Commentary: AI translation of literature should be questioned because literary translation requires human interpretation and cultural understanding that machines cannot provide.

If you live in IL-09, vote for @katmabu.bsky.social!! Election Day is today!

Overall, I enjoyed OPLA S2 far more than S1. More of One Piece’s whimsy, heart, and kindness stayed in. Although Kureha’s “decision” in episode 8 harkened back to my issues with Nojiko in S1. Kindness is so central to why I love OP. Lastly, Hiriluk in ep 7 is effectively a miracle. Astonishing.

Seto-kun is a mascot from Seto City and is based on a historical ceramic guardian dog from there. He plays a mean sax.

How can One Piece season 2 get a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes when they didn’t even let that little girl spill her ice cream on Smoker’s abs?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHAINSAW MAN ENDS NEXT CHAPTER WHAT WHAAAAAAAAAAT

In case you were worried about missing out on the mystery present Japanese attendees of the One Piece Netflix screenings got… This was it.

YESSSS!

WWLKD #re9 (bonus panel below)

Badass as hell

Masaaki Yuasa’s Akira

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Going back and re-watching all the Gorillaz music videos. Cried like a baby when I got to El Manana. I am - to the day - the same age as Noodle. Combine that with the fact that Demon Days was my respite in a very dark time, and that music video hit me even at the time as the death of my innocence.

Gorillaz forever

My childhood dream came true

Sir this is just Sobble with confidence

FRIEND IS FRIEND-SHAPED.

There’s so many reasons the Warner Bros Paramount merger is terrifying, but also - goddamn, the amount of money tied up in all of this is nauseating.

A) can’t wait for this movie bc long live Gorillaz and B) the smarmy way the radio host is like “oh so you’ve NEVER used AI??” And Jamie and Damon both laughing and being like “lmao no” is the energy we should all have for these losers x: www.instagram.com/reel/DVC1lAs...

This story is even more insane and horrifying than the blurb suggests.

The hype is off the charts. The hype is through the roof. The hype is on the moon, benevolently waving down at us mere earthlings.

David Byrne… Sakanaction… Babymetal… Cornelius… ?!! Also Jamiroquai and Kasabian for some reason

Finally saw Sinners, and my husband and I pledged to each other we would not make one another get the car.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

The use of Styx in a One Piece trailer may never not feel bizarre to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMXY...

Just encountered a large Sanseito (Japan’s MAGA) rally in Umeda. The event was run in part by “Turning Point Japan.” So that feels bad. On the bright side, there were a LOT of counter protesters, with signs like “FCK RACISM” and “punch Nazis.” I am very grateful for them.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet. But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...

there is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement: they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.

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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes. What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power

Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader

My Patreon LIVES, and I just (belatedly) posted by Best of 2025 playlist! Writing about music is FUN. www.patreon.com/posts/hello-...

From what I understand, the same’s true for Chicago.

Here's how WaPo and the Times handled this. The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia." WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo." An alternate universe

Long live Saize

He's insane.

"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car" "His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

Ahahahahahahahaha you would have to pay me a high hourly wage to see this movie.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

ICE funding expires January 30. Call Congress to say whether you think it should be continued. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

The Stranger Things finale was FINE. It was PRETTY GOOD. It was DECENT.