NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy.

Some suggestions for notebooks in pocket format that are NOT Moleskine. It's a thread 🧵 ⬇️

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

It’s absolutely incredible that one of the largest Japanese-run Go servers, which has been running since 1992, is still accessed entirely via Telnet. And while most players use GUI clients that use Telnet under the hood, you can still connect manually and get ASCII graphics streamed to you

Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891

I am Away

Scizor // E-Card - Aquapolis // (Art: Hisao Nakamura)

Van Gogh spent a lot of time in Arles, France. There's a restaurant that used to be a hotel where Van Gogh stayed and in a letter he wrote that the food was bad and they overcharged him for wine. Directly next door, sharing a wall, is this Dragonball-themed barbershop.

If you have Angelfire or Tripod webpages, or Angelfire email, back it up now. A shutdown within the next 27 days is coming but they have not given us an exact time yet.

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lmfao GIC gave me a sudden appointment out of nowhere to do with future surgery consultation, but when I'm on a business trip to Switzerland next week At least it can be taken remotely but like. they're really good at picking the worst timing.

Watching Vinny's Videogame Malls VOD and spotted an old friends artwork in one of the stores, hadn't seen those pictures before but knew immediately it was his art by the style. Splendid vibes.

DA has become a massive fucking toilet over the last couple years, with the deluge of AI generated pigshit and the frequent scam messages. I'm not surprised to see it fall off as hard as it has.

Ralsei #Deltarune

London’s Queer Comic Fair is back with a WHOLE WEEKEND of queer comics joy this September 26th and 27th 2026. Double the comic fair fun! Entry is FREE. We’re family friendly so bring all your friends. Tell everyone! Get excited! inQ! is BACK! [Poster by the brilliant @kitsuneart.bsky.social]

Pros of having OCs: it's fun, you write their stories yourself, you can ship them with your friends' OCs, they live in your head 24/7 ✨ Cons: no one else will draw them fanart except you…

Just put up a bunch of items in my shop - a blend of brand new and reprints of things people have been asking me to restock, plus original works of art. If you're interested, please give it a look! www.etsy.com/shop/leirincrafts

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.

French's Classic Yellow Mustard, 105 oz - One 105 Ounce Bulk Container of Tangy and Creamy Yellow Mustard Perfect for Professional Use or for Refillable Containers at Home is $4.84 on Amazon Subscribe & Save amzn.to/3Go1kVJ #ad

Chansey // Base - Base Set 2 // (Art: Ken Sugimori)

Invest in your friends’ OCs. It’s like being in a fandom, except you get the benefit of having the inside scoop, too. Yes, show me the “bad” sketch, pitch me the shower thought… I love it.

genuinely fascinating that we’ve hit a point where the full monetization of the internet and ai bot takeover has led to a majority of people wanting tech minimalism

Hi! We're an alternative to Amazon's Audible, & here are a few things that people often don't know about us: 1. We have over 600k audiobooks in our catalog! You'll pretty much find whatever you want to read, other than Audible exclusives (but that's on them, not us)

The PC in every Pokémon Center allows you to connect to Bill's and Prof. Oak's computers over the network, just like a workstation connected to the Internet in the early days. The source code to Pokémon Red (1996) implies we are using System V UNIX.

One of my D&D characters I play is pretty much just if you put Dela Delon from Brandish and Deedlit for Lodoss War into a blender (apperance-wise), and I worry when I finally get around to drawing her People Will Notice (she dresses more like Deedlit, but has hair more like Dela...)

Going on my first overseas business trip next month < :3c It'll be my first time flying alone

dont mind me im just taking a lil victory lap as an og hater

Hey Sunsoft, wh... what's going on here

Wow what a dynamic duo! 😾 🐑 #twewy

Processing a collection and it includes the source code and build tools for "Bubble Bath Babes" on the NES. This feels like something stupid my brain would have come up with in a dream. This shouldn't exist anymore and it shouldn't be on my hard drive and I shouldn't be able to look at it.

I'm not sure I've posted this on bluesky, and the recent renewed interest in Cookie's Bustle reminded me. Back in the day, you could buy an actual official Cookie doll from Rodik's online shop. I dug out these photos years ago from the mixi.jp social network.

Update: Devs were left in the dark on DLSS 5, meaning their hard work was altered, modified and sloppified without their consent, to their shock. Disrespect is not a strong enough word to describe the perverse mockery of craft 😭 Source: insider-gaming.com/dlss-5-gamer...

Hhh Pokopia looks like such a Healing game. I wanted to hold off on getting a Switch 2 until next year, but... depending on how good my bonus at work is this year.......... maybe.....

can I talk about how Junji Ito also coincidentally uses one and added clay to physically feel the difference between them.

The latest issue of Johto Times is now available! Vol. 4, issue 3 was an opportunity for me to reflect on thirty years of Pokémon, by highlighting some of my fondest memories. Plus, a recap of the latest Pokémon news! johtotimes.com/issues/2026-...

I have the power to make a fanlisting... that's something I could do...

I have hardware from pre-2000 up to modern era. You know what works on Windows 98? GIF, JPG, PNG. You know what works on 2000? GIF, JPG, PNG. You know what works on an outdated server from 5 years ago? That's right, GIF, JPG, PNG. you know what file format often *isn't* supported? one guess.

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I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.

looking at ps1 games

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

A big package from Japan arrived today and I can't open it until my lunch break at the earliest jjjj It's sitting there on the sofa... stairing at me...

https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/7696 『もちっと つちのこぬいぐるみ』発売。もっちりフワフワ♪ "Mochitto Tsuchinoko Plush Toy" released. Soft and fluffy ♪ #ガチャポン #gachapon

a terrible AI ad went viral in Japan and people started trying to make the nonsense curries featured in the ad in real life

I wonder if the grass started will end up bird of prey-like, given that Indonesia's national bird is the Javan hawk-eagle

Oh no, I like all three of them.

Happy 30 Years to Pokémon!!!!!!! (I'm v. happy with how Gen 1 Pikachu and Eevee came out........) #PokemonDay #ポケモン30周年 #Pokemon30th

I can't believe they forgot the most important Pokémon of all :(

the crash bandicoot forbidden pepperoni

Oh my Christ it's the Mystic Quest Remastered guy again