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日英特許翻訳者。豪州人。好きなテレビ番組は笑点。 Into dungeons and dragons and the like. He/him.

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Professional whistler Romu Aoyagi performs 'The Whistler and His Dog.'" www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
This is excellent. Great presentation, eye opening, and makes you think. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
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The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 09/10/2026
While Elvis Presley has had many reimaginings in popular culture, Japanese noh theater might be a most unexpected context. Nonetheless, his ghost is coming to the stage in Tokyo on Oct. 10 and 11. www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...
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Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The next NHK morning drama Blossom is a literary one, based on the life of Uno Chiyo. In asadora style, the character goes by a different name: Hano Tama. And it seems Akutagawa Ryunosuke is also in the story, as "Akiyama Kakunosuke." www.nhk.jp/g/ts/R769G71...
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【新キャスト】珠に影響を与える作家たち/ブラッサム - 「ブラッサム」さまざまなトピックス - ブラッサム - NHK
主人公・葉野珠に影響を与える作家たちを演じるみなさんが決まりましたので、お知らせいたします。
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Weather Mizumoto @weathermizu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Radar and Satellite at 6pm - Severe rain going away from the region, it seems to be cleared from Chiba within 3 or 4 hours. #kanto #Dujuan
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TBS news, showing what Honshu can expect for Silver Week. We've been actively seeking out free newspapers lately, to screw them up, and stuff in our shoes, to help them dry out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iP3...
Screenshot from a news programme, showing a typhoon forming up, and heading over Kanto during Silver Week.
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荒木健太郎 @arakencloud.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
トラック諸島近海の熱帯低気圧が台風に発達する予報が出ています。今後の台風情報にご留意ください。
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This needs to be a bigger story. Google Docs is no longer safe for copyrighted material. Any writer on contract needs to stop using it *immediately*.
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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Google Docs leaks private information - www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c...
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From the IndieDev community on Reddit: A player found out the ACTUAL name of my game's upcoming character from the Google Search AI - I had never told the name to anyone.
Explore this post and more from the IndieDev community
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I knew コスパ = “cost performance” And I learned タイパ today (time performance) Apparently there’s also スペパ = “space performance”
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Taiwan Cambot @taiwan-cambot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The hills of Dashibi Mountain Trail, Taiwan #Taiwan
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
An Australian man hiking in Iwate prefecture was attacked by a bear. He suffered bites and scratches to his face and abdomen but was able to seek help from a nearby road. The report says he is not in a critical condition. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
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山林でハイキングしていた外国人男性、クマに顔や腹をかまれけが…通行人が119番
【読売新聞】 27日午前7時頃、岩手県野田村の山林で、ハイキングをしていたオーストラリア国籍の男性(25)がクマに襲われた。男性は顔や腹部をかまれたり、引っかかれたりしてけがを負い、病院に搬送されたが、命に別条はないという。 県警久
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Best-selling author Keigo Higashino has died at 68. Following success in Japan, translations brought him popularity in Asia and the West. "The Devotion of Suspect X" introduced his Detective Galileo character to the Anglosphere in 2011. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
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作家の東野圭吾さんが大腸がんで死去、68歳…「容疑者Xの献身」など日本のミステリー界を牽引
【読売新聞】 「容疑者Xの献身」をはじめ数多くの作品で、日本のミステリー界を牽引してきた作家の東野圭吾さん(68)が23日、大腸がんで死去したことが分かった。 大阪市出身。1985年に「放課後」で江戸川乱歩賞を受けてデビューした。そ
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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
party at the temple, and on the streets
Silhouette of temple eaves against orange fireworks in dark skyFishy ornaments atop a temple enjoy their 15 split seconds of fame as an exploding white light turns the sky monochromeMentally unstable fireworks do whatever the fuck they want beside a temple gateA narrow road upon which all our neighbors have come together to watch the show in the sky again.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
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A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 25/07/2026
Japan no longer has throngs of samurai clamoring for traditionally smelted steel, but artisans and experts in a rural corner of Shimane Prefecture refuse to let their furnaces flame out. 👉 ebx.sh/ygD8W3
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Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Another retelling from Kojiki: after causing havoc in heaven, Susanoo comes down to the world to have an adventure. (Text by me) www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
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Susanoo and the Eight-Headed Serpent Yamata no Orochi
The god Susanoo, exiled from heaven, resolves to kill the terrible serpent Yamata no Orochi in this legend from Japan’s ancient Kojiki chronicle.
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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It kind of reminds me of the hype over “murder hornets,” which was a mis(re)translation of satsujin-bachi, itself a mistranslation of “killer bee.” www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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Do “Murder Hornets” Really Exist?
The answer hinges on a peculiarity of the Japanese language.
