My Awkward Senpai Anime Series Review
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animenewsnetwork_feedThis is an adorkable anime in every way.
animenewsnetwork_feedGunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Gets 2-Game Collection
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:47 amanimenewsnetwork_feedTrailer reveals July 9 launch for Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PC
Crunchyroll Adds Oshi no Ko Anime's 1st 2 Seasons
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:08 amanimenewsnetwork_feed1st season began streaming on Wednesday, 2nd season to stream in spring
Mark Spears Monsters & Tim Seeley's Lucky – Keenspot May 2026 Solicits
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:57 ambleedingcool2_feedMark Spears' Monsters and Tim Seeley's Lucky in Keenspot's May 2026 full solicits and solicitations... and Piglet too
Humanity's oldest geometries, engraved on ostrich eggs
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:40 amphys_breaking_feedAt several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found. Dating back more than 60,000 years, the shells were engraved by groups of Homo sapiens who lived in that region.
Musical theatre about not being right in the head
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petraA friend was talking about dissociation in show tunes, so I got my Anthony Warlow on this morning -- Jekyll & Hyde - Confrontation, in which he sings a duet with himself as Jekyll vs. Hyde, and City of Angels - You're Nothing Without Me in which a hack writer sings a duet of loathing with his noir protagonist.
Next up, The Nausea Before The Game / Love Me For What I Am from In Trousers, the former of which does a bang-up job with "Oh, I am supposed to be having sex with the person. Um. Sure. I can. Do that! It sounds like. An. Idea. A GOOD idea, I mean. As opposed to... not my thing."
And if you need to know whether Imelda Staunton can sing, the answer is Fuck Yeah. National Theatre's Follies, "Losing My Mind," a song of obsessive love with a moment of complete executive dysfunction.
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I am not up-to-date on the great project of making musical theatre about anything. Do you have a favorite show tune about dissociation?
Next up, The Nausea Before The Game / Love Me For What I Am from In Trousers, the former of which does a bang-up job with "Oh, I am supposed to be having sex with the person. Um. Sure. I can. Do that! It sounds like. An. Idea. A GOOD idea, I mean. As opposed to... not my thing."
And if you need to know whether Imelda Staunton can sing, the answer is Fuck Yeah. National Theatre's Follies, "Losing My Mind," a song of obsessive love with a moment of complete executive dysfunction.
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I am not up-to-date on the great project of making musical theatre about anything. Do you have a favorite show tune about dissociation?
Manga Check-in: "Blue Exorcist" v. 16 ch. 68-70
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:58 ambluapapilio
According to the wiki, chapter 69-99 covers this arc, I've seen episode 1 of the arc in the anime so shouldn't take long to catch up.
Chapter 68: Is it really so unclear to everyone that Yukio's going through something serious?
Bathhouse fanservice. Standard "bigger boobs are better" propaganda. It's good to see Shiemi and Kamiki getting along so well though.
Aand it even comes with an attempted peeking moment. Two shounen in a row with this frickin' content, both female authors.
What exactly was Mephisto expecting?!
Chapter 69: Gotta wonder if Arthur is always so emotional or it's just around Mephisto.
Shiemi notices something's up with Yukio, Rin is jealous again but agrees.
Meanwhile Yukio finds an abandoned building, guess he's going to train and try to become stronger than Rin. I don't think it's a bad thing he wants to become stronger but the probably is he's mentally 'weak'. He needs to work through that too.
Chapter 70: Nice conversation between Kamiki and Suguro. Suguro is still messed up from Shima and Kamiki says she feels oddly refreshed now that she's lost everything, and wants to be an exorcist more than ever.
The students have to graduate in a month, and Lewin the demon summoner (what a showoff~) from Arc Knights will be a cram school teacher.
Lmao so many people came to his class, a mix of actual students, observers and adults who want to study from him.
I think once Bon gets past his rigid thinking/teachings about summoning he can become a real beast.
I understand Lewin when he says "I don't have any great ambition, I just love this world". That's why he always go so hard with everything, but yet he has the control to calm everything down in an instant. If I could do what he does I'd feel the same way.
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Anime Casts Shinya Takahashi
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:46 amanimenewsnetwork_feedTakahashi plays Suzuki in July anime
Industry Ending with Season 5; Season 4 Finale Airing Early on Sunday
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:23 ambleedingcool2_feedHBO's Myha'la and Marisa Abela-starring Industry will end its run with Season 5; Sunday's Season 4 finale will air/stream early: 8:00 pm ET.
White Kyurem Raid Guide for Pokémon GO: Road to Kalos
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:13 ambleedingcool2_feedPokémon GO will feature iconic Legendary species in Five-Star Raids during the Road to Kalos event, including White Kyurem.
Image's White Sky Second Print Outsells First Print, What's Going On??
Feb. 25th, 2026 09:57 ambleedingcool2_feedAs Image Comics' White Sky #1 Second Print outsells its First Print, Bleeding Cool asks "what's going on in comics right now??"
2D memristors could help solve AI's energy problem
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:20 amphys_breaking_feedNew generations of memristors could reliably store information directly within the molecular structures of graphene-like materials. In a new review published in Nanoenergy Advances, Gennady Panin of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows how these atomically thin materials are ideally suited for electrical circuits that mimic the function of our own brains—and could help address the vast power requirements of emerging AI technologies.
