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Dr. Wes Robertson

@scriptingjapan.bsky.social

Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him. https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com

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Latest posts by scriptingjapan.bsky.social on Bluesky

I don't believe you have the authority to do that but keep up the effort

25.11.2025 05:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh no clue I think it's just like a thing. Issei can me all together.

25.11.2025 05:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.

24.11.2025 13:54 — 👍 9440    🔁 2839    💬 103    📌 119

interesting fact: noah smith is part of an ongoing experiment designed to see how much you could smooth a person’s brain out before they can no longer function

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A yellow lightbulb mascot is stuck in a doorway.

A yellow lightbulb mascot is stuck in a doorway.

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

23.11.2025 23:29 — 👍 5153    🔁 1271    💬 100    📌 182
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Okay then!

24.11.2025 00:14 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i'm howling.

area academic man in the House of Lords unaware of words with multiple definitions

23.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 135    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 3
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知らんなった

23.11.2025 23:36 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

23.11.2025 19:30 — 👍 39492    🔁 11499    💬 969    📌 668
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This video is about Lily Ebay

23.11.2025 01:31 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

No clue as I don't watch sports haha

22.11.2025 23:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you can't read

22.11.2025 10:28 — 👍 35    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unsure what to do with this feedback

22.11.2025 10:20 — 👍 31    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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I love getting late Saturday evening emails.

22.11.2025 09:07 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
THE JAPAN EPISODE  ft. @JapanMatters  | Lemonade Stand 🍋
YouTube video by Lemonade Stand THE JAPAN EPISODE ft. @JapanMatters | Lemonade Stand 🍋

If you haven't checked out @mrjeffu.bsky.social's interview on Lemonade Stand you should! A very good, really informative overview of Japanese politics and current social issues.

youtu.be/Dc0z0ulibtk?...

22.11.2025 00:31 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
✨Kira-Kira Names✨
YouTube video by Scripting Japan ✨Kira-Kira Names✨

✨✨🐎🐄

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8h...

21.11.2025 20:53 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Found my first あ゛in the wild

21.11.2025 11:59 — 👍 47    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 2

A tweet 🤮

21.11.2025 05:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah it's about me

21.11.2025 02:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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It's only fantasy when it's from Europe, and everything else is just sparkling mythology

21.11.2025 02:22 — 👍 101    🔁 17    💬 9    📌 3
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Van Gogh, the famous Dr. Who character

21.11.2025 00:59 — 👍 175    🔁 23    💬 8    📌 3

It's not Unicode it's JIS

20.11.2025 20:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The author of this book is such a troll lmao

20.11.2025 09:45 — 👍 25    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

I don't really write ABOUT manga but I do use it as a data source

19.11.2025 19:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have done that but this is not my paper this time.

18.11.2025 22:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yeah you SAY you're my friend, but have you cited me four times in a single paper?

18.11.2025 21:54 — 👍 32    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

I like using public figures because it feels more ethical

18.11.2025 21:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Japanese Slang Explanation: 文鎮化

18.11.2025 19:43 — 👍 54    🔁 14    💬 4    📌 1
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

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