Pet a pig today, and met two Australians who played American football in America, who told me "Bear down." It's the wild west out here in Tokyo.

The photograph of mine that's made me the most money (not counting gigs), been downloaded and seen the most, is by far this one. It frequently gets sold as stock as data centers, technology, etc. It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.

On Ben Lerner, and what happens when you call attention to a piece of art as art rather than obfuscating it?

Ben Lerner fucking did it again, wow.

I really try to give it a fair shake, but every day at work by about 3 or 4p, I think, yeah, I'm ready to go home. There's just no point working beyond that.

After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!

Bought all my Christmas presents, somehow giving three different people three different knives.

Listening to that metal that gets you cancelled.

A close reading on Nichijou's most evocative scene: mnchrm.co/clear-autumn...

A close reading on Nichijou's most evocative scene: mnchrm.co/clear-autumn...

“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.

It's crazy the business side of AI is basically identical to a group of friends venmoing each other the same $20 back and forth, except it's $1B.

if you think this can cure all cancers and you're not pushing budget to that, your focus is maximizing profit you could theoretically earn..from people who have cancer. but you think it has a maybe 2% chance. not worth diverting expenditures. ok so just don't pretend to care about cancer patients 😀

James is such a thoughtful writer. I too am constantly grateful for the ability to run, to move—and know it's not forever.

I agree with this and so... Why not Imperator Battaglia

I'm all in on e-readers, but they have to make something that looks cooler to use. The vibe of any paperback is a million times better.

I think about this all the time: "in fact the method didn't work since I was a deeply lonely person." From Knausgaard, I think "Autumn."

It's so over. www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-11...

Remember Archillect?

On looking for a bit more intentionality in your life.

I never even finished Breaking Bad, I was so bored by the end of it I just stopped watching.

Very kind of them to remove distractions and instead just make the internet mostly boring as shit.

It feels so good to be writing a story, and have ideas percolating in the background of your daily life.

I don't think I'd suddenly be a fan, but Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons being British really ruins the whole project for me imo.

251108 Shinjuku #tokyo #streetphotography #leica

I don't understand why tourists take photos of Ginza 2-chome, it's such a boring street.

I wrote about the different scales goals, todos, and habits operate on, and finding ways to make sure they're all in sync.

It's nice to live close enough to work I can go home for lunch, but then I have to go to work twice in a day, which sucks ass.

I wrote about the different scales goals, todos, and habits operate on, and finding ways to make sure they're all in sync.

Delivery guy told me I had a "splendid dog" today.

If pressed, I wouldn't say Chiramune is *good* necessarily, but I'm finding it weirdly compelling. Definitely feels like there's a lot going on under the surface, some untapped potential here.

Bookmatch 2025!! Here's your reading list for next year!

Still need more baseball? We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

*My Irish boss, now curious about baseball because of the world series*: "Ya ever heard the phrase 'Oppo taco,' Een?

I love this beautiful film. Please give it a watch.

Me since reading Homer: I should be anointing myself in oils.

Wrote about the new, official, Japanese-only (for now) Hobonichi Techo app, and what makes something a journal?

"I can't understand women" Close! You can't understand anyone, regardless of gender, but thanks for playing.

A journal probably *should* be incriminating, or at least embarrassing.

Why did Nike make all the Vapormaxes look like a Venom tie-in product?

Reading a sci-fi novel for the first time in forever, I forgot the cringe smarmy tone so many of them have, especially from around 2000-ish.

Met a German guy tonight who studied the legal aspect of the use of chemical weapons, and the night ended with him telling me that what happened in Syria was terrible but probably not illegal, which felt like peak-German brain.

Wrote about a couple of personal philosophies that have been guiding me lately.

Fascinated by the types of umbrellas you see. What's the latest in umbrella technology? What's the impact on the number of panels, the angle, the size?

Said a sentence I'm pretty sure no one else in history has before, but now that I think about it, I bet this happens for each of us like once a day.

Another day I'm just awed I'm able to live in Tokyo. What a cool city.

Wrote about a couple of personal philosophies that have been guiding me lately.

MISAKA MODE

I guess we doing button-flys now.