It's my birthday (or was, recently), and so Libby wrote me a bunch of Maruki-ending psych horror and tore out my entire heart. And I loved it! Check out Ren's descent into madness, as he comes apart in Maruki's reality. archiveofourown.org/works/724382...
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's my birthday (or was, recently), and so Libby wrote me a bunch of Maruki-ending psych horror and tore out my entire heart. And I loved it! Check out Ren's descent into madness, as he comes apart in Maruki's reality. archiveofourown.org/works/724382...
why is posting images impossible now, can I not link my own birthday fic without age approval or something?
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
why is posting images impossible now, can I not link my own birthday fic without age approval or something?
Wait, does this age verification thing mean Bluesky have finally figured out not filling up my feed with unsolicited nudes?
Like if they can't keep their NSFW filter working, how they supposed to Protect Teh Children u know
Like if they can't keep their NSFW filter working, how they supposed to Protect Teh Children u know
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Wait, does this age verification thing mean Bluesky have finally figured out not filling up my feed with unsolicited nudes?
Like if they can't keep their NSFW filter working, how they supposed to Protect Teh Children u know
Like if they can't keep their NSFW filter working, how they supposed to Protect Teh Children u know
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Everyone understood *for decades* that shouting abuse at minority colleagues out of contempt and disgust for them would drop you in deep shit with HR. This wasn’t controversial until reactionary cranks decided it was totalitarian and they had an unlimited right to behave as horrifically as they want
July 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Everyone understood *for decades* that shouting abuse at minority colleagues out of contempt and disgust for them would drop you in deep shit with HR. This wasn’t controversial until reactionary cranks decided it was totalitarian and they had an unlimited right to behave as horrifically as they want
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One of the most disheartening things about trans advocacy is how little the people who claim to be on our side actually listen to us.
"trans-identifying", "biological sex", and a variety of other GC dogwhistles have become common parlance because people listen to our enemies, but not us.
"trans-identifying", "biological sex", and a variety of other GC dogwhistles have become common parlance because people listen to our enemies, but not us.
Whole ass nation states are attempting to confine trans people to the home—preventing us from using the toilet, playing sports or accessing medical care without exposure to violence—on the basis that “changing your sex is impossible” so if you’re saying that to trans people too, meet your allies.
July 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the most disheartening things about trans advocacy is how little the people who claim to be on our side actually listen to us.
"trans-identifying", "biological sex", and a variety of other GC dogwhistles have become common parlance because people listen to our enemies, but not us.
"trans-identifying", "biological sex", and a variety of other GC dogwhistles have become common parlance because people listen to our enemies, but not us.
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An important part of why Akechi is so quick to reject Maruki is that he’s already heard someone promising him that they’ll grant his wishes. The mask he wears keeps people from seeing his true self, his true wish. Even if Shido suspected that he’d turn on him he still doesn’t know his exact plan.
July 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
An important part of why Akechi is so quick to reject Maruki is that he’s already heard someone promising him that they’ll grant his wishes. The mask he wears keeps people from seeing his true self, his true wish. Even if Shido suspected that he’d turn on him he still doesn’t know his exact plan.
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There's more. Gotta love jp fujins 🙏🏻
July 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There's more. Gotta love jp fujins 🙏🏻
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jp users learning about 'fujoshing out' for the first time probably made my whole week...peak cultural exchange 😭
July 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jp users learning about 'fujoshing out' for the first time probably made my whole week...peak cultural exchange 😭
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July 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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alt right chuds: japan is an anti woke conservative paradise
actual japan: rules in favor of a trans woman for misgendering being defamation
actual japan: rules in favor of a trans woman for misgendering being defamation
Kasugai (Aichi Prefecture) city legislator Murakami Shinjirō referred to transgender legislator Kojima Sayuri as an "old dude" (ossan). She sued him for defamation. A Nagoya court ruled in her favor and ordered Murakami to pay out 170K yen ($1,170).
June 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
alt right chuds: japan is an anti woke conservative paradise
actual japan: rules in favor of a trans woman for misgendering being defamation
actual japan: rules in favor of a trans woman for misgendering being defamation
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that's not really an excuse, it just highlights that crunchyroll arent doing QC on the subtitles. you cant fucking skip QC, man!!
Apparently the subs were provide by the Japanese Licensee, but the fact that they were clearly not proofread or seemingly edit in anyway before being apply still shows an immense amount of apathetic indifference that's for sure.
July 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
that's not really an excuse, it just highlights that crunchyroll arent doing QC on the subtitles. you cant fucking skip QC, man!!
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I can’t begin to tell you how incredible localization teams are.
They don’t “just” translate - they rewrite jokes and idioms to recreate the same emotional (or funny) in a different culture and language style, and give invaluable advice on character, regional dialects, and cultural norms
They don’t “just” translate - they rewrite jokes and idioms to recreate the same emotional (or funny) in a different culture and language style, and give invaluable advice on character, regional dialects, and cultural norms
Translation isn't expensive. In fact, it's frequently the biggest return on investment:
For the top 100 grossing movies of all time, 50% of their profits were made outside of English, and they spent less than 1% of their budget on localization.
For the top 100 grossing movies of all time, 50% of their profits were made outside of English, and they spent less than 1% of their budget on localization.
July 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I can’t begin to tell you how incredible localization teams are.
They don’t “just” translate - they rewrite jokes and idioms to recreate the same emotional (or funny) in a different culture and language style, and give invaluable advice on character, regional dialects, and cultural norms
They don’t “just” translate - they rewrite jokes and idioms to recreate the same emotional (or funny) in a different culture and language style, and give invaluable advice on character, regional dialects, and cultural norms
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I think I need to write a new article about how bad generative AI translation is for Japanese.
