Sean Gaffney
@toukochan.bsky.social
He/him. I review manga and light novels, and also reblog a lot of US and UK politics. I also like dogs, cats, and Higurashi.
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they’re saying his wrist has more broken bones than any wrist before it or after it, the most broken bones in a wrist in human history past present future
Rapoport: Rodgers (wrist) has several broken bones
Rapoport: Rodgers (wrist) has several broken bones
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Aaron Rodgers has "several broken bones in his left wrist."
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November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
they’re saying his wrist has more broken bones than any wrist before it or after it, the most broken bones in a wrist in human history past present future
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I’m very unhappy about the aggressive AI upscaling in the Beatles Anthology on Disney Plus. It’s added a whole extra Beatle! Who the fuck is “George”?
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’m very unhappy about the aggressive AI upscaling in the Beatles Anthology on Disney Plus. It’s added a whole extra Beatle! Who the fuck is “George”?
Miss Blossom’s Backward Beauty Standards: Give Me the Ugly Crown Prince! LN 1 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/30/m... @jnovelclub.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Miss Blossom’s Backward Beauty Standards: Give Me the Ugly Crown Prince! LN 1 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/30/m... @jnovelclub.bsky.social
Incidentally, the bit in High Diving Hare where Bugs has installed a door on the diving board and Sam knocks and then says "You notice I didn't say Richard?" may be the most A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs the Looney Tunes ever got.
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Incidentally, the bit in High Diving Hare where Bugs has installed a door on the diving board and Sam knocks and then says "You notice I didn't say Richard?" may be the most A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs the Looney Tunes ever got.
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Blog update: New Order returned to number one on the 5th April 1986 indie charts with "Shellshock". It also returned them to the national top 40 after a period of absence, and featured in the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack; however, it is still brilliantly and resolutely a New Order record.
77. New Order - Shellshock (Factory)
All the singles to top the NME Indie Charts since its launch in 1981, complete with an overview of the other music in the charts each week.
indienumber1s.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Blog update: New Order returned to number one on the 5th April 1986 indie charts with "Shellshock". It also returned them to the national top 40 after a period of absence, and featured in the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack; however, it is still brilliantly and resolutely a New Order record.
I forgot that Tony, the football coach at Yale, is married to a woman named Toni. Great football fact.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I forgot that Tony, the football coach at Yale, is married to a woman named Toni. Great football fact.
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Bookshelf Briefs 11/29/25: mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/29/b...
Bookshelf Briefs 11/29/25
Bride of the Death God, Vol. 1 | By Hako Ichiiro | Square Enix Manga – This one took me by surprise. I knew nothing about it, and the start of the story made it seem like this was going to be…
mangabookshelf.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bookshelf Briefs 11/29/25: mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/29/b...
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First of all, the Microsoft Same energy is STRONG in this one across the board.
Secondly, this so-called artificial intelligence totally misses things like cries and grunts entirely. Even the lousiest human-made dubs I've heard don't do that.
Secondly, this so-called artificial intelligence totally misses things like cries and grunts entirely. Even the lousiest human-made dubs I've heard don't do that.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First of all, the Microsoft Same energy is STRONG in this one across the board.
Secondly, this so-called artificial intelligence totally misses things like cries and grunts entirely. Even the lousiest human-made dubs I've heard don't do that.
Secondly, this so-called artificial intelligence totally misses things like cries and grunts entirely. Even the lousiest human-made dubs I've heard don't do that.
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Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
I miss B. Kliban.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I miss B. Kliban.
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
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Noddy Holder was an underrated Doctor
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Noddy Holder was an underrated Doctor
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When Scarlet doesn’t fight for 10 mins in the episode:
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
When Scarlet doesn’t fight for 10 mins in the episode:
Who Killed the Hero? LN 2 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/29/w... @yenpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Who Killed the Hero? LN 2 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/11/29/w... @yenpress.com
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I am ambivalent towards Last Christmas, so don't really care if I hear it or not, but people who take Whamageddon this seriously are really quite irritating
I left a job on 1 December a few years ago and a colleague knew I was taking part in Whamageddon. As I was leaving he played Last Christmas on his phone, smirking as he did it. I still haven't forgiven the cunt and he can still stick his LinkedIn connect request up his arse.
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I am ambivalent towards Last Christmas, so don't really care if I hear it or not, but people who take Whamageddon this seriously are really quite irritating
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
500 Songs Bonus: "The Return of Django" by The Upsetters | Andrew Hickey
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
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Some folks have brought this up in comments, but just saying... maybe we should ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION to the multitude of studies showing COVID infections (even "mild" ones) cause brain changes and ongoing cognitive decline. We've been letting our young people get COVID over & over & over again.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Some folks have brought this up in comments, but just saying... maybe we should ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION to the multitude of studies showing COVID infections (even "mild" ones) cause brain changes and ongoing cognitive decline. We've been letting our young people get COVID over & over & over again.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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Brand new on Dirty Feed: what happens when The Dick Van Dyke Show starts questioning its own worth.
Spoiler: it decides it’s pretty good, actually.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/i-do...
Spoiler: it decides it’s pretty good, actually.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/i-do...
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Brand new on Dirty Feed: what happens when The Dick Van Dyke Show starts questioning its own worth.
Spoiler: it decides it’s pretty good, actually.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/i-do...
Spoiler: it decides it’s pretty good, actually.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/i-do...
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The best strategy when down by 15 in the fourth quarter remains not going down by 15 in the fourth quarter.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The best strategy when down by 15 in the fourth quarter remains not going down by 15 in the fourth quarter.