Brett Fujioka
@brettfujioka.bsky.social
This godawful joke by MacDonald was in response to the actual story that inspired Boys Don’t Cry.
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This godawful joke by MacDonald was in response to the actual story that inspired Boys Don’t Cry.
Conservatism turns its adherents into one of the Titans.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Conservatism turns its adherents into one of the Titans.
I loved it. But I also think that it’s delusional and out of touch to argue that the franchise is something new. I think Korean Americans have surpassed both Japan and S. Korea and I don’t meant that in a good or flattering way.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I loved it. But I also think that it’s delusional and out of touch to argue that the franchise is something new. I think Korean Americans have surpassed both Japan and S. Korea and I don’t meant that in a good or flattering way.
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I'm editing a bilingual magazine about the wonders of Japanese regional culture for NOT A HOTEL called THE NEW JAPAN. We just released our first issue on the Yaeyama Islands.
thenewjapan.com/en
thenewjapan.com/en
THE NEW JAPAN
“THE NEW JAPAN” is a new magazine that highlights regional cultures throughout Japan. We’re in search of inspiring innovations, the successful preservation of tradition, and the creation of new hybrid...
thenewjapan.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm editing a bilingual magazine about the wonders of Japanese regional culture for NOT A HOTEL called THE NEW JAPAN. We just released our first issue on the Yaeyama Islands.
thenewjapan.com/en
thenewjapan.com/en
Weird part about Dawkins is that the theory that made him famous was compatible to pessimistic forms of Marxism.
Which kinda sorta explains why it gained currency among a few economic departments in Japan.
Which kinda sorta explains why it gained currency among a few economic departments in Japan.
kind of fascinating how the gender wars are all Richard Dawkins seems to mostly post about now
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Weird part about Dawkins is that the theory that made him famous was compatible to pessimistic forms of Marxism.
Which kinda sorta explains why it gained currency among a few economic departments in Japan.
Which kinda sorta explains why it gained currency among a few economic departments in Japan.
my prediction is that everyone in his administration except Trump will be held accountable for his excesses. The ones lower on the hierarchy are more vulnerable. This is ultimately why I thought that J.D. Vance was exceptionally clueless to accept the nomination as his Vice President.
whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
my prediction is that everyone in his administration except Trump will be held accountable for his excesses. The ones lower on the hierarchy are more vulnerable. This is ultimately why I thought that J.D. Vance was exceptionally clueless to accept the nomination as his Vice President.
No one wants to talk about how Generative AI was the solution to Graeber’s Bullshit jobs. Unfortunately, AI is threatening a lot of the fans of his work.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
No one wants to talk about how Generative AI was the solution to Graeber’s Bullshit jobs. Unfortunately, AI is threatening a lot of the fans of his work.
I think this was part of the utility of Abundance’s argument/claim…but two authors who are supposed to specialize in politics wasted their time alienating their readers.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that progressives need to rethink procedural barriers to getting things done, and that this a crucial moment for American government. But we are witnessing a shift to authoritarianism right now. American needs not just a theory of power but also theory of accountability.
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I think this was part of the utility of Abundance’s argument/claim…but two authors who are supposed to specialize in politics wasted their time alienating their readers.
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Favorite Book Chapter on the matter was titled the”Unhappy Consciousness of Francis Fukuyama.” I think it was a book about the Postmodernism of Kojeve or something.
the funny thing is that everyone thought fukuyama was taking a victory lap when in reality he thought the end of history would stifle human creativity and make everyone bored and apathetic
My imp of the perverse gets so amused at the fact that people pooh-poohed Fukuyama after 9/11 or thereabouts and it's only recently that they actually realized he was right after actually, you know, thinking about his work critically
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Favorite Book Chapter on the matter was titled the”Unhappy Consciousness of Francis Fukuyama.” I think it was a book about the Postmodernism of Kojeve or something.
I have no idea where the 1/4 Turkish Girl part came from unless he discovered some sort of new fetish.
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I have no idea where the 1/4 Turkish Girl part came from unless he discovered some sort of new fetish.
