The entire Ghibli ethos is tied up in the idea of craftsmanship. It's a textual subject of the films (hand carving violins in Whisper of the Heart, for just one example) and the meta work that goes into the films themselves. Their films feature hard workers, and are animated with sweat and tears.

you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus

my most popular drawing

just learned the Swahili word "shagalabagala" which roughly means "chaos as usual". such a great mouthfeel on that mf

Does Bluesky have translation functionality for posts? Or are they planning to add it? That's the one thing I really miss from Twitter.

Something I've been thinking about for years now. It first occurred to me when I realized that melodrama isn't meant to exaggerate emotions, but to render them in fiction as we experience them internally.

I am sorry 'The Last Supper' fans, 22 hours from now, I will take 'The Last Supper' down. I cannot take this anymore.

guys will see the first sentence of the production notes for this year's Jason Statham movie and think "hell yeah"

There's an interesting problem in digital preservation, which is that preservation only exists actively. Only the things you actively move to new formats, survives.

Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.

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