Ash Kantor
@ash-kantor.bsky.social
Terminally-online devotee of the synergistic topics of anime/otaku analysis and economic history. Tumblr is my main home but trying to branch out.
Blog: https://simulacrarealities.substack.com/
The Tumblrs: https://centrally-unplanned.tumblr.com/
Blog: https://simulacrarealities.substack.com/
The Tumblrs: https://centrally-unplanned.tumblr.com/
A classic a silly discourse topic because in HoI4 Germany is "the most fun" for most players because you dictate the pace, get involved in wars early, get to map paint, and fight each "kind" of war (while dodging annoying stuff like island hopping). It really isn't ideological! But alas.
May 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A classic a silly discourse topic because in HoI4 Germany is "the most fun" for most players because you dictate the pace, get involved in wars early, get to map paint, and fight each "kind" of war (while dodging annoying stuff like island hopping). It really isn't ideological! But alas.
I feel like it is bothWW1 and WW2 at the same time, so maybe that theme keeps going and they have like stealth bombers but still lack computer nav systems or somesuch? Gonna need a tech tree diagram...
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I feel like it is bothWW1 and WW2 at the same time, so maybe that theme keeps going and they have like stealth bombers but still lack computer nav systems or somesuch? Gonna need a tech tree diagram...
Unironically part of why I do anime writing/research, I can't get 17-year-old level invested in a show anymore but I can get thst invested in a piece of creativity I made with the show as a load bearing piece. I love say California Crisis in a way only diving through production diaries can create.
March 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Unironically part of why I do anime writing/research, I can't get 17-year-old level invested in a show anymore but I can get thst invested in a piece of creativity I made with the show as a load bearing piece. I love say California Crisis in a way only diving through production diaries can create.
Post Kare Kano he absolutely burned out on the anime industry, made some (very good!) live action films, and then I think you can tell that he was like "I can make good money and support my friends/industry via remakes" and glided into a comfort zone. There is a logic to it but I too am disappointed
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Post Kare Kano he absolutely burned out on the anime industry, made some (very good!) live action films, and then I think you can tell that he was like "I can make good money and support my friends/industry via remakes" and glided into a comfort zone. There is a logic to it but I too am disappointed
Frens!! May my friends say hi back
February 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Frens!! May my friends say hi back
Agreed, team espeon true best sticker (elf wife is also great ofc <3)
February 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Agreed, team espeon true best sticker (elf wife is also great ofc <3)
And yet still no IRL elf wife :(
Time for Frieren I guess to cope?
Time for Frieren I guess to cope?
February 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And yet still no IRL elf wife :(
Time for Frieren I guess to cope?
Time for Frieren I guess to cope?
I get that it is Austin but it is still disappointing how committed the US is not building family-sized apartment units because we assume everyone with say 2 kids simply must prefer a house. Is ofc "the system" but still sad to see it play out!
February 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I get that it is Austin but it is still disappointing how committed the US is not building family-sized apartment units because we assume everyone with say 2 kids simply must prefer a house. Is ofc "the system" but still sad to see it play out!
I have been reading Destroy All Humanity, It Can't Be Regenerated recently, so my advice is to pick up a Yawgmoth's Bargain deck so you can impress the all the goth girls usinggamer tags taken from FF7. But you may have to be in 1998 for this to work.
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have been reading Destroy All Humanity, It Can't Be Regenerated recently, so my advice is to pick up a Yawgmoth's Bargain deck so you can impress the all the goth girls usinggamer tags taken from FF7. But you may have to be in 1998 for this to work.
Can't wait for the Myanmar-North Korea-Greenland Free Trade Bloc to domimate the future 🇺🇸
February 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Can't wait for the Myanmar-North Korea-Greenland Free Trade Bloc to domimate the future 🇺🇸
This is all about goals I think. If you want to create "readable digital books" the scanner is going to easier and more efficient. If quality of image is critical then it isnt gonna compare to a flatbed and a (good quality) camera set-up is prob best.
And ofc cost/portability is its own factor!
And ofc cost/portability is its own factor!
February 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is all about goals I think. If you want to create "readable digital books" the scanner is going to easier and more efficient. If quality of image is critical then it isnt gonna compare to a flatbed and a (good quality) camera set-up is prob best.
And ofc cost/portability is its own factor!
And ofc cost/portability is its own factor!
Lain-head tweet, a total mood
January 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Lain-head tweet, a total mood
I appreciate it! Also ironic, I subscribe to them, so I definitely would have seen this at some point ^^ ty for helping me cut the line
January 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I appreciate it! Also ironic, I subscribe to them, so I definitely would have seen this at some point ^^ ty for helping me cut the line
The links work now, thank you! Excited to do a read ^^
January 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The links work now, thank you! Excited to do a read ^^
Any links on this topic for those of us out of the loop? My googling is failing in this case
January 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Any links on this topic for those of us out of the loop? My googling is failing in this case
I get broken links when I click those above? Apologies if I am being a dumb dumb ofc ^^
January 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I get broken links when I click those above? Apologies if I am being a dumb dumb ofc ^^
Yeah that is the classic issue - most/many people would rather fly, that is a very long trip. Is why you need HSR to work well, to compete with the alternatives on offer.
January 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yeah that is the classic issue - most/many people would rather fly, that is a very long trip. Is why you need HSR to work well, to compete with the alternatives on offer.
"In contrast to Fukuyama (1523 SA) we find that the One Ring created credible challenges to the ideological consensus of Man-Quendi syncretic liberalism via structural changes in the balance of power between central authorities and wider civic institutions"
December 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM
"In contrast to Fukuyama (1523 SA) we find that the One Ring created credible challenges to the ideological consensus of Man-Quendi syncretic liberalism via structural changes in the balance of power between central authorities and wider civic institutions"
One would hope it does given the author ^_^
December 28, 2024 at 11:15 PM
One would hope it does given the author ^_^
I really liked the idea of "bribing" incumbents by privatizating the street parking - they got those spots by right in return for abolishing single family zoning in the area. Obviously not ideal but politically could overcome hurdles.
December 6, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I really liked the idea of "bribing" incumbents by privatizating the street parking - they got those spots by right in return for abolishing single family zoning in the area. Obviously not ideal but politically could overcome hurdles.