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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 5h

Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains LN 3 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/10/15/l... @jnovelclub.bsky.social

The cover shows Sano's chickens and Katsuragi's dragon absolutely laying waste to a bunch of hornet nests. Way in the background, behind a tree, are Sano and Katsuragi, in beekeeping suits.

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Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 7h

Brand-new license announcement! THE OBLIVIOUS GIRL AND THE MAIDENLY MAN by Rabi. In this heartwarming manga, a romance slowly develops between one oblivious woman and the man who loves her dearly!

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New License: The Oblivious Girl and the Maidenly Man. Story and art by Rabi. A heartwarming romance about one oblivious woman and the man who loves her dearly! Rintaro is a very successful man. At 30, he’s the owner of his very own cafe! And while he appreciates all of his customers, there’s one regular that he’s begun to develop feelings for. Luna, a 25-year-old office worker, is a regular who’s afraid of men after a traumatic experience, but finds that she can be around Rintaro without issue. Encouraged by this, she asks if he would help her get used to being around men. Eager to do anything for Luna, he agrees but quickly finds himself overwhelmed by simple handholding! When Luna begins to make even more ambitious moves, he isn’t sure he can handle the growing feelings he’s keeping to himself. Can Rintaro maintain his facade to help Luna, or will this sweet story end up with bitter feelings? © 2025 Rabi / No.9 Inc. Available from Seven Seas Entertainment May 2026 (Print/Digital).

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Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 7h

Brand-new license announcement! REBORN AS AN ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE (LIGHT NOVEL) by okiuta and sinsora. In this action-packed isekai, one man reborn into the Order of Assassins must do everything he can to survive in this completely new world.

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New License: Reborn as an Assassin's Apprentice (Light Novel). Story and art by okiuta and sinsora. In this action-packed isekai tale, one man reborn into an Order of Assassins must do everything he can to survive. In my new world, life has no worth. Reborn as an apprentice under the Order of Assassins, an organization that takes on all manner of underhanded jobs, I’m prepared to do anything and everything to survive. First, I have to get through their oppressive training, where failure equals death. Although death lurks around every corner, I swear I’ll claw my way through this hell. Manipulating powerful foes and the adults around me, punishing those who stand in my way… If that makes me a monster, so be it. There is nothing and no one I won’t tear down for the sake of survival. Not a shred of morality sees the light in this darkest of fantasies. ©2025 okiuta / OVERLAP Inc., Ltd. Available from Seven Seas Entertainment March 2026 (Digital Only).

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Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 7h

Brand-new license announcement! THE NEVERENDING WINTER, THE LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS (LIGHT NOVEL) by Mei Hachimoku and KUKKA. From the creators of THE TUNNEL TO SUMMER, THE EXIT OF GOODBYES: a day at the amusement park turns into a nightmarish time loop!

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New License: The Neverending Winter, the Land of Broken Dreams (Light Novel). Story and art by Mei Hachimoku and KUKKA. A fun day at the amusement park turns into a nightmarish time loop in this tale from the creators of The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, which inspired an anime film. After winning tickets to an old theme park, Casio and his friends brave the eerie rumors surrounding the place for a winter adventure. However, things take a horrific turn when one friend suddenly stabs Casio! As he dies, his friend begs him to save someone named Asebi. When Casio next awakens, he’s somehow gone back in time. Scared and confused, he finally gets answers when a mysterious girl appears, claiming to be Asebi. She tells him she’s been trapped in the park, reliving the same day over and over. Now Casio is also caught in the loop…and according to Asebi, the only way out is to kill. © 2026 Mei HACHIMOKU / SHOGAKUKAN. Available from Seven Seas Entertainment September 2026 (Print/Digital)

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 10h

“I’m thrilled that someone still cares about these little pieces dashed off for a daily newspaper four decades ago and was amazed that they were reprinted in book form the first time,” said @therealjoebob123.bsky.social

Don't miss Joe Bob Briggs Goes to the Drive-In, available now!

Conskipper @conskipper.bsky.social · 12h

Dark Horse Books resurrects Joe Bob Briggs’ long out-of-print 'Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In' book this week (10/15) with a brand new updated and expanded art book-sized hardcover edition. conskipper.com/joe-bob-goes... @darkhorse.com #JoeBobBriggs #JoeBobGoestotheDriveIn

Long Out-of-Print 'Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In' Book Coming from Dark Horse in 2025

Dark Horse Books resurrects Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In this October with a brand new updated and expanded art book-sized hardcover edition.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the subreddits for luxury watches are some of the darkest places on earth

Rolex subreddit post:

My uncle has Alzheimer's and is often forgetful of his possessions. One of them is a Rolex Submariner. Would I be justified in taking and caring for it as my own instead of having it left neglected and forgotten in his jewelry box? Thanks.

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 11h

hey siri show me the most terrifying fucking thing you can conjure

Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 11h

Repairing the airship Graf Zeppelin’s hull during a flight over The Atlantic, 1934, by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 11h

Great reporting on #nycc ICv2 White Paper by Sam Spratford. Very positive trends
"These younger buyers are also avid readers, Griepp said, which upends the previous importance of the collector demographic in propping up comics stores and publishers. "What is selling is inexpensive, reader copies..."

