Always gotta take a moment to appreciate what might be the best sound effect in manga history.

If you see this, post a robot 🤖

What gets me about this is - can somebody name a single one of these in the last ~20 years that maintained half the cultural relevance of its original that isn't named Speed Racer (2009)?

Having visual novels available portably is convenient and all, but real ones know that *all* novels are meant for luxuriating in the home. #DatingSimMonth

We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists

happy 30th anniversary pokemon <3

Altered Alma (NextFest Demo)! Adore the neon aesthetic and animation style - clearly somebody else played Megaman Zero at a formative time. Bonus points for the diegetic Demo boundaries. Not sure if it qualifies for #DatingSimMonth, but I'd schmooze up alien rogues between scrounging for biomods.

You really do have to take dating sims/romances seriously. Not love them. Not know everything about them. Not even play them. But take them seriously. They're a legitimate, influential, long-running genre, and the lack of awareness and acceptance in English-speaking circles should be embarrassing.

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

Top Ten Anime Betrayals

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I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

Why are we pouring several countries' worth of GDP into lying machines when we could be producing Librarians' Labels that are easy to remove (with/without a specialized tool) and leave no residue when a book is honorably discharged?

Age verification? The only Humongous Installation I was doing was for this cool dude.

There's 1000% a treasure chest or a little old man with a quest o'er there, yeah?

A friend and I have emergently decided on playing the NYT Scrabble as chess and it's proving immensely gratifying.

check in on your sentai watching friends today to see if they are doing ok

🎵 It's nine o'clock clock on a Saturday, it's nine P.M. An hour ago it was eight o'clock, and an hour from now will be ten 🎶

I feel like the core reason the Twin Cities aren't doing worse is, broadly, there isn't much too contrarianism from civil leadership. Most squabbling is over which paths to take and how aggressively, but largely it's all moving in the same 'ICE OUT' direction - not a given for a Midwestern metro.

What a delight that we're at a stage in publishing to have multiple ongoing, thoughtfully-produced, women-centric historical fiction manga set around the Caspian Sea. Called shots, delivered. (Yes they're set ~600 years and many more miles apart; no that doesn't diminish the point.)

Culdcept Heads be ALIVE in 2026 (essay related) geektogeekmedia.com/geekery/keyw...

Aura Battler Dunbine (1988) illustration of Sirbine by Yoshiyuki Takani.

one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.

I keep thinking about this, and how I've unconsciously developed a policy of only engaging with social sites where The Feed Ending is or can be made feature. It's the same principle as grocery shopping while hungry vs. sticking to a list. Some junk food is fine! But it shouldn't be why I'm there.

Love love love that YouTube has made it optimal for creators to (largely unwillingly) gaslight their audiences by swapping thumbnails and titles *multiple times per day*. Very little way to know what I have and haven't watched there any more in a way that makes the whole experience feel disposable.

Great opportunity to plug Christian Donlan's wonderful essay on Eteo Games about the sequel, which prodded me to fall back in love (tee hee) with this game and eagerly anticipate seeing how they build on it. www.eteogames.com/flying-citie...

Some librarian put in the work to make sure their branch has the entire spread of Stardust Crusaders and honestly they're an inspiration.

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

lifted from tumblr and posting here because holy shit this drives me insane

Emotional Support Potatoes

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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.

I swear to God that half of my professional value is derived from the three (3) hours that a librarian spent in middle school teaching us how to Ask Jeeves with the proper amount of specificity and skepticism.

IT'S LAUNCH DAY!!! 🎉🎉 I'm so excited and nervous! Pre-launch jitters haha!! Anyway, if you don't wanna miss out on the limited tiers at launch, follow my launch page! I'd love if you shared with a friend too (∩^o^)⊃━☆ #pintopia #cats #enamelpins #cute www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...

Tea Time (Preemptively: the liquid level is definitely lower than he can reach and it's a barely-tepid herbal besides)

I don’t want to say it’s worse in Minnesota than you’ve heard because I don’t know what all you’ve heard. But I am certain it’s not better than you’ve heard.

just saw this pop up elsewhere: The Minnesota Rebel Alliance logo. Well done, everybody. www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

mythical pokemon 💫 #art #pokemon

Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.

Hijacking Calvin's sentiment here because a 3-day weekend is basically as close as I get to summer vacation as a working adult.

One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"

Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.

In life David Lynch was known widely for being the absolute king of weird beard arthouse filmmakers. In death, he is known mostly for his kindness, work ethic, and just being an all around rad person that made films HIS way. And I absolutely love that. What a legacy. Rest in peace, king.

Games I've Rolled Credits On (Or Some Equivalent Where I Feel Equipped To Speak On Them) for 2026

it is 2020. I am living through a once in-a-generation crisis. My neighbors fear to leave their homes. I am downloading Animal Crossing. it is 2026. I am living through a once in-a-generation crisis. My neighbors fear to leave their homes. I am downloading Animal Crossing.

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