2024

Watched Forrest Gump tonight for the first time since I saw it in theatres when it came out in 1994. Wow, still stands up πŸ‘ 😭 πŸ‘

Perfect blue sky for some 初詣 ⛩️

Stone Torii at a shrine with new years decorations. Airplane flies over in the blue sky above

2024 is β€œThe Year the World Votes” because nearly half the world will be voting for new national leadership. Here is a roundup from FP. A big year for fighting disinformation.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/02/top-global-elections-2024-india-russia-mexico-bangladesh-taiwan-venezuela-uk/

This panel of women leaders from the Yukon was a fun listen and very inspiring for 2024. The assumption of subsidiarity in the North reminds me of what I read in Graeber+Wengrow’s Dawn of Everything #governance

www.canadaland.com/podcast/y…

Earthquake! Whoa we felt that in Kyoto

Map of Japan showing a level 5 quake at the Noto Peninsula

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