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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

Local arthouse cinemas are so important. It is a blessing to be able to watch someone’s dream projected on the silver screen with a bunch of other sickos.

I got so sad about the Argos part of the Odyssey. 😭

“The Fall” is playing at certain theaters this week. Catch it while you can!

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

There should be a book (podcast, whatever) called “This Is What Life Used To Be Like “, and it should be required reading for everyone.

Klute is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, and you should watch it, and then maybe read this. if you feel like it, no pressure.

this cut in Klute is brilliant, devastating: from the Grunemans warm, sunny, noisy Thanksgiving dinner, with Tom sitting at the head of the table - then to his empty chair, his absence dark, deafening. we know he's gone in a troubling, sinister way before any of the characters say it

I wrote another in this series exploring kanji by different radicals. www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...

Government to amend law to increase fees for foreign residents' residence renewals fivefold to the 30,000 yen range - Nikkei www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

This looks so relaxing. What kind of yoga class do I have to take to do this.

Reading Thomas Harris’ novel “Hannibal.” Hannibal hasn’t even appeared yet and he’s already being a little bitch with his dramatic stationary and petty comments. 💅🏼 So iconic.

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I wrote about writing and the lying machine: worksofgenius.org/2025/11/19/s...

As always, thank you for reading! ♥️

I wrote about writing and the lying machine: worksofgenius.org/2025/11/19/s...

In a g*rlboss meeting. The secret to success? An early career in finance.

I read a Japanese poster about this and briefly wondered if I were illiterate because the idea made no sense.

I give the Anime Sickos money every month and I don’t even really like anime or gaming (sins). This podcast makes me laugh and also makes me glad to be alive. They wrote multiple audio dramas and made a game! Frankly, Cog Talk is the only business insight you need. Listen to this kickass show!

🦕🦖GINKGO🌿🍂 “The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.” -Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019). #ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏

Going to the gym at 7:30 AM like a person lowering themselves into the rough sea to get bashed into rocks by the waves.

If you ever visit Chicago and want a good (and/or haunted) day trip:

they made teenjus deadline.com/2025/11/indi...

Here is an essay I wrote for @parisreview.bsky.social about building a desk for a pickup truck t.co/3Pf4Nl1WrN

The Chair Company.

Fucked up that the Animal Crossing update is being released AFTER 年末年始.

in addition to launching new software this early morning i also made a survey about the nature of the soul. fill it out maybe? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.

Feeling bad? The cure is a big bowl of soup. Still feeling bad? Have more soup.

Me, every five minutes while watching this stupid show: “Tony Soprano is the fucking Devil!”

The Sopranos was visionary for its portrayal of a selfish person using Therapy Language to get what they want.

It is very funny to me that someone could read The Iliad and think, “I want to be like Achilles!”

It should be illegal for your company to schedule health checks during 忘年会 season.

Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to

"McCarthy was starting to seem like a man whose talents and intelligence were without limits, yet he lived in a hoarder’s shambles and couldn’t stop buying nonstick skillets and fruit bowls." Finally got round to reading this. www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

I only have one chapter left of Patricia Lockwood‘s new book and I do not want it to end.

Friendly reminder! I won't be offering this again until next year sometime. I'm a teeny tiny studio & I can't afford to offer a lot of free trials, but really happy to offer this when I can. I promise no sales pitch or strings attached, just see if my studio is a good fit for you!

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Stepped in vomit exiting the train. NOT my own. Auspicious sign?

I believe that the average writer has 1–2 thoughts a month that are worth sharing and that writing blog posts multiple times a week threatens to make you boorish and dumb. This explains the state of most of our op-ed writers.

Toby Soprabo

Just saw S05E11 of the Sopranos for the first time. The Test Dream. That‘s cinema, baby!

Conbini alert: Yuzu KFC chicken flavored chips are GOOD.

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I don’t do Japan posting anymore, because I don’t want to encourage tourism. (Cranky because the tourists keep buying all the good seasonal items. I need. My treats!)

I am making a website for The Event and SO is becoming increasingly frustrated about all the questions that must be answered. Baby, this is my professional domain. This is my disgusting expertise. I have a sickness of soul that makes me believe a kanban board will help. This is my (web) design.

Not getting tricked into fukubukuro this year. I can break the cycle!

The simple joy of being rocked to sleep in the reclining green-sha seats of the shinkansen.

Kicking off the holiday with wagyu