Holly Bowen
@argy.bsky.social
Localization editor at The Pokémon Company International / thoughts expressed here are my own
My randomized mega playlist somehow chose "Good, or Don't Be" (the "congratulations" music from Evangelion) to play just after my car hit 120,000 miles. 🥹
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My randomized mega playlist somehow chose "Good, or Don't Be" (the "congratulations" music from Evangelion) to play just after my car hit 120,000 miles. 🥹
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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Kit is waxing nostalgic to me bout a series of Flash games she loved playing as a kid: the GROW series of games.
A lot of Flash games flew by me, so this is really cute stuff to see. What adorable edutainment stuff in this, one of the later ones: GROW Island.
A lot of Flash games flew by me, so this is really cute stuff to see. What adorable edutainment stuff in this, one of the later ones: GROW Island.
July 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Kit is waxing nostalgic to me bout a series of Flash games she loved playing as a kid: the GROW series of games.
A lot of Flash games flew by me, so this is really cute stuff to see. What adorable edutainment stuff in this, one of the later ones: GROW Island.
A lot of Flash games flew by me, so this is really cute stuff to see. What adorable edutainment stuff in this, one of the later ones: GROW Island.
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Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
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I don’t think any of you all understand how weird this is to see for millennial/gen x that grew up in the 90’s where ALL anime was seen as really weird and cringe from mainstream
![A float of Goku from Dragon Ball Z, smiling and holding his hand to his head with two fingers extended. There is a caption that says [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] overlaid on top of him.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r3jz2av542vhxbsouxvzrwe2/bafkreigoci7n3zt72bjp6xhr7g7g7h5gbte2bovkgomwmd5ircmjersx4m@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don’t think any of you all understand how weird this is to see for millennial/gen x that grew up in the 90’s where ALL anime was seen as really weird and cringe from mainstream
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HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
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Our food drive starts today! Swing by any Pink Gorilla to drop off canned goods, spices, or other shelf stable foods to help us feed local families! We’ll match every can donated AND you score a free enamel pin!
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Our food drive starts today! Swing by any Pink Gorilla to drop off canned goods, spices, or other shelf stable foods to help us feed local families! We’ll match every can donated AND you score a free enamel pin!
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happy birthday spheal
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
happy birthday spheal
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Seattle arcade fans, keep an eye out please?
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Seattle arcade fans, keep an eye out please?
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that bakes me
And after all
You're my Powerwall
You're gonna be the one that bakes me
And after all
You're my Powerwall
#RECALL: Tesla Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that bakes me
And after all
You're my Powerwall
You're gonna be the one that bakes me
And after all
You're my Powerwall
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one more bump, if you have experience with 3d and have a good eye for cute/appealing characters and a critical eye for details, consider applying! this is a very stable position with a great work-life balance!
Big news! We’re hiring someone to help do what I do, reviewing toys, statues, plush, etc! If you think you’d be a good fit I encourage you to apply! careers.nintendo.com/job-openings...
Job Openings - Careers at Nintendo of America
3D Approval Specialist, Design
careers.nintendo.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
one more bump, if you have experience with 3d and have a good eye for cute/appealing characters and a critical eye for details, consider applying! this is a very stable position with a great work-life balance!
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26 years ago today, Pokémon: The First Movie (M01) first premiered in theaters in North America!
https://bulbapedia.b...
https://bulbapedia.b...
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
26 years ago today, Pokémon: The First Movie (M01) first premiered in theaters in North America!
https://bulbapedia.b...
https://bulbapedia.b...
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In Japan, you don't play Dungeons & Dragons; the Dragons play YOU!
Well, you'd also be more likely to be playing Sword World, but that didn't stop D&D gaining a following large enough that guidebooks with cute covers were produced in the early 90s to ease them into the system.
Well, you'd also be more likely to be playing Sword World, but that didn't stop D&D gaining a following large enough that guidebooks with cute covers were produced in the early 90s to ease them into the system.
July 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Japan, you don't play Dungeons & Dragons; the Dragons play YOU!
Well, you'd also be more likely to be playing Sword World, but that didn't stop D&D gaining a following large enough that guidebooks with cute covers were produced in the early 90s to ease them into the system.
Well, you'd also be more likely to be playing Sword World, but that didn't stop D&D gaining a following large enough that guidebooks with cute covers were produced in the early 90s to ease them into the system.
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Rhea Seehorn's very first imdb credit, if anyone's curious
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Rhea Seehorn's very first imdb credit, if anyone's curious
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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The shot in the arm that the ageing Game Boy needed as the late 90s dawned: Pokémon!
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The shot in the arm that the ageing Game Boy needed as the late 90s dawned: Pokémon!
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
The Pikablu era
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Pikablu era