Jim Rion
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake, translator of Japanese mystery/horror, bird picture taker. Living in Japan, writing in English.
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20周年日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
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- Such a fantastic, original book. $2.99 is a STEAL!
- The ebook of my first novel, last year's Nebula and Ignyte-winning, Le Guin and Hugo-nominated THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, is on sale at $2.99 right now across most ebook retailers! If you were holding out for a really good deal 👉🏾👉🏾 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
- Reposted by Jim RionVery weird to see writers cheering for A.I. audiobooks. This is the same horrible machine that they want to replace YOU. Audiobook narrators are your peers.
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- Reposted by Jim RionBIG BOOK klaxon: this 725pp epic will be out in September, translated by @cctranslates.bsky.social and me. More info here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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- I enjoyed IJET so much, and people really seemed to like it. It was absolutely worthwhile being part of the organizing committee and making a fantastic event happen. I'm proud of what we did. That being said, thank FUCK it's over. I. Am. TIRED.
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- Reposted by Jim RionPlease, for the love of god, don’t start your new newsletter on Substack. There are so many better and cheaper alternatives who don’t run a business model of platforming the worst among us. You can get a self-hosted Ghost newsletter up and running for <$10/month.
- 1 day as volunteer coordinator at IJET-33. 22000 steps. Never left the hotel.
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- I'm so goddam tired.
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- Reposted by Jim RionWhat Chels said. I am tired of pretending that there’s an inch of respect I have for people who use genAI bots to produce work. Yes, even ‘just to get an idea’. Yes, even ‘only for first drafts’. I will never trust your judgment or your work product. And yes, I can tell when you use it.
- This article might have broken me a little. There's no resisting this. The human brain has been made irrelevant by fucking lie machines.
- Reposted by Jim RionNet 30 means you have a calendar month to pay the invoice. It's not an invitation to pay on day 30 or later. If you value the creatives (et al) who do work for you, show them by paying them when the work is done. You don't go to a restaurant and pay a month later. You pay then and there.
- Reposted by Jim RionOh and we have a YouTube channel of our recorded events on philosophy, interreligious dialogue, and religious studies related to Japan 😎✨ www.youtube.com/@NIRC-nanzan
- Among Heinlein's greatest sins was enabling this kind of silliness, if you ask me. And yes, I knew some people who used this term...
- I do a lot of translation checking for the automotive industry, and I swear to god, if I have to read one more article using "mobility" as a countable noun synonym for "vehicle" I'm going to snap. That thing with wheels is not "a mobility." For FUCK'S SAKE.
- @libreoffice.bsky.social While I'm very impressed with Write and have replaced Word, I humbly ask that you investigate ways to divorce language and measurements in the Locales setting. I use American English but in an international context, so all my pages are A4 and my settings in mm. Not just me!
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- I just put 富士五湖奇譚 呻母村 on in background and I have to be honest: it fails as a supernatural horror movie but offers a fascinating portrait of YouTuber brainrot. To the extent that it might actually be the intent. Every character is a despicably pitch perfect Jp 'Tuber, sacrificing reason for views.
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- Hard agree. It's about the only kind of horror that really gets me scared, these days.
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- BookIt made me the man I am today (a nearsighted, greasy fingered fatty.)
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- My wife got invited to a national PTA meeting thing and the title of the meeting is really... Something . 「令和7年度全国国立大学附属学校教育後援会連絡協議会 教育後援会長会」 です。
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- I honestly can't wrap my head around thinking adults accepting anything LLMs put out without deep, thorough checking of the type that makes the time "saved" just evaporate. It's just vibes-based living.
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- IJET-33 registration closes tonight! Come see me lament the machine-driven erosion of faith in human skill and value! Network with other translators! Try some great Yamaguchi Sake! #xl8 #Translation #翻訳 #通訳 #Interpretation #JapaneseTranslation #ijet33
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- Reposted by Jim RionI am thrilled by the fact that the Disney+ ads in my social media feed here in Korea don't mention Mickey, Star Wars, Marvel, or princesses. They hype their acquisition of my nephew-in-law's directorial debut Handsome Guys (the Korean Remake of Tucker and Dale vs Evil).
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- Speaking of IJET-33, registration closes in two days. No time to wait! We've got a pretty solid lineup this year. AI is a big topic as is life as a freelancer (time management, self care, establishing a business) and even workshops. Check it out! #xl8 #翻訳 #Freelance #Translation ijet.jat.org
- Yes, there's ANOTHER AI talk at IJET-33! Frank Walter presents The Human "Plus Alpha" in the Age of Generative AI, a discussion of how we mere mortals can compete with the robots in a time when everyone seems to be focused on money over results. ijet.jat.org #IJET33 #Translation #xl8 #翻訳 #LLM #AI
- IJET-33で、庄子 昌利先生のセッション「 Self-Care is Not Selfish」では、自分に会うのセルフケアの探し方を語るという、気になりますね。 Masatoshi Shoji will talk about wading through the flood of #selfcare information to find things that ring true for yourself. Session in Japanese! Registration ends soon! ijet.jat.org #IJET33 #Translation #xl8 #翻訳
- I always wonder what the reaction to my rates will be when people (not companies) reach out to me about translating their books. Like, self published stuff. Because, although I always give them a discount over what I'd do for, say, a magazine article, it still ain't cheap.
- Yoga sparrow. #Birds
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- I'm reading a novel that just made a non-complimentary comment about Paul's Boutique and I'm very VERY tempted to DNF the thing. Then again, it's a horror novel so hopefully something terrible happens to the character.
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- I blame you all for this.
- Textured #Flowers
