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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts
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from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
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building a Dyson sphere around the sun is an incomprehensible undertaking. building one around the solar system is simply impossible in even the wildest sci fi projections of the future
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
building a Dyson sphere around the sun is an incomprehensible undertaking. building one around the solar system is simply impossible in even the wildest sci fi projections of the future
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
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Somebody made a tinder profile for the Kamakura Buddha and I’m dead.
August 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Somebody made a tinder profile for the Kamakura Buddha and I’m dead.
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We are trained to look for watershed events. That is how history books are written and taught, moments of decision and import that change everything after them. But history is compressed. It's cleaned up and constructed into a narrative so you can understand it. Years can become a single event.
August 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We are trained to look for watershed events. That is how history books are written and taught, moments of decision and import that change everything after them. But history is compressed. It's cleaned up and constructed into a narrative so you can understand it. Years can become a single event.
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
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One of the most unrealistic things in films for me is how you can go 30 years without seeing someone and still remember their names.
I can barely go a month....
I can barely go a month....
August 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
One of the most unrealistic things in films for me is how you can go 30 years without seeing someone and still remember their names.
I can barely go a month....
I can barely go a month....
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Hi! I am moving some of my favorite memes about Japan that I’ve made over the years across the abyss to a pinned post over here, so that we all may have a happy, new life together. Depending on how well you know me, this 🧵 will either be my informal self-introduction, or a blast from the past.
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Hi! I am moving some of my favorite memes about Japan that I’ve made over the years across the abyss to a pinned post over here, so that we all may have a happy, new life together. Depending on how well you know me, this 🧵 will either be my informal self-introduction, or a blast from the past.
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Family restaurants are one of the greatest things about Japan and yet they’re barely known outside of it. I know friends who go to Japan very often but have no idea about サイゼリア or バーミヤン or ジョナサン.
This thread is total win 😂😂😂
August 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Family restaurants are one of the greatest things about Japan and yet they’re barely known outside of it. I know friends who go to Japan very often but have no idea about サイゼリア or バーミヤン or ジョナサン.
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Today we visited
A 350-year old Sunni mosque founded by Thai Cham people
A centuries-old Shi'a mosque founded by Thai Persians
A 200-year old Buddhist temple founded by Thai Chinese
A 250-year old church founded by Thai Portuguese
All within walking distance
Only in Bangkok, baby
A 350-year old Sunni mosque founded by Thai Cham people
A centuries-old Shi'a mosque founded by Thai Persians
A 200-year old Buddhist temple founded by Thai Chinese
A 250-year old church founded by Thai Portuguese
All within walking distance
Only in Bangkok, baby
August 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today we visited
A 350-year old Sunni mosque founded by Thai Cham people
A centuries-old Shi'a mosque founded by Thai Persians
A 200-year old Buddhist temple founded by Thai Chinese
A 250-year old church founded by Thai Portuguese
All within walking distance
Only in Bangkok, baby
A 350-year old Sunni mosque founded by Thai Cham people
A centuries-old Shi'a mosque founded by Thai Persians
A 200-year old Buddhist temple founded by Thai Chinese
A 250-year old church founded by Thai Portuguese
All within walking distance
Only in Bangkok, baby
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Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do
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A re-trial of the Fukui murder case from 1987 has found the man indicted for the murder Maekawa Shoushi “not guilty”. Maekawa is was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to 7 years in prison in 1995. However, it was found the evidence against him was fraudulent
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
「証拠の扱い不公正」 福井事件の再審無罪判決、検察が上告断念へ：朝日新聞
福井市で1986年に女子中学生を殺害したとして、殺人罪で服役した前川彰司さん（60）を無罪とした名古屋高裁金沢支部のやり直し裁判（再審）の判決について、検察側が上告を断念する方針を固めた。証拠の扱い…
digital.asahi.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A re-trial of the Fukui murder case from 1987 has found the man indicted for the murder Maekawa Shoushi “not guilty”. Maekawa is was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to 7 years in prison in 1995. However, it was found the evidence against him was fraudulent
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
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A mirror whose reflection is distorted with the reflections of the many evil spirits that have been reflected on its surface over its many years. If one were to look in, they might see a monstrous version of themself.
![[Top Section] Ungaikyō; Region: Japan
[Middle Section] A wicked-faced mirror supported by dark cloudy material. Accompanied by descriptive text.
A mirror possessed by a spirit. It has also been described as a tsukumogami.
Could be utilized to seal evil spirits within.