Viruses reveal shared way to kill bacteria by jamming small transporter MurJ
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:04 amphys_breaking_feedBiochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part of the pathway bacteria use to build their chain-mail-like cell wall. An essential component of the cell wall, called peptidoglycan, provides the strength that allows bacteria to resist pressure. Using advanced tools, the scientists have determined the common mechanism used by three different bacteria-killing viruses to block MurJ from doing its job. The findings reveal a novel target for designing new antibiotics.
phys_breaking_feedBasketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or a cycle of intermittent sticking and sliding between surfaces. While this framework explains many rigid-on-rigid systems such as door hinges, it does not fully capture the physics of soft-on-rigid interfaces, like shoes on a floor.
'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: A 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:00 amphys_breaking_feedA team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that provides the "missing link" for a mysterious group of prehistoric animals. The study, published in Nature, details the discovery of a complete skeleton of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis.
I’m coming to thee cottage by _deathofseasons_ (SFW)
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fanart_recsFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya/Shane
Content Notes/Warnings: N/A
Medium: Pencil (I think)
Artist Website/Gallery: _deathofseasons_
Why this piece is awesome: Beautiful drawing of Ilya and Shane as Knights, and Ilya cradling Shane
Link: Instagram
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya/Shane
Content Notes/Warnings: N/A
Medium: Pencil (I think)
Artist Website/Gallery: _deathofseasons_
Why this piece is awesome: Beautiful drawing of Ilya and Shane as Knights, and Ilya cradling Shane
Link: Instagram
Let's shriek about AI for a moment.
Feb. 25th, 2026 04:45 pmgoodbyebird+ Now there's daylight again and I've riffled through it plenty, here's my favorite cards from the Curious Travels Tarot.
You can't at all see the pearlescent shimmer the cardstock is infused with, but it is beautiful. Also this is a Claudia deck to me (I am not responsible for the connections my blender brain makes when I have a hyper fixation).
Spent last night going through my decks and if I see the opportunity to do so locally, there's a bunch of oracles and one tarot that just didn't work for me and I'd love to rehome. Very grumpy the one alternative shop that opened in town barely lasted a few months. Flip side my wish list has grown massive, and with some very much not mass market wants. Especially the Motherwitch Oracle, and both Wisdom of the Divine Feminine/Wisdom of the Shadow + workbook, and the Reclaim Oracle seems to align strongly with the kind of work I'd like to do.
For tarot decks there's less than a handful of strong wants, but it's not like my current decks can't cover that need. I'm really just being greedy there. (gotta keep reminding myself of that: girl your needs are MET). But also, so many fandom decks are happening. The Dune one already ambushed me.
Anyways, linkspam of Ew Gross/Boo Hiss? Yes?
+ AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations. (this is paywalled)
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases.
+ AI data centre growth could put UK net zero targets under fresh pressure.
...how 140 data centres are currently seeking grid connections with a combined peak demand of 50GW. That figure is striking because it is higher than Britain’s recent peak electricity demand of 45GW.
I know there's a very big queue of centres wanting to get built here as well. As if electricity isn't extravagantly expensive as is.
+ Oh hey, a somewhat cheerful one! 'Breweries using AI could put artists out of work'.
Following conversations with the Free Trade Inn, in Ouseburn, the two venues came together to announce on social media they would no longer be accepting AI art, including on bottles and pump clips, in order to try to protect local artists from losing out on work.
I really do need 2026 to be the year the bubble goes POP.
You can't at all see the pearlescent shimmer the cardstock is infused with, but it is beautiful. Also this is a Claudia deck to me (I am not responsible for the connections my blender brain makes when I have a hyper fixation).
Spent last night going through my decks and if I see the opportunity to do so locally, there's a bunch of oracles and one tarot that just didn't work for me and I'd love to rehome. Very grumpy the one alternative shop that opened in town barely lasted a few months. Flip side my wish list has grown massive, and with some very much not mass market wants. Especially the Motherwitch Oracle, and both Wisdom of the Divine Feminine/Wisdom of the Shadow + workbook, and the Reclaim Oracle seems to align strongly with the kind of work I'd like to do.
For tarot decks there's less than a handful of strong wants, but it's not like my current decks can't cover that need. I'm really just being greedy there. (gotta keep reminding myself of that: girl your needs are MET). But also, so many fandom decks are happening. The Dune one already ambushed me.
Anyways, linkspam of Ew Gross/Boo Hiss? Yes?
+ AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations. (this is paywalled)
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases.
+ AI data centre growth could put UK net zero targets under fresh pressure.
...how 140 data centres are currently seeking grid connections with a combined peak demand of 50GW. That figure is striking because it is higher than Britain’s recent peak electricity demand of 45GW.
I know there's a very big queue of centres wanting to get built here as well. As if electricity isn't extravagantly expensive as is.
+ Oh hey, a somewhat cheerful one! 'Breweries using AI could put artists out of work'.
Following conversations with the Free Trade Inn, in Ouseburn, the two venues came together to announce on social media they would no longer be accepting AI art, including on bottles and pump clips, in order to try to protect local artists from losing out on work.
I really do need 2026 to be the year the bubble goes POP.
Monopoly GO! Announces New Hello Kitty and Friends Collaboration
Feb. 25th, 2026 09:49 ambleedingcool2_feedMonopoly GO! has released a brand-new collaboration with New Hello Kitty and Friends, which will kick off in the game mid-March
ALMA explores giant molecular clouds in nearby galaxy NGC 1387
Feb. 25th, 2026 10:40 amphys_breaking_feedAn international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387. Results of the observational campaign, published Feb. 3 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, deliver important insights regarding the properties of giant molecular clouds of this galaxy.