10km to the surface of the moon! Watching the SLIM lander live on YouTube
“Ministry for the Future” is my fav radicalizing read about the #climatecrisis, filled with real-life proposals played out in the book. Watch KSR’s rousing speech about what he’s learned since, including initiatives like 30 by 30 that are making real progress.
First book read in 2024: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 📚
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Out for some fresh air… and some castle! 🏯 Osaka Castle is an amazing facility. Although it dates back to the 16th C, it has been rebuilt (a couple times) and features a cool collection in its museum. Take an elevator to the top for a nice view!
It was a fun concert. In the third section they played mandolin renditions of hit songs from decades ago while the crowd sang along. Made me imagine being in my 70s at a concert singing “I Think We’re Alone Now” and “Killing in the Name” 🤔 🎼
Current status: mandolin concert 🎶
Started reading Becky Chambers’ acclaimed solarpunk novel about a tea monk serving up comfort and I think this prayer will be immediately understood by my comrades @fission.codes, @robin.berjon.com, and more 🙏 🤲 🙇♂️
Started reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 📚
Just watching this new show “Rainbow Closet” and it’s intense 😭
The power of a national broadcaster. (バリバラ is another good show!)
And now Kakuei Tanaka’s house is on fire!? #2024GoesHardOnJapan
Thinking about another annual retreat to Tokyo. Last year I went up for a few days, stayed at the Tokyo Dome Hotel, and met up with some old IRL friends, new Internet friends, and some startup meetups. FUN! Thinking about going again in Feb. Who should I meet this time?
It’s the 7th of January so time for a steaming bowl of Seven Grasses
Concentric circles of content
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Boris goes through his complex social media setup: Mostly POSSE bmannconsulting.comBoris Mann https://bmannconsulting.com/blog/2024/01/06/mostly-posse/ I appreciate the walkthrough and seeing others’s setup. After about 3 months on Micro.blog I feel like I could still go further. I am partial-POSSE (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) but not quite ready for PESOS (Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate to Own Site). POSSE ± PESOS? I use Micro blog as my main launch point on the web now, cross-posting to my 🦋 Bluesky (@chadkohalyk.
Watched Forrest Gump tonight for the first time since I saw it in theatres when it came out in 1994. Wow, still stands up 👏 😭 👏
Perfect blue sky for some 初詣 ⛩️
2024 is “The 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.
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
Earthquake! Whoa we felt that in Kyoto
明けましておめでとうございます🎉🐲
ゆく年くる年 is literally my favourite TV show. I look forward to it every year! #nhk