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Brian "Dr." White

@androidacademia.bsky.social
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Asst Prof of Japanese. SF, discourse, and subjectivity. Nerd for games of all stripes. He/him/あいつ. Do not quote the old skeets at me, witch. I was there when they were written. 🚫AI 日本SF、言説、主体性を研究している教師。TTRPG、ボードゲーム好き。投稿はほぼ英語で。

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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New mug goes hard
A coffee mug with yellow, blue, and red stripes featuring the interstitial animation faces from Make Some Noise on Dropout
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My neighbors keep leaving their cat outside at night, so I guess I own a cat now
A small, fluffy, mostly gray cat curled up in a physically unlikely shape on my beige couch, fast asleepThe same cat, now somehow even more strangely arranged with her little white toe socks peeking out as she nestles into the throw pillows
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
First day of school part 6 is like (mug from @standplaatskrk.pl)
Coffee mug with a grainy picture of a skeleton in a red hoodie holding a knife and a gun and saying "it's going to be a fantastic day!"
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Afternoon snack: caprese with Balsamic reduction and Cynar and soda
A colorful caprese of tomato, mozzarella, and basil with Balsamic vinaigrette on a blue rectangular plate. Next to it is a bottle of Cynar artichoke liqueur and a glass in which it's been mixed with soda water and a lemon twist.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Working from home like
A tabby cat curled up in a perfect circle in her cat tree, face buried to avoid the sunlight streaming in from the windowA tabby kitten sitting in his characteristically weird pose. He's laying down against my leg, his head down by my knee, looking back up at me with his paw raised so that he can swat my hand if I try to pet his exposed tummy with its adorable spots.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Finally giving in and breaking my own rule to avoid Kickstarters because I really wanted to back Rosalie. Potentially the beginning of a very dangerous time for my wallet!
Promotional image of Rosalie from publisher Uchibacoya.  A pastel game box and its colorful components are arranged on a softly-lit table with a vase of white roses in front of a blurry natural background.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Got these excellent mugs from the @standplaatskrk.pl etsy store. One for me, one for a friend!
2 white mugs with black line illustrations of the myths of Sisyphus and Prometheus, respectively. On each is the phrase "every day is a fresh start"
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
He is the most dramatic sleeper
A small tabby kitten asleep on a teal bedspread. He is on his back, stretched to his full length, and curved around in an improbable and presumably uncomfortable shape. As though he's in the middle of a ballet leap.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today was full. Saw a friend give her last organ performance at the local presby church, cooked this tasty dinner, restarted cowboy bebop for the umpteenth time with a good cocktail....
The author in sunglasses and a KN95 with a promotional uchiwa fan for Luigi's Mansion 2 and Paper Mario RPGA Southside cocktail in an oversized coupe glass with a bottle of Hildegard von Bingen GinThe DVD case for Cowboy Bebop Remix edition.  It's very mid-2000s cool.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What's the charge, then? Having a meal?! A succulent Chinese meal???
Vegetarian mapo tofu with a side of steamed broccoli and rice on a rectangular blue plate with white floral patterns.  A can of farmhouse ale-style beer is just visible in the corner
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
When they gotta double bag the pixian douban >>>>
A double-bagged package of pixian broad bean sauce
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
New kitten. I mean, come ON
An unjustifiably cute tabby kitten passed out on a pillow with his tiny little paw resting on another pillow
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Her petition for pizza is intensifying
The same cat, now laying impetuously on top of the board. No play is possible now.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Always an adventure trying to play board games in this house どけよ、おい
A very cute tabby cat sits primly in the exact center of the play area for a game of Slay the Spire: the Board Game. She looks covetously toward the pizza just out of frame.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ngl, pretty proud of myself for having whipped this up off the cuff in the space of an hour from when I had the thought, "I should probably go grocery shopping so I can make something for dinner..."
Cavatappi pasta with mushrooms and sundried tomatoes in a pesto sauce
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Had a good day
About 15 people gathered in front of a DDR gold machine. We look cool and fun as hell.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The average American has three friends.
