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And as someone who closely monitors both websites I can assure you that X is a right wing radicalization pipeline, including for people who consider themselves smart and progressive, while Bluesky is just an overwhelming left leaning platform. Those are very different things.

yeah no shit, we have essentially validated the iranian government’s whole worldview for the past 40 years in 3 days

Every single r/movingtojapan post is like "I have a severe personality disorder and no Japanese ability or marketable skill. I am planning to move to the countryside in the next 6 months - please assist."

incredible scenes where this is apparently a thing that Khameni has been wanting for ages and others on the council were pushing back against because optics but now council's all dead and congratulations on toppling the regime by giving the previous leader exactly what he wanted- a family throne

if you think the greatest threat to effeminate gay boys is the trans movement and not the cis straight men who overwhelmingly exclude and brutalize them then you should walk into the ocean immediately

Oh so we're getting a new failed state in the middle east, and this one dwarfs all the rest of them

It appears that a Polymarket account called "Magamyman" made $515,000 in a single day betting on last night's U.S. strike on Iran, with the first trade placed 71 minutes before the news broke publicly.

Another case in point: why was Ahmadinejad assassinated as part of these strikes? bsky.app/profile/tony...

Every third post I see here is another seed of some story that's going to sound insane when we finally have a little breathing room to address it. Lots of chickens coming home to roost...

I didn't realize that Iran is supposed to play three World Cup games in the United States this summer even though it is currently under a bombardment ordered by the only holder of the FIFA Peace Prize

Ohhhh my god bsky.app/profile/tony...

Insane thing to say when the US has invaded multiple countries and destabilized the region with a 20 year occupation

It's a "supply-chain risk to national security," so we'll continue using it for six months for our convenience before switching services 🤡

The people yearn for a President Yoon trial and conviction

“the president’s speech is going to be over two hours long!” they’re doing kalshi shit guys. they’re leaking a bunch of stuff about a super long speech and he’ll go about 2 minutes short of the supposed mark and everyone in the white house will make $200k on it

If starting your career here, you can expect to pay at MINIMUM ¥270,000 just in SoR fees from starting work to permanent residency.

If you're moving as a family of 4, you're looking at well over ¥1 million just in longterm residence fees. It's basically impossible without considerable wealth.

A new grad from a (non-Tokyo) Japanese university can expect over ¥600,000 just in moving fees in the process of joining a company in Tokyo.

IF it's prestigious, then they'll likely start at a high monthly wage of roughly half that (~$1,900 USD).

And that's someone w/ options, including overseas.

Bear in mind unlike the US and other countries, fees are borne by the APPLICANT and not EMPLOYER here.

If that system doesn't change, I don't see how anyone can afford to work in low wage jobs and even then why would someone with literally any other options ever take one? You can't afford to work.

外国人の入国事前審査、対象拡大へ　永住許可の手数料1万→20万円：朝日新聞 外国人の入国の可否を事前審査する「電子渡航認証制度（JESTA）」をめぐり、出入国在留管理庁は、日本で飛行機を乗り継ぐ客の一部や、旅客船の客についても、審査対象に加える。高市政権が推進する「不法滞在…

New fee schedule announced for Japan status of residence change/renewal and it is WILD

1-year permission: ¥6,000 → ¥30,000
5-year permission: ¥6,000 → ¥70,000
PR approval: ¥10,000 → ¥200,000 (whew)
www.asahi.com/sp/articles/...

% Arabica Tokyo Azabudai Hills 4F - % ΔRΔBICΔ Independent coffee brand from Kyoto for cosmopolitan souls. It’s about our simple love for coffee, design, and #seetheworldthroughcoffee ***

Also this was the shop I was thinking of when I described it as liminal - apparently there are warmer styles elsewhere, though seemingly all the Tokyo ones I've seen (all in Roppongi...) look like this... arabica.com/en/location/...

% Arabica Company type Ltd. Industry Coffee industry Founded 2013 Founder Kenneth Shoji <VR> Headquarters Kyoto, Japan[1] (2019~) Discovery Bay, Hong Kong (2013–2019) Website arabica.com

Ah ha I knew it

TIL that % Arabica is Japanese apparently, even though I only ever see it in expat-facing neighborhoods here. Is it like a VC capital thing? B/c frankly nothing about the brand strikes me as Japanese it's so airport departure gate liminal...

HRaS (harm reduction as service)

New app project: a vault for your random thoughts that FEELS like a sleek social media experience where big heart number always goes up

The Roberts Court has a clear set of guidelines: the president can do anything he pleases, so long as it does not violate the rights of the owning class.

His behavior is dictionary definition of stalking as well

This kind of thing is especially galling in a world where we can't even begin to fathom what kind of insane fucking response the President of the United States would give if asked the same question.

But also the purpose of having a translator on a corporate account is to avoid faux pas like this. 大人 may mean adult, but a professional wouldn't make this translation choice based on cultural knowledge a machine doesn't have.

I honestly had no idea the PS5 has been out for 6 years already. It basically didn't exist in stores here (literally Japan) for the first three years, and since then virtually every game I wanted to play on it has been announced for the Switch 2.