Jim Rion
@jimrion.com
Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20周年日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20周年日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
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whenever there's AI writing discourse, I learn (via the stray comments, usually) new and terrible things about a world I'm otherwise unfamiliar with—the strange pocket universe of software made for writers, now (naturally) sloppified for maximum bilkage
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
whenever there's AI writing discourse, I learn (via the stray comments, usually) new and terrible things about a world I'm otherwise unfamiliar with—the strange pocket universe of software made for writers, now (naturally) sloppified for maximum bilkage
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Okay, so I've wanted to do something like this before the end of the year, so I figured why not now?
I want to give away a code for 5 underserved #Indiegames to mutuals on here.
The games in question are gems that need eyes on them.
If you want one, DM me.
All I ask is you
1. review them.
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I want to give away a code for 5 underserved #Indiegames to mutuals on here.
The games in question are gems that need eyes on them.
If you want one, DM me.
All I ask is you
1. review them.
...
/1
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Okay, so I've wanted to do something like this before the end of the year, so I figured why not now?
I want to give away a code for 5 underserved #Indiegames to mutuals on here.
The games in question are gems that need eyes on them.
If you want one, DM me.
All I ask is you
1. review them.
...
/1
I want to give away a code for 5 underserved #Indiegames to mutuals on here.
The games in question are gems that need eyes on them.
If you want one, DM me.
All I ask is you
1. review them.
...
/1
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Reading Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by @jimrion.com ) while looking out the back window landscape at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while drinking coffee and eating cranberry scones.
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reading Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by @jimrion.com ) while looking out the back window landscape at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while drinking coffee and eating cranberry scones.
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There’s no pitch for genAI in the classroom that doesn’t boil down to “it’s everywhere,” or that takes education as more than job training, or, consequently, that actually argues for genAI as a tool that has a distinct function in education.
It’s not educators who have their heads in the sand here.
It’s not educators who have their heads in the sand here.
December 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There’s no pitch for genAI in the classroom that doesn’t boil down to “it’s everywhere,” or that takes education as more than job training, or, consequently, that actually argues for genAI as a tool that has a distinct function in education.
It’s not educators who have their heads in the sand here.
It’s not educators who have their heads in the sand here.
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I enthuse about The Moor.
@ramseycampbell.bsky.social, @vajra.me, @byzantienne.bsky.social, @ceruleancynic.bsky.social, @harleypeyton.bsky.social, Jen Fawkes, @peteratkins.bsky.social, @wmboyle4.bsky.social, and Stephen Volk are all on our 2025 bonus episode of AFTERIMAGES! rss.com/podcasts/aft...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I enthuse about The Moor.
I'd love to get Tom's Crossing in print but it's nearly 8,000 yen. The yen sure is doing great these days...
December 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I'd love to get Tom's Crossing in print but it's nearly 8,000 yen. The yen sure is doing great these days...
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Very pleased to have paid out over $1600 in royalties to the contributors of 120 Murders after only eight months despite (and partially thanks to*) utterly ignoring Amazon as a sales venue.
*Direct sales from the Ruadan website doubled royalties.
*Direct sales from the Ruadan website doubled royalties.
December 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Very pleased to have paid out over $1600 in royalties to the contributors of 120 Murders after only eight months despite (and partially thanks to*) utterly ignoring Amazon as a sales venue.
*Direct sales from the Ruadan website doubled royalties.
*Direct sales from the Ruadan website doubled royalties.
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Snippet of Down by the Sally Gardens.
December 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Snippet of Down by the Sally Gardens.
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💯 "Learning new things" is the best hobby there is.
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.
Senioruniversitet, a national university that collaborates with Sweden’s adult education institution Folkuniversitetet, has about 30 independent branches around the country which run study circles, lecture series and university courses in subjects including languages, politics, medicine and architecture. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
💯 "Learning new things" is the best hobby there is.
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And another collaborator bites the dust.
Hey pals! We're not calling you out anymore for AI slop. You know how we feel, too many get defensive and mean, and it just boosts your slop in the algorithm. We're just quietly reassessing our relationship with you.
Hey pals! We're not calling you out anymore for AI slop. You know how we feel, too many get defensive and mean, and it just boosts your slop in the algorithm. We're just quietly reassessing our relationship with you.
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
And another collaborator bites the dust.
Hey pals! We're not calling you out anymore for AI slop. You know how we feel, too many get defensive and mean, and it just boosts your slop in the algorithm. We're just quietly reassessing our relationship with you.
