Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better 56147372848
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In WA State farm workers are harvesting Granny Smith apples. Hector says, "I feel very unhappy about what they're paying us. Last year, we were paid $33/900lb bin. This year they are only paying us $30/bin. It's increasingly difficult to cover my family's expenses. #WeFeedYou 32765259
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 08/10/2026now 33% of the way there, thanks to so many wonderful people i don't really know what else to say. i hate asking for help and there are many people worse off than me, but each passing day without new work makes me increasingly nervous for my life post-November...ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 0610
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialEvilToaster @eviltoaster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Localization of dialogue is an art. Building engines and tools is art. Concept art is, well, art. Even placeholding art is art. If design or architecture are art forms then so is any act of building tools or systems. It's all art. And every AI model is built off stolen art, from every art form. 235453
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1959831899
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There is no shame in flipping burgers. Because there's no shame in being poor in a rigged, shit system. There is, however, a lot of shame in being a wealthy fuckface with a job and hoarding your wealth while others struggle to eat. Change your vernacular about the burger thing, please. 15911271
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...theverge.comDon’t ever hand your phone to the copsEven if you’ve got nothing to hide. 181898635
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJCP⭐Designs 👺 A Professional Who Gives A Shit @jcpxdesigns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I really don't think all of these brands should be controlled by one dude 411224
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026i just want consistent, decent paying jobs for me and my friends in this industry as freelancers like there occasionally used to be, that's all lol hard to buy the spiel about being outmoded by the machine when i see plenty of work to be done precisely because the machine hasn't, but hey 🤷 1767
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Numerous people have already been pointing out for days that western reporting on this is an embarrassingly inaccurate game of telephone, so I'll instead reiterate that it doesn't cost that much to just have a real translator on standby to vet such reports. I know budgets are tight, but come on. 3898290
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJohn Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 06/10/2026EG fell for it too. :( The Capcom presentation contains a slide with "AI世代のゲームエンジンへ" - the article omits the "へ", for one, but the issue is that while 世代 means 'generation', it's in the 'console generation' sense, not like GenAI. Without へ, translation software gets it totally wrong. 221950689
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 05/10/2026still no new translating work in the queue the emergency savings fund i usually keep for dry spells like this was wiped out by a $5k car repair i know we're all poor people passing around the same $20 bill, but i could really use that $20 right now...ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 168
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers. 382720609
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂 743835423
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.dateemups.comYou Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the TableOn the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor. 6770454
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialDaiz @daiz.moe · 03/10/2026Remember when Crunchyroll tried to make their subtitles significantly worse a year ago? They backtracked on it at the time, but I suspected they were just delaying their plans to shift from Aegisub to OOONA, and sadly, it seems I was right: Crunchyroll is actively pushing OOONA subs to users now. 11847504
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialFlora 🍓🏳️⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...epiloguegaming.comWhat Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue GamingEarlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for... 2982737592
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialDaiz @daiz.moe · 02/10/2026I've heard some murmurs recently from a couple different sources that Crunchyroll may be up to no good with its subtitles again in the near future, so whatever is going on here might be related to that... I'll be keeping an eye out on this and reporting if/when the situation develops further. 56117
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502935798
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've asked my existing clients for more work and just applied somewhere else, but with very little translating work currently in the queue, cashflow will be dangerously low for November-December, and the credit card is getting close to maxed... buy something from my shop, if you please!ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 0511
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026even something as simple as not going on walks alone after dark 1154
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Phew, the news is dark. Here’s a moment of beauty to catch your breath 🌿 228058
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMax Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My partner has been seeing nonstop discussion of this case in her circles, and was shocked and saddened when I hadn't even heard of it. One of the many things that support rape culture is men not even remarking or discussing sexual violence.thedp.comPenn UA responds to alleged ‘Cornell 7’ gang rape incidentIn a Sept. 28 email, College senior and UA President Musab Chummun called Cornell’s response to the incident an “act of complicity and cowardice." 1202
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialGretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 30/09/2026Sure, I can make a distinction between MiSTer cores that are pure vibe coded MAME ports vs. ones that use some mix of LLM and human engineering, but the whole promise of the MiSTer that excited me was reproductions of hardware from sickos who were decapping ICs, not "good enough" emulation on FPGAs 522070
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wouldn't normally comment on this, but it's been genuinely heartening to see a game I spent a lot of long nights on break into the 90s on Metacritic, which puts it above my other games. Thanks for showing it so much love, folks. It genuinely means a lot knowing how beloved the original loc is. 🥹 348683
