Cold weather exists because the sun doesn't reach the poles, which is an eerie cosmic horror to think about. It's the cold of space getting in. Winter is outer space encroaching on your little body.

Ritual archery on Miyajima tomorrow (Jan 20) 🏹⛩️ gethiroshima.com/event/momote...

JLPP posted their translation competition for 2026. Submission window is in May. www.jlpp.go.jp/competition1...

One of the exciting points of Hiroshima KAGURA performances is the special effects & lightning fast costume & mask changes as explained by KAGURA insider Rachel Nicholson @hiroshimafoodsnob.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/u6ylV...

Fabulous talk last night about Hiroshima KAGURA cultural, creative & fun performing art in Hiroshima with insider Rachel Nicholson @hiroshimafoodsnob.bsky.social KAGURA performances every Wed night w English subtitles from April again #mustsee #japan Replays here: www.youtube.com/live/RtBo7iH...

Needed something light to make me chuckle today; thank you, Merriam-Webster

If you read a translated book, or poem, or anything, and the words move you or the prose excites you: remember the translator. Because those words are theirs. The original text is the plan. It lays out the structure and the goal, but the translator makes the choices that get you there.

Photography buffs will not want to miss this retrospective exhibition of work by pioneering photographer Ihei Kimura at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum📷 gethiroshima.com/event/ihei-k...

Finally reading this great essay on what translators do and what language is! This part in particular hit home for me.

奈良まで向かいに行きたくるほどかわいすぎるアデリーくん、、！

Been awhile since we had a shakey-shake here in Hiroshima and I did not care for it

BREAKING: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, measuring a strong 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck Shimane Prefecture at 10:18 a.m. on Tuesday. There was no threat of a tsunami.

It is UNREASONABLE how good the food at Da Daico is, like it’s almost maddening to know that I can’t replicate it and you know what? I wouldn’t want to because his would still be better. Details in alt.

今年のカレンダーは @nankyoku-post.bsky.social さんの「世界の動物たちの国際デー」をテーマにしたカレンダー🗓️ ペンギンバザールをきっかけに、昨年から南極ポストさんの絵のタッチや世界観に惚れ込んで、元々好きだったペンギンがより好きになった🐧

Finished up my first translation of the new year and now finally getting to watch the Marvelous Ms. Maisel

Happy new year and 開けましておめでとうございます🎍Annual visit to local shrines, had some mochi, and a hōjicha latte. Also, first 大吉 in years!

2026🎠🎍

Annual end of the year pilgrimage to all my favorite places is progressing nicely (details in alt)

Last film (seen in a theater anyway) of 2025 did not disappoint: revenge, a kickin’ soundtrack, drama, awesome costumes, a little Knights Templar, and a satisfying conclusion

Time for the last #Japanese slang review of 2025! Click the link below to learn about... 微浮気 今国民が削減すべきと感じているのは議員の定数ではなく ぬるぽ (ガッ) ジバ オンカジ チャッピー アウトオブ眼中 思い出補正 見なよ…オレの司を グエー死んだンゴ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/j...

I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.

That being said, Sinners, Substance, and One Battle After Another also blew my socks off. Such a good dang year for films.

Still the probably the best film I saw all year (meaning it resonating with me most). Saw it four times in theaters and debating a subscription to Mubi so I can watch it whenever I want

Finally saw all three hours of Kokuhō and like…yes, it was very prettily shot, but like, I’m not sure what the message was supposed to be? Main character made all kinds of hurtful choices and still got to be declared a living national treasure, and I dunno, my sense of justice didn’t like that.

Say it louder for the people in the back!

Me, watching Evangelion for the first time since high school after living in Japan for over ten years: omg Tōji speaks 関西弁?! Truly crazy to watch it without subtitles and find new nuances

Always repost Big Challenges

There were so many things that weren’t on my 2025 bingo card this year (and not in a good way), but somehow over the past two days, I’ve received so much love and kindness from the people and community around me that it feels like a miracle. So very, very, extremely grateful for the community here 😭

‘Soup’ was a slang term for drugs that were injected into a horse to make it run faster. A racehorse that was on PEDs was said to be ‘souped up.’ We now use the term to refer to anything that is enhanced.

Been baking sourdough every two weeks or so since September for my morning toast and it’s been great. I usually don’t post photos of it because the bread is just for me and it takes so much pressure off to bake “the perfect loaf”

Was very close to fighting someone from another office over a Teams message this morning before looking them and realizing they are about 60. Remembered the below tweet and chose peace instead. Be proud of me.

I love these two so much

Husband potential.

How my weekend went (description in alt)

A short film in which absolutely nothing happens. Watch it anyway.

Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)

"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...

the very old raven

Suica Penguin, my beloved

Finally finished prepping dough for Christmas cookies this year: sugar cookies, linzer cookies, chocolate diamants, gingerbread, and shortbread

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

So cool!

TL;DR please sometimes choose violence as a treat

Merriam-Webster, wrapped.

We report: when the clouds form out of the ether this way, we get the feeling we are being shown the invisible mechanism that holds the sky together. The scales of this mackerel sky are rapidly joining together, and we can feel the air getting more humid. We unfold our raincoat.

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

It's time for the November #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about: サナ活 アッシー・メッシー 全ア らりる 全肯定bot 半ドン スキマバイト ドロンする 鬼ムシャ ~ドリュ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/j...

Something about this just brings me so much joy