If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to blusky.

Absent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Classroom

Alt: Absent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Classroom

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Dr. Kurtis Hanlon@kurtishanlon.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you see this quote the energy you bring to bluesky

Retrospective on the central figures of the Shōjo #Manga Boom in the 1970s (all the childhood favs 😍😍😍) at the National Art Center (Tokyo, October 28, 2026–February 8, 2027) The fact that this isn’t happening over the summer during peak tourist season is CRIMINAL.

【公式】少女漫画・インフィニティ　萩尾望都×山岸凉子×大和和紀 三人展｜国立新美術館（六本木）

少女漫画界のレジェンドである萩尾望都・山岸凉子・大和和紀の画業をたどる展覧会。カラーイラストや原画、貴重な資料を通して、少女漫画の地平を切り拓いた三人の奥深い表現世界に迫ります。

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Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go.

Absolutely love this story ❤ #jaws

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Using Water as reflection in Photography

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

Someone spray-painted a swastika on the statue of the great medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides in Córdoba, his place of birth. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

Rambam statue vandalized with swastika graffiti in Cordoba, Spain | The Jerusalem Post

The graffiti was painted over the base of the statue, located in the heart of the Jewish quarters of Cordoba, in the Tiberiades plaza, with local authorities condemning the antisemitic attack.

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Watch the final performance of the Princess Mononoke stage adaptation streamed live!

Live-action Princess Mononoke is coming to streaming as a live event, previews look amazing [Video]

Kabuki adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece will be shown online, but you’ll need to mark the date on your calendar.

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People still think of Sweden as this sexually liberated place, but the reality is you're not even allowed to fuck inside the giant taxidermied Blue Whale anymore. Place has really changed.

jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · last wk.

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

"To get meaning and feeling" 👏

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 7d ago

“She’s just a translator” shows that you don’t understand what translation is. Some of this comes from the ‘automation’ of translation, through things like Google translate. It’s as though it’s just looking words up in a dictionary. No. It’s an art and a science at once. To get meaning and feeling.

Part of why LLMs will always give wrong information is because they do not *know* anything. They only put out a highly probable string of words, so they will always be susceptible to probability. So it will probably write 2+2=4, but there will never be a non-zero chance of spitting out 2+2=5.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

A draft of tough new measures for acquiring permanent residency in Japan has triggered concern among some potential applicants, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls.

Tough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in Japan

The draft guidelines would introduce clearer income, pension, language and integration requirements, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls.

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What's your sign?

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · last wk.

what’s your sign

TIL that even though the terminals, train stations, Google Map address, and most other ways you'd typically interact with Osaka Itami Airport are in Osaka prefecture, Itami City (which is where the runways and most of the total land area of the airport are) is part of Hyogo, not Osaka.

If you’re wondering about the history of female emperors in Japan, I wrote about it for @nursingclio.bsky.social! Women were emperors in the past (and very powerful ones too!). But like most things, men in the 19th century ruined it for everyone. nursingclio.org/2019/04/30/j...

Japan’s Once and Future Female Emperors

With the abdication today of the Japanese emperor, Akihito, and the passage of the throne to his son, talk has emerged yet again about the future of Japan’s imperial family and its insistence on ma…

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Jake Adelstein@tokyovice.bsky.social · 2w ago

Japan's first female Prime Minister Takaichi now has more enemies than supporters. Her popularity has sunk. How did she pull off this miracle? She slammed the door in Princess Aiko's face. It did not go well. tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/how-japans...

The adventures of the wonderfully multilingual and diverse, complex, world we live in. Today, I was reminded that Toma Jugo (当間重剛, Tōma Jūgō), head of the Gov't of the Ryukyu Islands 1956-1959, is also Spanish for "drink juice."

"A London Trans+ Pride organiser has claimed a planned BBC interview was dropped after [the organiser] refused to describe the annual march as a 'celebration' rather than a protest."

London Trans+ Pride organiser claims BBC dropped interview over 'celebration' wording (EXCLUSIVE)

According to EM Williams, the interview was set to go ahead until the BBC's description of the event became a sticking point.

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This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

A Prime Minister who brags (?) about how she tends to sleep between 0 and 3 hours. Strikes me as worrying rather than awe-inspiring.

Having a surprisingly hard time finding any articles (academic or otherwise) on digital archives of Okinawan music. Anyone have any suggestions? (Articles in English or Japanese, from academic journals, popular magazines, or elsewhere) ゆたしくうにげーさびら!! 🙏

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Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3w ago

I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…

NEVER FORGET the debt we all owe to the Miccosukee Tribe, without whom it would still be open. And never forget that Indigenous sovereignty and all our safety and flourishing are forever intertwined.

“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the Everglades

The controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and ...

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Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 3w ago

After a cost of more than $1 billion, the Everglades concentration camp has been removed from the airstrip where it once stood.

The states where mothers die most have banned or restricted abortion. That's no coincidence. Bans drive OB-GYNs out & force docs to delay care during miscarriages. CDC says >80% of these deaths are preventable. GOP calls this pro life. For women in these states pregnancy is terrifying. #ProudBlue

PSA this auction ends in 13 hours and many of the posters have zero bids still movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...

@ilovelibraries.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you ever wanted to own an iconic American Library Association READ® poster? Now’s your chance! But don't wait - bidding is open through July 10. Read more: https://bit.ly/4eZ2ewe

Interested in the intersection of public history and pedagogy? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Alan Christy (UCSC History) on The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international project on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...