Robin Marx

Happy Thanksgiving to US folks!

In the office as usual, and we’ll be doing the big meal on Sunday. But I’ve got the Mystery Science 3000 Turkey Day Marathon on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJ7_QI4aAk

#MST3K

My 13-year-old daughter has added a new technique to the irritation toolbox: the dismissive thumbs-up.

Example usage:
“Dinner is ready, come to the table.”

Dismissive thumbs-up while refusing to look up from her phone. Doesn’t budge an inch otherwise.

👍

Like most Google projects, YouTube has mostly gotten worse over the years.

But that thing where if you bring up a band’s page it automatically shows you their upcoming concert dates? Genius. Hope whoever came up with that got a big bonus.

#YouTube #Tech

#Mosstodon comes to the ISS and the CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/space-moss-9.6984791 #canCon #iss

Trying desperately to ward off sleepiness with some morning RevCo.

Shout out to the “backup dancer” who is falling out of her shirt and is visibly high as a kite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhtYwjRFvE

#IndustrialMusic

Goth song of the day. (I don’t always share one, but you betta believe there’s a goth song for every day.)

It’s about literal vampires, but the lyrics are pretty applicable to politicians as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wNL85rGr0

#gothic #darkwave

My daughter and wife are going to the Le Sserafim K-Pop concert at Tokyo Dome tonight.

Probably the most expensive tickets I’ve ever purchased in my life. Hope my kid has a good time.

#KPop

mastodon should fix the bug where typos are invisible in the editing box but obvious on the timeline

You know how everyone is catching the flu? Decided to buck the trend by coming down with my first case of Covid since 2022.

Finally down to normal human temperature levels after three days of abject misery…

#ThePandemicIsNotOver

６０年前に発表のクレーンゲーム機クラウン６０２、情報提供呼びかけ…タイトー「当社の技術の原点」 【読売新聞】　ゲームセンター運営大手のタイトーは、６０年前に発表したクレーンゲーム機「クラウン６０２」を保管している人や企業がいないか、情報提供を呼びかけている。最も有力な情報提供者に１０万円を贈る。「当社の技術の原点。日本のどこか

Taito is offering a prize of 100,000 yen for information on the whereabouts of a Crown 602 crane game machine. The model was released 60 years ago, and Taito will give the prize to anyone who can lead them to an existing machine. www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/2025...

A close-up, low-angle view of a carpet of fallen autumn leaves. The image is dominated by several large, star-shaped leaves that are vividly colored in the warm hues of the season. The colors transition dramatically, featuring bright red and deep crimson at the edges and centers, fading into rich yellow and golden orange.

LeafScrolling

#LeafScrolling #Autumn #Nature #Photography

Sometimes I think anime and pop culture give foreigners a weird perception of what life in Japan is like.

Other times I end up on the bus—nowhere near Akihabara—standing next to what can only be described as a pink and white Hello Kitty maid.

JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN (😭), my latest review went up at Grimdark Magazine. Joe R. Lansdale totally is your favorite horror writer’s favorite horror writer, and this is a solid retrospective.

(As always, boosts are appreciated!) […]

(Psst, on Japanese workplace Compliance tests, the longest of the multiple choice answers is usually the correct one.)

One of my pet peeves is being in the office and seeing a coworker with one of those fever relief strips stuck to their forehead.

No one is impressed by your work ethic! Go home, Patient Zero!

A small cushion sewn in the shape of a molar, with a square pocket stitched on the front. The white satin has light orange stains in places.

The family tooth pillow. My mother made it out of satin fabric about 40 years ago. As kids my sister and I would put a baby tooth in the pocket and in the morning we’d wake up to a dollar from the Tooth Fairy.

My parents sent it to me, so my kids got to use […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

A purple image with a number of cute Mastodon mascots in a series of poses (running, this is fine, waiting, waving, greeting, boosting, liking, and typing)

📢 We've sat down with our artist @dopatwo and created a sticker pack for @signalapp. Now you can send cute elephants to your friends, and promote the #fediverse at the same time. We ❤️ Signal, too! […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Kodansha, Kadokawa, Square Enix, Shogakukan, Akita Shoten, The Association of Japanese Animations and thirteen other co-signers released a joint statement denouncing Open AI’s Sora 2 for infringing on their copyright without permission/proper compensation

Happy Halloween! Took the day off as it’s a special occasion for my people (middle-aged goths).

My wife is on “patrol” with the PTA moms, keeping an eye out for the creepy (occasionally knife-wielding, according to rumor) clown that has appeared for the past several years.

I’m listening to […]

Screenshot of an article headline "AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay" with "at lower pay" being highlighted

This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.

_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/

My morning commute starts with a bus stop near the elementary school. PTA moms pass by with their kids, and this week I found out they report me to my wife if I seem grumpy or unenthusiastic when returning their morning greetings.

After the latest snitch message I told my wife “TELL THEM I’M […]

Lots of cops milling around downtown #Tokyo ahead of Trump’s visit.

Sweat pants are the popular thing in ladies’ fashion right now, apparently.

I occasionally see guys wear them out and about, but it’s not for me. I’m not amazingly dapper under the best of circumstances, but I don’t want to look like George Costanza having given up on life.

Roo reaction

[description: kangaroo checking out a Halloween display is scared by the cackling skeleton -- you can see the roo running away far down the street]

#kangaroo #roo #animal #halloween #humor #humour

An orange can of Kirin beer printed with Good Ale Premium Beer in gold text above an illustration of the mythical qilin creature.

The original proposed name was “Great Ale,”but in the end Japanese cultural expectations regarding humility won out.

#Beer

A square yellow plate holding a pile of baby back ribs slathered in barbecue sauce.

[Meat]

Made baby back ribs in the Instant Pot. Did a rub beforehand and made the barbecue sauce myself with bourbon, brown sugar, etc.

They were fall-off-the-bone tender, so it looks like a mess (didn’t hold together from pot to oven to plate), but they tasted fantastic.

American hot sauce: ‘Pucker Butt. Satan’s Asshole. Xtreme Insanity.’

Southeast Asian Sambals: ‘my aunt Rudy’s Sambal (photo of old lady)’ (and it tastes better than Satan’s Asshole)

Now playing: Silent Hill but it’s a 1994 trip-hop album

Truth in advertising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7pXpjc4Edg

#SilentHill #TripHop

A screenshot of a statistic titled “Crime: Mentions of suspects' origins by German media” TV Reports mentioning origin in 2025: 5.4% Germans, 94.6% foreigners. Newspaper reports mentioning origin in 2025: 9.2% Germans, 90.8% foreigners. Police crime statistics in 2024: 65.7% Germans, 34.3% foreigners. Source: Thomas Hestermann, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences.

hm. i wonder what this may cause

Skytree and its reflection in Kita juken river, lit blue as it does battle with the rain clouds that try to smother its light.

wicked clouds last night