Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Jianbing (Chinese crepes - 煎饼), my standard breakfast/lunch in Shanghai. One of these with youtiao, bacon, chicken, and sauce costs around $2 (up to $4 for something all dressed) CAD. 010
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Hot pot in Shanghai the night before heading home. 010
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Just got home from a 5-day vacation that was on the back of a 3-week business trip (LA for AXm then Tokyo for 2 weeks), and I have a combination of excitement and dread towards the upcoming task of cleaning my Inbox. 120
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Fucking Finance Bro "dialing in from overseas" to his meeting from the goddamn breakfast buffet at a hotel. We don't want to hear about your hedge fund background while we eat our breakfast. 020
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026AnimeonDVD deserves a mention as it survives in spirit through Fandompost.com and @fandompost.com . It was a giant of the era, and launched only two months after ANN.fandompost.comWelcome ToAnime, Movies, Comics, Entertainment & More 040
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026These 3 websites are all older than ANN, and are among the earliest pioneers of online anime fandom. These are the only actively maintained websites from the era (older than ANN) that I could find. If anyone can let me know of some others, that would be very cool (doing this in English only for now) 193
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Them Anime Reviews themanime.org/index.phpthemanime.org 120
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Nausicaa[dot]net / GhibliWiki www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Main_Pagenausicaa.netGhibliWiki 140
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Blast from the past, websites that I bet you didn't know were still being updated: Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database: www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/usagi.orgSeiyuu (voice actor) database 1104
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Randomly remembering that time when a Marxist-Leninist called socialism "communism light" and said that socialism wouldn't exist without communism (in case it's not obvious: he was very wrong). 000
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Oops, this was supposed to go on my account. Too many social media accounts on my phone. 192
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I'm not certain what amuses me more, the fact that he misquotes a 1995 law that was repealed in 2018, or the fact that he basically admits the allegations were retracted because the "would-be-victim" would otherwise be "sued on grounds of defamation." 090
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Frederico Antonio Russo (FAR) is trying to suppress the articles about his alleged grooming of a child. He has threatened to file a complaint with the EDPB if ANN does not remove the articles. 275
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 05/05/2026www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05...animenewsnetwork.comLet Me Fix You Anime Delayed After Grooming Allegations of Buta Productions Co-Founder FARShort anime's account posted that staff did not know of Federico Antonio Russo's alleged behavior 100
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 04/05/2026FFS anime professionals. Can you stop doing bad shit with minors? We hate writing about this 😭 22211
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I know this is a bit hypocritical, but goddamn tourists in Tokyo are annoying. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03...japantimes.co.jpJapan adopts new target for regions to address overtourismThe target is intended to strengthen measures by utilizing revenue from the nation's departure tax, which is set to increase. 000
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I also want to compliment you on publishing the best article on the topic that I've read online. It even came up in a conversation in Japan recently where someone basically said "I don't like Daiz, but his article on the CR subtitles was really well done." [end] 120
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025We receive a ton of spam posts on ANN where the only goal is "you should read this content I posted elsewhere," and we've become very strict about not allowing it. That said, I think I would have allowed it as an exception, but obviously I have more leeway to make exceptions than our moderators. 200
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Hi Daiz, I believe you received a reply from our moderators on why your post was not approved. They were following ANN's rules that advertising outside content is not allowed. Your post was primarily a link to your article with very little "discussion" in the post. [cont] 100
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Doing my expenses like a responsible corporate employee. 040
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I'm not lol. But I assumed more of my followers were deep enough into it that someone would ask about the cards. They belong to a friend who travels back and forth between Japan and the USA to buy & sell Pokemon cards. 120
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Guess none of my followers are big enough Pokémon TCG fans. These cards are worth 5 figures each. 100
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Actually, we suspect a hardware failure. Of course, we do see a lot more bot traffic lately (like everyone) than before though, which further exacerbates the problem as we don't have as much of a server "buffer" as we had before (we used to always have 1 more webserver than our traffic warranted). 130
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We're aware of the issue and working on it. Anytime it's actually down, it should be back up within 10 minutes. 160
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Also worth mentioning, that while most visually disabled people may have speech-to-text readers in their devices, this service will be trained by ANN to properly pronounce Japanese words, as well as eventually providing multiple voices for interviews and round table columns (eg: TWIA). 010
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Me in 2023: Oh, time to buy a new performance car! Me in 2025: Oh god, brake replacements cost more than a normal used car. (exaggerating, but not much). 040
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Audio versions of articles aren't for everyone obviously; I hate them. You simply don't need to listen to them. Please LMK if I've addressed your concerns. 000
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 25/08/2025There is no currently no ai involved whatsoever, and I will never do tl;dr ai summaries. I am however hoping that Instaread implements ai to improve "natural timing," ie: when to pause, as well as commercial pronunciation. 100
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Hi, thanks for your feedback, not it is a 100% text-to-speech reading of the article designed for people who have either limited-to-no text reading ability and/or those that simply prefer to listen to the article instead of reading it. 210
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 23/08/2025An acquaintance went to an unofficial Reddit Anime NYC after party 😂 031
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Yup I get scripts and pitches too. One every two or three months. 010
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Time to play Pokemon. Are these cards any good? 110
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I was told this is the most interesting shrine in this part of Tokyo. 000
Christopher Macdonald @88chris.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Someone gave the Buddha a coffee as an offering. (this is actually not that uncommon) 020