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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is a really odd translation of this new term for an extremely hot day. The NYT renders 酷暑日 (kokushobi) as “cruel heat day.” But that implies an agency that weather cannot have. “Brutally hot day” is a better localization.
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生姜@📍固定ご覧ください @datura-mete-l.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
大阪市の木陰率、「データがない」から分からないそうなのだが、参考として樹木樹林率に当たるとこれが「2.5%」…… だよなー……大阪市ってほんと緑が少ないから納得の数字ではある。それでもここまで低いとは思わなかった note.com/osaka_tree/n...
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大阪市の木陰はどんだけ?|大阪市の街路樹撤去を考える会
先日バズった日経の記事(「緑の日傘」消える日本、街路樹50万本減 世界の都市整備と逆行 2026年5月24日)に登場したキーワード「樹冠被覆率」。 ざっくり言うと、高木・中木の枝葉が地面を覆う面積の割合のことで、木陰がどれくらいあるかを示す指標です。 東京23区は、2013年の9.2%から2022年は7.3%に低下しました(東京大学都市・ランドスケープ計画研究室の白石欣也氏の研究 2022)。10...
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 24/07/2026
A Russian spy at the center of an operation to smuggle high-tech weapon components into Russia has left Japan after his activities were disclosed by The New York Times, a Ukrainian intelligence official said Thursday. | via @nytimes.com
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A Russian spy, suddenly cast into the spotlight, flees Japan
The spy was at the center of a secret operation to smuggle high-tech weapon components into Russia.
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Pabst Boo Ronin @pabstblueronin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thank you Trent Reznor, that is an excellent daikon radish
Japanese NIN promotional image with Trent reznor in a field, wearing a big straw hat, holding a big daikon radish and smiling
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荒木健太郎 @arakencloud.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
酷暑日がなんと7地点もありました。 7/23 静岡県佐久間 41.1℃ (14:17) 岐阜県美濃 40.8℃ (14:31) 愛知県豊田 40.8℃ (13:50) 三重県桑名 40.7℃ (13:25) 岐阜県金山 40.4℃ (15:45) 岐阜県多治見 40.2℃ (14:01) 静岡県浜松 40.2℃ (14:08)
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The video of a copyright-breaking indie pokemon game that ended up being used by an examiner at the Japan Patent Office to dismiss one of Nintendo's patent applications: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tzn...
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Pokemon Generations - 3D indie Pokemon Gameplay
YouTube video by JolteonPlays
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hacker group RansomHouse has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on frozen food giant Nichirei. The group has strong Russian links, and claimed responsibility for an attack last year on Askul. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Hacker group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Japanese frozen food firm | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
A security firm says a hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack carried out earlier this month on major Japanese frozen food company Nichirei.
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I didn't know that, in Japan, showing leg hair apparently counts as harassing women... (two parents in my contact list commented elsewhere that their sons shave their legs) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but women say it's 'leg hair harassment'
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 14/07/2026
People tend to take a monolithic view on manga artists. They hear about Shonen Jump artists with their insane hours and armies of assistants and assume that is standard for ALL manga artists It's not Gou Tanabe works entirely alone, no assistants, producing around 30 pages a month. And sleeps well
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Guardian article commenting on NYT's paywalled article painting Japan as a "den of spies". Ukraine has separately reported that a 90% of Russian weapons use Japan-sourced components www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Japan admits growing need to counter espionage after Russian ‘den of spies’ report
Issue must be addressed with ‘even greater rigour’, says government spokesman, after New York Times report on how it has become a spy hub for Vladimir Putin
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A few days before Christmas 2016, a grey Land Rover paused in front of a bank of mirrored windows at this checkpoint on the border between France and Switzerland. What happened next revealed just how looted art worms its way into museums. A 🧵 about my article: hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-ma...
Screencap from a "Chasseur de Trésor et Fouilles Illégales: Genève au Cœur d’un Trafic d’Antiquités,” RTS, February 12, 2023, www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/13760278-chasseur-de-tresor-et-fouilles-illegales-geneve-au-cur-dun-trafic-dantiquites.html
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Sarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
THIS. this is the best novel I've translated. it was also the most challenging. if you only read one book I've translated, read this one.
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Distorted I Love You (Novel) | Seven Seas Entertainment
A brand-new, supernatural light novel from the brilliant mind behind I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and At Night, I Become a Monster, Yoru Sumino! It all started with a livestream on a bottom-tier YouTub...
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Sarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
translator hive mind: what are some conventions of Japanese novel writing that don't work so well in English? here's what I have so far: 1. lack of dialogue tags self explanatory. relying on character voice via clearcut JP speech patterns (gendered pronouns, etc.) to convey who's talking ...
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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Every time you translate 頑張る as "I'll do my best", an angel loses the will to live and plummets to earth from the heavens.
