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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Made some mall food court-style orange chicken in the Instant Pot tonight. Turned out great, better consistency with the sauce than the teriyaki chicken I made two weeks ago.

A white bowl with a blue radial dot pattern holding sticky rice on the right and chunks of chicken thighs in a thick orange sauce on the left. The bowl is on a black placemat on a dark wood table.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Returned my overseas ballot for the November election, so I’ve basically done what I can do from here. Airmailed my drop of water to the dumpster fire that is the USA. Not expecting any issues, but I sent up online ballot tracking this time, just in case […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An anti-trans ballot initiative calling for the prohibition of “biologically male” students from girls’ athletics and requiring genital inspections.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Tonight I saw The Damned, part of their Final Damnation 50 tour. It was an excellent show, but maybe the oldest audience of any concert I’ve been to (including New Order). I’ve seen them three times; not an amazing amount, but they’re the band I’ve seen the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close up of lead singer Dave Vanian, dressed in a three piece suit, fedora, sunglasses, and black gloves.

Guitarist Captain Sensible, dressed in red beret and red and black striped sweater.

Dave Vanian performs Neat Neat Neat with a paper bag covering his head.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Tokyo Game Show Pics: This Time it’s Personal #tgs2026

A bluebird-headed warrior faces off against a giant werewolf, promoting Netmarble’s Shangri-La Frontier.

More Netmarble characters: pink-haired girl, white rabbit in top hat, and the bird-headed Shanghai-La guy again.

Semi-3D virtual idol band performance for a mobile game called Our Notes.

Video pillar for Smilegate’s Miresi: Invisible Future, showing an anime girl walking from two angles. Apparently a time travel RPG.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I have many nice handheld consoles, but my retro ones (Game Boy Color through Sony Vita) are growing in value and my Analogue Pocket is pretty expensive to begin with, so I take them out and about with me less than I’d like to. I wanted a small and cheap […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A hand holding a small (roughly cigarette pack-sized) portable video game console. It has a gray aluminum case.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

I mentioned my wife was trying to get city council members to push for the creation of a children’s hospice in Kawasaki by bringing them to the Yokohama one. Turns out a dozen members of Komeito showed up, not just one (no party endorsement or affiliation […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A Japanese language news article describing the need for support for children with severe illnesses. Several masked politicians are listening to a presentation by the founder of the Yokohama Children’s Hospice Project.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Took the family on an overnight trip to Atami. Didn’t get to roam around too much with wheelchair-riding Mother-in-Law and a whiny heat-averse teen daughter in tow, but seeing the fireworks show from our hotel room was fun. #Japan #Atami

A rooftop panorama of the seaside portion of Atami. Mountains are visible on the far left and right, and the Pacific Ocean is visible between buildings.

View of multicolored fireworks exploding as seen from a hotel room balcony.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer is ShiroNeko Punch Hoppy Weizen by Vector Brewing, Tokyo. 5% ABV. Japanese brewers really like wheat beers for some reason. This one is tasty, but a bit on the simplistic side compared to the superior Belgian whites. No hints of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A hand holding a pint glass filled with light yellow white ale.

An enamel tab label showing a white cat sprawled out on a field of wheat. “ShiroNeko Punch” (White Cat Punch) is written in Japanese text. “Hoppy Weizen”is written in English text in the upper right corner.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer is Dragoneye Sun Organic Golden Ale by Akatsuki Brewery, Tokyo. 4.5% ABV. Golden ales aren’t one of my favorite varieties, but this one is quite good. Very clean and crisp. #Beer

A hand holding a pint glass full of golden ales.

An enamel tap label with “Akatsuki Brewing Tokyo Dragoneye Sun Organic Golden Ale” written in English. A round circular “eye” design is shown in orange on a white background.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

[Meat] Didn’t rain through the weekend for once, so I spent the day smoking two racks of baby back ribs in the Weber kettle. I used a simple seasoned BBQ salt rub and then brown sugar over that. Spritzed a bit of apple cider vinegar to moisten the meat at […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two racks of ribs on a cutting board. They’ve been patted down with a seasoned salt rub.

