Javerend

oh man i've been doing this with a pen and paper like a chump

Wrote about how Apocalypse Hotel, through a bumpy creative process, accumulated many artistic lineages & viewpoints. Just like its story about a hotel operating after the end of the world, it thrives thanks to everything that a curious group of people left behind blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a...

I did this piece of my two favorite games ages ago; it was inspired by 101 Dalmatians #bayonetta #okami #artwork

Last one! Chibi time, a little 5x7 painting on wood

#okami

Pixel art image depicting Ammy, the main character of the game Okami. A white wolf with red markings. She is surrounded by nature and water af is she was creating them

"They say flowers can open new paths"
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#okami

View of the sun setting behind the peak of mount Mount Baker across Baker Lake

goin back through more old photos, this one is from a my last backpacking trip

Last thin light of sunset reflected in the wet sands of a shallow beach. A low layer of clouds blocks the horizon, but the oranges and pale blues of the sky can be seen above and behind them

A Pine Siskin perches on a large piece of mossy granite, with some tasty seedy treat in his beak.

Few more

"Second language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts
An approximate #replication of Van Hell & Dijkstra (2002)" by Pell et al. (2024, in SSLA) #bilingualism #linguistics #lingsky #langsky doi.org/10.1017/S027...

Picture of half dome in Yosemite National Park with late winter snow

Silhouette of a gull standing in water on a sandy beach near sunset

Took a road trip to do some photography back in March and just now starting to get around to going through the thousand-ish pictures I took

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Yang Wen-li from Legend of the Galactic Heroes looking tired and sad and sick of it all, with the words I Voted emblazoned over his head.

I didn't get one of those stickers with my ballot so I made my own.

readings this week: Zen Koans by Steven Heine (2014) and Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore Bestor (1989)

really love this dimensions of asian spirituality series, more good stuff; wasn't sure about the tokyo one when I picked it up because it's kinda out of my wheelhouse, but the intro sold me

Today's Reading: Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin (2009)

Masterclass in scicom. Takes topics that could be extremely dry and technical evolutionary biology and makes them feel almost conversational. Super pleasant break from all the textbook reading

Today's reading: How Languages are Learned by Lightbrown & Spada (4e, 2017)

Definitely aimed more at educators, but does a lot of work simplifying the many competing fields in SLA and turning them into some actionable teaching practice. May also be useful for some self-directed learners

recent readings and re-readings to help establish what kinds of things I'm all about

much of what I read is stuff I can cheaply pilfer from used bookstores, thrift stores, or is otherwise given to me after a quarter ends and people no longer need textbooks

I've updated and considerably expanded my Linguistics Starter Pack for anyone new to bluesky or if you just want more linguistics in your feed!

Still likely missing some people so let me know about other linguistics-related starter packs or accounts!
go.bsky.app/UUM7Gcx

Gameboy Advanced with black replacement shell playing oracle of ages

Gameboy Advanced with replacement hatsune miku back stickers

trying to use this acc more now that twitter is not letting you opt out of AI training, here's one of my recent retro tinkerings: GBA IPS mod + miku-fied my old GBA. Really happy with this project

great blue heron puffed up against the cold weather last weekend

rufous hummingbird with tongue extended on a branch

I'm just gonna keep posting birds

dark eyed junco sitting on a branch in the rain, feathers puffed for warmth

膨らむ

northern flicker perched on a railing

Hello everyone I study japanese, linguistics, play a lot of rhythm games, and take many photos of birds