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“Are Mormons more Christian than Catholics” - the greatest thread in the history of Baptist forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
Today in Schism:
Robert Griffin III claims the committee is “persecuting Christians” by ranking Notre Dame ahead of BYU
Robert Griffin III claims the committee is “persecuting Christians” by ranking Notre Dame ahead of BYU
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Are Mormons more Christian than Catholics” - the greatest thread in the history of Baptist forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
This is a decent review of Nuzzi’s memoir. Or at least I think it contains one key take away from the whole affair: she was a multi-media spectacle from the beginning of her career. A product of New (Digital) Media. “Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?” www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?
Across social media, definitely. In her new memoir, “American Canto,” not so much.
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is a decent review of Nuzzi’s memoir. Or at least I think it contains one key take away from the whole affair: she was a multi-media spectacle from the beginning of her career. A product of New (Digital) Media. “Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?” www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
The media ecosystem is going to get exceptionally silly and stupid once the NYT has an Op-Ed columnist who got their start on Tik Tok.
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The media ecosystem is going to get exceptionally silly and stupid once the NYT has an Op-Ed columnist who got their start on Tik Tok.
The highlighted excerpt…is the easiest conclusion. If you’re trying to refute an ideology that argues White Supremacy is an invisible conspiracy, electing Trump isn’t a wise solution!
I genuinely think this (from: sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/08/woke...) is going to be lots of people's unironic take on these years. I do think Woke 2 will be a thing, and I don't think this was inevitable but rather the result of very bad strategic choices being made by the right and centrists.
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The highlighted excerpt…is the easiest conclusion. If you’re trying to refute an ideology that argues White Supremacy is an invisible conspiracy, electing Trump isn’t a wise solution!
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Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
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this is exactly why Mark Kelly et al did that spot telling military and intelligence officers they can refuse illegal orders — there's no way Hegseth or Trump will EVER accept blame for them
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
this is exactly why Mark Kelly et al did that spot telling military and intelligence officers they can refuse illegal orders — there's no way Hegseth or Trump will EVER accept blame for them
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Indian speculative fiction evolved through Bengali "kalpavigyan" and post-Independence "scientifiction." Today, as this piece shows, Indian SF is finding its voice anew—bridging caste, gender, and global imagination with universal storytelling.
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Indian speculative fiction evolved through Bengali "kalpavigyan" and post-Independence "scientifiction." Today, as this piece shows, Indian SF is finding its voice anew—bridging caste, gender, and global imagination with universal storytelling.
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
The portrayal of the United States in both Godzilla Minus One and Shin Gojira was...almost generous in retrospect.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
Or It feels like watching Godzilla rampaging toward Taiwan while the U.S. president is standing on the beach doing a product placement ad for Iowa soybeans.
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The portrayal of the United States in both Godzilla Minus One and Shin Gojira was...almost generous in retrospect.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
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Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
I'm fairly certain that tee vee tropes dot com feeds some sort of generative ai out there.
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm fairly certain that tee vee tropes dot com feeds some sort of generative ai out there.
A good way to make Millenials commit mass suicide is to tell them that angry birds is now retro
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A good way to make Millenials commit mass suicide is to tell them that angry birds is now retro
Every time I see a Golden Retriever or Bernese Mountain Dog out in the wild, my day gets better.
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every time I see a Golden Retriever or Bernese Mountain Dog out in the wild, my day gets better.
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
I would shake my head. But this is also what happened with the GOP and its current iteration. And I don’t think even MAGA is prepared for when America is no longer an attractive destination for work
Aside from the obvious populist scapegoating, a striking thing about the government’s stance here is how utterly incoherent it is with the past decade of LDP policy - including that of Takaichi’s icon Abe, who squarely aimed migration policy at shoring up the country’s dwindling workforce.
In Japan they are considering increasing the cost for applying for a permanent visa to around 1900 USD because "other countries charge more than Japan".
It costs 50 USD in Spain, just say clearly that you want all foreigners out of the country, Japanese government.
It costs 50 USD in Spain, just say clearly that you want all foreigners out of the country, Japanese government.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I would shake my head. But this is also what happened with the GOP and its current iteration. And I don’t think even MAGA is prepared for when America is no longer an attractive destination for work