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialLiz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#InternationalTranslationDay Thread on video game localization articles / re-discovered interviews from the past year. Starting with this fantastic piece by Anna Cairistiona (with more on her blog):annacairistiona.wordpress.comFinal Fantasy Tactics Translation Comparison (OG vs WotL) – Chapter 1: Gariland to Dorter SlumsThe following is the second part in my series comparing the original and WotL translations of Final Fantasy Tactics. In this section, I cover the beginning of chapter 1 through to the post-battle c… 28849
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again? 16602124
arukimania.bsky.social @arukimania.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Translationborne 99 is now available: m.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVq... In which we consider the importance of writing emotionally impactful lines while behaving monstrously. #Bloodbornem.youtube.comTranslationborne 99: Murder Most FoulYouTube video by Aruki Mania 000
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMaxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026September Rain 🌧️🍂 #art 121206389
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialLauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Be your weird beautiful eccentric artistic self Wear the clothes that make you feel like you, and fuck what the world thinks Love your body even if the world tells you not to Fitting into their box won't make you happy or keep you safe, so be yourself, if you'll be hurt anyway 0194
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 29/09/2026fun update: the check engine light came on a few days after we got it back from the shop 🙃ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 117
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Game devs, this is why it's important to give your translation teams references and allow for time in the schedule for questions from the translators. Help localization help you! igda.org/news-archive...igda.orgHigh Quality Localization? Help Loc Help You! – IGDA 15018
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We're 3% there! thanks to everyone who donated (or bought something from my shop) thus far! I offer an ebook of my urban fantasy debut novel as well as some Japanese learning materials as digital downloads, if you want to give me money while giving yourself something nice.ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 043
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Girl dinner 6274901670
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...youtube.comInside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the PressYouTube video by People Make Games 221186449
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I put my ebook on my kofi, too! $5, and 100% will go towards helping me not drown in car debt. Spend some time with my awkward neurodivergent ace heroine as she tries to hide from evil aliens and not embarrass herself in an acting class with her ex.ko-fi.comSecrets of the Yllime Book 1: Incorporeal [Ebook] - Sarah Moon's Ko-fi ShopAside from a talent for painting, Lara Winters never drew much attention. But the summer before her senior year at Rio Valle State University, she bec... 3106
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialSarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 24/09/2026sigh... got slammed with a $5k car repair and aside from my weekly simulpub work at Jump+, my work queue is completely EMPTY. I already had to cut my hours this year for my health, so I don't have enough to cover this.ko-fi.comSupport Sarah MoonSupport Sarah Moon 11417
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 24/09/2026beep boop. show this to your boomer parents youtu.be/0KoeY54M5VAyoutu.beEngines haven't been fully mechanical in decades - and that's good!YouTube video by Technology Connections 3873590
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22/09/2026Here's a list of rpg fan translations that do not use AI! very handy resource 1972522
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 22/09/202612 years ago, in the run-up to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, people were wondering if mobile games were going to kill traditional console ones. But with hindsight, clearly Sony and Microsoft were capable of killing their own platforms, their own legacies without help from anybody else all along. 15611
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialCy Catwell @pixelatedlenses.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sleep was hard to get but I woke up and saw that I hit my initial goal and am funded, but now…I’d like to ask for a post-birthday community miracle by asking for spreading the word so I can meet my stretch goal of $5000, which covers rent into 2027. 1611
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. 3417081154
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialLiz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is one of my favorite things. In the final dungeon, the chest messages change to notes from the translators talking about how much this game means to them, and encouragements to see it through to the end. Hits me right in the heart and reminds me why we do this work. Machines could never. 617670
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialMichaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026an old comic I didn’t feel like updating to be about ai but is still basically about ai anyway because we’ve always been living in hell 61250471
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialBen Applegate @benapplegate.com · 19/09/2026Another verified local NYC area fundraiser for the family of an ICE abductee. A father of two daughters, one of them six months old. Reportedly they're in danger of losing their housing. www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...gofundme.comDonate to Help Reunite Jhan Pierre with His Family, organized by VALERY PAOLA MUJICA ARTIAGAMy name is Valery, and I am reaching out to you for help regardi… VALERY PAOLA MUJICA ARTIAGA needs your support for Help Reunite Jhan Pierre with His Family 0611
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 162169344737
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialJoe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026To commemorate the collaboration between Pokémon and the ESA, a special Pikachu plush was sent to the International Space Station from April 11th through June 17th What a picture. Absolutely stunning 2259412021
Reposted by @arukimania.bsky.socialGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Spoiler alert and whatnot. You don't have to completely understand how someone lives their life in order to LET someone live their life. 7551891041
