Appreciated this accessible piece on the antitrust case against Amazon. (TLDR; jacking Marketplace fees to subsidize other parts of the business)
Really enjoyed this interview of renowned scholar of Japanese history Thomas Conlan by the always excellent @becedo.bsky.social on his fascinating account of the Ouchi family. I am definitely picking up this book
newbooksnetwork.com/kings-in-…
#japan #history #podcast
Handy comparison of Free and OpenSource Photo Libraries
https://meichthys.github.io/foss_photo_libraries/
#photography #FOSS
Getting a boba at this neighborhood Taiwanese and Vietnamese cafe🧋
Lovely day to explore the backstreets of Nakazaki, home to many tiny coffee shops and art galleries #osaka #coffee ☕️
Currently reading: Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider 📚
I would really like browsers to track the “Referrer” for new tabs. For example, if you click on a link in an email, from a social media post, or Discord/Slack/Signal/Messages/etc please store a link back. Especially useful in the age of the cozy web, where I have a number of small social networks.
Started Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace by Feargal Cochrane 📚
Takoyaki right from the traditional source 📸
Started listening to Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by China Miéville 📚
Want to learn how to make digital music with visual programming? Or do you just want your mind blown for 10 straight minutes? Either way, we got you 🤯🎶🐸💘🦜 https://youtu.be/DNBKdU6XrLY?si=B0AQToJ2PLAQpCZZ
internet.exchangepoint.tech/internet-…
Mallory Knodel (@mallory@techpolicy.social) points out that 2024 is a big year for Internet governance. One of the challenges that I witnessed at IGF in Kyoto last year was the multilateralism v. multistakeholderism fight. Mallory writes:
States are currently empowered– see: regulation, “digital public infrastructure”, and AI for sustainable development; while the technical community has no clearly articulated affirmative and practical vision for the future of the open and interoperable internet.
Technology is politics.
We have been considering moving away from DnD as we wrap up our current campaign. Started reading this as one of the candidates The Wildsea: RPG by Felix Isaacs 📚#ttrpg
Monthly newsletter is out. This month’s message is short since there are so many links to photos of plum blossoms and castles and Tokyo!
Had this Korean roast today. Nice and light. Very smooth to drink! Had it at a small weekly pop-up. The owner travels lots and brings back all sorts of beans which he serves. Just spent 3 months in Sri Lanka, India & Nepal and has some assorted beans from there too. ☕️
Networking our networks
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The HN Tokyo Meetup. As one Kansai person told me: “I can tell it’s a meetup for people who are into frameworks.” Last week I went up to Tokyo on my annual pilgrimage to meet with old friends and make new connections. I timed my trip to coincide with the monthly Hacker News Tokyo Meetup. These social events regularly see a hundred or so hackers, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts of all kinds come out to drink and be merry.
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Blue sky at the train station. Today in Osaka was warm with a perfect sky. Spring is coming! 🌱🌼🌸
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Osaka Castle from Genpachi Bridge. In a couple of weeks all those trees will be pink with cherry blossoms 🌸🌸🌸
"we all can't be Buddhas"
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
I am posting this publicly so that I can reference it in links going forward. There might be a more common way to express this sentiment, this is just the way that I often do in conversation. It is something I came up with in discussing intentional communities with my wife a while back. Oftentimes, communities will tear themselves apart simply over battles over who is “pure” enough to belong. We see this political infighting in all sorts of communities at all sorts of scales.
Just watched DUNE for the first time since the theatre. I think I like it a lot more on the second watch. It is actually really well put together, quick pace… Just all the slomo and prophesying slow it down. Looking forward to seeing the second part in the next couple of weeks.