Reposted by Vadimantibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026To those implying that Kremlin-controlled social media bot/troll farms became silent after Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, posting this CloudFare chart ( radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238 ): Hate to disappoint you all ⤵️ 32949481
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation. 012
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Haven’t subscribed to physical printed media since like middle school. 000
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Wrote about Jaadugar's incredible dedication to cultural accuracy, but how rather than trapping itself in the constraints of objective reality, it thrives in the gaps between factual history and compelling lies. A gorgeous, unique production worth exploring blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/08/07/j... 1199106
Reposted by VadimSomething is Being Born @nabelew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:newyorker.comSometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language DieWhen cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die. 67933
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Registering for a Korean test at a level I’m clearly not prepared for yet isn’t how I imagined my midlife crisis would go, yet here we are. Guess I have three months to at least learn how to write coherently.. 000
Reposted by Vadimchloe 🐇 @sapphic.moe · 29/06/2026SUISEI FILMED AN MV IN KAZAKHSTAN?????? OH MY GODDDDDDD youtu.be/9ijHd0knEwwyoutu.be星をみる少女 / 星街すいせい (official)YouTube video by Suisei Channel 2141
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Me with Hebrew: genuinely happy to have acquired the ability to parse newspaper headlines, without necessarily understanding them Me with Kazakh: frustrated with myself for not being able to yap as well as a literal member of parliament who just happens to not be ethnically Kazakh 130
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 03/06/2026my Central Asia-pilled brain: “Vilnius is Bukhara (laudatory), Moscow is Samarkand (derogatory)” 010
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 27/05/2026How I processed the big phrase in the middle: "'Deserts on books'? Sure is an evocative image, though I'm not sure of what exactly... oh it's 'talking about books', that makes more sense I guess" 120
Reposted by VadimGareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I imagine this is well known to Arabists, but it's remarkable how much variation there is in grammars of Modern Standard Arabic as to how words are stressed. Here are some examples...🧵 #Arabic #linguistics 2418
Reposted by VadimKelira Telian @keliratelian.bsky.social · 18/05/2026static.klipy.comI Think You Should Leave Hot Dog SuspectALT: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect 4330144
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Now that I have the results of an official Kazakh proficiency test I can add another humblebrag(?) to my arsenal: “I’m the guy who took four years to reach B2 in Japanese and 30 years to reach B1 in Kazakh”😅 130
Reposted by VadimJosh Yunis @joshyunis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Instead of fantasizing about the Bund, consider reading up on the work of Bnei Avraham and donating to their cause k-larevue.com/en/2026/04/2...k-larevue.comViolence in the West Bank: The “protective presence” of Bnei AvrahamThere are between 80 and 100 religious activists—Masorti and Haredi—who travel every week to Palestinian villages in the West Bank to accompany farmers on their land, physically block settlers… 0107
Reposted by VadimWilliam Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026In the semi-joking, semi-sad words of an old comrade, "anarchism is the only cult that's constantly trying to kick out all its members." But this has made us comparably robust in a way that widely strewn flags of identity like "left" or "libertarian" have not been. 1143
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 18/04/2026My typical day for the past few weeks: -look for job postings with proficiency in Japanese as a requirement -only find Chinese and Korean ones -think “might wanna get back to learning those at some point” -spend the rest of the day learning Hebrew, Irish and Tibetan 010
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 10/04/2026tfw a new show actually impresses you with its in medias res, minimal exposition beginning, but then you find out that you just accidentally started from episode 2😕 000
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I dag skal det skrivast her på nynorsk …seier eg som om eg vanlegvis skriv mykje på andre språk 110
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Me after the first couple of weeks of going through a Biblical Hebrew textbook: “wait so Gamaliel translates to ‘God is my camel’?” 100
Reposted by VadimJason Prime @blazingwaters.northsky.social · 16/03/2026this knocked me out 3741121667
Reposted by VadimThe Insider @theins.press · 13/03/2026Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft @christogrozev.bsky.social, @dobrokhotov.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social detail how hubris and Google Translate exposed Russia's most secretive assassination unit, Center 795.theins.pressLost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraftCenter 795, which emerged after the start of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine and comprises elite units from the GRU and FSB, was established as a top-secret and fully autonomous entity designed to ... 27337
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026More importantly, an amazing person who shaped a humane philosophy that the studio carried from its founding until now, and in the hands of his family, into the future. People who crossed paths with him remember both small acts of kindness and his ahead-of-their-time views on animation production 013634
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026All my condolences about the passing of KyoAni founder & president Hideaki Hatta. No exaggeration to say that he's been one of the most important individuals in the history of this industry, especially if you consider that he also had a hand in IG's inception www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/...kyotoanimation.co.jp京都アニメーションホームページ京都アニメーションホームページへようこそ。アニメ作品情報、オリジナルグッズなどの情報満載です。スタッフコンテンツもお楽しみに！ 1427188
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Tsurumaki will celebrate the 30th anniversary of these words he said by directing a new Eva series 411043
Reposted by VadimAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Barhebraeus in the 13th century on Uyghur script being adapted for Mongolian: 12313
Reposted by VadimKillvia Bones 💀💜 @vestenet.bsky.social · 15/02/2026gatchaman crowds insight, one of the few stories that fully commits and refuses to avert its gaze from the horror of the Median Voter 215459
Reposted by Vadimjune ash eden, kafka’s favorite failgirl @kafkaesquities.bsky.social · 03/02/2026this is a good thread; something I would add (and which Gillis has talked about elsewhere) is the degree to which the movement left *still* has not really adjusted to the reality of The Internet As It Now Exists and its wide-scale, cascading ramifications both for organizing and opsec. 1116
