Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

😩 Jin Sakai, god damn it

Simpsons did it.

With very few exceptions, shonen anime have a cool, unique first arc; after that, it's just a collection of Guys having Moments strung together with a mushy, inconsequential plot.

To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.

I genuinely did not know there was a Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

An instantly-leaked internal bulletin at the politicized federal law enforcement agencies just so happens to say what the Trump admin and its allies want it to say. This is how it works in authoritarian regimes, the cops are too busy with propaganda and repression to actually solve crimes.

I picked a bad time to super charge my brain with caffeine. Time to crank up the hyperbolic time chamber in Focus Friend to max.

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

Graham Greene has passed away at the age of 73

I knew immediately what I was going to find checking this skeet’s replies and reskeets.

At the UN security council this afternoon Algeria held up the photograph of Maryam Abu Daqqa, one of the 5 Palestinian journalists assassinated by Israel on Monday.

Over the course of 2 days of Jury Duty, I had time and undivided focus for @scumbelievable.bsky.social ‘s ‘Black Flame’. Pacing myself was never going to be an option. The book compels its consumption. Now to stare at a wall for the rest of today processing. So good.

It do be like that

Caught a ban this morning with no explanation given, had my account reinstated just as suddenly. With Bluesky yanking and shoving trans people around at will and unaccountably, now is a great time to support my work! www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...

Very honored to get to do an illustration for an interview with Yoshitaka Amano, appearing in the Italian gaming publication Pixel .02.

I just did the single most beautiful driver side parallel parking I think I’ve ever done and no one was around to see it.

Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre is about a guy meeting a British girl in a game center. She doesn't speak Japanese, he barely speaks English. Shenanigans ensue. So how would you dub this in English? Make her French? The official dub's galaxy brain idea: MAKE HER BRITISH. This is genius: a 🧵.

My latest piece @thenation.com is the loving, heartfelt tribute you've been waiting for: "Real American Scumbag: Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Hot damn

I welcome other contenders, but I really think Portland is the best city to be an anime fan. A big piece of that is thanks to the amazing curation work done by the Mecha Panic and Animayhem series at the @hollywoodtheatre.org.

I’m about two years into adopting this approach and the experience tracks with this.

Kojima fans have a hard enough time beating the allegations without him doing this to us. (Also: Took me most of my first interaction with The Data Scientist before I realized she speaks in Japanese)

‘Ozark’ by season 3 and 4 is anime.

GQuuuuuuX’s secret sauce is that the production team likes space, heavy machinery, and explicitly political commentary. This makes it a very Gundam show, probably more than the clear love for OG UC content does.

Repost from Bsky…

There’s going to be a few days of this account stepping through frame of animation that are permanently etched into the walls of my brain.

GQuuuuuuX Rhymes with Jeez, what the fuck (Is this anything?)

Even ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ has moments to terror and arresting depictions of reality. (I’m not a parent yet still the scene of townsfolk searching the pond for Mei fills me with dread).

I had to check and confirm this. Huge swing from me waiting in line to buy the original at launch to now being rather detached from the successor. Combo of many factors with the primary one being my Steam Deck, followed by faith we’ll eventually see an OLED version.

If you're an aspiring translator and don't use gen AI at all, haven't even touched it, and are willing to put in the hard work to learn, feel free to reach out and I'll give you feedback on a short translation or your resume.

Gaaaaaah I’m going to be out of town!

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to do your own thinking.

Close the world, open the next (Alt text for image: a power poll, likely in Japan. The tall gray pillar is crossed with at least 4 bars that support transformers and regulators, and is connected to some 16 power lines running in most directions. The sky is overcast and gray. Lain vibes)

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

My main feeling on Yom HaShoah is that "never again" is an empty promise unless we confront what is happening right here, right now, in this very country.

Bingo. ChatGPT doesn't give you knowledge, it gives you confident lies. If you accept confident lies, you are a fool.

This background is some of the old magic of the generation of creators working at places like Studio Khara. Space nerds, sci-fi fanatics, connoisseurs of the beauty in mechanic designs. GQuuuuuux is good.

fighting tears

Leaving Saturday morning for a work conference on a cruise. Awesome.

I really need people to internalize this idea because the precedent is in living memory.

A dear friend has found himself in the crosshairs of an overzealous manager and a, frankly, stupid HR dept. that is facilitating an inquisition against a BIPOC union organizer. If you can, here’s a GoFundMe to support or to share the word on to support his family: gofund.me/8577d128

I have to say, the increasing frequency at which I have opportunities to joke about my handle is a little troubling.