The ribs are shown racked up on the surface of a black kettle grill. White smoke rises from a block of hickory wood.

The lid has been replaced on the grill, and clean white smoke emits from the grill’s lid vent.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

[Alcohol] Today’s beer: a pale ale from Sakai Kashi Brewery, Ibaraki. 5% ABV. Not incredibly complex, but it’s got a nice color and a crisp, slightly malty flavor. Good summer beer. #Beer

A hand holding a pint glass filled with orangish pale ale topped with about a centimeter of foam.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

My ever-evolving chili. I’ve made more of this than any other dish. Contains oregano, cumin, ancho chili powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, habanero powder, Carolina Reaper powder, and a teaspoon of Ghost Pepper sauce. I use both black beans and kidney […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A white bowl of chili topped with shredded cheddar cheese.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: Touchdown Dunkel, a Munich-style Dunkel by Yatsugatake Brewery, Yamanashi Prefecture. 6% ABV. Nice color, smooth but with a little bit of bitterness at the tail. #Beer

A hand holding a pint glass full of reddish beer

A reddish tap label with “Yatsugatake Beer Touchdown Dunkel”written in English and Japanese text. In the center there’s a photo of a tractor parked with a trailer full of grain.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: Chocola Premium, a chocolate stout by Konishi Brewing, Itami-shi, Hyōgo-ken. 5% ABV. It gets its flavor from actual Belgian chocolate, rather than just roasting the hops. The label says “Bitter & Sweet,” but it’s much more on the sweet side. Tasty, though. #Beer

A dark brown bottle of beer. The cream colored label reads Chocola Premium above a rainbow mountain silhouette.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: Soralamà’s Bellà Rosè, which bills itself as an “Italian Grape Ale (IGA).” The ingredients are barley, grapes, hops, yeast in that order. Comes in a champagne bottle and is very frothy. 7.5% ABV. Tastes like you’d imagine: a cross […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A dark glass champagne bottle showing a silhouetted tower in black outlines with red. Silver text reads “Italian Grape Ale” at the top and “Bellà Rosè” below.

A point glass filled with cloudy reddish beer, topped with a thick, frothy head.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Got the new grill assembled and introduced to its new habitat. This is a 22” Weber Original Kettle Premium, an upgrade from the basic 18” Original Kettle I’ve used for the last six years. The extra cooking real estate and enclosed ash bucket will be very […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A black ceramic coated kettle grill standing in a small packed earth lawn next to a small vegetable patch.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

[Alcohol] Just in case people are under the impression that I always drink fancy craft beer. Tonight’s beverage is a Kirin Grape Sour. The main ingredient is vodka, followed by a long list of arcane laboratory concoctions. It saw a grape once. It tastes […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: SuppaMikan Fruit Ale, a sour mikan-flavored wheat beer by Fuji Premium Brewing, Shizuoka. 5% ABV. The mikan flavor is definitely present but not overpowering, and the beer has a light, summery feel. #Beer

A hand holding up a pint glass filled with a bright orangish beer.

An enamel tap label with white text and art on a forest green background. There’s a stylized depiction of Mount Fuji at the top and a centered cartoon face winking with its tongue sticking out. Japanese text reads “SuppaMikan Fruit Ale (White Beer.” Below it is the slogan “The world ain’t that sweet” (i.e., easy). At the bottom, English text reads “Fuji Premium Brewing.”

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

[Alcohol, booty] Tonight’s beer is called Homework, and it’s an Imperial Green Apple Gose from Tokyo’s Fetish Club brewery. (knew about them for a while, but this is my first beer by them.) Ngl, picked this for the cute bum on the label artwork, a photo […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An aluminum tallboy beer can for Fetish Club Beer’s Homework. The label is a photo of a shapely woman shown from behind. Wearing only a pink thong and a belt, she straddles a suited man’s lap as he wraps his arms around her. A cocktail table with a decanter of whiskey is shown in the foreground.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

[Alcohol] Triple Cone by Shizuoka’s West Coast Brewing. Another New England-style hazy IPA, but with a tiny bit more punch than their Summer Breeze (7% ABV vs 6%). Not massively different in flavor, but I preferred this one. #Beer

