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Mich Chan

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I run a couple anime con panels. I also appreciate Japanese chili (and IRL anime food) on the side. she/they • 🇨🇦🇭🇰🇵🇭 • ENG DEU📝 • 🖼️ yuumocha (📸 @yuumochachino)

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · Aug 16

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 11h

@tsukinocon.com swung the banhammer on AI imagery in their exhibitor hall and artist alley; let’s go!

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 15h

As a Canadian, I'm surprised that McDonalds USA haven't taken cues from us, Germany, or France by offering some sort of limited-time international menu (...which does include at least one Japanese item).

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 1d

I’ve judged student hackathons where none of the high school students (…or first-year post secondary students) had the guts to submit something as unreasonable as that.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 1d

This reads like the crappy “health and wellness startup” (vanity project) I worked on after I graduated.

Massive shitshow, vague requirements (both in the job and deliverables), think that they’re going to change the world with whatever product they’re building…

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 3d

The Thanksgiving dinners from last Friday (with friends) and last night (with my partner).

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 3d

A contextless "Hi @Name".

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 4d

Congrats!

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 4d

Passed by someone giving out Chick Tracts outside of a Skytrain station. They’re still a waste of paper, but it’s the first time I’ve seen them in-person after hearing about them online for the past 11 years.

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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 7d

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 6d

Oh boy, memories! I remember watching Arachnophobia during a Grade 8 history class as a year-end treat, and we'd get jumpscared by all those spiders 😱

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 7d

I’m happy to buy the occasional item for decor or function such as a Gura Nendoroid (my only one), a Wild Bill’s mug, or a tasteful UNIQLO graphic tee (like the one in my PFP).

But collecting merch isn’t something I can see myself doing, since I only have so much living space and dollars.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 7d

A financial one: Just because you love an anime, a game, or a character doesn’t mean that you should feel obligated to collect its merch.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 8d

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

Alt: a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 7d

Watched a reel about Americans cosplaying as Canadians abroad and it’s making me wonder, “where in English-speaking Canada is French not taught as a language?”.

Even if you’re living in Vancouver, you should at least know a few French words or phrases to amuse (or horrify) Francophones.

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Eli Mallon @iame.li · 9d

i have an old laptop hooked up to my TV for playing videos and stuff and it literally doesn’t support Windows 11, what you want me to do?

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14d

An under-the-radar but huge story: in less than 2 weeks, Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 10 operating system, which is currently used on 42% (!) of all PCs globally. Over 400 million computers will be vulnerable to hacks or destined for the dump if users don't pay up.

Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.

The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 9d

I have the same question as someone with a desktop PC that also doesn’t support Windows 11 (…and currently lacks budget for a new desktop).

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 9d

Post-movie tiramisu cheesecake.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 9d

The movie was a mind screw (specifically what is “real”), but I’ve enjoyed it.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 9d

Off to see the Perfect Blue 4K restoration!

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 10d

Looks good and thanks for sharing the recipe source!

I’m hoping to make a silk pie of my own someday, but am interested in replacing some of the crust’s crushed Oreos with ground-up hazelnuts.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 11d

I'm currently watching Spy x Family S3, and I'm locking in on both Anya's three-scoop ice cream and the pudding shop.

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Mike Toole @miketoole.com · 11d

really is starting to seem like crunchyroll fired the people who made the company work, and now everything is breaking down

Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 11d

Today is probably the biggest day for the fall anime season/Preview Guide and things are...not looking great on rollout today for Crunchyroll.

Both MHA Final Season's first episode and the new season premiere for Spy Family are both up on Hulu. CR is 9 hrs late on MHA and it lacks EN subtitles

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 11d

Happy birthday 🎂

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 11d

Same with me in the summer.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 12d

I've submitted another Food of Spy x Family Highlights panel to Akimatsuri that covers a S3 dish or two. This iteration should also double as the S3 proof of concept.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 22d

Yes, there will be a Food of Spy x Family S3 for the 2025-2026 con season, and the trailer from two weeks ago is giving me a good hint of what I make as part of the panel.

Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 13d

Someone at work played ice cream truck music while wheeling a cooler of frozen treats. They offered me something from the cooler and I asked what was the occasion. They said that it’s today.