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T. Williams

@xstylus.bsky.social
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Here for art, tech, cat memes, & some occasional cloud shouting about nothing of consequence. Head of IT for a zangy boomy ADR studio in SoCal. (What few missives & musings I share are entirely my own.)

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Ryan "Footnote" Tatsu🌹 🏳️‍🌈 @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Mike Toole @miketoole.com · 6h
best girl '96
yurika from nadesico. captaion of the ship, doin a cute little pose in the robot hangar
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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
It'll never not be funny to me that Sony is clearly unable to get into Nozomi Entertainment's YouTube channel, given that they have been unable to update it and take down stuff that the licenses clearly expired on.
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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 29/09/2026
No, SungWon is absolutely correct here. The insistence on sticking with the Japanese title when there is already a perfectly acceptable English one is utterly asinine. Nobody does this in Japanese literature, or film, or any other art form. It's just the anime nerds who insist on being obtuse.
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Justin Sevakis @worldofcrap.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm going to MIPCOM, the big content trade show next month, where I will inevitably be approached by a bunch of tech bros offering AI dubbing and subtitling. I will then smile very large, look them in the eye, and say that I would rather shit directly into my own hands and eat it.
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🔥💣SSSS.Camilleअ @getterdrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
worst thing crunchyroll has ever done besides kill rightstuf is normalize the idea of no subs for ops/eds. I used to be okay with it because my reasoning was "Well when they come out on home video the songs will be translated so it's fine" but now home video isnt dead so lol
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It seems Johnny found himself a side-gig at Midas outside of running a dojo. #CobraKai
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GeekPrime @geekprime.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love how Star Trek Strange New Worlds got in a Miracle Max reference from Princess Bride for Carol Kane who played his wife in the movie.
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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGurl @marzgurl.com · 22/09/2026
This is the kind of decision a fansubber makes when you tell them they can only work with a text file and have no access to a graphical text editor like Aegisub.
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I haven't seen anybody report on this, but... If you're in California and Oregon and you get health insurance via your employer, and if that health insurance is through HealthNet, you won't have it for much longer. www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/centene...
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Centene's Health Net exits commercial group market in 2 states
The insurer will discontinue small- and large-group plans in California and Oregon as it concentrates on government-sponsored coverage.
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Justin Sevakis @worldofcrap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Laserdisc player died. Totally dead, won't power on. Fuse is fine. The only place I could find that would repair it held onto it for 3 months without giving me an estimate. If anyone knows a place, hmu, I'm resigned to buying another player.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Saying "just buy an EV if you hate high gas prices" to poor people makes climate activists look out of touch. Those who are most impacted by high gas prices can't afford $20k+ on a vehicle and charger. I certainly can't, so let's keep that in mind before we shame people for not going electric.
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Show up in person if possible. Cheeto is still trying to muck with the postal service to screw up mail-in voting. Once you're in line, STAY in line, no matter what.
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max power 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
what the fuck
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Jetzero Infinity the Snobby Black Weeb @jetzeroinfinity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Folks, I've been told there's a new MangaPlus survey where they ask about the use of AI translation. You know what to do docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"CoupleWiiiiiiiii", a love story between a ferret and a husky, by Alan Liu on Instagram. www.instagram.com/alanliu.art
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Kat Lyons @katlyyons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
btw they do this so they don’t have to hire back the same crew on a raise 🤙 (speaking from experience)
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The Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years
cj @futurevictim_ tweet from 1:17 AM • 12 Sep 21

