whenever I remember that the japanese onomatopoeia for the dazzling sun sounds identical to "sun" I smile :)

my greatest influences? various, artist_unknown, ibid, et al, to name a few

diplomat would be such a cool job for a language learning nerd like me, except for the part where it's meaningless because the rules based international world order is crumbling. but yeah I could grind anki all day it would be so fun

if I got into basketball 20 years ago I'd definitely be writing fanfic about it

Digimon World 3 ~ デジモンワールド3 新たなる冒険の扉 (2002) Developed by Bandai/Boom.

April wrap up! Really liked Sula, always appreciate Toni Morrison's uniquely American mythology Henry VI is cool, Shakespeare's history is drama first and foremost. A bit clumsy at times though Ursula Leguin is great! How did she make imagining a truly alien world look so easy?

damn they're still making movies in sanskrit

LRT this why I am very careful before about a group chats or a discord servers anymore, especially when they get above a certain size

I keep noticing that so many groups of even the "kindest" people, when gathered in private, start talking about how everybody else is stupid and bad but we are smart and good and have the right opinions and values. makes me uncomfortable every time

the tantalizing sound, the untold riches of "the king of prussia"... my first encounter with orientalism

human in the goop

some stuff we should bring back into the zeitgeist in the second half of 2026: - dinosaurs - mason jars - climate change

a criticism pet peeve I have: stating "X copied Y without understanding what made it good", without clarifying what made Y good, and how X does not understand that. otherwise it's just an easy formula you can copy without understanding what made it good

the quickest way to learn japanese is to get really into vtubers and eroge. unfortunately this is also perhaps the method that is most corrosive for the soul

Samuel Delaney's review of the original Star Wars:

neon green evangelion

had no idea you guys ride for starfox like that there's 50 damn posts on my TL about it

got the MMO itch for the first time in a while until I realized I use Linux now

another terrifying ability she has is she can stop hiccuping at will. which sounds like it shouldn't be possible

don't want to make it sound like I don't think there's value in the bleaker shonen fare (chainsaw man, jjk), it's more of the times, but if you're pure of heart you can still enjoy the stuff about finding inner strength and following your dreams. no one's stopping you

unfortunately fell back into the habit of watching youtube. this is the kinda shit in my recommendations however

downloading the new cute girls anime to pair with my reread

LRT I hate infographics for a similar reason -- the information is graphic enough, as it is

I've said it before; I'll say it again: I hate all "infotainment." Information is entertaining enough.

when the beef lobby hears about this you're gonna be seeing farmers dying mysteriously choking on a bean that didn't cook all the way

Star Wars is fantasy not scifi (takes place in the past)

some signoff ideas for youtube videos: - "Any questions? Or" - "Alright then, we can end early and you guys can get four minutes back" - "I won't keep you too long, let's get you guys out of here"

my geriatric phone (purchased 7 yesrs ago used) has battery incontinence, so lately I've found myself phoneless and far from home out in the world. it's really fun actually. I can usually tell the cardinal directions, unless of course it's cloudy or nighttime

I saw dolphins this weekend at the coast, so here’s a Minoan jug as a reminder that we’ve been fascinated by these sea mammals for centuries. It shows a sprightly dolphin leaping through the waves. 🏛️BM 📷me

Martyrdom of Saint Simon Zelotes, Saint Judas Thaddeus, by Martin Johann Schmidt, 1796

real jazz has never been tried

konata has an ahoge dear, not an ahegao. you've committed a grave faux pas

my sleep paralysis thing is always auditory hallucinations which are very freaky

テイマーズ配信見てます✨ 留姫とレナモン、このコンビ昔から好きなんです…！

This is an absolutely wild correction from The Verge www.theverge.com/features/916...

As full of spirit as the month of May

Learning some lovely phrases is Welsh around the word glas (blue) courtesy of our translator at work (and glas used to refer to also to some shades of green and can also mean fresh or new). Glasdydd is the break of day and glas ceiniogog is dapple-grey, chequered blue.

From: Ghost in the Shell 2 – Innocence (2004), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G/Studio Ghibli

Forest Gustav Klimt

I used to feel a bit sad I can't wear a hat without looking silly, but my thick mop of hair is probably the envy of many balding hat wearers. Grass is always greener!

my example is louis armstrong

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the TV series, not the movie!)

I should post about my reading exploits because that's what I'm mostly doing these days

me when i wake up early: blessed is the morn, that quietest hour. virtuous is the early riser, obtainer of the worm

have some cursed knowledge. you can sing rime of the ancient marinere to the theme of pokemon gotta catch em all. try it

I've seen more violets in one week than. idk. point is seen a lot of them

who tf is moonchild.

I'm always amazed by songs from the last half century that have managed to become jazz standards. Willy Wonka must have felt so good when he came up with Pure Imagination

oh is there a fridayball happening today ?