Reposted by VadimIan Sacks @iansacks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Highly, highly important, inflexible Japanese->English translation rule dealing with any game-themed text: ステータス: Stat(s) 状態: Status The top is numerical attributes; the bottom is whether a party-member is poisoned or asleep The top is literally "status" in katakana, but that's a trap 313841
Reposted by VadimReis @reiseng.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Tragically Kronii is right 💀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnV... 2185
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Oshi no Ko has always been harsh on the entertainment industry, but there's a fundamental difference between its usual critique (which *can* be pointed) and allowing a brilliant woman to direct an opening that's explicitly about aspects like the commodification of young, predominantly female bodies 216468
Reposted by VadimKatharine Khamhaengwong @katharinegk.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Wrote about sweet Tsova-Tush children's book project, trying to revive a dying language, for @ocmedia.bsky.social oc-media.org/the-tsova-tu...oc-media.orgThe Tsova-Tush children’s book aiming to save one of Georgia’s most endangered languagesA 2019 documentary failed to find anyone under the age of 30 who knew Tsova–Tush. 23210
Reposted by Vadimraz @wrfzk.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Person who is learning japanese: I now have renounced the English language.... I will check out every single work in japanese to enlighten myself on the true meaning of the work Person who speaks japanese fluently +10yrs: imma read it in English I'm too lazy for this 520153
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Never have I been more glad that no project gets picked up at KyoAni unless a director is proactive about wanting to make it. Which, duh, they would with Ruridragon. Jump adaptations are sucking the air out of the room, but at least this is a vacuum-sealed studio that won't sap talent from elsewhere 18315
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Real announcement ends up being understandable but insanely out of left field. Well played, PR person 722777
Reposted by VadimLohbeART -🦍☢🌿🦦🐔🔎 @artlohbe.bsky.social · 27/12/2025I was strong until she started to cry trough while singing 🥲 Goodbye Kanata, thank you! #天音かなた卒業ライブ 011
Reposted by VadimkViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 27/12/2025The Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia anime looks goooooooood. Was hardly a secret that Naoko Yamada is the chief director, but there you go. History & cultures we often see framed from a different perspective, largely seen through the eyes of women motivated by very personal reasons? Ofc she's inyoutu.beTVアニメ『天幕のジャードゥーガル』ティザーPV｜2026年7月放送決定！YouTube video by tv asahi animation YouTubeチャンネル 5282133
Reposted by VadimAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/12/2025UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight. Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable. 251059225
Reposted by Vadimhailey @hailey.at · 25/12/2025Japanese cluster over the past six hours. The entirety of the lime green section at the bottom is a combination of "Japanese Artists" and "Japanese Bluesky Migration" 633887
Reposted by Vadimashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025reporting live from I Love Women HQ, here's silent hill f scriptwriter ryukishi07 👩❤️💋👩: (this article features ryukishi07's unedited thoughts, but you can read more of my interview with him and producer motoi okamoto in context here tinyurl.com/ytvy4ze2 ❤️🩹🔒) www.gamesradar.com/games/silent...gamesradar.comSilent Hill f writer says he's "forever scared of" women, and that's why the game takes them seriously: "Working on themes based around women is, to me, the greatest act of respect"Horror is devotional for Ryukishi07 421353
Reposted by VadimAshlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 13/12/2025PSA this "joke" that ASL interpreters can't follow Trump is exceptionally unoriginal, not even remotely accurate, and so. fucking. annoying. Here's 30 replies to ONE post. Just stop. Bc if you only mention #accessibility when you're trying to insult someone's intelligence, you're no ally to me. 3123
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed and sweat coming out of his nose .Alt: The line “I know kung fu” from The Matrix (1999). 000
Reposted by VadimThe Reel Jon 🦌🎬🇵🇸🇸🇩🇸🇸🇺🇦 @thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.network · 02/12/2025Wasn’t fully aware Kanata at Hololive had Ménière’s disease, so especially with her condition 6 years as an idol is an amazing run. No indie reincarnation planned from what’s being said, I just wish her the best going forward. www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/c...reddit.comFrom the Hololive community on Reddit: [Announcement Regarding Amane Kanata's Graduation]Explore this post and more from the Hololive community 193
Reposted by Vadimtctc @toastcrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Amane Kanata graduation details via her official Twitter account. Summary of her stream provided by her. x.com/amanekanatac... 65216
Reposted by VadimJaki🦖🦕 @jakikok.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Knowing about her condition being inevitable still doesn't hurt any less hearing about her graduation. Thank you for your 6 years of work Kanatan, it's so ironic that your voice is so phenomenal, only for you to end up slowly losing your hearing. Fuck this shit. 072
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Appreciate this thumbnail for shining the spotlight on Spanish, a spunky regional language on the outskirts of the Basque-Catalan Kingdom. 010
Reposted by VadimC.A. Petrov @capetrov.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Along with everything else that's wrong here, I'm SUPER upset this is going to be a lot of people's first exposure to Bukharian jomahs. Which are actually pretty fab when they're worn where it's appropriate, and have a cool, but possibly apocryphal, origin. 11405106
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Spent this Sunday compiling weird data: Turkic states’ national anthems’s lyrics sorted by language of origin. No big surprises other than the contrast between the 2 verses of the Turkish one The availability of etymological data on the web decreases from west to east so there might be inaccuracies 120
Vadim @vonpeterhof.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Did always strike me as weird how Japanese dialectology treated Kyoto as the epicenter of innovation in everything but accent. Just stumbled upon both a theory of how it’s not an exception after all and some explanations of why said theory isn’t more widely accepted www.academia.edu/43529998/The...academia.eduThe Ramsey hypothesisChapter for the Handbook of Historical Japanese Linguistics Research into the history of the Japanese tone system has reached an impasse because it is hard to make the standard reconstruction of the M... 020