the only lasting 9/11 memory i have is when the budweiser ad with the kneeling clydesdales came on during the super bowl and i said "those horses are praying to mecca" and my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Not a narcissist, not a cult
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I suppose this is what it has come to. If licensors won't do a US market physical release, the folks in Japan will just put the sub and dub on the JDM physical release and have the US market import it at full JDM prices.
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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2
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joanlpicard.bsky.social @joanlpicard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Larry knows. "If the costume designer on Star Wars had suggested this for the Empire uniforms George Lucas would have told them to dial back the Nazi"
Screen cap of Larry the Cat's response about the service dress uniform for the United States Space Force.
"If the costume designer on Star Wars had suggested this for the Empire uniforms George Lucas would have told them to dial back the Nazi"
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
YouTube is doing AI robo-dubs and they're WORSE than Amazon's. youtu.be/Jp9ormeye1s That link _was_ the SUB version of Martian Successor Nadesico Ep03, posted as a free legit stream by Nozomi themselves 11yrs ago, way before AI existed. (CR probably forgot it's even up.) Check 7:41 if you dare.
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RyougaSaotome @ryougasaotome.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
LOL
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Didn't Hollywood hate anime for the longest time? This is like inviting your white-ass college fine arts teacher (the one who'd often sneer and chastise you for doodling anime fan-art in your sketch book) to lecture actual anime industry figures on what anime's direction should be.
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Most people are mostly good, #874 in a series
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'The Iron Giant,' 'Ratatouille,' and 'Spider-Verse' vet Michel Gagné spent 14 years hand-drawing the feature 'The Saga of Rex' almost entirely on his own. Today, he unveiled the first trailer for the long-awaited project, set to be finished by year's end: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 18/08/2026
Sony's new motto: "You will own nothing and be happy." Support physical media, y'all, because this is going to keep happening over and over and over again until people are numb to it unless people actually resist.
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Snack Canary (Maximum Pink) @snackcanary.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you're like me, and missed the boat on this one until way later in life. Slayers is absolutely as fun and distinctively 90's as it looks. It's got fantasy and heaps of comedy (for better or worse). And this second season here that expands the lore and cast, plus great OP's & ED's all throughout.
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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is absolutely going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy for Sony to make an argument that "no one wants anime on physical media". Restrict who can shop & restrict what's available for purchase so that you purposefully get restricted sales.
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revolver ocelthot @rnaboursiii.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
How sued would I get for this Premium Anime Merch
I increased shareholder value with my purchase from the Crunchyroll store
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Servers containing _real_ brain matter (not simulated) are about as powerful a bunch of Nvidia H100s but at a fraction of the power. The catch is that they literally die after six months. And dunno if there's an actual ghost in those shells. www.techtimes.com/articles/324...
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World's First Brain-Cell Server Rack Opens in Singapore: Neurons Expire in Six Months
Wetware computing reaches a commercial data center for the first time: Singapore’s first biological server rack opened August 17, running on 16 million living human neurons across 20 Cortical Labs CL1...
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Horrorcore Kool Moe Dee Simpson @luarvik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the words "Koyaanisqatsi: Free with ads" are really doing something in my head. nothing particularly good, I think. but it's happening
youtube thumbnail for Koyaanisqatsi with a "free with ads" label under it
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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 12/08/2026
new chart for people to start arguing about
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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Rest is Yet to Come: 12 Unlicensed TV Anime of the 00s Part 1 The first decade of the 21st Century truly was "The Best of Times" & "The Worst of Times" for the English anime industry... but what are some TV anime from the 00s that have STILL never been licensed? We start with 2000-2005!
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The Rest is Yet to Come: 12 Unlicensed TV Anime of the 00s Part 1
The 00s was a decade of great upheaval in the anime industry, and in some ways might go down as one of the most important in the history of ...
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Spotted outside Penfolds cafe in Temecula. #StarTrek
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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STrRedWolf @redwolf.ws · 07/08/2026
The quote is what gets me.
Arizona DOT installed a wildlife camera at Route 87's pedestrian crossing outside Payson last September. Standard deer migration count.  After six months, they had footage of zero deer and 147 clips of the same coyote pressing the crosswalk button with its paw at sunrise.  The animal waits for the walk signal.  Steps into the road.  Crosses at a trot. Every single time.  Biologists believe it learned by watching hikers at the adjacent trailhead. "It's not random," said the lead researcher. "That coyote understands cause and effect better than half our interns." DOT voted unanimously to keep the camera running.  The coyote hasn't jaywalked once.
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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 06/08/2026
resn and Yachimoto's destinies become unchained as their Destiny Unchain Online novels are getting a TV anime adaptation!
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Destiny Unchain Online Novels/Manga Get TV Anime
K MANGA publishes Yachimoto's manga of resn's original story in English
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ranma fanfiction circa 1990s: - Ranma gets stuck as a girl. Hates it. Angst ensues while trying to make peace with it. Also, unintended pregnancy because reasons. Ranma fanfiction today: - Ranma gets stuck as a girl. Loves it because now she's her true self. Also, everybody else is trans too.
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Malreynolds Firefly Speechless Reaction
ALT: Malreynolds Firefly Speechless Reaction
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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 27/07/2026
I trust my followers are smart individuals who won't do this, but just in case: DO NOT GIVE YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION TO A NAZI BAR FOR FUCK'S SAKE DON'T DO IT.
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“Veteran Cosmic Rocker”✌🏽💫🎸☮️🌎✨🇲🇽🇺🇸 @betosando.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/07/2026
More, please.
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I remember watching him host "Silicon Spin" during the halcyon days of ZDTV/TechTV in the late 90s / early 2000s. He was quite the opinionated pundit. Haven't heard much of what he had done since then, but I salute his legacy.
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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 23/07/2026
reminder that history has always been multiple events happening concurrently, but humans having the ability to see these events unfold in practically live-time is VERY new because of the internet. we were not built to handle this level of constant stress. 🧶(+)
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Doctor John Frink @jbryan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This was probably the funniest headline I've seen for the event.
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
From Reddit: "The client with the smallest budget has always, without exception, been the most demanding." www.reddit.com/r/Entreprene...
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today (Nov 18th) marks 7 years since the Kyoto Animation arson attack Remember the 36 lives lost, those who were injured, and the incredible resilience of all at Kyoto Animation. The stories and works they created continue to inspire fans around the world. (Credit to @animeupdates on Xwitter.)
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412th Man @unlox.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
reading manga
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you're even a _tiny_ bit into security and privacy, pay attention to this one. A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.
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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
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