Deference to executive function, sad but true
19.10.2025 11:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@vtritto.bsky.social
New York corporate lawyer (外国法事務弁護士; gaikokuhō jimu bengoshi) living & working in Tokyo.
Deference to executive function, sad but true
19.10.2025 11:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The PM mug I have does a grave injustice to his eyebrows.
17.10.2025 05:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0First concert I ever went to was KISS at Madison Square Garden. Maybe 1977? A sophomore in high school. Wasn’t a fan but friend had tickets. A lot of fun. RIP Ace Frehley. Hope you’re back in the New York Groove.
17.10.2025 00:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Gonna be a challenge identifying the full name of the Shinkansen (eg, Nozomi 281) without knowing time of day this was taken
14.10.2025 23:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0One of the issues with Takaichi Sanae possibly being the next PM of Japan is that women are not allowed inside the dohyo. Ever. So she would not be allowed to present the championship trophy at certain matches. King Charles III doesn’t have that problem.
14.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And all of his friends, too!
14.10.2025 12:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My first job out of college was selling wine in NYC for Frederick Wildman & Sons. My business card had as my phone number BU8-8000. BU was the Butterfield exchange on the Upper East Side, and we loved having Butterfield 8 (known from the movie) as part of our number.
14.10.2025 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I didn't even think to look up. So you're ahead of at least one person
14.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Same
13.10.2025 23:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Actually looking back I think my family was more upset at the SNF/Vinny Barbino characters than those from the Godfather. Maybe because the Godfather characters were more recognizable/familiar to them & were understandable. B
13.10.2025 13:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0True and unfortunate. But Travolta in Sat Night Fever coulda been a contender for that. Anyways apart from Bono he’s the only one from your list that came to mind to this Blkyn born
13.10.2025 12:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sonny Corleone (as played by James Caan) not on this list?!
13.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Always nice to see local service providers getting into the Halloween spirit.
13.10.2025 08:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Or, “Found UCC dollar typo.”
13.10.2025 03:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wolfgang’s in Tokyo, with consumption tax & service charge, in that range with current favorable f/x rate.
13.10.2025 03:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tokugawa regulations in the Edo Period mandated that samurai carry either a long sword & a short sword OR a long sword & a selfie stick.
13.10.2025 00:21 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Bill Buckner exhales tonight. (Even though it was Game 6 & not a series deciding game.
And the NY football Giants beat the Iggles the same night.
Maybe there is justice in this world.
*what. Gosh I'm bad at this
10.10.2025 05:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Wonder that they think of the Second Lady?
10.10.2025 04:44 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What's perfect is that, in my timeline, this was followed by a post from the Frog and Toad bot.
10.10.2025 04:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So Sapporo Brewery takes advantage of the computer hack carried out by the Russians against Asahi to mock Asahi by introducing a beer called “Extra Think”?!
Brilliant (but the beer itself is ma ma).
As does "inappropriate touching". So does, if you are a football official travelling to France who also happens to coach young players, viewing "inappropriate AI created material". These are all crimes that, if proven by the state, should result in a loss of freedom for a significant amount of time
09.10.2025 08:32 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0One would hope
08.10.2025 12:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Somewhat curious what the registered sex offender status means domestically. Plus no entering into France. Suspended sentences happen all the time in Japan but there’s usually no other punishment apart from (some) social opprobrium. This had to sting.
08.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The culpability is a bit higher than that of mere idiocy though.
08.10.2025 10:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The old (ahem) warhorse, "best defense is a good offense", entering the chat, I see.
08.10.2025 06:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Partner 10th Year Associate Summer Associate
08.10.2025 04:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I suppose, if you discount the Pacific Ocean, Japan and Oregon might share territorial borders.
08.10.2025 03:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks! It has been a while since I’ve seen fruits of the crime displayed with the blue background.
07.10.2025 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Secretary of the Treasury feels the same way.
07.10.2025 07:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0