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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's time for the June #Japanese slang review. This month, let's learn about: オシガマ 恋バナ 顔ない バリ3 嫁ニー 朝ラー チャッピー構文 メカメカしい 百合営業 解釈違い wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/j...
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Japanese Slang Review – June 2026
And it’s time for the sixth Japanese slang review of 2026 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook, l…
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Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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@nluewmist / I’m finally reading Dune. This quote which in the first few pages hit hard; “once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only let other men with machines to enslave them.”
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Combini sales rose 0.7% in May, the 15th consecutive month of year-on year increases. Yomiuri says high temperatures drove demand for ice cream. Only last week, we learned ice cream price rises have been rigged by producers. www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/2026...
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5月のコンビニ売上高0・7%増、15か月連続のプラス…気温上昇でアイスクリームなど好調
【読売新聞】 日本フランチャイズチェーン協会が22日発表した5月の全国コンビニエンスストアの売上高(既存店ベース)は、前年同月比0・7%増の9888億円だった。15か月連続のプラスで、大型連休に伴う行楽需要や気温の上昇で、アイスクリ
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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW Japanese to English translation competition!!! This is aimed at emerging literary translators who have never published a novel before. You must translate one of the short stories from 「#真相をお話しします」by the end of October. omusubi-agency.co.jp/competition1/
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1st Japanese Popular Fiction Translation Competition | OMUSUBI
1st Japanese Popular Fiction Translation Competition. Discovering, nurturing, and supporting translators who share our vision of bringing Japanese culture to the world.
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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 15/06/2026
For our general submissions call, Two Lines Press is looking for translations of full-length prose works, from any non-English language into English. At this time, we're only considering pitches for novels, novellas, story collections, and literary non-fiction. www.twolinespress.com/submissions#...
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Emily Maple @suika.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"[In Japan,] the mother of a 16-year-old girl who died from emaciation following detention and alleged menacing interrogations by authorities is seeking compensation, in the latest case of what is known as “hostage justice.”"
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Japanese mother sues state over teen’s ‘hostage justice’ death
The mother of a girl who died from emaciation following detention and alleged interrogations by authorities is seeking compensation, in the latest case of “hostage justice.”
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This headline's reference to "golden PET bottles" means highway cleaning staff are fed up to the back teeth with having to pick up bottles of pee, thrown away by truck drivers. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
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高速道の「黄金のペットボトル」、悪臭放ち清掃員の心理的負担大きく…背景に運送業界の事情
【読売新聞】 夜間の高速道路のサービスエリア(SA)などで、大型車用の駐車スペース不足が深刻化するなか、ドライバーが車内で用を足し、道沿いに捨てた容器「黄金のペットボトル」の処理が問題となっている。中日本高速道路は「ゴミは所定の位置
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just found out that Anthony Head passed. RIP
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Emily Maple @suika.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New Tokyo Review piece, by the way. Written by social anthropologist Rina Komiya, and edited by yours truly. Please check it out.
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niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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$9 Trillion Collapse Machine
The immense economic and ecological risks being taken by the artificial intelligence industry have grown so impossibly large that no one —
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Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Sakurajima bloating up again, which it often does before erupting #volcano
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wakasato @wakasato.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
スターゲイジーパイについてイギリス人に聞いてみた 1/4
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Matt Schley @mattschley.com · 22/05/2026
Some thoughts on the first three episodes of Patlabor EZY.
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‘Patlabor EZY’ turns everyday mecha bureaucracy into a delight
The new 'Patlabor' series proves giant robots and police officers don't need world-ending stakes to be entertaining. Sometimes, office ennui is enough.
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Amelie In Tokyo ✨ @amelieintokyo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I was about to share how today’s earth scorching heat isn’t a good sign for this summer. Streets, playgrounds, everything is burning hot 🥵
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 07/05/2026
Gone in 60 seconds: Across Japan, water meters are being stolen from homes at an alarming rate, presumably because they contain copper, whose price has climbed in recent years.
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Water meter thefts spread across Japan as copper prices rise
Experienced thieves can remove a meter in under a minute, according to a water bureau official.
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 28/04/2026
If you need to see a tiny snail today, meet the black gloss snail. 🐌 Found across the Northern Hemisphere, this gastropod's shell typically reaches ~0.2 in (.5 cm) in diameter—smaller than a penny. It feeds on decaying leaves, fruit, and mushrooms. Photo: elwinham, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
A photo of a tiny black gloss on a human finger, highlighting the snail’s miniscule size.
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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NEW: we caught 🇨🇳Chinese hackers... again. Twist: they're hacking journalists & activists, but we suspect they're private contractors. State repression... with a profit margin. Thread + how to protect yourself 1/ By my colleagues @citizenlab.ca + @icij.org citizenlab.ca/research/how...
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