Best of 2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Notable reads, watches, and questions for the year
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Surburban Development Cycle — a case from Japan
Sunday, December 28, 2025
For a couple of years we kept a very small apartment in Kyoto for monthly visits while we were taking care of my parents-in-law. The rent was cheaper than getting a hotel each time, and my parents stored stuff there which justified the expense. The apartment was on the very edge of southwest Kyoto in a neighbourhood called Rakusai Newtown, a housing project started in the 1970s for the families of men working in the factories of West Kyoto.
Judging AI on its ability to expand capacity
Saturday, December 27, 2025
From Evgeny Morozov’s essay Socialism After AI: The driving imperative would not be “growth” measured as ever more commodities, but the enlargement of what people are actually able to do and be, individually and collectively. On that view, AI would be judged by whether it opens new spaces of competence, understanding, and cooperation, and for whom. A tool that lets teachers and students work in their own dialects, interrogate history from their vantage points, and share and refine local knowledge would score highly.
You live the story you write
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
But you don’t remember that you wrote it… and that is what makes life fun
Vancouver’s “Powerbroker” — a sort of review of “Becoming Vancouver”
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Who is the Robert Moses of Vancouver?
Re-framing Franz Fanon
Friday, October 17, 2025
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Exploring AI and American Fascism
Friday, October 10, 2025
mikerugnetta.com’s excellent essay on slopaganda, agit slop, and what it really says about power
New Kit! Ricoh GR IV
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Back to Birken
Saturday, September 27, 2025
A travel report from my 7 day silent retreat
Revisiting Malazan
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
There and back again
Summer Travel
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Travelogue by bullet point
Why BrainRot
Sunday, August 3, 2025
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TTRPG hole
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Fantasy hole
Monday, June 30, 2025
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Scale
Monday, June 30, 2025
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Coffee recommendations in Kyoto and Osaka ☕
Saturday, June 14, 2025
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Une petite catharsis of anomie — a review of Deep Work by Cal Newport
Thursday, May 22, 2025
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Checking in on online media usage
Sunday, May 4, 2025
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Boats to Nanaimo for the National Association of Japanese Canadians conference
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey
Sunday, April 20, 2025
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Cherry Blossoms of Vancouver
Friday, April 18, 2025
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“Even in Kyoto, I long for Kyoto”
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Goosing the system — Behind the scenes at the first ATmosphereConf
Sunday, March 30, 2025
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Suddenly Tokyo
Friday, March 7, 2025
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Thanks for the mench Neverpost! 👋 Traffic Camera Selfies
Friday, February 7, 2025
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All the different bilinguals in my home
Sunday, February 2, 2025
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Home
Friday, January 31, 2025
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Organizing Community Thriving
Sunday, January 26, 2025
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Best of 2024
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Taiwan Trip Report pt 4: Inconclusion
Sunday, December 29, 2024
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