Dimitry R (sky_and_sea)

playing it right now

I ran away once from fascists and xenophobes, I don’t have nowhere else to run, so Imma go the internal migration shit, pick up gardening, go to onsens even more often and not bother with all this. good luck to all of us, I guess.

well this really sucks

here in Japan people from Russia and other northern countries talk about snow as if it was an invisible bridge connecting us back to home. it melts off eventually, but is ever present as a possibility that may materialize any moment.

absolutely. I guess, most of the polling stations must be in walking distance, but still for elderly people or any people with leg issues etc that won’t be an easy walk. if anyone has to drive, I hope they have winter tires.

official website of japan railways east shows the lines are heavily impacted by snow

the irony of it with the heavy snow exactly on the day of elections is unbelievable. this is the current status of major JR lines in east Honshu.

if there is a lot of coughing and kind of like brain fog, I recommend asking to do chest xray. I had pneumonia last november and it was not fun at all. cough was not as bad at first, but was super tired and confused. but hopefully it’s still just a cold in your case!

late afternoon sun shines on the walls and the moat of the Odawara castle

anyway, here is a view of the Odawara castle, beautiful place that I am really happy to call home

it’s like I am lying on the tracks in front of the train that’s not planning to stop. only there is no train and everything is okay. real weird

That moment when you are a freelancer and you don’t have work for the next few weeks hits so hard if you’ve been hard-working over-achiever control-freak all your life. I _know_ I have enough work planned since next month and financially I am fine, but my brain just cannot process this.

pynchon’s last novel is about this as well, and on top of that when there is action the main hero PI never really does much at all. burn after reading had a great subplot on this too

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

same here, including another naturalized citizen who thinks Japan should have fewer non-white foreigners 🫠 people really stopped even pretending

To ALL Japanese VOTERS, please IGNORE the polls - especially this one by a self-described "progressive" and intensely anti-LDP, Asahi News. They are inviting laziness on our part with this f... To ALL Japanese VOTERS, please IGNORE the polls - especially this one by a self-described "progressive" and intensely anti-LDP, Asahi News. They are inviting laziness on our part with this forecast of...

he is literally calling on people on linkedin to go vote for ldp employing openly nationalistic “defend japan” rhetoric, very cringe www.linkedin.com/posts/naitoe...

“imagines communities” was written more than 40 years ago and now we’re going back to this bullshit ffs

christ this is revolting

so this is starting to look a bit… I don’t know. I think I’ll need a xanax prescription.

introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

nick cave (twice)
einsutrzende neubauten (twice)
michael gira (separately and w swans)
the ex
melt-banana

I mean, this is total and utter intellectual self-distruction, he must understand it. things are that bad with his “geopolitical consultancy”? I guess, the West must be truly in decline if that is the state of its bravest paladins

At this point, I think Nikkei is much more liberal (more to the left of political spectrum) than Japan Times. Perhaps, it is not a coincidence as businesses, including the very Keidanren itself, are raising concerns about anti-immigrant rhetorics and policies, while the government plunges through.

Japan is right to rethink its immigration approach In the past decade, arrivals have surged as the population ages. The number of foreigners has doubled since 2012 to top 4 million.

I am not surprised to see this apologist Takaichi propaganda written by that author, but I am a bit shocked with how Japan Times is quickly turning into right-wing columns-producing machine. Maybe it has always been like that and I was not paying attention.

www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

From the Tokyo community on Reddit: Tokyo Becoming Colony for the Rich, Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner Warns Explore this post and more from the Tokyo community

well I just couldn’t agree more. all the “hills” developments and tawamans are slowly killing Tokyo.

www.reddit.com/r/Tokyo/s/Lf...

wrote a short post reflecting on my career shift and the work I’ve been doing last year. it’s going great so far and I hope to do more this year.

dimitryrakin.com/2026/01/22/w...

they need anti-spy mascot!

「ウクライナ人」名乗りスパイ活動か、在日ロシア通商代表部元職員に出頭要請…精密機械製造会社元社員が機密情報漏えいか（読売新聞オンライン） - Yahoo!ニュース 精密機械製造会社の機密情報を漏えいしたとして、警視庁公安部は２０日、いずれも３０歳代の同社元社員と、在日ロシア通商代表部元職員の男２人を不正競争防止法違反（営業秘密開示）容疑で東京地検に書類送検し

Is it the first case in recent history where they charge someone from Russian embassy/traderep? I dont remember whether they brought charges in the few previous cases. Yomiuri also says that person from trade rep posed as “Ukranian” and concealed his identity.

news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b63...

every single person in the room should just stand up and walk away. boo him on your way out. if the congress cannot impeach him, you (the davos audience or any audience) should do. ignore him. total blackout and he will be done within two days.

again, same argument I made about Putin years ago: why the fuck are they sitting there in the room listening to him? he is insane, it does not matter if he is the us president or jesus christ reborn. you do not listen to trolls, you do not give in to them, you either ban or ignore them.

I can only say that the moment you start thinking like that, it only gets worse and it doesn’t get better. stop equating people with the government of the country which passport they happen to have. horrible, proto-fascist mentality. just don’t do it, seriously.

meme with chud from some anime with a grin and his hand on another guy’s shoulder, meant to say smth between “I warned you bro” and “it’s gona get worse”

I am starting to see here first angry comments from people from europe that all americans are responsible for what’s happening and how americans are responding that they personally did not vote for trump and are suffering as well. well, what can I say?