Tom Scullin
@tomscullin.bsky.social
I talk about media and language learning sometimes
https://likemyanime.buzzsprout.com
patreon.com/likemyanime
15+ years studying Japanese | 10+ years teaching ESL/EFL | 6+ years in 🇯🇵 | 🏳️🌈 | Dyslexia | ADHD-I/AuDHD
https://likemyanime.buzzsprout.com
patreon.com/likemyanime
15+ years studying Japanese | 10+ years teaching ESL/EFL | 6+ years in 🇯🇵 | 🏳️🌈 | Dyslexia | ADHD-I/AuDHD
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I can't stop thinking about the Suica penguin going to the ticket gate in the sky
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I can't stop thinking about the Suica penguin going to the ticket gate in the sky
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for the uninitiated: ヤンキー (yankee) means "delinquent", not commonly "american"
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
for the uninitiated: ヤンキー (yankee) means "delinquent", not commonly "american"
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I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
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Discover your new favorite manga with Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Vol. 1 - 19, the high school rom-com full of heart.
The (Nearly) Complete Nagatoro Collection supports @cbldf.bsky.social.
The (Nearly) Complete Nagatoro Collection supports @cbldf.bsky.social.
Humble Manga Bundle: The (Nearly) Complete Nagatoro Collection by Kodansha
www.humblebundle.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Discover your new favorite manga with Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Vol. 1 - 19, the high school rom-com full of heart.
The (Nearly) Complete Nagatoro Collection supports @cbldf.bsky.social.
The (Nearly) Complete Nagatoro Collection supports @cbldf.bsky.social.
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is interesting because he takes parts of Shelley's novel, the iconic James Whale films, Gothic and Romantic influences, and a meditation on fatherhood and stitches them all together to create his own story. It's a great adaptation but still like the book the best
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is interesting because he takes parts of Shelley's novel, the iconic James Whale films, Gothic and Romantic influences, and a meditation on fatherhood and stitches them all together to create his own story. It's a great adaptation but still like the book the best
I will never forgive the people who took my daughter's chance to make a cowboy and a spaceman fight a pirate in a Lego castle
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I will never forgive the people who took my daughter's chance to make a cowboy and a spaceman fight a pirate in a Lego castle
New transfer student at my elementary school today. I still can't get over the fact that there is no legal obligation to teach foreign born students. And Japanese as a Second Language is basically not a subject so there's also no way to get these kids up to speed. Dropping out is all that's left
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
New transfer student at my elementary school today. I still can't get over the fact that there is no legal obligation to teach foreign born students. And Japanese as a Second Language is basically not a subject so there's also no way to get these kids up to speed. Dropping out is all that's left
So Medium as a platform is just cooked, huh? Language learning, linguistics, and media analysis aren't exactly the most SEO friendly so I guess I just need my own place to write the stuff I want to write
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So Medium as a platform is just cooked, huh? Language learning, linguistics, and media analysis aren't exactly the most SEO friendly so I guess I just need my own place to write the stuff I want to write
In EFL teaching we should be talking about why we only teach either American or British English so I don't want to sound too glib. But doesn't the same thing happen with American kids and Peppa Pig or Bluey? My kid says pants, toilet, and footpath and that's not what I say. We both say dude, though
This doom-laden op-ed (by a teacher writing for the Telegraph) links the supposed Americanisation of young people's English to screen time, cultural imperialism (although the Telegraph would never use such a wooooke term), the nanny state and unboxing videos.
archive.today/cZ4kF
archive.today/cZ4kF
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In EFL teaching we should be talking about why we only teach either American or British English so I don't want to sound too glib. But doesn't the same thing happen with American kids and Peppa Pig or Bluey? My kid says pants, toilet, and footpath and that's not what I say. We both say dude, though
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American Kappa whose head is full of diet coke instead of spring water.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
American Kappa whose head is full of diet coke instead of spring water.
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Has an anime ever changed the ending of its source material for the better?
www.animefeminist.com/has-an-anime...
www.animefeminist.com/has-an-anime...
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Has an anime ever changed the ending of its source material for the better?
www.animefeminist.com/has-an-anime...
www.animefeminist.com/has-an-anime...
