iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

A tight little novella that I quite enjoyed.

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Julian Singleton 🎃👻 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Honored to be part of this groundbreaking box of Pre J-Horror greats from @imprintfilms.bsky.social – this is where all the magic was born. Before Hideo Nakata and Hiroshi Takahashi made Ring, there was DON'T LOOK UP – now available for the first time on English discs, and w/ my audio commentary 😁

https://viavision.com.au/products/the-origins-of-j-horror-blu-ray

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kenjilaine.bsky.social @kenjilaine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We have been following the 2027 release info on the Goodreads Japanese literature forum. We had group reads of your previous three translated books. Much thanks. www.goodreads.com/group/show/7...

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Japanese Literature

A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. September 2026: The Waiting Years by Ench...

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Ian (F) Martin @ianfmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just did my first (and so far only scheduled) interview for my upcoming book and had lots of fun. If any more of you media/pod/zine types want to hear me blab enthusiastically about Japanese indie music culture, contact me or Awai Books and we'd love to sort something: awaimedia.com/Tokyo_Doesnt...

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Awai Books | Tokyo Doesn't Exist

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コミックナタリー @comic.natalie.mu · 29/09/2026

ドラマ「青の花器の森」波佐見焼を感じさせるキービジュアル、主題歌は秦基博（コメントあり） natalie.mu/comic/news/691474?utm_so…

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 29/09/2026

I am rereading a translation I finished months ago for the editing round, and... I think I did a pretty darned good job on this one. I'm looking forward to next April, when it comes out. I hope it gets traction and people read it. I think it could be big, with the right promotion.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist

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Jordan Taylor @jt-translates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you for the lovely review of The Keeper of the Camphor Tree @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social! It's always nice to hear that someone who's read both the Japanese and the English enjoyed the translation as well. japaneselit.net/2026/09/26/t...

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The Keeper of the Camphor Tree

Keigo Higashino’s 2020 novel The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is a supernatural mystery about a young man finding his path in life as he attempts to uncover the secrets of a giant tree with magical p…

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 28/09/2026

I am so addicted to chocolate covered almonds that if they are in the house, I eat them without conscious thought. I go into a fugue state and devour them. This morning I was driving my son to school and suddenly thought, "Why does my mouth taste like chocolate?" and recalled, I had eaten a handful.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 26/09/2026

Yeeeesss. I've turned in four (five?) manuscripts to publishers in docx format and gone through several rounds of edits (w/ track changes, comments, etc) using LibreOffice with not a complaint from the editors. They might not have even known? Not a single glance back at Office.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 25/09/2026

My hatred for Amazon struggles to square with how really, really good the reading experience on the Kindle Paperwhite is.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m here. I’m trying.

Red higanbana barely holding onto the shape of herself in a swirling bokeh sea of her peers.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 25/09/2026

It has been an expensive couple of weeks. Broken dishwasher needed replacing, air conditioners needed cleaning, son needed a new bike, car needed inspection/maintenance. By the grace of whatever deities are in charge of such things, I also got three translation contracts. So, we are safe for now.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 24/09/2026

Minute Cryptic - 25 September, 2026 "Asks “What in Spain is interrupting siestas?”" (8) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 1 hints – 2 under the community par (9,458 solvers so far).

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Minute Cryptic is a free daily cryptic crossword clue. Solve today's puzzle, learn how cryptic clues work with free guided courses, and build your solving streak.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 24/09/2026

After 30 years of rejection, Brad Bird's Ray Gunn is premiering at festivals. Everyone I talked to who booked tickets for Busan International Film Festival skipped it because they thought it was the other Netflix film with a similar name about bad Australian breakdancing.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 23/09/2026

No! Bad clue writer, bad! Don't make me get a rolled up newspaper! Minute Cryptic - 24 September, 2026 "The Godfather Part I" (3) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 1 hints – matched the community par (14,300 solvers so far).

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Minute Cryptic

Minute Cryptic is a free daily cryptic crossword clue. Solve today's puzzle, learn how cryptic clues work with free guided courses, and build your solving streak.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve been upset about this for hours. Do they mean Old English? Which ended in the 11th century? Is he adapting it to sound like Beowulf? This play published in Early Modern English in 1597? Do they mean Olde English, the malt liquor? Old English, the floor cleaner? Are words real anymore?

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 21/09/2026

Sometimes, it just hits you. Minute Cryptic - 22 September, 2026 "Sold latticed pie past its expiration date?" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (19,498 solvers so far).

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Minute Cryptic

Minute Cryptic is a free daily cryptic crossword clue. Solve today's puzzle, learn how cryptic clues work with free guided courses, and build your solving streak.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oof car repairs are expensive. May I point you to our website? In particular our inexpensive eBooks (where our margins are better), for award-winning books by Cassandra Khaw, @thomasha.bsky.social Priya Sharma, @premeemohamed.com and more. undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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EBOOKS — Undertow Publications

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tomorrow I will go to a Devo concert. My first concert, back in 7th grade, was also a Devo concert. I hope that I will be able to go to more concerts after this but I fear there may be poetic restrictions preventing that. I’ll find a band representative in an energy dome at the show and ask them.

