Brian Ruh
@brianruh.bsky.social
Independent scholar, PhD in communication and culture, occasional writer, always looking for a new project. I wrote a book on Mamoru Oshii’s films.
There we go! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There we go! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
I’d be going to Indianapolis to see this tonight if I didn’t have play rehearsal.
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG is playing in select Dolby Cinema locations today, November 12, for one night only. ✨
In theatres nationwide November 19 & 20.
🥚 Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXoFR
In theatres nationwide November 19 & 20.
🥚 Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXoFR
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’d be going to Indianapolis to see this tonight if I didn’t have play rehearsal.
My collection finally has an endpoint!
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My collection finally has an endpoint!
My accents are coming along, I think. It’ll be better than Dick Van Dyke and Don Cheadle, at any rate.
I’m going to be in the presentation of A Christmas Carol put on by the Lafayette, IN Civic Theatre in December. I’ll be voicing Bob Cratchit, among other roles.
Please come see us if you’re in the area!
Please come see us if you’re in the area!
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My accents are coming along, I think. It’ll be better than Dick Van Dyke and Don Cheadle, at any rate.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
I still don’t feel comfortable using spaces in file names.
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I still don’t feel comfortable using spaces in file names.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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'University academic translates Norse saga to uncover Viking history of northern Scotland'! Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/norse-s...
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'University academic translates Norse saga to uncover Viking history of northern Scotland'! Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/norse-s...
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The Evansville Press, April 10,1916
May 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Evansville Press, April 10,1916
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The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture just awarded me the Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Prize for my translation of The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama. Thrilled that this rich and beautiful novel may now get the attention it deserves. Looking for a US publisher to buy the North American rights.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture just awarded me the Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Prize for my translation of The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama. Thrilled that this rich and beautiful novel may now get the attention it deserves. Looking for a US publisher to buy the North American rights.
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Some kind of record must have been broken in the making of Tokyo Taxi, which not only marks the 91st feature of 94-year-old Japanese director Yoji Yamada, but also something like the 160th screen appearance of the film’s 84-year-old star, Chieko Basho.
‘Tokyo Taxi’ Review: From Japan, a Sentimental, Senior-Skewed Crowdpleaser
Some kind of record must have been broken in the making of Tokyo Taxi, which not only marks the 91st feature of 94-year-old Japanese director Yoji Yamada, but also something like the 160th screen appearance of the film’s 84-year-old star, Chieko Basho.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Some kind of record must have been broken in the making of Tokyo Taxi, which not only marks the 91st feature of 94-year-old Japanese director Yoji Yamada, but also something like the 160th screen appearance of the film’s 84-year-old star, Chieko Basho.
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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Saturn 🪐
(2020)
(2020)
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Saturn 🪐
(2020)
(2020)
Ok I’ll post my colorful sky picture.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Ok I’ll post my colorful sky picture.
James Bond? I think any subsequent developments need to be based on the Takarazuka version.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
James Bond? I think any subsequent developments need to be based on the Takarazuka version.
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
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Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
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RIP legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Star of Kurosawa's Kagemusha, Ran, many other classics. He was 92. news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
RIP legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Star of Kurosawa's Kagemusha, Ran, many other classics. He was 92. news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
Anti-capitalist car-user
Turns out the real political spectrum is just how people feel about free parking 😂
Tag yourself!
Tag yourself!
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Anti-capitalist car-user
Hope someone from the Royal Society sees this
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Hope someone from the Royal Society sees this
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Confession: I've never understood the US presidential pardon.
It seems like a perfect avenue for corruption baked right into the system.
It seems like a perfect avenue for corruption baked right into the system.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Confession: I've never understood the US presidential pardon.
It seems like a perfect avenue for corruption baked right into the system.
It seems like a perfect avenue for corruption baked right into the system.