had lunch at a Taiwanese Buddhist-style restaurant in a beautifully maintained kominka. The vegan shumai was colourful and surprisingly hearty
#shonan #japan #kominka
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PREDICTION: Donald J. Trump is going to space.
I don't know if his heart will survive the journey but he’ll definitely say yes when one of his fawning space billionaires offers him a ride
#prediction #firstfascistinspace
#trump #goneorbital
#president #spacejunk
#constitutionalcrisis #blastoff
A well-known British publisher has just sent me a contract to translate a book of Japanese literature that I love. The deal has yet be sealed but there’s a good chance I’ll have a new translation out this fall, which would be my first in five years.
#Japanese #literary #translation #offer
my first post on the history of Japanese science fiction.
I go right back to 1857, the beginning of the genre, to discuss A Feel Good Tale of Conquering the West (西征快心編), set in an alternate world where samurai hordes kidnap Queen Victoria and annihilate Britain.
#japanese #scifi #history #colonialism #revenge #fantasy #alternatereality
my first post on the history of Japanese science fiction.
I go right back to 1857, the beginning of the genre, to discuss A Feel Good Tale of Conquering the West (西征快心編), set in an alternate world where samurai hordes kidnap Queen Victoria and annihilate Britain.
#japanese #scifi #history #colonialism #revenge #fantasy #alternatereality
remembering the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami. Hard to believe it's been 14 years… I'd been living in Japan for less than two years and was just getting my footing when the whole nation fell into crisis.
#march11 #tohoku #earthquake #tsunami
#fukushima #nuclear #meltdown
#nationalcrisis #remember
Expecting Canadians to roll over and become the 51st state is like Putin's miscalculation that Ukrainians thought of themselves as Russians. Canucks may seem all soft and postmodern but unlock their nationalism at your peril.
#51stState #canada #usa
#ukraine #russia #war
#sovereignty #nationalism
snow flurries yesterday but blue skies today so I went for a hike in the mountains this morning. Leaf-bedded trails, tiny blue wildflowers, a white eye drinking nectar from cherry blossoms, and a glimpse of the ocean.
#signsofspring #shonan #kanagawa #japan
#clearsky #sunday #hiking
#湘南 #神奈川 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/6349f16b2969539dd99afbefb66061c43665c5f770f94a79198461a9682091c3/adffca47960b878aa61386956d70c625d136a8ee5600a107adcc4e5f9144e721.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/6349f16b2969539dd99afbefb66061c43665c5f770f94a79198461a9682091c3/536e7a77747c69e9200dcb1068818a2c852ec667ece8e6054bf90eb5a8ca2d5e.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/6349f16b2969539dd99afbefb66061c43665c5f770f94a79198461a9682091c3/3eec47bc53be08134ca3acc18b942f2fcf418d462508b3f57bd7e1707d94a708.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/6349f16b2969539dd99afbefb66061c43665c5f770f94a79198461a9682091c3/4d0202ff4468d19279d14fbef066b19b0e4dff9a8c50ec39d3fab608b59dd726.webp
a flurry of huge snowflakes at sunset today
#shonan #kanagawa #japan
#winter #snow #flurry
picked up the February edition of SF Magazine for the column by critic Ren Hana on women SF authors in post-WWII Japan. This instalment covers the career of light novel pioneer Motoko Arai
Went to the local park today for a traditional new year bonfire. We burned decorative pine, rope, and bamboo to see off the god of new years, then roasted rice dumplings on bamboo sticks
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My thoughts on Trump’s second term and what it means for all of us:
#capitalism #latestagecapitalism #terminalcapitalism #trump #elonmusk #MAGA #plutocracy #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #liberalism #cryptobros #techbros
My thoughts on Trump’s second term and what it means for all of us
#capitalism #latestagecapitalism #terminalcapitalism #trump #elonmusk #plutocracy #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #liberalism
Of the 35 books I read in 2024, here are my top five:
Novels
1) Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin
2 )The Crystal World by J.G. Ballard
3) Blindight by Peter Watts
4) Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
5) The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
#2024reads #readinglist #speculativefiction
Of the 35 books I read in 2025, here are my top five:
Novels
1) Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin
2) The Crystal World by J.G. Ballard
3) Blindight by Peter Watts
4) Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Non-fiction
5) An Immense World by Ed Yong
#2024reads #readinglist #speculativefiction
Alright… I’ve just enabled cross-posting between Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky and Nostr. Let’s see how this works. Here goes!
#crossposting #fediverse #openvibe #threads #mastodon #bluesky #nostr