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Julian Singleton 🎃👻 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The perfect way to end another great day at Fantastic Fest? Getting home to contributor copies! Major thanks to Tom Mes for including my essay on J-Horror’s linguistic origins in his exhaustively researched and entertaining guide to Japanese horror movies!

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 19/09/2026

It took me five tries to get my own name.

A screenshot of a wordle-like game called Code Word. The solution is Jimmy. It took Jimmy Rion five tries to find it.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 18/09/2026

😭😭😭 "Uketsu also credited American translator Jim Rion with helping the English edition find success. "I think the excellent quality of Jim Rion's translation also played a part in the success of the English edition and its selection as a Dagger finalist," he said."

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Mystery man Uketsu reflects on Dagger shortlist, early life in Britain - The Mainichi

LONDON (Kyodo) -- If you've ever seen Japanese horror novelist Uketsu -- who wears a stark white mask and full black bodysuit -- chances are you'd nev

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 17/09/2026

Minute Cryptic - 18 September, 2026 "Northwest evacuated?" (2,3,4) ⚪️⚪️🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 3 hints – 1 under the community par (10,123 solvers so far).

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 17/09/2026

Ok, so, No Man's Sky just had a huge update and it's cool and awesome and then the reddit becomes deluged with "but what's the point of [new mechanic]?" and I'm like, my sibling in the Atlas, you are playing a game. The only point is to have fun.

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Call for submissions: any manga panels or text from Japanese novels where a character is using an swear word original from English (in katakana is fine).

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Abandoned pub with broken windows under a stormy sky, Ellesmere Port, from my new series ‘50 Years On’ #Photography

Monochrome photo of an abandoned pub with broken windows. In the foreground someone is pushing a child in a pram.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 17/09/2026

A light novel and manga publisher contacted me saying they are entering the "general fiction" market and asked my rates. I told them, but I'm not expecting a response. Good luck competing with Penguin, Hachette, Harper, and all the other publishers of "general fiction" in translation, though.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 16/09/2026

I am listening to Shooting Rubber Bands at the Sun and Christ. What an album. What a time. Where did it all go?

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 15/09/2026

Yessss, give me greasy dweebs in renfaire pewter jewellery and black satin shirts unbuttoned too far.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 15/09/2026

Thought you could pull one over on ol' Jim, didja? Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2026 "Scramble, scrambled, scrambles" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,873 solvers so far). Time: 1m 3s.

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! #MonochromeMonday

Top down view of sea water around large dark rectangular blocks of stone

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 15/09/2026

I see this and immediately want to go to USJ. This and Nintendo Land. I contain multitudes.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 15/09/2026

you don't even need to be good at it. people who are bad at a thing are also (a) correct to hate on ai (b) in most cases probably still better than it at the thing (c) are required by the rules of reality to hate on ai if they want to ever get good at the thing

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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson @thisishorror.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Listening to SHIKI by Sigh, and as a bonus getting some Japanese listening in via brutal extreme metal vocals that are surprisingly decipherable. Absolutely love these avant garde metalheads, and this might be my favourite album of theirs. A LOT of good ones to choose from.

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 14/09/2026

So many words. Every day. Words words words for all those companies, until there aren't any left in my brain for myself.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

But when shopping, I encourage you to consider the total package. Sometimes you're not just buying a product, but also good service, a fun day, and a memory. After all, it's through shopping at these places that they will continue to exist. Video: Creutz in Nice, France (IG thenorejectionguy)

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Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thrilled to have been a part of this! Pre-orders open soon!

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 12/09/2026

I have known four people who got folding Samsungs and everyone single one broke at the bend well within a year of buying. The replacements? Also broke! Because when you keep bending plastic, it breaks!

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our editor runs Typebar Magazine by himself (!!) and the operation currently loses money to the tune of ~$5400/year. Subscribing helps guarantee a future for our unique brand of literary analysis, cultural commentary, and breathtaking fiction! www.typebarmagazine.com/typebar-maga...

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Typebar Magazine: The Financials (September 2026)

We're still short.

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Imprint Films @imprintfilms.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Two Hardboxes join the Imprint Asia collection this October: • THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts! • THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut! 1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.

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朝松健　Ken Asamatsu @uncledagon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

イタリアから「日本作家クトゥルー神話小説大全」が届きました。

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

America was a country dreamed up by religious fanatics and realized through violence. Philip Roth gave a name for this ‘blessed rage for purity’: the ‘indigenous American Berserk’. Granta 176: American Berserk publishes today. granta.com/products/gra...

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