Baryon Posadas
@baryon.bsky.social
Science Fiction, Empire, Japan
West Kowloon HSR station.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
West Kowloon HSR station.
For some reason I cannot discern, the cats always get very interested in what I'm up to every time I attach my glucose monitors.
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
For some reason I cannot discern, the cats always get very interested in what I'm up to every time I attach my glucose monitors.
Too early in the morning to be wandering around Nathan Road.
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Too early in the morning to be wandering around Nathan Road.
Last two weeks of the semester take up the animated adaptations of the work of Project Itoh, with a particular focus on his staging of the passage from the cyborg to the zombie in treatments of posthumanist politics.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Last two weeks of the semester take up the animated adaptations of the work of Project Itoh, with a particular focus on his staging of the passage from the cyborg to the zombie in treatments of posthumanist politics.
Snuck inside my closet again.
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Snuck inside my closet again.
Callisto the cat has decided that my mouse cursor is her new obsession.
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Callisto the cat has decided that my mouse cursor is her new obsession.
The cats are being nosy neighbors.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The cats are being nosy neighbors.
Today's feline shenanigans.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today's feline shenanigans.
Approaching the tail end of the semester with the obligatory discussion of cyborg feminism and techno-orientalism. Ghost in the Shell is arguably one of the most academically overexposed anime titles. Practically everyone in anime studies has written something about it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Approaching the tail end of the semester with the obligatory discussion of cyborg feminism and techno-orientalism. Ghost in the Shell is arguably one of the most academically overexposed anime titles. Practically everyone in anime studies has written something about it.
You can tell things are getting busier when my meals switch from braises and soups to stir-fries and rice bowl slop. Yesterday was oyakodon. Today is Pad krapow.
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
You can tell things are getting busier when my meals switch from braises and soups to stir-fries and rice bowl slop. Yesterday was oyakodon. Today is Pad krapow.
Accidentally walked in on a cat conspiracy.
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Accidentally walked in on a cat conspiracy.
Class prep supervisors.
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Class prep supervisors.
I have forgotten just how painfully 1980s both the style and setting of Megazone 23 happens to be. It does make it a good point of departure for discussing the rise of cyberpunk and the turn towards the critical dystopia during the decade.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I have forgotten just how painfully 1980s both the style and setting of Megazone 23 happens to be. It does make it a good point of departure for discussing the rise of cyberpunk and the turn towards the critical dystopia during the decade.
I don't know why I hadn't made the connection before today that the Obayashi Nobuhiko who directed the 1983 film adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the same Obayashi who directed the 1977 surreal horror-comedy House.
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I don't know why I hadn't made the connection before today that the Obayashi Nobuhiko who directed the 1983 film adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the same Obayashi who directed the 1977 surreal horror-comedy House.
Long-haired cats with partly white fur who like to get inside clothes drawers and lots of black pants are not a good combination.
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Long-haired cats with partly white fur who like to get inside clothes drawers and lots of black pants are not a good combination.
Now moving to Girl Who Leapt Through Time for an exploration of the ideologies of time travel, which should be preparatory to next week's discussion of critical dystopias.
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Now moving to Girl Who Leapt Through Time for an exploration of the ideologies of time travel, which should be preparatory to next week's discussion of critical dystopias.
This week on Japanese science fiction: Hagio Moto's "They were eleven!" in the context of feminist utopias, the politics of androgyny, and 1970s SF shojo manga in Japan.
October 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This week on Japanese science fiction: Hagio Moto's "They were eleven!" in the context of feminist utopias, the politics of androgyny, and 1970s SF shojo manga in Japan.
Callisto the cat's heterochromia.
October 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Callisto the cat's heterochromia.
Put a cat bed on top of my desk so she can chill out instead of constantly circling my screen.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Put a cat bed on top of my desk so she can chill out instead of constantly circling my screen.
Of all the toys to choose from, her favorite is none other than some random twist tie to kick around and chew on.
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Of all the toys to choose from, her favorite is none other than some random twist tie to kick around and chew on.
Cats doing the Nicholas Cage vs. John Travolta Face/Off shot.
October 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cats doing the Nicholas Cage vs. John Travolta Face/Off shot.
Doing Wings of Honneamise this week, with discussions of retrofuturism, the politics of alternate history, and the passage from imperialism to techno-scientific empire.
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Doing Wings of Honneamise this week, with discussions of retrofuturism, the politics of alternate history, and the passage from imperialism to techno-scientific empire.