Alucard (悪魔城下町)
@akumajoukamachi.bsky.social
American ex-pat, Japanese salary man, and vampire (not necessarily in that order).
Games, Music, Anime/Manga, Current Events
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INFJ, 血液型: B+
趣味は: レトロゲーム、音楽、漫画、アニメ、日本語、フランス語、英語、映画、自然、ハイキング、バイキング。
Games, Music, Anime/Manga, Current Events
Re-posts ≠ endorsement.
INFJ, 血液型: B+
趣味は: レトロゲーム、音楽、漫画、アニメ、日本語、フランス語、英語、映画、自然、ハイキング、バイキング。
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I'm reading through 'Akira' now, so this will be my thread dedicated to Book 1. I will make threads for the other books when I get to them.
I feel that Otomo Katsuhiro's work speaks powerfully and directly to the turbulent world we find ourselves in today, including what is happening in America.
I feel that Otomo Katsuhiro's work speaks powerfully and directly to the turbulent world we find ourselves in today, including what is happening in America.
Sad news.
I have bad news, y'all: they're taking the Suica Penguin out back.
JR East Suica’s Penguin to Retire at End of FY2026; Baton to be Passed to New Character
<p>East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced Tuesday that the penguin mascot beloved for 25 years as the face of its Suica transit IC card will retire at the end of next fiscal year. The baton will b...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Sad news.
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Everybody, everybody stop what you’re doing and check out all the cats in the comments! 😻
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Everybody, everybody stop what you’re doing and check out all the cats in the comments! 😻
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i don't think the consul general of China in Osaka should threaten to behead the prime minister
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
i don't think the consul general of China in Osaka should threaten to behead the prime minister
What the fuck?
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What the fuck?
"Two-ass bicycle." 😂
One of my tanka used a Japanese word (自転車ニケツ) many other members (most of them several decades older than me) didn't know.
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"Two-ass bicycle." 😂
Is it the feast day of St. Link yet?
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Is it the feast day of St. Link yet?
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New piece from Tokyo Review: Writing about Japan's declining suicides, Peter Chai from Waseda University argues that the numbers obscure the unequal distribution of risk www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/japa...
Japan’s suicide rates decline, but risks persist for youth and women
For much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Japan faced persistently high suicide rates. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, annual suicides exceeded 30,000 for 14 consecu...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New piece from Tokyo Review: Writing about Japan's declining suicides, Peter Chai from Waseda University argues that the numbers obscure the unequal distribution of risk www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/japa...
Weak yen is a real problem, also for those who live in Japan given how it affects importing.
If you want to say it's just privilege that lets me stay overseas, I can assure that moving back would far more expensive than stay given that exchange rates mean I'm effectively paid in Monopoly money
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Weak yen is a real problem, also for those who live in Japan given how it affects importing.
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It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
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the real alpha version of the Iliad
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
the real alpha version of the Iliad
BlazingStarBonus!SoundEffect.wav
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
BlazingStarBonus!SoundEffect.wav
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when i hear the neighbor’s baby throwing a fit i tell myself, “that’s our social security check, let the boy cook”
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
when i hear the neighbor’s baby throwing a fit i tell myself, “that’s our social security check, let the boy cook”
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
Advertisement for the second Lodoss War game.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Advertisement for the second Lodoss War game.
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incredible book
NEW BLOG POST! I should probably have written this three years ago when it first came out, but Kate Beaton's DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS is a genuine masterpiece and you should all read it.
BOOK REVIEW: Ducks
TITLE: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands AUTHOR: Kate Beaton PUBLISHER: Drawn and Quarterly DATE: 2022 I don’t usually review graphic novels on here, and I’m pretty sure I’ve neve…
nathangoldwag.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
incredible book
As @proptermalone.bsky.social said, SNAP was a big part of this:
"the pain caused by the shutdown for ordinary Americans was about to ramp up. Federal workers had already been going without pay...but SNAP beneficiaries were now losing benefits and air travel was about to become a nightmare."
"the pain caused by the shutdown for ordinary Americans was about to ramp up. Federal workers had already been going without pay...but SNAP beneficiaries were now losing benefits and air travel was about to become a nightmare."
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
As @proptermalone.bsky.social said, SNAP was a big part of this:
"the pain caused by the shutdown for ordinary Americans was about to ramp up. Federal workers had already been going without pay...but SNAP beneficiaries were now losing benefits and air travel was about to become a nightmare."
"the pain caused by the shutdown for ordinary Americans was about to ramp up. Federal workers had already been going without pay...but SNAP beneficiaries were now losing benefits and air travel was about to become a nightmare."
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"The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to [re-install] the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten."
Limburg demands answers over U.S. whitewashing of Black history at WWII cemetery
The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to replace the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margr...
nltimes.nl
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to [re-install] the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten."
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One of the most profoundly significant spiritual moments of my life happened on the Red Line in Boston.
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of the most profoundly significant spiritual moments of my life happened on the Red Line in Boston.
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
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One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
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like judas of old / you lie and deceive / AGI can be ours! / you want me to believe
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
like judas of old / you lie and deceive / AGI can be ours! / you want me to believe
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Raindrops on Roses now send me your cat.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Raindrops on Roses now send me your cat.
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
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A lot of the critiques of liberalization with China almost always miss 1) What they would've done instead, 2) That China is it own country with power and agency and ability to chose its own direction, and China chose illiberalism, 3) China's scale and governance model always made it an awkward fit
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A lot of the critiques of liberalization with China almost always miss 1) What they would've done instead, 2) That China is it own country with power and agency and ability to chose its own direction, and China chose illiberalism, 3) China's scale and governance model always made it an awkward fit