#tonko

[wedofightinggames]

Neo Geo Freak, June 2000 (2000) Geibunsha / SNK

Cover art collaboration by TONKO, Kita Senri, and Shiroi Eji

[niidsch]

Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love (小さな恋のものがたり チッチとサリー初恋の四季)

dir. Toshio Hirata, 1984

[omercifulheaves]

Another piece of key art for the new in-development Fatal Fury / Garou game revealed at Evo 2023.  Art by Tonko, I think?

[fancypantsrecords]

SNK Sound Team - Metal Slug X Original Soundtrack | Wayô Records | 2021 | Grey Marbled

[ewgf]

KOF Maximum Impact artwork by Falcoon

[sarcasticcynic]

Scientific integrity bill advances in U.S. House with bipartisan support

Democrats drop some provisions to gain Republican backing and improve chances of final passage

In 2010, President Obama issued an executive order directing federal research agencies to develop and follow clear principles designed to protect scientists and the research they carry out from political influence. Several agencies have complied, but some have indicated no intention to do so. So Democrats in the House of Representatives have sponsored the Scientific Integrity Act, a law that would require federal agencies not only to develop and follow such principles, but also to train on the topic and monitor any alleged violations.

The bill has 226-cosponsors, all Democratic. Not a single Republican would back the bill. For some reason, they seem to think it might be “a response to actions taken to curtail the use and dissemination of research by President Donald Trump and his appointees at several agencies, notably the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior.” It was referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology back in March, where it has been languishing ever since.

As originally drafted, one of the bill’s provisions would have given government scientists “the right to say yes to media requests, without prior clearance from agency officials.” In an effort to gain Republican support, the bill’s lead sponsor, Rep. Paul Tonko, amended the bill to require agencies instead to set guidelines for how scientists may respond to media requests, which “shall not delay or impede without scientific merit the communication of scientific or technical findings.” But even that was too much for Republicans to stomach, so the top Republican on the Committee, Rep. Frank Lucas, submitted an amendment eliminating the provision in its entirety.

Democrats accepted the deletion, and Lucas then got enough Republicans to support the bill that the Committee finally passed it last week. Six Republicans still voted against it, however, so the vote was 25-6.

[maigeiko]

Kotsuma, also known as O-tsuma, and Tonko from Shinbashi around 1891. Note that Tonko wears a little Pocchiri. These days, Pocchiri are reserved for Maiko, but in Akita it’s otherwise. Only Geiko wear Pocchiri.

[bizarrobrain]

Metal Slug 6 art by Senno Aki (TONKO)