Ben Applegate
@benapplegate.com
Director of publishing, editor, translator. Manga, democracy, civil rights, foster kittens, sci-fi, beer. Another world is possible. IDIC 🖖 He/him. Portfolio etc.: benapplegate.com (pfp: Marume Goshika)
So as they "enhance" all the old low-res TV footage with AI, I guess the new version of that old "was the whole world in black and white back then" joke is going to be "was the whole world a shifting, mutating grand guignol nightmare"
Jesus Christ, the "remastered" Beatles Anthology documentary they re-released is filled with AI slop. Look at John and Paul's faces, and the "T" on Beatles.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
So as they "enhance" all the old low-res TV footage with AI, I guess the new version of that old "was the whole world in black and white back then" joke is going to be "was the whole world a shifting, mutating grand guignol nightmare"
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October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
I just walked past a little redheaded boy of about 3 toddling through the Railway Museum in York just saying, "Oh my gawsh oh my gawsh oh my gawsh" over and over and you know what? Same, little buddy same
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just walked past a little redheaded boy of about 3 toddling through the Railway Museum in York just saying, "Oh my gawsh oh my gawsh oh my gawsh" over and over and you know what? Same, little buddy same
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Hello! We want to let you know that SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 3, Atsushi Kaneko's incredible conclusion to the series, is now in stores. We hope you love it!
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hello! We want to let you know that SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 3, Atsushi Kaneko's incredible conclusion to the series, is now in stores. We hope you love it!
Disconnect yourself from the brainwashing machine.
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Disconnect yourself from the brainwashing machine.
If you need to be roused from a turkey coma this week I can think of no better way than the spectacular and moving conclusion of Search and Destroy
Guess who's back...
Search and Destroy Vol. 3, the conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko's cyberpunk retelling of the timeless, Eisner Award–winning Dororo by “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka, is out today! https://ow.ly/2TT050XxgKN
Search and Destroy Vol. 3, the conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko's cyberpunk retelling of the timeless, Eisner Award–winning Dororo by “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka, is out today! https://ow.ly/2TT050XxgKN
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If you need to be roused from a turkey coma this week I can think of no better way than the spectacular and moving conclusion of Search and Destroy
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"Search and Destroy Vol. 3 brings Kaneko’s cyberpunk nightmare to a fierce and unforgettable close, pairing raw thematic bite with explosive artwork..." — AIPT
Final conflicts rage in this spectacular conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko’s epic cyberpunk masterpiece--out today! https://ow.ly/kPCM50XxM7i
Final conflicts rage in this spectacular conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko’s epic cyberpunk masterpiece--out today! https://ow.ly/kPCM50XxM7i
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Search and Destroy Vol. 3 brings Kaneko’s cyberpunk nightmare to a fierce and unforgettable close, pairing raw thematic bite with explosive artwork..." — AIPT
Final conflicts rage in this spectacular conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko’s epic cyberpunk masterpiece--out today! https://ow.ly/kPCM50XxM7i
Final conflicts rage in this spectacular conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko’s epic cyberpunk masterpiece--out today! https://ow.ly/kPCM50XxM7i
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🚨Cover Reveal 🚨
Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition
By Kamome Shirahama
A premium hardcover collecting Witch Hat Atelier Vols. 1–3, featuring gold-foil covers, extra-large pages, and exclusive bonus content.
Available May 5th, 2026
https://ow.ly/nYOQ50Xw58S
Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition
By Kamome Shirahama
A premium hardcover collecting Witch Hat Atelier Vols. 1–3, featuring gold-foil covers, extra-large pages, and exclusive bonus content.
Available May 5th, 2026
https://ow.ly/nYOQ50Xw58S
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨Cover Reveal 🚨
Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition
By Kamome Shirahama
A premium hardcover collecting Witch Hat Atelier Vols. 1–3, featuring gold-foil covers, extra-large pages, and exclusive bonus content.
Available May 5th, 2026
https://ow.ly/nYOQ50Xw58S
Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition
By Kamome Shirahama
A premium hardcover collecting Witch Hat Atelier Vols. 1–3, featuring gold-foil covers, extra-large pages, and exclusive bonus content.
Available May 5th, 2026
https://ow.ly/nYOQ50Xw58S
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I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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From: La Peau de Chagrin (1960), dir. Ivo Vrbanić and Vlado Kristl, Zagreb Film
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
From: La Peau de Chagrin (1960), dir. Ivo Vrbanić and Vlado Kristl, Zagreb Film
Where does one go these days for used old manga magazines (other than Yahoo and Mercari)
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Where does one go these days for used old manga magazines (other than Yahoo and Mercari)
God damn the other site has really gotten bad weird in my absence
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
God damn the other site has really gotten bad weird in my absence
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
Just reading through Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker and…Juri? Is that you??
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just reading through Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker and…Juri? Is that you??
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Have you pre-ordered our newest upcoming Deluxe Edition manga? Details: https://bit.ly/4nPkCcg
We have more *exciting* Deluxe Edition manga in the works, so please stay tuned… 👀
#DHManga
We have more *exciting* Deluxe Edition manga in the works, so please stay tuned… 👀
#DHManga
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Have you pre-ordered our newest upcoming Deluxe Edition manga? Details: https://bit.ly/4nPkCcg
We have more *exciting* Deluxe Edition manga in the works, so please stay tuned… 👀
#DHManga
We have more *exciting* Deluxe Edition manga in the works, so please stay tuned… 👀
#DHManga
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teaching a short excerpt from rob nixon’s ‘slow violence’ this morning. this is how nixon starts the book, reminding you that the global south has always known larry summers for the moral degenerate that he is.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
teaching a short excerpt from rob nixon’s ‘slow violence’ this morning. this is how nixon starts the book, reminding you that the global south has always known larry summers for the moral degenerate that he is.
Looks sweet
New trailer of "False Memory" chinese animated series by Flint Sugar & Studio Tumble (based on a 2020 indie short film).
Coming in 2025 on BiliBili.
Full trailer >> www.catsuka.com/news/2024-12...
Coming in 2025 on BiliBili.
Full trailer >> www.catsuka.com/news/2024-12...
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looks sweet
Peter Thiel every morning, probably
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Peter Thiel every morning, probably
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WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
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#DelaneyHall this Sunday November 16 at 2 pm
Weekly prayer service with Pax Christi New Jersey and the Kenyan choir from St. Patrick's & Assumption/All Saints Church in Jersey City.
Weekly prayer service with Pax Christi New Jersey and the Kenyan choir from St. Patrick's & Assumption/All Saints Church in Jersey City.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#DelaneyHall this Sunday November 16 at 2 pm
Weekly prayer service with Pax Christi New Jersey and the Kenyan choir from St. Patrick's & Assumption/All Saints Church in Jersey City.
Weekly prayer service with Pax Christi New Jersey and the Kenyan choir from St. Patrick's & Assumption/All Saints Church in Jersey City.
Mooore Yoko Nogiri
[Kodansha Manga] Yoko Nogiri's Love Out on a Limb Volume 1 pre-orders are up at
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Love-Out-Limb-Yoko-Nogiri/dp/B0FH1QYGZK
B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-out-on-a-limb-1-yoko-nogiri/1147794385
BAM! […]
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Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Love-Out-Limb-Yoko-Nogiri/dp/B0FH1QYGZK
B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-out-on-a-limb-1-yoko-nogiri/1147794385
BAM! […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mooore Yoko Nogiri