The three main characters of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!  They are three high school girls dressed in blue school univorms.  Mizusaki looks eager and determined, Kanemori is thoroughly unimpressed, and Asakusa looks like she wants to bolt for the door as she hides behind her camouflage hat.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Had a good day today
The author standing along the side of a road in a teal stocking cap and sunglasses holding a sign that says ファシズム反対 (Fuck Fascism)
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
My very talented baker friend (who hopefully won't mind a tag) @transswordbian.bsky.social sold me this delicious sourdough, and I made some fire French toast with it today
A delectable plate of thick slice French toast garnished with raspberries. The staging is cottagecore af
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Filing this away for when I have to teach our premodern lit survey and feeling like this dog
A golden retriever with safety glasses on is posed next to a fake science lab set, and captioned "I have no idea what I'm doing"
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I have arrived home for Christmas
A small, scruffy, mostly white dog looks up at me, vocalizing some Big Feelings about my presenceA somewhat larger, equally scruffy, mostly gray dog rests his head pensively on the arm of a chair, sitting on top of a pillow he spent the last 5 minutes fluffingBoth dogs now sit on my bed, looking at the camera as though to challenge that it is indeed mine. They have not seen the inside of the guest room in a year, and are utterly befuddled. The smaller dog (the white one) lays on her back on my bed, overwhelmed enough by the Strange Room with its New Bed that she has forgotten that she is upset at my presence. I take the opportunity to give her belly rubs.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Back on top
Results screen of the Slay the Spire Connections puzzle #16.  I got a perfect result!
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This material limit also produced a lot of novel/fun solutions to the need to have randomizers in early Japanese TRPGs. I personally love Tokyo NOVA's use of a tarot deck.
Two tarot cards from the TRPG Tokyo NOVA done in a watercolor style. They depict the Kabuki and the Kabuto-wari (the fool and the tower, respectively).
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The way I read this in the early '00s Mountain Dew ad campaign tagline voice. "Do the way. Do the Dew!"
Do 道 The Way
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I got the unsquished version
The DDR specials menu
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Shoutout to @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social for the incredible stickers and amazing card!
A collection of small stickers, mostly featuring Hornet from Silksong and also plant life, arranged in front of an open greeting card with Hornet, captioned "Shaw!", on a teal and white-striped tablecloth
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I am going to scream
A digital flyer for "Embracing AI as Essential Learning" promoted by my institution
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My brain every time I need to think of sample terms in Japanese for a class exercise
Shocked Pikachu face.  Pikachu has a "no thoughts, head empty" expression.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The masculine urge to sport a shaving cream beard
A mirror selfie in which I have a perfectly groomed beard made of shaving cream
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Just for a bit of levity on the timeline, I want to strongly recommend The Hotspot (ホットスポット) on Netflix. Just incredible writing and comedic delivery in the two episodes I've watched so far. Can't wait to watch the rest.
Japanese promotional poster for The Hotspot
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Oh FUCK yeah
A chicken tagine, in which whole chicken legs have been slow stewed in a butter and red onion sauce before being finished in the broiler. The skin on the legs is perfectly crispy, and the legs are nestled down into the sauce. The tagine lid, resting against the base, is white with an attractive blue pattern decorating it.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I mean....
A bottle of Asahi Wilkinson Tansan (seltzer water)
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Hi yes, my question is 刀剣乱舞: why? (Corollary questions include "KanColle: why?")
Promotional poster for the musical theater adaptation of Touken Ranbu
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Had a really fun barbecue yesterday, and completely forgot to take any pictures except for this selfie when my friend put their hat on me, so this is literally a "having a great day with all my friends who are just out of frame" post
A selfie of me making a duck face at the camera with a broad brimmed white hat on
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I had a visitor last night
A fluffy gray cat with yellow eyes sits on my chest staring up at me with a slightly disgruntled look, as though asking why I'm pointing a phone at her instead of petting her.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The neighbors' cat has welcomed me home by letting herself into my house again
A small, gray, fluffy cat named Shadow sits on the bottom step of my porch, wondering why I'm not letting her back inside my house
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Scored a pretty serendipitous find at Nakano Broadway the other day
The cover of the September, 1986 issue of Comptiq magazine, the month that started the serialization of the Record of Lodoss War replay. Idol Yoshizawa Akie, member of the group Onyanko Club, smiles sweetly in closeup against a pale blue background, surrounded by article teaser text.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Oh this was DEVILISH
A results screen for a Slay the Spire-themed Connections puzzle.  I managed to complete it, but had a few missteps along the way.  I eventually solved it in 6 guesses.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Motherfuckin' MONORAIL, baby!
