The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...

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Heads up, fellow LA fans! MediaOCD will be having our FIRST BOOTH EVER at @animelosangeles.bsky.social this weekend, along with a panel where we will announce something exciting! Come see us, make it all worth it please, this is a lot

The lettering in the new Mushishi is so good that in places it's almost as if the sfx had been bilingual from the beginning. Spectacular work from @kernedout.bsky.social on a delightful translation by my colleague Andres Oliver in a package edited by @magpon.bsky.social. This belongs on your shelf.

Miracle and horror blurs as the story descends deeper into obsession and fate. [ACCESS] C:\data\My_Name_Is_Shingo\Vol_6 [ERR] F̷̢͎͈̹̻͖̠͊͐̇̈́͊͒̇̓̕͝ͅḯ̶̟̼̩̍̊̇̋̕͠͝ͅl̸̲͖̦̺̈́͑̎͆̔̈́͘͘ę̵̗̺̦̍̐̇͆̇͠ ̶̯̖̯̫̈́̒̎̇̈́͛͘c̸̡͕͕̯̫̆̽̄͋̈́̍̍̔͠ơ̶̙̯̪̙̅̌͂̈́͛͗͗̎r̴̨̨͍̺̱̼͓̳̦͛̅̄͐̎͑́͠ȓ̴̻̓̈́̐̕̕͝u̸̞̩͔͛̑̐͒͠p̴͍̳̹̟̞̳͒̅̏͂͌̓͂̕͠t̸̰͉͔̟̘͔͓̂̈́̌͋̒e̷̳̻̲̳̽͗͐͂̀d̵̡̛̖͐̅̎̚͠ ?what should i do ?what should i do ?ẁ̵͠h̷́͘̕ä̷́̚͝t̴͊͝ ͝͞s̵̛̓̿h̷͂͂͠o̴̎͘͘ừ̷͝l̵͛͞d̴́̕ ̛́͠ì̷̛ d̵̓̚ö̷́̕.̶̑̚͝ [FATAL] Process terminated. (via My Name Is Shingo: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6)

This is an interesting piece, and I feel complicatedly about it.

Hello, I’m Boichi. A mangaka. Nice to meet you. はじめまして、ボイチです。 漫画家です。 よろしくお願いします。

For my final story of 2025, I looked ahead to the next quarter century for Japan — and the society today’s young adults may inherit as demographic decline accelerates. Thanks for reading this year, and a Happy New Year to all! 良いお年をお迎えください！🎍 www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12...

If you have the experience necessary to help guide a non-profit that will independent cartoonists get their comics into libraries, and get readers more diverse stories, check this out.

Thrilled to get my copy of “Local Unrest,” an epic history of Hawaii’s underground punk / rock / metal / ska / nightclub scene, from the 1970s-2000. localunrest.com The lessons I learned from those days - just do stuff and connect with your community, serve me well today

Your desire to have a cool tool or to be able to create some nifty piece of art or whatever is just a desire. It has no moral foundation. You're not arguing for a right you didn't have before. You aren't arguing for a value that outweighs the harms. You just want something. Damn the costs.

Personally, it pisses me off. You want me to take your argument seriously, but you don't want to deal with the largest theft of creative work in history (in some cases, literally through mass digital piracy), the environmental costs that will ruin the future, its capacity for mass delusion etc.

I think part of the reason the reaction to people arguing *for* GenAI use is so aggressive is that not a single one of these arguments bothers to meaningfully engage with the ethical problems these technologies present. And those ethical problems are monumental. They're not minor.

Please enlarge the graph. Then look at Shonen Jump. Then look at how much income comes in from book sales. Then look at Spider-Man and Batman.