I previously wrote one about how bad machine translation is for Japanese media, but gen AI takes it to a whole new level just making random stuff up and completely misunderstanding even basic sentences.
I previously wrote one about how bad machine translation is for Japanese media, but gen AI takes it to a whole new level just making random stuff up and completely misunderstanding even basic sentences.
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I think I need to write a new article about how bad generative AI translation is for Japanese.
I previously wrote one about how bad machine translation is for Japanese media, but gen AI takes it to a whole new level just making random stuff up and completely misunderstanding even basic sentences.
I previously wrote one about how bad machine translation is for Japanese media, but gen AI takes it to a whole new level just making random stuff up and completely misunderstanding even basic sentences.
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Really doesn’t matter what point an ally is trying to make if they use the “biological” language they’re doing more harm than good cause they have already ceded the fundamentals
as a rule i am very much in favour of picking our rhetorical battles, at least in terms of public comms. but we cannot cede a single fucking inch on the "biological woman" framing without accepting permanent status as second-class citizens
April 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Really doesn’t matter what point an ally is trying to make if they use the “biological” language they’re doing more harm than good cause they have already ceded the fundamentals
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Me when I'm critical of gender: "We should have anti-crossdressing laws"
a prominent "gender-critical" activist calls for the full criminalisation of transness.
April 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Me when I'm critical of gender: "We should have anti-crossdressing laws"
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i’m getting the vibe you just wanna announce that you’re antisemitic
Sure, I can tighten it up a bit.
If criticism of genocide is criticism of Judaism, then I am proudly and openly anti-Semitic.
If criticism of genocide is criticism of Judaism, then I am proudly and openly anti-Semitic.
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
i’m getting the vibe you just wanna announce that you’re antisemitic
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It is this, not arguing, but also this Labour party has been strikingly reluctant to occupy the commanding heights of the discourse. The last government made a bunch of attempts to embed right wing bias in institutions and processes; this government is content to leave them all in place.
The EHRC was captured by transphobes under the Tories and Labour could have appointed a new head but they did not, because they are also transphobic. Bigoted shits, the lot of them.
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It is this, not arguing, but also this Labour party has been strikingly reluctant to occupy the commanding heights of the discourse. The last government made a bunch of attempts to embed right wing bias in institutions and processes; this government is content to leave them all in place.
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If you want to know how serious our decline in the UK, when North Carolina did what the Labour Government and EHRC have done, the then UK Government told LGBT+ people to beware travelling there.
(Credit to @kazhawa.bsky.social.) www.voanews.com/amp/uk-issue...
(Credit to @kazhawa.bsky.social.) www.voanews.com/amp/uk-issue...
UK Issues Travel Advisory for North Carolina & Mississippi
www.voanews.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you want to know how serious our decline in the UK, when North Carolina did what the Labour Government and EHRC have done, the then UK Government told LGBT+ people to beware travelling there.
(Credit to @kazhawa.bsky.social.) www.voanews.com/amp/uk-issue...
(Credit to @kazhawa.bsky.social.) www.voanews.com/amp/uk-issue...
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Why do people now have to solve a sphinx’s riddle before they pee? This is absurd and impossible for individuals, workplaces and services to manage. I think we must all just use whatever loo is free from now on. Let these ridiculous idiots have conniptions over it if they want to.
April 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why do people now have to solve a sphinx’s riddle before they pee? This is absurd and impossible for individuals, workplaces and services to manage. I think we must all just use whatever loo is free from now on. Let these ridiculous idiots have conniptions over it if they want to.
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there was a whole story about cis women potentially DYING OF CANCER because their doctors wouldn't give them proper screenings because they said they were virgins.
in the UK.
in the 2020s.
and hardly any of you know about it because the only "womens issue" you've heard is a few bigoted whinings.
in the UK.
in the 2020s.
and hardly any of you know about it because the only "womens issue" you've heard is a few bigoted whinings.
i demand an apology from duffield, Joyce etc for taking up all the 'womens issues' column issues for a decade+, whilst the biggest ever rollback in safety, living standards etc for the majority of women ever in my lifetime was happening
April 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
there was a whole story about cis women potentially DYING OF CANCER because their doctors wouldn't give them proper screenings because they said they were virgins.
in the UK.
in the 2020s.
and hardly any of you know about it because the only "womens issue" you've heard is a few bigoted whinings.
in the UK.
in the 2020s.
and hardly any of you know about it because the only "womens issue" you've heard is a few bigoted whinings.
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Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.
April 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.
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I've not shared this on Bluesky before, so here it is. At 1:48 PM (BST), on Friday September 7, 2018, I reached the greatest height of my posting career. This is my magnum opus.
I repost it here for posterity, for future generations to enjoy.
I repost it here for posterity, for future generations to enjoy.
April 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I've not shared this on Bluesky before, so here it is. At 1:48 PM (BST), on Friday September 7, 2018, I reached the greatest height of my posting career. This is my magnum opus.
I repost it here for posterity, for future generations to enjoy.
I repost it here for posterity, for future generations to enjoy.
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Trans women are routinely denied healthcare, safe housing and dignity.
This isn’t an accident. It is hate, fuelled by those in power.
Trans rights are human rights — and I will always stand with the trans community.
This isn’t an accident. It is hate, fuelled by those in power.
Trans rights are human rights — and I will always stand with the trans community.
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trans women are routinely denied healthcare, safe housing and dignity.
This isn’t an accident. It is hate, fuelled by those in power.
Trans rights are human rights — and I will always stand with the trans community.
This isn’t an accident. It is hate, fuelled by those in power.
Trans rights are human rights — and I will always stand with the trans community.