A-Yokai-A-Day for October 9 When you're at a friend's house and their kid shows up to play with you, always check to make sure they have feet! 👻 #ayokaiaday www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...

A-Yokai-A-Day: A Matter in Which It Is Difficult to Say There Was No Yūrei | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)

Greetings yokai lovers! Tonight's story is another kidan-style tale with a skeptical title. It's difficult to say there was no yūrei in this

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Christian Nationalism is just white ISIS www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".

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Tokyo After Dark: Five Haunted Places You Can Actually Visit NEW EPISODE - Supernatural Japan podcast 🎙️👻 ⛩️ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #Tokyo #Japan #haunted #paranormal #travel #SpookySeason

Public education did a backslide as soon as we introduced 1 to 1 technology. The amount of standardized testing doesn’t help.

Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com · 11h ago

Also worth remembering that the school system was set up to train compliant workers for the factories, and that those days it's getting more and more inflexible in its expectations (yes, I know, we're more inflexible than the Victorians. Think on that for a bit)

New blog post! When did Japanese borrow "fuck"/"shit"/"bitch" from English, and what happened when they entered the Japanese language? Find out below: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2026/10/09/a...

A (Mediocre) History of English Vulgarities in Japanese

Hi! Here’s a question probably no one has ever asked before: how long have Japanese people been sincerely using swear words borrowed from English? As in, not just listing them in dictionaries…

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Dating to the early fourteenth century during the late Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japan, this sacred image represents Esoteric Buddhism’s (Mikkyō) vision of the Bodhisattva of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel and the Wheel of the Law.

Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.

The Verge@theverge.com · yesterday

Over the past year, Anthropic has repeatedly flirted with the idea that its AI models could be conscious in some way. In February, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on a podcast, “We don’t know if the models are conscious.”

"I suffered so everyone else should to" is the most backwards, change-nothing attitude that perpetuates suffering and destructive entitlement.

YouTube allowing a live stream of an execution while at same time demonitizing any historical video that shows even a second of violent imagery in its proper context is a pretty funny bit.

The Verge@theverge.com · 5h ago

Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3rd at 2PM ET. YouTube, Meta, and Twitch’s community guidelines suggest that this type of content wouldn’t be allowed on their platforms, but it’s unclear whether they would make an exception for the US government.

A reminder that you are smarter than any LLM by virtue that you can know things. You know what the platonic ideas of "green" and "tree" mean. They are associated for you because you have embodied experience of seeing them together. For an LLM, those are two mathematically related strings of text.

09. TRANSMISSION #inktober #drawtober

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

While Elvis Presley has had many reimaginings in popular culture, Japanese noh theater might be a most unexpected context. Nonetheless, his ghost is coming to the stage in Tokyo on Oct. 10 and 11. 👉 ebx.sh/1ty5Vr

Thank you, Molly! "Couch Kitty" 4"x4" original painting on cradled hardboard. Prints also available in my etsy shop. www.etsy.com/your/shops/m...

Are you an MLIS student or new-ish librarian worried about navigating convos around AI? Join @juliesetele.bsky.social & me for a free webinar hosted by Rutgers LIS students. Let's talk strategies for finding your (AI skeptical) people & finding ways to push back. 📚 scarla.rutgers.edu/event/talkin...

Talking AI: A Guided Conversation on AI Critique and Refusal in Academic Librarianship - SCARLA

Are you a current or future librarian against AI? Do you want to learn how to advocate for AI refusal in professional environments and job interviews when faced with opposition? […]

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#MoriNo my dumb ass sitting there referencing Abe no Seimei having a ritual that could bring back to life thinking about Ku-on but he actually (... mythologically) had a ritual that could bring people back to life. THIS IS WHY I WILL NEVER FINISH WRITING MKR. I have to go back and add it...

Tokyo After Dark: Five Haunted Places You Can Actually Visit NEW EPISODE - Supernatural Japan podcast 🎙️👻 ⛩️ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #Tokyo #Japan #haunted #paranormal #travel #SpookySeason

Strange things abound in today's A-Yokai-A-Day post! Imagine knowing exactly where you are to be buried, and your coffin is already there waiting for you! Well, that happened to one samurai, according to this tale... ⚰️ #ayokaiaday www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...

A-Yokai-A-Day: A Matter About Which It Is Difficult to Determine That There Was Not a Past Life | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)

Greetings yokai lovers! Tonight's story refers to a Lord Nanryō (南陵) (Nanryō-in being how he was referred to posthumously) of Kii Province,

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Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing's annual revenue climbed 17% to a record $25 billion, putting it solidly on a path to pull ahead of H&M as the world's No. 2 apparel retailer and challenge Zara for the top spot.

Uniqlo on track to overtake H&M, eyes Zara for global No. 1

The latest results show how far Uniqlo has come from its origins as a low-price Japanese casual-wear chain to become an international brand.

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🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

"Automate the things I don't need to be around for." There are few things as enjoyable in life as reading to one's kids.

Dagger John@thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · yesterday

Gonna go for a walk outside. Or to read my kid a book.

when the metaphors get too strained, tech gets especially evil. email is meant to be like writing and receiving letters. a streaming service is meant to be like renting a dvd. a folder should be like a folder. etc.

Haha, not today, work! But probably tomorrow. And then not the next day, because it will be Saturday.

People tell me that socialism/communism doesn't work and yet we are seeing in real time the devastating consequences of a capitalist system. #Landback #CapitalismKills

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d ago

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

I think it’s morally correct to boycott/object to HP but I think that requires a strategy beyond performing outrage at every mention of the brand. you can just…use these opportunities to inform people that JK Rowling actively funds the persecution of trans people, a very sensible thing to oppose

The world's oldest-known terrestrial animal, a giant tortoise named Jonathan estimated to be about 194 years old, may hold clues to living longer.

A 194-year-old tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life

Jonathan the giant tortoise may owe his longevity to genetic traits and an ability to keep key cellular systems functioning in a more youthful way.

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Kill the demon in your head. The one who says you’re not good enough. The one who says you’re ugly and unlovable The one who says it’s safer to cut yourself off The one who makes you hurt others The one who tells you you’re worthless It starts with little gestures of love for you that grow

It’s a very rich genre

A nice ground cover@horseherb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Obvious meme is obvious.