Robin Marx

@RobinMarx
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Tokyo-based American working in the video game industry handling localization and international licensing. Occasional writer and goth/industrial music fan. Other interests include Japanese art and history as well as fantasy and horror fiction. He/him.
My Book Review Bloghttps://robinmarx.writeas.com/
TTRPG Account@Ashigaru
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Grimdark Magazine Book Reviewshttps://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/author/robinmarx/

Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the #Fediverse

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@alternativeto If you want to make DuckDuckGo NoAI the default search engine in your browsers address bar, I wrote a little guide last week https://kvuzet.net/blog/2026-05-28-tip-use-duckduckgo-no-ai/
Tip: Use DuckDuckGo NoAI as your browsers default search engine

How to set up DuckDuckGo NoAI as your browsers default search engine to have less ai bullshit in your life

kvuzet.net
Had to go out in the typhoon to pick up my new MyNumber card. (Waited a couple years for the inevitable Japanese government IT bugs to settle down.)
70% in Japan view transgender people positively despite online discrimination: survey https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260601/p2a/00m/0na/007000c
70% in Japan view transgender people positively despite online discrimination: survey - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- A survey by an advocacy group found that more than 70% of respondents have positive attitudes toward transgender individuals despite widespre

The Mainichi

New at my blog, a review of JANGAR!: Slaves of the Mind Mage, the first in a series of monthly Sword & Sorcery novelettes by Logan D. Whitney.

Familiar ingredients, but served up with gusto; JANGAR is an S&S snack!

(As always, boosts are appreciated!)

https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-jangar-slaves-of-the-mind-mage-by-logan-d-whitney

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Review – JANGAR!: Slaves of the Mind Mage by Logan D. Whitney

This review is a Writing Repository original. JANGAR!: Slaves of the Mind Mage By Logan D. Whitney – Cliffhanger! Press – June 1, 202...

Robin Marx's Writing Repository

Tonight’s beer: Soralamà’s Bellà Rosè, which bills itself as an “Italian Grape Ale (IGA).”

The ingredients are barley, grapes, hops, yeast in that order. Comes in a champagne bottle and is very frothy. 7.5% ABV. Tastes like you’d imagine: a cross between beer and wine.

Not bad, a fun birthday present from my Mother-in-Law, but I wouldn’t want to drink a huge bucket of it.

#Beer

@Vivaldi I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi due to Mozilla’s insistence on forcing AI into everything. It’s been a great experience, but I’d love to see something like Firefox’s cookie-isolating Multi-Account Containers implemented if possible!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple accounts and integrate Mozilla VPN for an extra layer of privacy.

Japan mayor defends hiring foreigners as regular municipal staff; diversity 'a strength' https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260527/p2a/00m/0na/006000c
Japan mayor defends hiring foreigners as regular municipal staff; diversity 'a strength' - The Mainichi

IGA, Mie -- As the Mie Prefectural Government considers ending hiring foreign-national employees, the city of Iga in the prefecture has brought two ne

The Mainichi