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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 45m

Every time there’s an earthquake drill at my office, coworkers ask me to rate the accuracy and pronunciation of the English version of the building-wide broadcast. (Recently, quite good. Better than before.)

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Woke up to a notification that my midterm ballot had been received by my home county election office. It took 18 days to arrive via regular airmail sent from downtown Tokyo. I don’t usually opt into the detailed ballot tracking, but this time I thought it would be a good idea due to 〜USPS […]

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

In an example of extreme guerrilla urbanism, there are apparently 9600 foot bridges in Japan that have been been erected by persons unknown, leaving local city staff flummoxed. youtube.com/watch?v=v_NK...

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誰が作った？ナゾの勝手橋　全国に9600以上　老朽化危険＆豪雨リスクも【特集】

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

The world is rapidly going to hell and I can’t say I’ve personally enjoyed parenting for the past two years, but every time I see a pregnant lady or a couple with a small kid I mentally send good vibes their way. Hope things work out for them.

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Dunno about you guys, but my focus is completely shot…

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

And ANOTHER terrifying phone alarm to cancel the previous one?!

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Terrifying earthquake alarms ringing through the office

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The FamilyMart adjacent to my office is closed for renovations and it throws off my whole morning routine…

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

People hate on foreign tourists, but I like seeing all the international visitors around Tokyo Station. I hope they have a great time. It’s good for folks to experience Japan, and also positive for the locals to come into contact with people that diverge from the extremely narrow bounds of […]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

With the speed and enthusiasm with which Linux devs have embraced AI, I guess I’m glad I didn’t bother switching and (re)learning it. Not much of an alternative from the big corporate OSes anymore.

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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 · 08/10/2026

“You come at the king, you best not miss.”

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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Interesting point I heard in an interview with a voice actor. He mentioned his work is not that hard in the moment because he has 25 years of experience and knows exactly what the writers want from him. He navigates it through his deep understanding of shows, writers and audiences. I feel that […]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Got my flu shot (free of charge, in the office break room). This year felt like a race against the devil with the atypically early outbreak. Coworkers dropping like flies around me…

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I subscribed to Marvel Unlimited from Japan without a problem for years, but now it’s been announced that Unlimited is being killed and being replaced by a different service run not by Marvel/Disney but by WEBTOON. Which isn’t active in Japan. Looks like my future comic reading will be shifting […]

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b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣ @b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

So, uh, job search update: About a month ago now, I pleaded on mastodon for help. I didn’t really have a goal in mind. I was just miserable at work, not getting paid enough to do too much work. I posted a big long, rambling post that ended with, effectively, “will someone please help me” A […]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Forgot my noise cancelling headphones and now I get to rawdog my commute… 😫

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Doing the trendy music thing. #My9Albums

Nine album covers arranged in a grid format on a vinyl groove background. The albums are: The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland, Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, New Order - Substance 1987, Depeche Mode - Violator, The Cure - Disintegration, Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium, Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant, The Damned - The Light at the End of the Tunnel, and Skinny Puppy - Bites.

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

My daughter is cooking more, but it’s mostly unappetizing“food hacks” from YouTube Shorts. I don’t want to discourage her, but the results are always kinda gross. Yesterday she made a “cheesecake” from processed sliced cheese. Thankfully even she wasn’t able to stomach much of yesterday’s […]

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Jon Hancock @bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Colossal: “Wild Hijinx and Hilarious Happenstance Reign in the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards” www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/10/come… #Photography #Wildlife

Photograph by Scott Suriano, “Morning Calisthenics”. A bear, centre frame, the foreground and background forming horizontal bands of brown, white and blue from the soft colours of the riverbank, river, distant trees and hills, and sky. The bear is balancing on its rump and reaching a forelimb towards its opposite rear paw, giving the appearance of doing sit-ups.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The Trump administration broke the law when it pushed through a last-minute change to the form overseas citizens use to register and request absentee ballots, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday. Until recently, the form, the Federal Post Card Application […]

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Slightly distracted this evening by the marketing photos used by acupuncture salons.

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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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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Isseki Nagae considers what would happen if all foreign workers left Japan. Among his conclusions: GDP shrinking 10% by the 5th year, stagflation, social security deficits, bankruptcies and a recession-induced crime wave. agora-web.jp/archives/260...

Graphic illustrates seven outcomes of foreign workers leaving Japan

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

A couple years ago the Japanese government decided to pretend covid was over. My employer followed suit with a return to office mandate. Covid, the flu, mycoplasma tore through teams. I used the online suggestion box to request they place air purifiers throughout the office. I got a response […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Turned on my hotel TV thinking “I’ve never seen what regular live Japanese TV is like, I wonder if it’ll be like” and there’s a nice piano being played while a cat sits on the piano, with lots of closeups of the cat not the musician for several minutes. 10/10 no notes

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I was talking about coworkers last night, and my teen daughter was shaken to learn that there are OTAKU working in the video games industry!!! (Where does she think they end up?) Yeah, kiddo, not everybody is as suave and debonair as your papa… #GameDev

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Changed desks at work. Pro: I now sit next to the nice Chinese lady who is the nicest and most reliable member of my team. Con: Still sit by my team leader, an otherwise OK dude who has a habit of mumbling to himself in Korean and Japanese. Pro: Far away from the little web dev guy who […]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Taking hits from both sides as I am unable to verify my identity for either Japan’s PayPay or the US government’s new ID.me login scheme (AKA one-stop shopping for future identity thieves). The PayPay thing could be resolved by talking to a human, which is impossible. The US thing requires a […]

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The weather and humidity continue to suck, but Halloween decorations are starting to go up in stores and I’m here for it. 🧡🖤

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Happy to say that the brand new Emancipator album, Chrysalis, is quite good. But from a seasonal point of view, it’s time to put this earlier album back on heavy rotation… www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5… #Emancipator #Downtempo #Chillout

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 23/09/2026

Does anyone happen to have an "in" for a US-based translator eager to review Asako Yuzuki's Mari the Unwonderful Witch for a UK-based, transnational publication? (DMs are open)

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

My immediate area should be fine, but thanks to Typhoon #25 there have been constant landslide warnings (up to Level 4) and the scary smartphone alarm. #台風25号

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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

Final TGS Thoughts: Working in the game industry has a lot of the same tedious bullshit as any job, but TGS is an annual reminder that games and working on them can be kinda fun, sometimes, I guess. Beats working on accounting software. Wish I had more time and energy leftover after the work […]

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

TGS Thoughts: TGS lets you get a look at some of the industry trends. A couple years back, VR was everywhere. NFTs before that, blockchain stuff the year before that. This year I expected it to be AIAIAIAIAIAI everywhere. There was some of that, but less than I was expecting. Surveys show a […]

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

TGS Thoughts: While they’re kinda fun, game shows are a TERRIBLE place to actually learn about what new games are coming out. While it’s not as overwhelming as E3, TGS is a sensory overload kind of situation, even the business days are super crowded, and the closed trailer theater and game demo […]

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

TGS thoughts: I think Gamescom sometimes steals the big game announcement thunder from Tokyo Game Show, but TGS seems to have benefited from the death of E3. #tgs2026

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

TGS thoughts: For as long as I’ve been in the biz (not quite 20 years, but close), TGS has been an informal barometer for my colleagues to gauge the health of the Japanese video game industry. Who has booths, how big are they, how many halls rented, visitor numbers, etc. I’ve NEVER heard a […]

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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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