James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 26/09/2026Wow, well that will keep things interesting. Nobody say it... You'll jinx it! #sumo 040
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 16/09/2026Not sure about that call for hakunofuji there. Torinaoshi would have been fair I think. #sumo 041
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Reposted by James BalcombeKotaku @kotaku.com · 14/08/2026Monkey Island Creator's Next Game Is Funded By A Rich Guy Because He Was Tired Of Bad Publisher Dealskotaku.comMonkey Island Creator's Next Game Is Funded By A Rich Guy Because He Was Tired Of Bad Publisher DealsThimbleweed Park 2 is being made thanks to one very rich fan of point-and-click adventure games 233153
Reposted by James BalcombeDave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 15/08/2026Good for him I can’t think of any dev who deserves this more. 3869
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 13/08/2026@plex.tv hey guess what plex, your recent overall of the app on android and smart TV made the entire experience much much worse. Harder to navigate, broken features like auto play, etc. Pure enshittification. Why change it when it wasn't broken. 000
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 26/07/2026A pretty even split between who thinks aonishiki or atamifuji will win today. I didn't stake them as I simply couldn't decide who I thought would win. #sumo 010
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 26/07/2026Looking like a 4 way play off in juryo. The match between Arashifuji and Kyokukaiyu was incredible. Maybe match of the tournament. #sumo 010
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 22/07/2026Wow, great match from shishi and kotoeiho. As hiro said, yotsuzumo power vs power! #sumo 390
Reposted by James BalcombeSteam Release Bot @steamreleasebot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Uchi No Heya! store.steampowered.com/app/4717870 $7.99 Run a sumo stable! Recruit rookies, drill their stats, cook chanko nabe, and steer them through six grand tournaments a year. Climb the banzuke from Jonokuchi to Yokozuna while juggling injuries, rivalries, and an empty bank... 021
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 19/07/2026Yes! Mitakeumi finally gets a win with a great tachiai and then a bit of luck. 020
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 12/07/2026Yes! Great observation and reflexes from aonishiki to chuck out super fast hiradoumi! #sumo 040
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 11/07/2026If you havent signed up to sumostakes yet for Nagoya, you've got about 18hours to do so. www.sumostakes.com/202607/1/sta... #sumosumostakes.comSumoStakesSumoStakes is a daily sumo game. Subscribe to stake your points on top division Grand Sumo matches to claim the tournament championship. SumoStakes.com is just for fun. 071
Reposted by James BalcombeEmily @suika.bsky.social · 31/05/2026"改憲反対、改憲反対!!" (No to constitutional revision! No to constitutional revision), cheers the crowd. #若者憲法集会 #若者憲法集会2026 03812
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 18/05/2026Shishi you absolute scumbag. How could you do that to poor tamawashi #sumo 050
Reposted by James BalcombeAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Oh look, the stupidest thing you could possibly do 331345334
Reposted by James BalcombePhotography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 16/05/2026The legal system here is a nightmare. With very little recourse once a decision is made. And what recourse there is takes so long. This woman’s story is a tragedy. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...asahi.comFilipino woman detained for two years due to translation error | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisRosemary Okui Arocha has firsthand experience of how a single mistranslation can irreparably change someone's life forever. 0154
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 08/05/2026Sumostakes is ready to play. Get your stake on! www.sumostakes.com/202605/1/sta... #sumosumostakes.comSumoStakesSumoStakes is a daily sumo game. Subscribe to stake your points on top division Grand Sumo matches to claim the tournament championship. SumoStakes.com is just for fun. 030
Reposted by James BalcombePhotography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 13/04/2026This has been going on for years. It's strong stuff, this piece. Be advised. Nathan's admission below about not being able to share a quote from the article is spot on. 0228
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 28/03/2026Urgh the mangled pronunciation of Kotozakura by the f1 commentary team was 🤮 #sumo #f1 020
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 21/03/2026Woooooo! Kirishima 3rd yusho and surely back to ozeki! 040
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 15/03/2026Could it be that the pressure has finally got to that previously unflappable young man known as aoinishiki? #sumo 060
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 11/03/2026Quite the day of sumo, some unexpected results. #sumo 011
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James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 27/02/2026The JSA really needs to look long and hard at the conditions that lead to these horrible events and the behaviours of rikishi and oyakata. Serious reform is needed to maintain the necessary discipline to become a rikishi with the necessary humanity. #sumo 140
Reposted by James BalcombeJake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 23/02/2026As I predicted months ago, after consolidating power, the priority for PM isn't fighting inflation or making life better for people. It's to pass an oppressive Orwellian anti-spying law. The Putinization of Japan is proceeding fast tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/japans-jan...tokyopaladin.substack.comJapan's Jane Bond?: New Prime Minister Takaichi Is Obsessed With Strangling Spies, Muzzling Journalists, And Dismantling the ConstitutionJapan’s new PM Takaichi isn’t targeting inflation—she’s targeting dissent. Her prized Spy Prevention Law, a pre-crime surveillance regime beyond 2013’s secrecy act, would criminalize inquiry itself. 1269
Reposted by James BalcombeSteve (low effort Halloween name edition) 👻 @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Nearly two months until it's sumo times again. Everyone try to take care of their mental healths in this difficult time. 0259
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 24/01/2026Atamifuji absolutely destroyed kirishima. I like them both, but that was a serious display from atami. #sumo 050
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 21/01/2026Well against all odds onosato won. He basically didn't use his left arm at all, so whoever figures out how to lock up his right will still have a good chance to win against the monster. #sumo 010
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 21/01/2026Will today's inevitable kinboshi finally be the one to make onosato kyujo? Has anyone told him he can as yokozuna? Does he know he won't lose his rank? #sumo 140
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 20/01/2026Surely that's if for this basho, surely? He basically lost twice today. #sumo 110
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 19/01/2026Wow tamawashi! You still got it! What a great match, so strong tiptoes on the tawara. #sumo 030
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 15/01/2026That was pretty close for Onosato. A quick arm pull saved him. #sumo 050
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 13/01/2026Match of the basho so far from takayasu and Daiesho on day 3. #sumo 000
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 09/01/2026Staking for day 1 is open now - let's go Aoinishiki! www.sumostakes.com/202601/1/sta...sumostakes.comSumoStakesSumoStakes is a daily sumo game. Subscribe to stake your points on top division Grand Sumo matches to claim the tournament championship. SumoStakes.com is just for fun. 110
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 23/11/2025I love seeing these old timers school the newbies. 35 year old former ozeki takayasu blasts yosjinofuji at the tachiai and then continues his superb oshizumo before getting a grip and dispensing with the youngster. #sumo 0121
James Balcombe @jamesbalcombe.com · 20/11/2025Today is apparently tawari dancing day. So many matches reversed from the tachiai by nimble footwork. #sumo 030
