If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to blusky. *more at @readjapaneseliterature.com, but… 🤷

Tangled: Rapunzel and Her Books

Alt: Tangled: Rapunzel and Her Books

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Dr. Kurtis Hanlon@kurtishanlon.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you see this quote the energy you bring to bluesky

Has anyone checked yet how much more likely accusations of AI use are to flag people of color and/or women? (Yes, I realize there are very legit examples of AI use by both groups.)

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Another #witmonth -appropriate old podcast episode finally has a transcript! Post-bubble Japan. The history of socially-conscious Japanese literature. Yu Miri and her novel Tokyo Ueno Station (trans Morgan Giles). readjapaneseliterature.com/Podcast/Epis...

Dealing with a real niche problem, I’m waiting for my kid’s 210 minute rehearsal to end, just noticing a managed to grab Seeds in the Heart instead of Dawn to the West. 😩

We’re doing meaningful election protection work in one of the areas of the country most targeted by the Trump regime. We also fund a good bit of mutual aid infrastructure. Especially if you live in a blue state and you’re looking for a way to make a difference…

Indivisible ATL@indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 3d ago

Donate to Indivisible ATL before 9/1 to have your donation MATCHED up to $800. We focus our efforts on reclaiming our democracy in Atlanta. Recent expenditures inc supporting Pride and the Cool ATL campaign to protect Metro Atlanta’s unhoused, and printing cards about voter protection efforts.

School lockdowns lasted too long. We placed the biggest burden of inconvenience and loneliness on our children. And, to a lesser extent, parents—mostly women. None of that means the overall response was remotely adequate. The inadequacy made interminable school lockdowns seem necessary.

Nome@nome.bsky.social · 3d ago

My experience is of every American COVID-19 mitigation effort being obviously insufficient, and ended far too soon. To see people now argue that they somehow were too much, going too far? Not anti-vax or MAGA people, but folks just out here on Bluesky? It staggers me.

#womenintranslationmonth begins August 1, and RJL is psyched! Every day in August, we'll be posting a short bio of a Japanese woman writer* who takes up feminist themes in her stories. Stay tuned for an August episode on Japanese Women Writers.* readjapaneseliterature.com/Book+lists/J...

I had a foot procedure and am probably not walking for the next day or two. Recommend me some weird as shit movies I should watch.

About to watch the new Avatar movie. The genre is apparently “animation, adult interest”—my favorite!

At the Atlanta History Center. “All but one of Atlanta’s public pools was segregated until the 1960s” is a hell of an elision. Why don’t we have any pre-1960 public pools, Atlanta History Center? 🤔

These “tells” feel like being the good student in high school English who gets accused of plagiarism because your essay is too well written. 🫠

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · last wk.

Apparently the latest phonus balonus AI tell is the hyphen in a construction like "ten-year plan," and ya wanna know what? This is just g.d. stupid.

We’ve gotta stop reporting the opinions of old white men. I’ve never met one without some cognitive decline. It’s not fair to them and it’s REALLY not fair to us to make them listen. 😩

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.

IT'S OUT! My paper on gamifying the classroom is out and open access. And it's not just about using Kahoot quizzes in class; I examine how to utilize agency to actually turn the course into a game, not just a traditionally graded course that looks like a game. READ IT! doi.org/10.33823/pht...

Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva died in ICE custody on July 13 because he was denied medication he needed for a pre-existing medical condition. He had been in ICE custody for just four days. Tate spread the hate that resulted in people’s deaths. Just treatment for all + no special sympathy for rapists.

If I’m working on a booklist of Japanese stories in translation with feminist themes, what should I absolutely be sure to include. Alternatively, which authors have definitely written on feminist themes—even if they don’t like the label?

If I’m working on a booklist of Japanese stories in translation with feminist themes, what should I absolutely be sure to include. Alternatively, which authors have definitely written on feminist themes—even if they don’t like the label?

The regime is intentionally destroying American universities. Not only does this policy reduce intellectual diversity, it cuts of a crucial source of funding. (Should that funding source be crucial or so heavily relied on? No. Nevertheless…)

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

North Central College is looking for a 1-term adjunct to teach an online section of Japanese Popular Culture this fall. I taught this course in 2020, and it was a really positive experience. Great for grad students looking for teaching experience! northcentralcollege.peopleadmin.com/postings/15857

Ditto Taco Bell, whose iceberg lettuce is apparently part of what is causing all of this?

Melek Ortabasi@mortabasi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Look, iceberg lettuce has always sucked.

Literally stolen! The people actually adding information to the world are seeing less traffic and less revenue because no one visits their sites.

jar jar binks enthusiást@shrimpmeatmom.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s not a little guy who is looking things up for you! It’s a computer that is processing the frequency of words in (stolen) text on the Internet and then doing a math problem to create an average. That’s all it can ever be!

Today's Yokai Doodle Charm #7 "Friends...Weird is a plus!" If you're my friend, just sayin' weird = interesting, fascinating, and fun! Also, I love you dearly. 🥰. #yokai #postcards #handdrawn

Georgians and especially Atlantans! 👇

Indivisible ATL@indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are you concerned about the looming threat the Trump regime poses to elections—especially in Georgia? Show up on Saturday at 10am! Big Bethel A.M.E. Church 220 Auburn Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30303

Today, we celebrate our non-binary and gender non-conforming community at the start of International Non-binary People’s Awareness Week! What does it mean to be non-binary? 🧵

Show up for people who need help keeping cool! Sign up for public comment at tomorrow's (Tuesday, 7/14) 1:30pm City Council Meeting OR write your city council member. Find your Atlanta City Council Member 👉 www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Seems like an ideal way to put some mental health professions out of business for good. Maybe the federal government should tackle wages instead?

NPR@npr.org · 4w ago

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

You sit in Paris and talk of computer pictures? www.youtube.com/watch?v=euEX...

Doctor Who Argues AI Art in 1979

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Oh geez. So many thoughts.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

Never quite understood the deal with Japan and cicadas. We have cicadas in the Deep South. They’re loud. They last all summer. I love them!

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋@uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Holy noisey bug, Batman! I woke up to cicada screeching outside. Um. Little early. Anyone else in Japan hearing them?

Even though Yu Miri has always lived in Japan… even though her father always lived in Japan… even though she speaks almost no Korean, she is a citizen of South Korea instead of Japan. And even so, the Akutagawa winner represents the best of what it is to be Japanese. 1/5

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com · 4w ago

NEW: Yu Miri is one of Japan's most celebrated authors. Yet some say that, due to her background, she has no right to criticize the country. Why the award-winning writer is under attack, and how it's rekindled a discussion around what it means to be Japanese.