Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
Large Language Models and Generative AI are, as far as I'm concerned, poison designed to kill our humanity. They are rotting our brains, destroying the environment, and bringing only questionable economic benefits (there are no social ones, as far as I can see). I am…
Continue reading...My name is Jimmy Dean Rion. That's what's on my birth certificate. It's official. Written in stone. Of course, in daily life, I made the common American choice to use a short form. Jim. Jim Rion. Nice to meet you. (By the way, if you…
Continue reading...In April, my photo club saw the end of its "fiscal year," which means we had a shuffling of the leadership AND we tallied up the points earned throughout the year to choose an overall winner and two runner-ups. And, after months of fretting over…
Continue reading...I am increasingly fielding questions about the fourth Uketsu book, tentatively titled Strange Maps in English, so I figured I should put up some kind of fixed point of reference. So, here it is: As of today, 6 May 2026, the current state of Strange…
Continue reading...Gotta keep telling myself that. They're out there waiting for us to spot them.
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