An aluminum tallboy beer can bearing the text Triple Cone. The label artwork shows cartoon hops in yellow-green on a purple background.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: Centaur by Teenage Brewing, Saitama(!) Japan. It’s a double New England style hazy IPA, 8% ABV. Didn’t know this would be another hazy IPA when I bought it, I usually try to mix things up a bit, but hazy IPAs are one of my favorite […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A tallboy can of Centaur double hazy IPA by Teenage Brewing. A semi-abstract illustration of a centaur is shown on an orange background, but the upper portion of the centaur has a bundle of flowers instead of a human head.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026

[Alcohol] Tonight’s beer: Summer Breeze by West Coast Brewing, Shizuoka Japan. It’s a New England style hazy IPA. 6% ABV. Light and fruity, looks like grapefruit juice in the glass! #Beer

An aluminum tallboy beer can illustrated with a summery pastoral scene and blue sky with scattered clouds. The silver text “Summer Breeze” is centered, with the initials WCB towards the top.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

The other day I went to the Sorayama “Sexy Robot” Hajime art retrospective in Tokyo’s Kyōbashi, and then went to a joint art show/print sale in nearby Ginza featuring more Sorayama, along with Terada Katsuya, Rockin’ JellyBean, and special guest Shirow […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Poster for the Sorayama retrospective, showing a sexy chrome gynoid (female android) towering over a city skyline.

Posted for the Ex Machina Galactica art exhibition, showing thumbnail images of artwork by Sorayama, Terada, Rockin’ JellyBean, and Shirow Masamune.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Went to the Hokusai / Eisen exhibition of early 19th century erotic Japanese prints. It was held in a pretty gritty part of Kabukicho, with the first half at a tiny kabuki theater and the second at a fully-functioning host club, with the snuggling seats and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A flyer for a Katsushika Hokusai and Keisai Eisen Shunga (erotic Japanese woodblock print) art exhibit. The central artwork shows a man and woman with elaborate Edo period hairstyles embracing and kissing passionately.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

My parents are visiting for Golden Week, so I grilled for them today. Did four steaks (salt rub, salt + pepper rub, herb rub), Montreal chicken, baked potatoes cooked on the coals, bratwurst, and corn on the cob with basil-Parmesan butter. Everybody is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A Weber kettle grill grate shown from above. On the grill cook two steaks and three ears of corn on the cob (still in the husks) coated with basil-Parmesan butter. Foil-wrapped potatoes rest against the charcoal underneath the grate.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

Stumbled across a small bonsai shop in Ginza the other day. Selling small bonsai! #Japan #Tokyo

An old, weather-beaten black wooden sign with gold text that reads “Bonsai Suiseki Art Ginza Morimae.”

A wooden bench supporting many small bonsai trees, most in pots the size of a teacup.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2024

I did hang around at the Konami booth for the Silent Hill 2 private theater trailer. I don’t usually bother with remakes and remasters of games I’ve already played, but the game looks awesome. Pyramid Head showed up in the flesh in the theater. He was […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A Silent Hill Historical Society pamphlet and a packet of Silent Hill 2 stickers. Swag from the Konami booth.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2024

This fierce booth babe wants to reach out and touch you. With a polearm. #tgs2024 #TokyoGameShow2024

Statue of some legendary Three Kingdoms Chinese warrior armed with a halberd. From Shin Sangoku Musō Origins at the Koei-Tecmo booth.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2024

Transportation seems to be a big thing among the booth babes this year. They are on the go and provide their own rides. #tgs2024 #TokyoGameShow2024

Statue of a Monster Hunter Wilds character astride a large bipedal feathered beast.

An armored Warframe character leaning against a futuristic motorcycle, spinning his sword.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2024

It makes me feel safer when I see medical personnel on hand at these big events. Doctors and nurses have had a rough time through the pandemic, and this veteran seems a little worse for wear, but just having her near me offers peace of mind. (And I’d be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Undead faceless Bubble-Headed Nurse outside Konami’s Silent Hill 2 booth. She wears a stained white uniform and black knee-high stockings with high heels.

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