The Tokyo monorail approaching Haneda Airport along rails that run next to the bay.  Fluffy white clouds are scattered against a bright blue sky. An industrial area sits across the bay. The same scene, but this time the monorail is much closer, its blue and green accents visible.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
So uhhhhh.... I guess it was 宵山?? I'm a terrible Kyoto resident.
A throng of people surround a Gion Matsuri float bedecked in lanterns on Shijo-doori in Kyoto. The same float seen from closer. The people in yukata riding inside are visible, along with the barrels of sake donated as part of the festival.The same float seen from the side. The characteristic naginata decoration stands upright on top of the float against the sunset of Shijo.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Being a tourist in Uji today. Lunch was so good 🤤
A black faux-lacquer tray with tekka-don, tempura, and matcha soba with two kinds of pickles
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
ゲットした~!
The rulebooks for Ryuutama and Sword World Complete Edition side by side on a white background
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Having just climbed Hikone Castle the other day, can confirm. Would not want to be invading this place.
Exterior of the main keep (tenshu) at Hikone castle. It is grand and imposing, even for a relatively small keep, resting on a stone foundation probably 10 feet tall. Mascot character Hikonyan is visible in the foreground as a cardboard standee.View out of a window inside the main keep. Layers of walls top a steep hill, and the famous Genkyuen gardens. In the distance are a couple of Hikone's sports stadiums.Stairs inside the main keep. They are very, very steep and narrow. In the foreground, the door to those stairs. It is a heavy, riveted iron.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
キャットと塔、初勝利。✌️
Endgame photo of Cat and the Tower (キャットと塔). A wooden token of a small black cat with a red scarf stands atop a 10-floor tower that looks quite unstable. Among the other floors of the tower are wooden tokens of other cats in various colors.The same scene from another angle.A more distant shot that shows the full absurdity of the tower's height.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Hung out with the bestie today
Me, sweaty as all hell in a yellow athletic shirt, next to a plushie of Hikonyan, mascot of Hikone.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
More like sundubu jji-haaaayyy
A delicious-looking pot of sundubu jjigae (spicy soup with tofu, green onions, mushrooms, and clams).
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Gamcheon was really cool. Back to Seoul now!
A wide vista looking out over brightly colored houses that extend up the side of a mountain in terraces. This is Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan.A random collection of colorful buildings on two terraces, one row at about roof-level of the other. The Little Prince (a Gamcheon mascot)  is the subject of a mural taking up one building's entire wall. Another of the many murals in Gamcheon is partially obscured behind a building. A set of stairs seen from below (part of the 148 Stairs). A mosaic is spread across the front of each stair. A row of wooden statues somewhat reminiscent of Moai heads, if Moai heads had wild, animalistic expressions.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The very sweet, very naive cafe employees gave me two forks for my tiny cheesecake because I got two drinks. If they only knew...
A cafe plate with a mug of coffee, grapefruit water thing garnished with rosemary and grapefruit slices, and a tiny cheesecake slice
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
There was a Very Good Patron at the jazz bar tonight
A slightly blurry (because I was trying to take it discreetly) photo of a white Jindo dog seated very politely and attentively at a 4-top table in a warmly lit bar. Its ears are forward, as if questioning why the hors d'oeuvre plate isn't being passed to its end of the table.
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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I saw the chillest shrine kitty I've ever seen when I was there the other week!
An exceedingly relaxed black and white cat chilling on some shady steps at Fushimi Inari Taisha
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