This graph is killing me.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

First trailer for "Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia" anime series by Science Saru studio. Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora. Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida. Based on the manga by Tomato Soup. Coming in July 2026. Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...

movink pad pro14、ペン入れもいける！！😀👍デッサン3Dは難なく操作できるけどタイムラプス撮ってたらちょっと重かったです。

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Playmates and Viacom will not be renewing their licensing agreement for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Their partnership will end on December 31st, 2026 - bit.ly/4axAYDu

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Le tome 7 de Kagurabachi aura droit à une édition collector ! ⚔️ - Le tome 7 avec une jaquette réversible & effet métallisé - Un triptyque aimanté avec dorure à chaud - 1 standee en bois - 2 exlibris - Le tout dans un coffret Déjà disponible en précommande ! Sortie le 27 février !

I didn't read much manga, but Ultra Heaven v2 is my favorite manga I read this year. I want to thank @debaoki.bsky.social for putting me onto Ultra Heaven and @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social for publishing it.

Amazing! Featured on @Kickstarter - A convertible “ita-bag” - switch from normal crossbody bag to “oshi-mode” www.kickstarter.com/projects/myu...

Seattle-King County Public Health just released a guide on what to do if you find a rat in your toilet this is not a joke

Yay! Here’s the video from Kagurabachi creator Takeru Hokazono’s visit to the Marv offices in NYC and his chat with Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man) and Tradd Moore (Silver Surfer) - big thanks to @cbcebulski.bsky.social & Shueisha/ Manga Plus for making this possible! m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFH1...

Very excited about the upcoming release of “local unrest,” an oral history/photo essay book about punk, indie rock and underground club culture in Hawaii. A lot of great music & incredibly scrappy, creative peeps came out of that scene. I cant wait to read this: localunrest.com

Okay yeah, This feels like a mix of AI Slop, Trace Photo Ref, and Actual (mostly rushed) Art, all made to hide the duct tape and glue. Im kinda mad I backed the Kickstarter, checking that now they REALLLLLLY hid this. AWA Studios really pocketed 100K in Kickstarter Money and ran with this.

This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money. Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.

Vol 7 of “veil” by Kotteri is debuting in Japan on Dec 18 with cool exclusives at different bookstores. Meanwhile, the @mangasplaining.bsky.social / @udonentertainment.bsky.social edition of Veil vol 3 & 4 is available for pre-order now, for Feb 2026 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Veil-V...

an update on @mangasplaining.bsky.social / @udonentertainment.bsky.social release of “No Roses Without Thorns,” Nami Sasou’s manga about being a shojo manga assistant in the 1970s. Udon’s switch fr Diamond to Simon & Schuster for distribution disrupted things , but we’re aiming for 2026 release

With the final volume of “Search & Destroy” by Atsushi Kanekonow out from @mangasplaining.bsky.social / @fantagraphics.bsky.social , now’s a great time to binge-read all 3 volumes — or give all 3 as a gift! www.fantagraphics.com/products/sea...

"Machine translation would handle the heavy lifting, and we’d add the expert polish. Except the machine made a mess. And we’re doing expert-level cognitive labour to clean it up for cleaning wages. We’re not mops. We’re translators." #translation #xl8 www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-l...

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“The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work.“

Currently, every living former Korean president from the right is a convicted felon, and every living former Korean president from the left is a booktuber. I mean, it's only one guy, and he only just started his channel, but it does explain the vibe of the parties.

What does it take for pet-loving Japan to bid farewell to a deceased animal? Increasingly, everything humans would do for another person.

@debaoki.bsky.social Thank you and the Mangasplaining and Fantagraphics crews for translating Search And Destroy.

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One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.

Pretty shocking how AI consistently gets incredibly simple single-source facts wrong, and how tech companies still shove it down our throats anyway. Quickly searching for reliable info is the #1 thing google is good for and they're like "eh why don't we ruin it"

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting is a series beloved for its action, drama, & characters as they make their way through the boxing ring & life with fighting spirit! store.crunchyroll.com/products/haj...

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html 🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky

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Japan now faces a triple whammy of falling stocks, a sliding currency and weakening bonds. Discussions about currency intervention are heating up as the Japanese yen sinks to its lowest level this year and could keep going. @japantimes.co.jp