I love when this stuff comes up every once in a while to remind people just how much nobody in corporate/studio wants you to own anything. This was an easy bullshit thing you could see a mile away. Just like crypto, just like NFT, and just like the push for current genai and other LLM projects.

This is, like, how it seems like every corporate management person comes across and how the "rest of us" view it. "But why don't you like the thing that doesn't work well that will put you out of a job after you train it better for us?"

hey hey, it's the end of the series. The creator prefers short projects, but that just meant that this felt like it was speedrunning its story. It's fun and light, but you make no real connections to the characters because of it. Some solid takahashi vibes, but without impact.

Sometimes you just gotta say what you want.

my god there are four more episodes left in Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse. why won't this show just end.

This series continues to be pretty cute as well. Rinko being so flustered by Shindou in general is fun, but when he gets her in bed, it's even more adorable.

If I’m paying for it, I demand absolute perfection. If I’m just ripping off artist by using generative AI, I don’t care how it looks. What a mindset to have

I see this discourse come up every couple of years, and it’s always an absolute delight to watch it unfold.

17 years at Adobe prior to this, and at least half a dozen border directors positions as well. Yeah, this sounds like someone who doesn’t know how to actually live life outside of work.

No lie, love Minka Kelly’s voice.

Huh. That tracks.

Telling people to 'live within their means' is pissing me off. People are living in tents, vehicles, and shelters while working full time jobs. You can't out-budget an economy that turns basic necessity into a luxury. Stop saying that shit to people.

I'm not shocked at the complicity of CNBC in this by any measure. But I continue to want to believe that more and more people younger than me have realized this is a fools game and they shouldn't play it.

And a new manga review from last night! This series continues to absolutely delight from @sevenseas-media.bsky.social. This chapter does a lot of good stuff in showing how Takayuki is struggling with what it means to be male and dominant in sex when he's really just a good sub boy.

It's a good thanksgiving. I've got another 90 minutes to go, but I've spent the date writing about anime and manga, and reading comics to write about and edit later. All while enjoying some videos in the background.

Part of one's digital upkeep is revisiting videos you've saved to make sure that you still want to keep them. With video file sizes getting larger and larger, it's worth doing the maintenance. And it's fun to revisit things you may not have seen in some time.

h/t to @joshuabegley.bsky.social

looking forward to seeing people post their turkey and other holiday delights this afternoon. i'm getting hungry.

looks like I get to skip over a ton of entertainment headlines this morning because they're all spoiling the start of S5 of stranger things. Good job, good job.

alright, time to start another day.

This. With you and the rain was beautiful from the summer season.

I am so exhausted by “takes” at this point.

tonight is a good night to order some chinese takeout.

fuck you the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

The folks at @yenpress.com are bringing out the light novels! Time to start a countdown to them getting the manga.

oh boy, just got to the Earth X crossover event in my Supergirl rewatch.

Another new movie review this week, which is one I can't see cause it unnerves me too much, from @toycamera5.bsky.social!

And I know that a lot of the manga I'm actively reviewing is smutty. That's by choice. A lot of folks won't cover it, a lot of people don't believe it should even exist. But, just like when I cover hentai, it has its place in the ecosystem and as part of art and storytelling.

I've still got another 23 Kochikame reviews loaded up in the editing process. They really need to start streaming episodes 51+.

I know stuff like this is basically an introduction to BDSM, but it's good to have all kinds of ways and access points to such things.

my azuki has a new name, it's o m o i...

First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them. Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...

My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.

man, i don't know why I had the urge to export my bookmarks and save them separate from my desktop. no particular feeling, but just that "you know, i have a complicated bookmark list, i should have an extra copy somewhere."

And we kick off a new chapter by chapter review series tonight, this one from @sevenseasentertainment.com

oh Ryotsu, so close yet so far.

Tonight’s movie.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Apropos of the Witkoff thing, recently it occurred to me that Bondi and Patel are chattering abt polygraphing and canning non-MAGA FBI agents and all other such stuff. Meanwhile people in the FBI keep leaking every time Kash gives his wannabe country music girlfriend some new chunk of public ...

you know what I loved about growing up in the 80s? While we did get a lot of sequels, they were largely spawned from new works on a regular basis.

reheated rotisserie chicken in an airy fryer is heavenly.

great, just great. I've been able to ignore the show for two seasons. now this. damnit.

We've got a look at a new recent Stephen King work adapted to film thanks to @toycamera5.bsky.social

My guy @mdthomas.bsky.social is whittling down his pile of to-do's a bit more with a new review! I'll find a few more honey-do's for him still...