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Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake, translator of Japanese mystery/horror, bird picture taker. Living in Japan, writing in English. Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast. 英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等 執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」 20周年日本在中 山口県万歳🙌
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In solidarity with the movement in Los Angeles and elsewhere across the US, we've made Joshua Clover's Riot. Strike. Riot free to download.

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Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

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If my sister wants to go clothes shopping in Tokyo, where should we go? (This is, like, an office goth sister? Spunky alternative? I don't know exactly what she's looking for, but I'm pretty sure she's not a Ginza sister or an Akihabara sister. Also not an antique kimono sister.)

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Reviewers, Librarians and booksellers: snap up these Solaris titles on Netgalley this summer! New titles from @mkhardywrites.com @ymresnik.bsky.social‬ @samkhorton.bsky.social‬ @artofelaineho.bsky.social‬ @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social‬ @voidcricket.bsky.social‬ & more! geni.us/SolarisNG

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I tried to reread Insomnia but man, I just can't get past King calling catfish "scaly." I can't take the story seriously at all because of that. The littlest thing, I know, but it just brings the whole house of cards down.

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"See, after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 19th Century, central Europe was left..." (Six hours later) "And the Ottomans were like..." (The next day) "And so a Serbian teenager shot a nobleman and all hell broke loose."

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My wife: What caused the first world war, anyway? Me: (long pause) Um... History?

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I grew up in the country so I don't know how widely applicable my experience is to this whole conversation, but as soon as I was in school I was *expected* to be gone. Like, they would ask me what I was doing at home if I was in the house during the day on summer vacation.

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I love it when publishers make their "sample" PDFs fully selectable text rather than, like, image based so I can copy/paste and search and (just between us) export to plain text for translation purposes. Love 2 xl8 .txt.

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Come if you can! www.eventbrite.com/e/solstice-r...

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“On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent.” Well, that’s… useless. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

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AI is Getting Worse, but It's Getting Worse

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I started writing something important to me tonight. Not really sure what it is, but I’ll share the end of it. Watching the tech industry do what it’s doing sickens me, and I want people to know why.

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The J-HORROR RISING Reissue comes out Tuesday, and got a glowing writeup in The AV Club! Thanks to @jacoboller.bsky.social re: the awesome words on Noroi's inclusion (be sure to give my comm a listen)–can confirm all the discs are well worth checking out (esp. Carved, Inugami, and St. John's Wort!)

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They are so unbelievably and terribly desperate. You don’t do things like this unless you are scraping the bottom of the barrel for revenue and adoption. This is the ultimate form of the tech industry: a despicable, wretched, entitled, destructive, abusive digital despot that wants to con your kids.

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A reminder that it is simply not a good idea to ascribe human truth values to LLM output. Truth/fact/reality is irrelevant to LLMs. Not even in the picture. They just. Generate. Text. It's bullshit in the purest sense. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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I just realized, today's my Japanniversary! 21 years today. Jeez. I'm so old, my impulsive (and wholly correct) decision to move halfway around the world is old enough to drink in the hellish Homeland I left behind.

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Today's walk birds 本日のお散歩野鳥たち A mama Eastern Spot Billed duck was taking her twins out for a swim. カルガモの親子もお散歩中でした。 #Birds #野鳥観察

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Shout out to the rare correct usage here. Interpreters speak, translators write!

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Hey, translators! NWU's Translators Organizing Committee is hosting another solidarity drop-in on June 11, 7:30pm ET. Email them at [email protected] to reserve your spot!

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Join us. We are looking for a new Head of Communications and PR to lead our strategic communications. Take a look at our website to find a full job description and details of how to apply. societyofauthors.org/about-us/wor...

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I want to join an offline book club.

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Just once, I want an article about "AI and jobs" to put it correctly. AI is not "taking jobs." Fucking ChatGPT isn't going to interviews and filling out applications. Companies are trying to give jobs to AI. Because companies *hate* paying people.

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no they haven't

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The US gets Strange Houses a month before the UK, but don't let that deter you from buying tons of copies! #StrangeHouses #Uketsu #JapaneseMystery #JHorror #Translation

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Tomorrow. The Beam beckons.

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That "sometimes" sure does raise some questions.

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And the book has already been published (in another country)! It has been DOUBLY vetted!

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I'm wondering if publishers are aware of how a translator shopping a book around is very much doing the work of an agent? Because I know that many publishers don't want unvetted submissions which is why some only accept from agencies, but a translator is pretty good at vetting...

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I don't drink nearly as much as I used to, but I still do occasionally enjoy a sip. Hyakunen Kura Junmai Daiginjo comes from Hakata's only working sake brewery, Ishikura Shuzo, and it's big and complex. #Sake

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Just dropped an open letter on translating! ✍️ It's more than swapping words – it's about bridging cultures, capturing spirit, and navigating endless nuances. If you love languages or respect the craft, this video is for you. Dive in! 👇 #Translation

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Looking back over my recent English language reading, I think I really must give a shoutout to Talking Scared podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social because it's all basically stuff Neil has talked about. Trust Neil. He's got good taste.

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Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message. Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.

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Welp, no kingfishers but I heard lots of birds I'm still trying to identify. Spotted a few "gray" wagtails (they're yellow birds, dammit!) and lots of beautiful, clear water falling and falling.

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