Hey pals! We're not calling you out anymore for AI slop. You know how we feel, too many get defensive and mean, and it just boosts your slop in the algorithm. We're just quietly reassessing our relationship with you.
Astounding work of art, this one. #Books
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is currently 99p in Amazon UK and will be for the next twelve days! It will also be $2.99 on Amazon US on Dec 31st, which obviously I will remind you about in a week, but just letting you know early. Happy holidays!
@vajra.me 's multi award-winning THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is part of Amazon UK's 12 days of Kindle deal!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Astounding work of art, this one. #Books
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Oh, this is great news.
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Oh, this is great news.
Did my annual preschool Santa gig today, and the kids seem less impressed every year. But still, got some hugs and lots of starry eyed waves, so old Nick still has some of that power.
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Did my annual preschool Santa gig today, and the kids seem less impressed every year. But still, got some hugs and lots of starry eyed waves, so old Nick still has some of that power.
Yoooo, cursed livecam for real here.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yoooo, cursed livecam for real here.
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Apparently Fernando Pereira is donating to OpenReview (with a public announcement) because he cares about "open science" or "open research". News to me!
He's the Google VP who wrote an anonymous "privileged and confidential" letter, sent to HR instructing us to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.
He's the Google VP who wrote an anonymous "privileged and confidential" letter, sent to HR instructing us to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Apparently Fernando Pereira is donating to OpenReview (with a public announcement) because he cares about "open science" or "open research". News to me!
He's the Google VP who wrote an anonymous "privileged and confidential" letter, sent to HR instructing us to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.
He's the Google VP who wrote an anonymous "privileged and confidential" letter, sent to HR instructing us to retract our Stochastic Parrots paper.
Jesus H. What a waste of money for a state that ain't got that much to begin with.
Gov. Laura Kelly, in announcing the Chiefs are moving to Kansas, says: "Kansas is not a flyover state. We are a touchdown state." #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Jesus H. What a waste of money for a state that ain't got that much to begin with.
There's this little car shop/garage by there mall nearest my house today I've never take paid much attention to. Tiny lot, corrugated tin buildings, a neighborhood shop. Nothing much.
Then today, I saw it take delivery of a brand new Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder.
Then today, I saw it take delivery of a brand new Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder.
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
There's this little car shop/garage by there mall nearest my house today I've never take paid much attention to. Tiny lot, corrugated tin buildings, a neighborhood shop. Nothing much.
Then today, I saw it take delivery of a brand new Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder.
Then today, I saw it take delivery of a brand new Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder.
I have heard from at least three different colleagues in the translation business that I should "get my head out of the sand" and start working with LLM translation, and, like, I'm not ignoring it. My eyes are open. I've seen what it does. And it Does. Not. Work. Why engage with broken tech?
The interesting thing about the "left behind" talking point is that it's lifted wholesale from crypto grifters. In that context it *kind* of made sense? Like it wasn't correct but at least it followed logically that if crypto became huge, early adopters would benefit.
My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have heard from at least three different colleagues in the translation business that I should "get my head out of the sand" and start working with LLM translation, and, like, I'm not ignoring it. My eyes are open. I've seen what it does. And it Does. Not. Work. Why engage with broken tech?
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As a multiple language speaker it's also frustrating to see people using AI for translation because the English speaking world tends to treat translators like workers for hire instead of co authors of text and this feels like more of it. Translation at the literary level is creative work.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As a multiple language speaker it's also frustrating to see people using AI for translation because the English speaking world tends to treat translators like workers for hire instead of co authors of text and this feels like more of it. Translation at the literary level is creative work.
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Oh yo??? First new Banned From Broadcast (aka that series Saiko The Large Family is from) in close to a decade!!
I've had a mostly done essay about the series sitting in my docs for a hot minute -- I guess I gotta hurry up and finish it now
I've had a mostly done essay about the series sitting in my docs for a hot minute -- I guess I gotta hurry up and finish it now
「放送禁止」シリーズの新作「ぼくの3人の妻」劇場公開、テーマは一夫多妻制（コメントあり）
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/653204?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#放送禁止
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/653204?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#放送禁止
December 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Oh yo??? First new Banned From Broadcast (aka that series Saiko The Large Family is from) in close to a decade!!
I've had a mostly done essay about the series sitting in my docs for a hot minute -- I guess I gotta hurry up and finish it now
I've had a mostly done essay about the series sitting in my docs for a hot minute -- I guess I gotta hurry up and finish it now
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
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It's midwinter's eve tonight.
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It's midwinter's eve tonight.
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)