Dominick Ashtear
@ashtear.bsky.social
You may have read my words. Here are some more.
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A planet of adventure - A DINOSAUR PLANET.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A planet of adventure - A DINOSAUR PLANET.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
I won the Chrono Trigger concert lottery!!! Guess I gotta go to Japan in January.
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I won the Chrono Trigger concert lottery!!! Guess I gotta go to Japan in January.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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TOONAMI: WEDNESDAY Intro (Moltar) #Wednesday 📺
September 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
TOONAMI: WEDNESDAY Intro (Moltar) #Wednesday 📺
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Chrono Trigger 30th Anniversary Orchestra Concert announced for January 17/18, 2026 in Tokyo store.jp.square-enix.com/sp/chrono_co...
September 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Chrono Trigger 30th Anniversary Orchestra Concert announced for January 17/18, 2026 in Tokyo store.jp.square-enix.com/sp/chrono_co...
Gotta love this town. I saw a bunch of cosplayers out and about over the course of the afternoon and didn't think twice about it.
Apparently Anime NYC is this weekend.
Apparently Anime NYC is this weekend.
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Gotta love this town. I saw a bunch of cosplayers out and about over the course of the afternoon and didn't think twice about it.
Apparently Anime NYC is this weekend.
Apparently Anime NYC is this weekend.
Indulged in some nostalgia and got myself a CRT TV this week. Additionally, the Virtual Boy I'd been waiting for finally arrived.
August 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Indulged in some nostalgia and got myself a CRT TV this week. Additionally, the Virtual Boy I'd been waiting for finally arrived.
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The preliminary results of the Johto Times Favourite Pokémon Poll 2025 have now been released!
The Grand Final has now begun!
Please check out the following page to see the results, a link to the Grand Final, and a video breaking down the results in full!
johtotimes.com/posts/featur...
The Grand Final has now begun!
Please check out the following page to see the results, a link to the Grand Final, and a video breaking down the results in full!
johtotimes.com/posts/featur...
August 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The preliminary results of the Johto Times Favourite Pokémon Poll 2025 have now been released!
The Grand Final has now begun!
Please check out the following page to see the results, a link to the Grand Final, and a video breaking down the results in full!
johtotimes.com/posts/featur...
The Grand Final has now begun!
Please check out the following page to see the results, a link to the Grand Final, and a video breaking down the results in full!
johtotimes.com/posts/featur...
Back in the old Nintendo Enthusiast days, I wrote a feature about Chrono Trigger. Honestly, the piece wasn't very good, and I always wanted to come back to it for its thirtieth anniversary. And again, that didn't happen.
I guess that's the nature of time. Maybe one day.
I guess that's the nature of time. Maybe one day.
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Back in the old Nintendo Enthusiast days, I wrote a feature about Chrono Trigger. Honestly, the piece wasn't very good, and I always wanted to come back to it for its thirtieth anniversary. And again, that didn't happen.
I guess that's the nature of time. Maybe one day.
I guess that's the nature of time. Maybe one day.
Whenever a bunch of Italian-Americans are at a restaurant, everyone gets so excited for the fried galamad, but then everyone agrees it's not the best they've ever had.
August 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Whenever a bunch of Italian-Americans are at a restaurant, everyone gets so excited for the fried galamad, but then everyone agrees it's not the best they've ever had.
Hit credits on Donkey Kong Bananza. Excellent game, AMAZING end sequence.
Can't wait to go back and get the stuff I missed.
Can't wait to go back and get the stuff I missed.
July 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hit credits on Donkey Kong Bananza. Excellent game, AMAZING end sequence.
Can't wait to go back and get the stuff I missed.
Can't wait to go back and get the stuff I missed.
Walking around the Times Square area and I see an old man running a shell game twenty feet away from a vagrant drunkenly shouting at a group of tourists.
Nature is healing.
Nature is healing.
July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Walking around the Times Square area and I see an old man running a shell game twenty feet away from a vagrant drunkenly shouting at a group of tourists.
Nature is healing.
Nature is healing.
Said goodbye to my boy today and realized that I'm sad to leave. Japan was home for a while, and this vacation made me realize how much I missed living here.
July 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Said goodbye to my boy today and realized that I'm sad to leave. Japan was home for a while, and this vacation made me realize how much I missed living here.
This shinkansen green car has all the vibes of a 1960s hotel.
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This shinkansen green car has all the vibes of a 1960s hotel.
It is like a hundred degrees in Osaka, bright and sunny. I am planning a mile and a half walk around the Expo Grand Ring.
a cartoon of a man holding a laptop next to a monkey in a diaper saying pray for mojo
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a laptop next to a monkey in a diaper saying pray for mojo
media.tenor.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It is like a hundred degrees in Osaka, bright and sunny. I am planning a mile and a half walk around the Expo Grand Ring.
I got into the USA Pavilion! Got super lucky and was only one person going into the English tour.
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I got into the USA Pavilion! Got super lucky and was only one person going into the English tour.
I got lucky and was able to get into a big pavilion. I happened to be talking to the attendant right as they let in about a dozen people without reservations. It was Journey to Life, by Mitsubishi, appropriately enough.
July 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I got lucky and was able to get into a big pavilion. I happened to be talking to the attendant right as they let in about a dozen people without reservations. It was Journey to Life, by Mitsubishi, appropriately enough.
So I'm sitting in front of this guy.And I see a lady bolting with a stroller. Just gunning it. The baby points and says "Pikachu oni." And the mom, without breaking stride, goes "ah! Kabigon!" as they race to whatever it is they have a reservation for.
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So I'm sitting in front of this guy.And I see a lady bolting with a stroller. Just gunning it. The baby points and says "Pikachu oni." And the mom, without breaking stride, goes "ah! Kabigon!" as they race to whatever it is they have a reservation for.
I bought this neck towel. Was it expensive? Yes. Was it the best financial decision I've ever made? Also yes.
むしあついぃ〜
むしあついぃ〜
July 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I bought this neck towel. Was it expensive? Yes. Was it the best financial decision I've ever made? Also yes.
むしあついぃ〜
むしあついぃ〜
Some more from the Expo while I wait to order a ¥1600 hot dog.
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Some more from the Expo while I wait to order a ¥1600 hot dog.
At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.
July 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.
At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.
July 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.
Waiting for a manzai show to start. I'm one of maybe seven guys in the audience of over a hundred people and the only one who wasn't clearly dragged here by a girlfriend.
July 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Waiting for a manzai show to start. I'm one of maybe seven guys in the audience of over a hundred people and the only one who wasn't clearly dragged here by a girlfriend.
A first for me: I left a plane directly onto the tarmac. Always wanted to do that.
July 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A first for me: I left a plane directly onto the tarmac. Always wanted to do that.
Finally saw a shamisen performance (and got to play the taiko).
Hirosaki is one of my favorite places, and Aomori in general is amazing.
Hirosaki is one of my favorite places, and Aomori in general is amazing.
July 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Finally saw a shamisen performance (and got to play the taiko).
Hirosaki is one of my favorite places, and Aomori in general is amazing.
Hirosaki is one of my favorite places, and Aomori in general is amazing.