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Stopping flying considerations

🔗 Should I stop Flying — Outside Online

Appreciate the discussion in this piece. It is something I have thought about for years, and actually one of the reasons I don’t look forward to when I return to Canada where everything is so remote. Imagining a no-fly future — whether due to carbon laws, massively increased expense, or the threat of RPGs (see Ministry for the Future my fav book of 2022 for more on that extreme form of flygskam) — I would rather live some place like Europe or Japan: dense with a good rail system. Even if you could never leave by air, the on-the-ground travel links are so good you could still enjoy the travelling life without the extreme GHG emissions. It is like buying two cakes.

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Good morning, clear blue sky. ☸️ 📸

Buddhist Temple eaves against a clear blue sky, brass fittings shining in the morning light
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Got a Covid booster in one arm, and a flu shot in the other 😵‍💫

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🐡 Fugu skin hot sake 🍶

Cup of alcohol with pieces of fish floating at the top
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🌅 Sun has set on the final day of the #IGF2023. I attended 21 sessions, only about 5% of what was on offer. I had many interesting hallway discussions and took 7000 words worth of notes. I still have much follow up, and will write about takeaways. But for now, good night IGF, and thank you! 🙇‍♂️

Sun goes low behind a part of the Kyoto International building next to the pond on a clear dayInside the conference building people sit at low tables conversing while reflections of sunbeams shine through the windowsMain hall. A man from Benin on the projection screen addresses the crowd

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Gorgeous day for day 4 of #IGF2023 at the Kyoto International Conference Center. Today we discussed how the nature of the internet has changed and how the IGF can evolve as a multistakeholder forum for the future. This year there are over 8000 participants, the most in the IGF’s 18 year history.

A stage with 8 speakers. A large screen above displays the face of Vint Cerf who is speakingAn angular building with garden against a blue skyChad takes a selfie at the IGF main stage

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Day 3 of #IGF2023. Starting the morning off with a Tor session. The weather has finally brightened up so we can get a nicer view of the Kyoto International Conference center’s garden. THIS is the Kyoto I want everyone to experience 🥰

Chad selfie in front of the entrance to the Internet Governance Forum where there is a giant #IGF2023 hashtagLandscape shot of the conference Center pond. A part of one of the Center buildings to the right. And some low mountains in the distance

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Official greetings at the opening ceremony for the #IGF2023 conference. Lots of messaging around keeping a SINGLE internet, and “global digitalization” (getting EVERYONE online)

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech from a large screenAsst Secretary General Jinhua Li and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida come on stageJapanese Prime Minister Kishida delivers a speech. The captions screen displays the lines:&10;&10;It has not only become essential to our daily lives and socioeconomic activities, but it also forms a critical foundation for Democratic societies.&10;A free and unfragmented Internet is also essential for…

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A few snaps from Day 0 of the #IGF2023

(Descriptions in the alt tags)

Entrance display featuring real maple trees arranged against a backdrop featuring a pagoda. Above is the sign “18th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum”A large IGF logo on the floor once you exit the subway to the conference sessionThe funky design of the main hall in between meetingsOne of the lobby areas in the morning before many people had showed up

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Been in #IGF2023 sessions all morning. Doing booths and hallway track in the afternoon. Just had Taro Kono and Maria Ressa walk by.

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Just finished Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 📚

(off the cuff review posted on Goodreads)

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The new Nintendo mural is complete in the Hankyu underground passage between Karasuma and Kawaramachi stations! I popped down early before there were many commuters to take some photos. Symbol of Kyoto! 🎮📸

Wall mural with scene of Super Mario crouching to go down a pipe. Above are the words "Welcome to the Warp Zone". Next to that scene is an underwater scene with Mario swimming Illustration of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Toad in front of a castle. A large sign says "Nintendo Kyoto"Wall mural with scene of Super Mario going through a dungeonChad selfie in front of a wall with Super Mario jumping up steps

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The UN’s #IGF2023 is about to kick off on Sunday. Over 7200 people will be attending here in Kyoto. Already I feel like a ton of people have arrived, but it is hard to delineate them from the regular tourists 😅 Still though, getting excited!

intgovforum.org/en/conten…

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Opening with a quote from Invisible Cities and celebrating reading to muse on atomization and social capital? This was a nice little read

reviewcanada.ca/magazine/…

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Been waiting for the internet repairman for 2 days, recalling those times on the road with spotty to no internet connection. O! Where art thou device-to-device sync!? ⛈️👰

#LoFiSoftware

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Goodnight Kyoto

Looking at the sun as it goes down behind the mountains westward across the city
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Finished The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow 📚

If you want to catch up on 20 years of Cory Doctorow’s advocacy for a better society in just a few hours — or get someone ELSE caught up — this is just excellent!

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Sharing my Mastodon and Bluesky links with the accompanying 🐘 and 🦋 emoji I realize the “Elephant & Butterfly” would make for a cozy pub

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First!

Hello there! 👋 Thought I would give a quick self introduction.

I am a 🇨🇦 in 🇯🇵 interested in tech and society, Buddhism, travel, and more. You can get to know me more here:

micro.chadkohalyk.com/about-me/

I have a large collection of posts at my main site (https://chadkohalyk.com), most recently:

That might give you an idea of my interests.

Over the past couple of years I have been eyeing Micro.blog as an alternative to my “legacy blogger” setup that dates back some time. I plan on focusing my attention here as a way to lower the boundaries of posting. I was really sold on the idea of Mb as an IaaS “indieweb as a service”, and have been following Manton for more than a decade. I still have some customizing and theming to do, but I won’t let that get in the way of posting. 💪

If you have recommended follows or Mb tips, please let me know. Cheers!