My uncle-in-law was decorated with the “Order of the Rising Sun” 🎖️ for his contributions to basketball in Japan 🎊 This is his medal. When you tilt it in the light it really shines! ✨
Chili crab time! 🦀
Interesting ideological analysis of Cixin Liu’s popular Three Body series, especially this bit on how Chinese and American reactionaries use one another
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/1…
He also has this striking map showing countries coloured depending on if most of their wealth is owned by the bottom 80% or top 5%. (Luckily in this map New Zealand and Australia were not left out… still not suprised though)
From www.rubenmathisen.com/blank-2
Maps showing “% of Total Wealth Owned by the Top 1 Percent” per country by continent.
From www.rubenmathisen.com/blank-2
Another great video from About Here:
#density #urbandesign
It is Dec 15th in the year of our Lord Buddha 2566 and it is deva-damned 23°C out here‼️ 🥵
Adobe PDFs… just… no… NO! 😫
Daughter’s grade 6 class is working on the topic of “materialism” right now. It is inspired by this photography project from a while ago where families around the world brought all thier belongings outside for a portriat:
https://gigazine.net/news/20110901_families_and_their_possessions/
I’ve heard of “ducks in a row” … but… 📸 🐦
My 14 year old daughter to me: “I’ve never seen a grown man cry… except for when you watch Totoro. Every… single… time…”
Truth! 🥹🥹🥹🌱🌽🐈🚌
Blue skies and primary colours walking around the neighborhood today 📸 #Osaka #Tenma #Ogimachi
Started reading The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi 📚
Only one chapter in and it’s more complex than I thought. Got new perspective on the “triple bind” of metropole (London) enabler (League of Nations) and settlers that don’t answer to the metropole. So much detail in this book.
Been shopping for overear headphones to replace my old Sony’s. Today these landed in my inbox randomly! They look great! Love the idea of repairables that can last forever. They are just missing the holy grail feature for headphones: a MUTE button 🔇
Started listening to the full-cast audio of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 👼😈 📚
Finished How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra 📚
Enjoyed it a lot. Full of wonder! See my chapter notes here: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Osaka Tenmangu. Sugawara-no-Michizane stopped on his way to Dazaifu before being elevated to God of Letters. (Learn more about him and the fight against covid: chadkohalyk.com/2020/09/1…)
More 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjB6…
Nice intro to an incisive book. End of the year is a time for reflection, but it is ALWAYS a good time to re-examine your inner work camp. #burnout
My review from 2017 here: chadkohalyk.com/2017/07/3…
Clock tower at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. I graduated the One Year Program in 2000, and came back to work in the PR office from 2002-5. Now, in 2023 I am here with my 11 year old as she takes the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
Posted my end of month roundup newsletter. This month’s theme is “Continental Edges”