don’t make me choose between my children n+1 bookmatch quiz 2025

stop doing phrenology with the computer!!

planning class for next semester, i opened a syllabus for a class i took in 2008… and it was so formative, it was like gasp to see it

Woke up today to the news

"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.

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This article has been updated with a statement from Grendel creator Matt Wagner:

Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.

yeah,

A bear cub got confused by the automatic doors at a village office in Aomori earlier this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgaP...

me and my cadre of dastardly m/m shippers are going to ruin healthy male platonic bonds for everyone

GOD what i wouldn't give for a hot aloof wife to run my life. the more aloof the better, frankly

unpacking my boxes from japan and flashing back to the yamato movers asking me what things are. “that’s a vcr.” “a vcr???” “to play vhs” they all held up my videos and looked at them and laughed.

INCREDIBLE LMAO

i owe so many video game designers an apology

“たぶん友情のために” is an insane episode title for episode 12 of Utena

"That one banner of Shōhei Ohtani eating an onigiri that's in front of every FamilyMart" (the banner reads: "I was born in a country that has delicious rice balls") x.com/dailyportalz...

"What, like it's hard?" - L Woods, when asked if he would catch Kira

Pope Leo is spitting. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

Friends & authorities in Makkari, Hokkaido were looking for an 87yo man who went missing while foraging for mushrooms. While Fuji News was interviewing his friends, the man emerged from the woods: "Hey guys, sorry." buff.ly/VCY9EP0

This is what happens when, like Klein, you see yourself as a principal negotiating with principals on the other side. Reproductive rights have no intrinsic value. They are just counters to bargain with. The desired outcome is the maintenance of order and your position within it.

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

LESTAT: It is called a labubu by the Americans, mon coeur. Look at its little ensemblé. LOUIS: (looks up from his book, then back down)

It's time for my mid-year check-in with comic shops, and, spoilers, this might be the single most positive edition ever. Sales are way up. Customers are excited. Comics are moving. Diamond is...largely not a concern? It's a lot, but in a good way for once!

IM CRYING

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

erotica and horror are two sides of the same coin, if you wish to write good horror, you must be willing to turn someone on, and if you want to write good porn, you must be willing to scare someone

i think that the mayor of new york city should be none other than the lord god almighty

booked a trip to an onsen i saw in a 70s sexploitation film

Whatever floats your boat [YT/MK]

other people my age are putting their wedding photos as their phone background. i’m creating elaborate wallpapers of my kpop boys with my daily schedule and goals in color combos that only appeal to me because i’m colorblind.

accidentally bought a super white light bulb for the bathroom and it’s like this but white

It's all enrichment [TN/DY] (req)

You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored theonion.com/you-can...

I made him a brøther

Useful tips for commenting on fics !

the variety “expose” on nathan fielder means all the attention for this week’s episode is on the fake singing show, but the rest of the episode is some of the most profound meditation on human intimacy i’ve ever seen

i don’t care if he is ruining peoples lives he is the greatest artist of our time and should be allowed to do whatever must be done

“Do you know about MBTI?” he asks, leaning into the camera. “MBTI is the worst!” finally a correct opinion about MBTI! www.nme.com/features/mus...

Everyone seems very worried about "Gosh, well what do we tell the transphobic people to get them to vote for Democrats?" Tell them to get the fuck over it. Tell them, straight to their faces, "I feel embarrassed for you that this is a thing you are whining about."

Irene and Seulgi for "Tilt" concept photos.

applying for jobs again

“These guys are forever legends” #shinee #dailyshinee cr: Resfeber0525/twt

For Japanese Studies folks: I’ve ported the NDL’s kuzushiji OCR to run directly in your web browser. ndlkotenocr-lite-web.netlify.app No GPU or installation needed. First-time use may take a few minutes to download the model, but after that, it should transcribe each image in about ten seconds.