marimonogatari
@purpleriot.bsky.social
she/her
translator and PhD student in 🏴 liker of media and arts, doer of hobbies
日本語でも可
translator and PhD student in 🏴 liker of media and arts, doer of hobbies
日本語でも可
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marimonogatari
@purpleriot.bsky.social
· Oct 17
I was never all that active on twitter but I AM more active on tumblr: purpleriot.tumblr.com
I also run another bluesky account: @ghiblitavern.bsky.social
I also run another bluesky account: @ghiblitavern.bsky.social
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happy halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
happy halloween 🎃
happy halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
happy halloween 🎃
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Japanese pundits coined the term "Galapagos syndrome" to express how their country lost its role as global consumer electronics innovator. But in a world driven mad by tech disruption, is Japan’s having fallen behind turning into a secret super power?
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/super-gala...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/super-gala...
Super Galapagos
In a world driven mad by tech disruption, Japan’s having fallen behind is a superpower
blog.pureinventionbook.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Japanese pundits coined the term "Galapagos syndrome" to express how their country lost its role as global consumer electronics innovator. But in a world driven mad by tech disruption, is Japan’s having fallen behind turning into a secret super power?
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/super-gala...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/super-gala...
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
I would be all over this if I were still there
If you're an alien, time-traveler, or esper, please go see Haruhi Suzumiya!
Haruhi Suzumiya's Real-Life School Opens to Public Before Merging With Another School
Aliens, time-travelers, espers: please go see Haruhi Suzumiya
www.animenewsnetwork.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I would be all over this if I were still there
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“In every industry, AI is being used to replace all the creative things that bring us joy instead of the boring, tedious tasks we hate doing,” she says.
No, we don't need AI translated subtitles.
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“In every industry, AI is being used to replace all the creative things that bring us joy instead of the boring, tedious tasks we hate doing,” she says.
not to be a bitch but if you don't like a light novel series you don't HAVE to keep reading it
September 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
not to be a bitch but if you don't like a light novel series you don't HAVE to keep reading it
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A mysterious #GhibliSpotlight topic today, as we have a little look at the unreleased project Anchor (アンカー). The film was planned to be directed by Oshii Mamoru, and was apparently discussed in 1985, around the time Studio Ghibli was founded. 🧵 [1/12]
August 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A mysterious #GhibliSpotlight topic today, as we have a little look at the unreleased project Anchor (アンカー). The film was planned to be directed by Oshii Mamoru, and was apparently discussed in 1985, around the time Studio Ghibli was founded. 🧵 [1/12]
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OCTOBER 🌕
THE WORD FOR WORLD: THE MAPS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN | presenting the magical world of Le Guin’s maps, co-publishing with AA Publications, to coincide with an exhibition at the Architectural Association, London, opening on 10 October. www.silverpress.org/collections/...
THE WORD FOR WORLD: THE MAPS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN | presenting the magical world of Le Guin’s maps, co-publishing with AA Publications, to coincide with an exhibition at the Architectural Association, London, opening on 10 October. www.silverpress.org/collections/...
August 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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The bitch is back
August 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The bitch is back
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I spoke to CNN about Japan's new Office for the Promotion of a Society of Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals and also the rise of Sanseito: "Why has Japan set up a task force to deal with foreigners?"
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/a...
Why has Japan set up a task force to deal with foreigners? | CNN
Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up ahe...
edition.cnn.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I spoke to CNN about Japan's new Office for the Promotion of a Society of Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals and also the rise of Sanseito: "Why has Japan set up a task force to deal with foreigners?"
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/17/a...
This ワンマン電車 is demonstrably a スリーマン電車
June 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This ワンマン電車 is demonstrably a スリーマン電車
Bluesky absolutely does NOT want me uploading a photo but I assure you I'm at Takarazuka Castlevania right now
June 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Bluesky absolutely does NOT want me uploading a photo but I assure you I'm at Takarazuka Castlevania right now
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My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration
He chose a name that it seems to me/reminds me of popes Leo I to XIII
May 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
He chose a name that it seems to me/reminds me of popes Leo I to XIII
Starting the long awaited new season of Devil's Plan and can't get over how many contestants fit the mould of "high-IQ supernerd who was too hot to just remain at university with normies"
May 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Starting the long awaited new season of Devil's Plan and can't get over how many contestants fit the mould of "high-IQ supernerd who was too hot to just remain at university with normies"
And finally it is out!
And now I just got another very cool thing to do! But my lips are sealed until it's out!
Oh hey something I subtitled is now up on netflix! (I hope people like it......)
April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And finally it is out!
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Absolutely beautiful piece about how translators aren't invisible and translation isn't just word for word.
"Is translation an art or an action? The answer is both, depending on the original. Literary translation is the translation of art, and so it must itself be art."
lithub.com/the-future-w...
"Is translation an art or an action? The answer is both, depending on the original. Literary translation is the translation of art, and so it must itself be art."
lithub.com/the-future-w...
The Future Will be Translated: A Manifesto in Three Lies
In my early twenties, I worked one summer as domestic help in a private residence for rich male university students in New York City. As part of our training, we women were taught to close all the …
lithub.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Absolutely beautiful piece about how translators aren't invisible and translation isn't just word for word.
"Is translation an art or an action? The answer is both, depending on the original. Literary translation is the translation of art, and so it must itself be art."
lithub.com/the-future-w...
"Is translation an art or an action? The answer is both, depending on the original. Literary translation is the translation of art, and so it must itself be art."
lithub.com/the-future-w...
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Hate having to share anything related to that wretched woman on my feed, much less something where I'm forced to defend her. But this pissed me off, and since it's doing numbers, I wanted to let folk engaging with it uncritically know that it's largely bullshit.
Fun fact, JK—who is English—single-handedly funded the Scotland remain movement during the referendum, and called separatists “bigots”.
She’s the reason there’s no independent Scotland. She throws her money and clout around like she’s fucking Nigel Farage. She’s a billionaire corrupting politics.
She’s the reason there’s no independent Scotland. She throws her money and clout around like she’s fucking Nigel Farage. She’s a billionaire corrupting politics.
It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hate having to share anything related to that wretched woman on my feed, much less something where I'm forced to defend her. But this pissed me off, and since it's doing numbers, I wanted to let folk engaging with it uncritically know that it's largely bullshit.
Ready for round 2
April 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ready for round 2