Canada I love you (Go, Blue Jays!) but this is just Canadian exceptionalism. It never happens. You think you're "Ahh when we do imperialism we're real sorry about it, eh" image is that different from us? The blood-soaked history that we share is a difference of degrees not of kind. Sorry
Americans are ‘flag jacking’ to pretend they’re Canadian overseas - here’s why it doesn’t work
Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Canada I love you (Go, Blue Jays!) but this is just Canadian exceptionalism. It never happens. You think you're "Ahh when we do imperialism we're real sorry about it, eh" image is that different from us? The blood-soaked history that we share is a difference of degrees not of kind. Sorry
Republicans control all three branches of government and yet the US is about to do a Great Potato Famine to itself. You never have to hand it to the British but at least they did it to another country... many other countries
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Republicans control all three branches of government and yet the US is about to do a Great Potato Famine to itself. You never have to hand it to the British but at least they did it to another country... many other countries
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Every single problem other fields are seeing, we saw first because we were deemed most expendable. Machine TL hallucinated. They said it'd make us more productive, not redundant. And more offers became about training and correcting. Loc has always been the canary and not enough people listened.
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Every single problem other fields are seeing, we saw first because we were deemed most expendable. Machine TL hallucinated. They said it'd make us more productive, not redundant. And more offers became about training and correcting. Loc has always been the canary and not enough people listened.
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Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
Is it a 'Not all libertarians are pedophiles but all pedophiles are libertarian' sorta deal or... ?
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Is it a 'Not all libertarians are pedophiles but all pedophiles are libertarian' sorta deal or... ?
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Another day, another random post bitterly defaced by yours truly, who only strives to keep it real 😇
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Another day, another random post bitterly defaced by yours truly, who only strives to keep it real 😇
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October 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Frozen movies have been playing nonstop for 3 days in our house. And the core message seems to be, "no matter how much we want to love our siblings, the trauma caused by our parents (and grandparents) doesn't easily heal"
Or am I telling on myself here?
Or am I telling on myself here?
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Frozen movies have been playing nonstop for 3 days in our house. And the core message seems to be, "no matter how much we want to love our siblings, the trauma caused by our parents (and grandparents) doesn't easily heal"
Or am I telling on myself here?
Or am I telling on myself here?
Anyone who's studied computational linguistics wouldn't even be calling these things "AI". But, for the sake of argument, yes, narrow domain specific LLMs used by professionals in that field could be transformational someday.
ChatGPT isn't AI and won't be around in a few years though
ChatGPT isn't AI and won't be around in a few years though
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Anyone who's studied computational linguistics wouldn't even be calling these things "AI". But, for the sake of argument, yes, narrow domain specific LLMs used by professionals in that field could be transformational someday.
ChatGPT isn't AI and won't be around in a few years though
ChatGPT isn't AI and won't be around in a few years though
Aside from Omusubi, NHK has been on a solid run of interesting Asadora stories. Bakebake has been good so far and Akari Takaichi was great casting. My wife's never heard of Lafcadio Hearn so I'm enjoying it too (sharing fun facts she didn't ask for but, for now, tolerates)
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Aside from Omusubi, NHK has been on a solid run of interesting Asadora stories. Bakebake has been good so far and Akari Takaichi was great casting. My wife's never heard of Lafcadio Hearn so I'm enjoying it too (sharing fun facts she didn't ask for but, for now, tolerates)
This maybe isn't just a Japan thing but it's so strange how many parents here just want English downloaded into their children and don't want to be involved in the learning process. So many people's idea of English, including teachers, is test prep and logic puzzles, not language
October 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This maybe isn't just a Japan thing but it's so strange how many parents here just want English downloaded into their children and don't want to be involved in the learning process. So many people's idea of English, including teachers, is test prep and logic puzzles, not language
So looking back, will the release of Sora2 and SlopTok be marked as the start of the AI bubble burst? Or is that just wishful thinking?
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So looking back, will the release of Sora2 and SlopTok be marked as the start of the AI bubble burst? Or is that just wishful thinking?