Another writing sin AI has exacerbated is the overuse of bold / underline. If you need to bold something to make it clear, it's bad writing. Italics are okay sparingly, but just to indicate tone or emphasis.

i think contemporary american slang—absolutely saturated with rationalist, economicist, biologistic, and computeristic buzzwords, and all with a smattering of direct quotations of donald trump—is very plausibly the worst slang of all time

I had no idea so many people consider the telephoto camera ESSENTIAL on their smartphone. Why?

Sold a watch, bought a watch. Money moves, sweetheart (upgraded my running watch)

We have a Japanese woman who's house sitting / watching our dog while we're away, and she came to see our place this afternoon. I asked if she had any questions, and she said, "... sorry, you don't have a rice cooker, do you?"

It's insane how many of Tokyo's problems are related to forestry management.

My Verizon associate's wife is having twins, and he cut my bill by 45% lol

Is Avril 14th Aphex Twin's most influential track?

Wrote about my trip to Hokkaido in the snow last Winter, and being awed! Check it out!

Monochromatic Aberration@ian.mnchrm.co.ap.brid.gy · 6d ago

Snow has always meant stillness to me—a dark place to rest. But Sapporo showed me another side.

I gotta fucking play Mirror's Edge again, man.

My barber clocked me as a weight lifter by my callouses.

The future is inevitable! — Sent from my Apple Vision Pro

I did not realize there was a market to have someone else write your wedding vows for you.

Met a friend last weekend in Shinjuku station. He texts me, "Just got here, where are you?" Brother I'm in the dungeon. I'm in the labyrinth.

I have an innate distrust of and frankly dislike people who are not engaging with the real world.

Wrote about the best part of Summer in Japan: festivals! Really happy with how this piece turned out, and the photos I'm sharing in it. Give it a look! mnchrm.co/the-sacred-a...

Finding Wonder in Tokyo's Summer Festivals

You’re walking around Tokyo, when suddenly you hear the beat of drums. You follow the sound, and before long you’re face to face with dozens of people in elaborate garb, chanting or cheering or dancin...

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These girls playing Street Fighter 6 with their lives on the line also happen to voice Hisui and Arcueid in Melty Blood: Type Lumina.

450 day streak in @readwise.bsky.social!

I had thought I knew what the Moulin Rouge was, but now I'm not so sure. It is a nightlife establishment in Paris, known for debauchery, and potentially prostitution?

"Collecting" is not a hobby.

It turns out if you take a week off from lifting, and return to squat heavy, your legs become mad at you.

English furigana...

On reading (and editing!) your own writing.

Monochromatic Aberration@ian.mnchrm.co.ap.brid.gy · 4w ago

Plato's lost maxim.

Lol, I wasn't expecting Tai Ari Deshita to have them just literally play SF6.

Based on Taylor Swift and Elon Musk, being among the most insecure people on the planet seems to be a requirement to becoming a billionaire.

Americans don't know you can get lemonade iced or hot here in Japan.

I understand what the Randoseru is, but I don't understand why the Randoseru is.

Great baseball season for a Mets hater like me.

Maybe it's because I'm American, but it's so hard to imagine being patriotic, let alone nationalistic.

Wrote about my experience prepping for the JLPT, and how studying Japanese compares to my other hobbies like writing fiction and making photos.

Monochromatic Aberration@ian.mnchrm.co.ap.brid.gy · last mo.

There are times where the going is good and times where the going is hard.