Satoru Inoue
@satoruinoue.com
Japanese-American physicist/translator/data scientist in Chicago. Writes about dishes, discs, and districts at https://www.satoruinoue.com
Japanese account: @inoueian.bsky.social
Japanese account: @inoueian.bsky.social
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Satoru Inoue
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Poetry
and how it keeps finding me
www.satoruinoue.com
Wrote about poetry, truly not my native habitat
www.satoruinoue.com/p/poetry
www.satoruinoue.com/p/poetry
First time putting a hold on a CPL book—it wasn't loaned out but I didn't want to go to the West Loop branch in single-digit temps.
*Not* inspired by the Olympics. I'd been meaning to check out for a couple of years & wanted to get it in before winter ends.
*Not* inspired by the Olympics. I'd been meaning to check out for a couple of years & wanted to get it in before winter ends.
February 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
First time putting a hold on a CPL book—it wasn't loaned out but I didn't want to go to the West Loop branch in single-digit temps.
*Not* inspired by the Olympics. I'd been meaning to check out for a couple of years & wanted to get it in before winter ends.
*Not* inspired by the Olympics. I'd been meaning to check out for a couple of years & wanted to get it in before winter ends.
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the "Mapping Outside the Lines" exhibit at Newberry Library closes on Friday, February 13
www.newberry.org/calendar/map...
www.newberry.org/calendar/map...
Mapping Outside the Lines
A map’s rules are made to be broken.
www.newberry.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the "Mapping Outside the Lines" exhibit at Newberry Library closes on Friday, February 13
www.newberry.org/calendar/map...
www.newberry.org/calendar/map...
Oh, Fat Tuesday and Lunar New Year fall on the same day (2/17) this year
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Oh, Fat Tuesday and Lunar New Year fall on the same day (2/17) this year
I totally forgot to recommend "Coquí in the City" by Nomar Perez, about a boy who moves from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York City. You get some highlights of Puerto Rican culture, and it's a great picture book about cities.
bookshop.org/p/books/coqu...
bookshop.org/p/books/coqu...
Coquí in the City
Check out Coquí in the City - <b>A heartfelt picture book based on the author-illustrator's own experiences, about a boy who moves to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico and realizes that New York City...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I totally forgot to recommend "Coquí in the City" by Nomar Perez, about a boy who moves from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York City. You get some highlights of Puerto Rican culture, and it's a great picture book about cities.
bookshop.org/p/books/coqu...
bookshop.org/p/books/coqu...
Having an orange album day. Post some of the best orange albums.
Definitely overthought "is this red/yellow or orange?" on some albums before getting to this.
Definitely overthought "is this red/yellow or orange?" on some albums before getting to this.
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Having an orange album day. Post some of the best orange albums.
Definitely overthought "is this red/yellow or orange?" on some albums before getting to this.
Definitely overthought "is this red/yellow or orange?" on some albums before getting to this.
this was really good for understanding how the main opposition in Japan failed to appeal to young voters, if not predicting the scale of their collapse
Takaichi and her rivals in the Centrist Reform Alliance offered very different visions of Japan’s politics on Saturday night.
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
Between past and future
The meaning of what Takaichi, Noda, and Saitō said in their final night rallies
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
this was really good for understanding how the main opposition in Japan failed to appeal to young voters, if not predicting the scale of their collapse
Reposted by Satoru Inoue
My first attempt to make sense of a truly historic general election.
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
The age of Takaichi dawns
Understanding what happened on Sunday
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
My first attempt to make sense of a truly historic general election.
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
My 1st encounter w/ this was computer shogi (Japanese chess) in early 2010s when it started beating pros. Some pros & their fans were extremely polarized against bots & their developers. Now it's just accepted that bots are better than humans at finding moves.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
My 1st encounter w/ this was computer shogi (Japanese chess) in early 2010s when it started beating pros. Some pros & their fans were extremely polarized against bots & their developers. Now it's just accepted that bots are better than humans at finding moves.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
Very gratifying to get the catering order exactly right for kid’s birthday party. We just severely overestimated how much the parents would drink.
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Very gratifying to get the catering order exactly right for kid’s birthday party. We just severely overestimated how much the parents would drink.
Yes, this has been one of the bigger so-far-unrealized potential gains of “cars that don’t require drivers or ownership”
What I really want from Waymos right now is some shrinkage. The median Waymo has somewhere between zero and one humans in it at any time: there is no reason for the majority of their fleet to be 5-seat, 3500lb sedans.