Based on the shōmakyō from Chinese myth, a legendary mirror that could reveal the true form of disguised demons and spirits, most famously Daji.
[Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: Yo-Kai Watch Franchise (2013 - Present); Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Series (2009); GeGeGe no Kitarō Franchise (1968 - Present)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsfvgiiehbannefovmdxxk5s/bafkreigibaumskipg3ww7tqwg37vrzrts5csvanjgpdw4c23n7hvsa2zqq@jpeg)
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A mirror whose reflection is distorted with the reflections of the many evil spirits that have been reflected on its surface over its many years. If one were to look in, they might see a monstrous version of themself.
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Small, errand running foxes. Tasks they perform range from aiding in rituals to cursing enemies.
![[Top Section] Kugaditsune; Alternate Name: Izuna; Region: Japan
[Middle Section] A small fox resting its paw and head atop a bamboo pipe. Its long tail is squeezed through the pipe itself. Accompanied by descriptive text.
Diminutive fox spirits.
A type of tsukimono, yokai spirits that can possess humans.
Those who keep a kudagitsune will often store them in small containers, such as a bamboo pipe, or in the folds of their own clothing.
Often kept as servants, sometimes by individuals, but typically by an entire family. Often such a family has multiple kudagitsune under their household.
Can bring great prosperity to their masters, however kudagitsune breed quickly, and too many can become too much to care for.
[Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: xxxHolic (2003 - Present); Touhou Franchise (2014 - Present), [Tsukasa Kudamaki] (2021)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsfvgiiehbannefovmdxxk5s/bafkreiajubw7o3qi57xrhwrcr5mpirlcpaxyn4lnrpjqgealh4xcc3qoyi@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Small, errand running foxes. Tasks they perform range from aiding in rituals to cursing enemies.
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Concept art by Kazuo Oga for Pom Poko (1994), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli
July 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Concept art by Kazuo Oga for Pom Poko (1994), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli
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Here's a 1951 scene of spectators in boats under the Shin Ohashi Bridge, ready for the Ryogoku Fireworks Festival (known today as the Sumidagawa Fireworks).
July 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Here's a 1951 scene of spectators in boats under the Shin Ohashi Bridge, ready for the Ryogoku Fireworks Festival (known today as the Sumidagawa Fireworks).
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And we're off. We're seeing some of the initial MMD calls first, where the calls are fairly obvious.
July 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And we're off. We're seeing some of the initial MMD calls first, where the calls are fairly obvious.
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^ "Don’t normalize the dark spirits that have been unleashed. Don’t.
But this is what the mainstream media does."
But this is what the mainstream media does."
July 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
^ "Don’t normalize the dark spirits that have been unleashed. Don’t.
But this is what the mainstream media does."
But this is what the mainstream media does."
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if donald trump can radicalize a generation of men into thinking fascism is punk than i believe supes can radicalize them into thinking being a good person is the real punk.
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
if donald trump can radicalize a generation of men into thinking fascism is punk than i believe supes can radicalize them into thinking being a good person is the real punk.
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[THREAD]
On Twitter, Gunma Prefecture mascot Gunma-chan posted something that has been interpreted by many as either thinly veiled support for the far-right Sanseito or a poor attempt at a joke.
The tweet in question has since been deleted, with no official explanation given as of yet.
(1/?)
On Twitter, Gunma Prefecture mascot Gunma-chan posted something that has been interpreted by many as either thinly veiled support for the far-right Sanseito or a poor attempt at a joke.
The tweet in question has since been deleted, with no official explanation given as of yet.
(1/?)
![@gunma_gunmachan
この県(くに)を愛して何が悪い!!
#富士見台
#ぐんまちゃん #群馬
[Picture of Gunma-chan next to two people in bright orange clothing, with all of three of them raising their arm into the air]
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This Tweet has been deleted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ktpuxwuklgr3pdswz6orgn5r/bafkreiat7htufjxpn3dugadwfqljwgz5s7nndd2vcmno4fkzzcqx3i3ffe@jpeg)
July 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
[THREAD]
On Twitter, Gunma Prefecture mascot Gunma-chan posted something that has been interpreted by many as either thinly veiled support for the far-right Sanseito or a poor attempt at a joke.
The tweet in question has since been deleted, with no official explanation given as of yet.
(1/?)
On Twitter, Gunma Prefecture mascot Gunma-chan posted something that has been interpreted by many as either thinly veiled support for the far-right Sanseito or a poor attempt at a joke.
The tweet in question has since been deleted, with no official explanation given as of yet.
(1/?)