The Murders in the Brian Ruh Morgue

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All volume 4 is out! Here's some fun bits of lettering I did for the English version. *the difference in green in these screenshots between the JP/EN versions is down to I assume export settings for different platforms

I’ve been reading about Kobayashi Yoshinori for decades, but I’ve never actually read any of his manga. I mean, I don’t particularly feel the need to do so. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10...

This is probably the 3rd or 4th time I’ve “fixed” my car key like this. Hey, it works. Sort of. Until it doesn’t. And then I do it again.

Appropriately Halloween-y moon this evening

Re: Cheesecake Factory I grew up (& still live) in the Midwest. I have gone to Olive Garden as a “nice” restaurant so I get it We’re not the rubes you think we are. We know these places aren’t *actually* fancy. But they have cloth napkins and are a step up from the everyday. Affordable indulgence.

"Enter your email to keep reading for free." "This is not a paywall." No, that's most definitely a paywall. You're just asking me to pay in information rather than money.

Horror film confession for this season - I do enjoy some horror films, but I don’t usually find them scary, as such.

I just learned there’s a movie called “The Exorcist: Martyrs” coming out next year. So the new horror film naming format is “[20th century film] <colon> [21st century film]”?

We are sad to learn that Japanese writer Ryū Murakami has passed away at 74 years old. Murakami wrote the 1997 novel AUDITION which was adapted into Takashi Miike's horror masterpiece. He also wrote the novels Almost Transparent Blue and Coin Locker Babies. Rest in Peace.

Kadena Air Base in Okinawa is banning Chinese-made BYD vehicles due to security concerns. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

First teaser poster for a new "Ghost in the Shell" anime by Science Saru.

I’ve been watching “King & Conqueror”. On top of issues with historical accuracy and pacing, it’s rather comical how the show handles any kind of “action” scene.

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Hmm. “More than 400 voters in Tippecanoe Township – north of West Lafayette and in and around Battle Ground – cast ballots that didn’t include the name of the Democratic candidate for township trustee for nearly two weeks of early voting.” www.basedinlafayette.com/p/county-scr...

Or maybe more succinctly: we must recognize AI as the weapon of the adversary

If you use AI-produced writing in humanities scholarship you are dead to me. How I evaluate that kind of writing is by crossing you off my list,

Not to be contrarian, but Spirited Away. Okay, maybe to be a little bit contrarian.

Promotional postcards in hand! Animating Action will be out before the end of the year.

Lads… #speirgorm

When will I learn to not go to Great Clips for my haircut?

‘Police confirmed they had responded to a report of "criminal mischief involving a robot"’ Back in high school, I thought a future where we said things like this would somehow be cooler.

I find “no kings” such odd nomenclature when our issues are due to our system of corrupt democracy.

In the late '90s I worked at a call center doing satisfaction surveys for various companies. I lasted a week. That's the only job where I just left without any notice.

I was behind a van this morning with the license plate 88OREN. A Kill Bill vanity plate?

And SK Hynix is trying to build a chip plant next to my neighborhood. Fun! www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

This is what happens when you vote for an LDP stooge. www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...

“a bag of birds”

Dear authors - if your book is only an ebook, *please* don't use images that look like physical books on your website and socials. I don't know about others, but I feel like you're trying to trick me, so I won't listen to anything else you have to say Also, I just saw "ebook box set" - not a thing

I am become Calvin's Dad

I would take more seriously the people promoting the idea of AI consciousness if they first materially grappled with the (much more obvious) consciousness of animals and how that affects our moral obligations to them.

Well that’s certainly interesting - a proposed merger of Michigan State and University of Texas credit unions. I can’t think of another merger like this, involving geographically distinct CUs for different schools. www.cutimes.com/2026/10/13/u...

AI is arguably the most powerful wage suppression machine of my lifetime. You just hang it over every employee’s head.

I love this logo for the upcoming 79th Japan-America Student Conference. (The application deadline is at the end of December - I had a fantastic experience when I went 25 years ago.) iscdc.org/jasc

I love this logo for the upcoming 79th Japan-America Student Conference. (The application deadline is at the end of December - I had a fantastic experience when I went 25 years ago.) iscdc.org/jasc

This month, I review The History and Allure of Interactive Visual Novels, a book I excitedly picked up but ultimately walked away from angry, confused, and frustrated with: www.patreon.com/OgreRun/post...