In a ‘New World,’ Comics Are Making a Comeback

At New York Comic Con, CEO Milton Griepp painted a picture of an industry entering a new, but still lucrative, era, with several 20-year trends, including the bookselling channel's tendency to gross t...

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 12h

please enjoy brand new tingler MY NEIGHBOR’S TWELVE-FOOT-TALL DECORATIVE HALLOWEEN SKELETON GETS ME OFF ALSO SHE IS A LESBIAN out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC6K3MR/ or on all patreon tiers www.patreon.com/posts/my-nei...

cover of MY NEIGHBOR’S TWELVE-FOOT-TALL DECORATIVE HALLOWEEN SKELETON GETS ME OFF ALSO SHE IS A LESBIAN featuring ladybuck without much on smiling in the front yard of suburban neighborhood next to her is a beautiful skeleton that is very tall

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久保 @kubo221.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #Portfolioday
I'm Kubo, an illustrator from Japan.
I draw colorful and mysterious illustrations.

Links🔗 lit.link/kubo221
Portfolio🎨 cara.app/kubo221

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

Los Angeles County officials vote to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.

Los Angeles County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

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Rumic World @furinkan.com · 23h

The announcement for the Ranma 1/2 Cafe opening in November, with a new official illustration for the Martial Arts Delivery Race.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 14h

This will work fine on neurodivergent folk, I’m sure…

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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David G-P @davidjgp1983.bsky.social · 21h

In the Press Briefing for the launch of Roald Dahl’s Guide to Railway Safety is a prepared answer about the story about the naval captain.

Clearly it was anticipated this would be seen to be in poor taste.

The picture on the page about sticking your head out the window, that’s fine!

Never never never stick your head out of the window of a moving train

DO NOT THROW ANYTHING OUT
OF THE WINDOWS - I know a true story about this. A friend of mine, when he was a little boy, was travelling in a train with his father who was a captain in the navy. The little boy wanted desperately to have a pee, but there were no corridors on the train. He told his father that he had to go. He simply couldn't wait.

"My boy," said the naval captain father, "a sailor is never at a loss!" Whereupon he reached for his naval cap and said, "Do it in that."

The boy did as he was told. The father then flung the contents of the hat out of the open carriage window. The train at that moment happened to be rushing through a small country station and the boy, looking out, saw the stuff hit a porter smack in the face.

05. Don't you think the story about the naval captain is in rather poor taste?

A5. No, it's entirely characteristic of Roald Dahl. What's more, it went down very well with both children and their parents when we researched the effectiveness of the text. In fact the whole text proved very effective in getting across the safety messages.

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David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social · 15h

While doing research, I've found a host of unlikely band appearances on Gay Byrne's Late Late Show, and some are absolutely wonderful.
I'll hold one back for the blog, but if the Virgin Prunes performance here wasn't enough, there's also the baffling good natured aftermath.
youtu.be/hyFHn_IWMQQ?...

Virgin Prunes -R.T.E. Late,Late,Show -6.Oct.1979.

YouTube video by johnniejukebox

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Paul Starr @pa.ulst.ar · 15h

Like this is the top comment on the first search result for “Classical Gas”

A YouTube comment reading “T
@tomgreer8501 • 4y ago
Still among the living! I was on this session in 1968, French Horn with Jimmy Decker. I'm 78 now and it seems like yesterday. It was an all-time GREAT chart, and I knew it when we heard the playback!”

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cydereal @cydereal.bsky.social · 1d

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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 18h

Double Chaser: There are a few surreal moments in this cartoon besides the ending. The cat walking past the fence, and seeing mirrors of the mouse and dog... and then the cat himself? (The cat seems to be the same one as in Clampett's Hep Cat.) #looneytunestubi

Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 18h

Gopher Goofy: The farmer, who is a one-shot human, is the best and worst thing about this cartoon, as his sadism feels wildly over the top and brutal but is also kind of funny anyway. #looneytunestubi

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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 18h

Ding Dog Daddy: Everything about the goofy dog and the statue/bomb is so compelling that you forget 3/4 of this is just a chase cartoon. Another great use of Pinto Colvig, who was about to leave WB as fast as he arrived. #looneytunestubi

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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎 @ashashman1.bsky.social · 20h

Good morning wulferhampton have a wonderful Wednesday Hump Day you wondering weirdos

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 21h

THE ADVENTURES OF BARRY McKENZIE (1972)
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Based on the Private Eye character, the film follows a simple Aussie bloke transplanted to London & the mayhem & misadventures that ensue.

"The 1st feature-length, full-colour widescreen commercial for Foster’s lager" (Barry Humphries)

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Ace Attorney @aceattorney.capcomusa.com · 1d

Create the scenes of your dreams, nightmares, or anything in-between with the Scene Creator, one of the new additions in the free title update coming to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on November 19.

Don't let your memes remain dreams!

🎬 bit.ly/PWAATOfficial

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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 1d

Poor Isekai Quartet not only not important enough for the preview guide, but not important enough to make the ANN review list.

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Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 1d

Hey everybody, this survey should now be fixed. If you had issues with the box not appearing or being on the far right of your browser, that should be remedied now. I also updated the instructions so it's clearer that it's RANKED choice and how to use it!

Thank you for your patience!

Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @animenewsnetwork.com, the ticky boxes are not working on your review survey.

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