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Yes, this has been one of the bigger so-far-unrealized potential gains of “cars that don’t require drivers or ownership”
OK now I really want to marinade beef in ancho adobo with chocolate and cook it on my griddle
sure the us is sliding into authoritarianism but on the other hand, south korea is completely paralyzed by dubai chocolate fever. in a couple of weeks they went from dubai chocolate chewy cookie to dubai chocolate raw amberjack fish to dubai chocolate grilled short ribs
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
OK now I really want to marinade beef in ancho adobo with chocolate and cook it on my griddle
Speaking of restaurant week: I care very little about whether the menu is "good value" compared to their usual menu. What matters is whether it's good value compared to your enjoyment—and your enjoyment is the biggest variable.
I guess that advice is for restaurant week specifically. Not sure how their usual menu would work
February 5, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Speaking of restaurant week: I care very little about whether the menu is "good value" compared to their usual menu. What matters is whether it's good value compared to your enjoyment—and your enjoyment is the biggest variable.
We’d ordered delivery from Galit during pandemic and liked it a lot. Finally went in person.
Great meal top to bottom but falafel is the best thing.
Go in a group of 4+ so you can order the whole menu and share
Great meal top to bottom but falafel is the best thing.
Go in a group of 4+ so you can order the whole menu and share
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
We’d ordered delivery from Galit during pandemic and liked it a lot. Finally went in person.
Great meal top to bottom but falafel is the best thing.
Go in a group of 4+ so you can order the whole menu and share
Great meal top to bottom but falafel is the best thing.
Go in a group of 4+ so you can order the whole menu and share
Was not aware of CDM coffee, from the same roaster as Café du Monde
reilyproducts.com/product-category/brand/cdm-coffee
reilyproducts.com/product-category/brand/cdm-coffee
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Was not aware of CDM coffee, from the same roaster as Café du Monde
reilyproducts.com/product-category/brand/cdm-coffee
reilyproducts.com/product-category/brand/cdm-coffee
almost ashamed to not realize the etymology of aioli.
'Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).'
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aioli
'Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).'
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aioli
aioli - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
almost ashamed to not realize the etymology of aioli.
'Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).'
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aioli
'Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).'
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aioli
First time in weeks that I felt fine just being out with the kids and not worried for their extremities
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
First time in weeks that I felt fine just being out with the kids and not worried for their extremities
Make brunch restaurants obsolete
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Make brunch restaurants obsolete
I think if you make Khruangbin Dutch instead of Texan then you get Yin Yin
"Elma" by Yin Yin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_W...
"Elma" by Yin Yin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_W...
Elma
YouTube video by Yin Yin - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I think if you make Khruangbin Dutch instead of Texan then you get Yin Yin
"Elma" by Yin Yin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_W...
"Elma" by Yin Yin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_W...
Fun w/ vaguely unsettling lyrics, as usual.
"Dear Grandpa" by Shintaro Sakamoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJw9...
"Dear Grandpa" by Shintaro Sakamoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJw9...
Dear Grandpa / Shintaro Sakamoto (Official Audio)
YouTube video by zelonerecords
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January 31, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Fun w/ vaguely unsettling lyrics, as usual.
"Dear Grandpa" by Shintaro Sakamoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJw9...
"Dear Grandpa" by Shintaro Sakamoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJw9...
Few people in the replies seem to know that Ariely has been caught publishing fraudulent research. And it was research about dishonesty.
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Few people in the replies seem to know that Ariely has been caught publishing fraudulent research. And it was research about dishonesty.
feel like restaurant week is the only time I go to steakhouses. Trino last Fri, Hawksmoor tonight.
Trino is a lot more interesting, but Hawksmoor is very good.
Trino is a lot more interesting, but Hawksmoor is very good.
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 AM
feel like restaurant week is the only time I go to steakhouses. Trino last Fri, Hawksmoor tonight.
Trino is a lot more interesting, but Hawksmoor is very good.
Trino is a lot more interesting, but Hawksmoor is very good.
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What kills kids in America:
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
What kills kids in America:
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
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Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
my first Montréal music post of the year
"Maison en campagne" by Marco Ema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4t...
"Maison en campagne" by Marco Ema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4t...
Maison en campagne
YouTube video by Marco Ema - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 AM
my first Montréal music post of the year
"Maison en campagne" by Marco Ema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4t...
"Maison en campagne" by Marco Ema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4t...
yeah this is fun psych rock
bandcamp.substack.com/p/cool-band-...
bandcamp.substack.com/p/cool-band-...
Cool Band Alert - Magic Fig
Do you believe in magic?
bandcamp.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
yeah this is fun psych rock
bandcamp.substack.com/p/cool-band-...
bandcamp.substack.com/p/cool-band-...