling at pigeons A woman in a camera store aims binoculars at the photographer. Various people walk across a paved square Men unload a truck while a guard watches on, under a neon sign in Japanese
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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MISAKA MODE
Haute42 T13 with Misaka Mikoto art
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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This game rules, lol

Really haven't stopped thinking about it since I started it yesterday.
Screenshot of Shigemichi from Gnosia
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Brewers holding mis-colored L flag
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Back on top, baby.
Anki screenshot showing I'm on my longest active streak.
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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:):):)
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Inshallah
MLB postseason bracket
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Finally, a cup noodle for professionals.
Cup noodle pro at a Japanese grocery store.
September 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Finally got my アオのハコ merch!
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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CORRECT
September 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Okay, what the fuck. I saw this post yesterday, and thought it was strange, but I'm an Android user. And yet in the time since, my autocorrect has completely blown up too. "compadre"? "unch"??? Let alone being real words, these aren't even close.
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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PRO TIP: Want to avoid tariffs on your Hobonichi order? Try moving to Tokyo!
2026 Hobonichi techo, various accessories on a wooden table.
September 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Man, I LOVE the Kehai clock. Frosted glass to convey the transience of time.
Kehai clock in three colors White Kehai clock next to a teapot and two teacups on a table. Yellow kehai clock next to some vases and a chest Grey Kehai clock on a concrete wall, with a woman obscured by motion blur
September 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Three things you should know about The Iliad:
1. It's a great war epic ofWestern literature
2. It's translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles
3. It's featured in the Netflix series The OA
September 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Mission accomplished.
Big wagyu burger, thin-cut fries, and a ginger ale.
August 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Why can't Google calendar send me a notification more than 4 weeks in advance?
Google calendar screenshot
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Now playing:
Krallice — Years Past Matter album cover
August 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM