Wataru Tenkawa

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Naturalized Japanese from Michigan via San Francisco, living in Tokyo since 1978

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I just told my wife (who married me over 40 years ago) a dozen or so stories from the distant past that she's no doubt heard before, and she acted like it was the first time. We always do that for each other.

"Some beneficial elements of cheese, such as good fatty acids and probiotic bacteria, may compensate for its unhealthy qualities. But red and processed meats are just so bad for you that replacing them with virtually any other protein source is probably better." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Eat More Cheesewww.theatlantic.com A better meat replacement is hiding in your fridge.

I'm beginning to think more and more these days I've wasted a great deal of my life listening to the opinions of pundits, both professionals and volunteers.

"Reading them on the screen allows you to judge his performance solely by its content without getting distracted by his hoarseness or his facial expressions or any other bits of theater criticism. Unfortunately, this does not improve things. It might make them worse." jabberwocking.com/ten-excerpts/

Ten excerpts - Kevin Drumjabberwocking.com Here are ten short excerpts from answers Joe Biden gave during last Thursday's debate. Reading them on the screen allows you to judge his performance solely by its content without getting distracted b...

This guide to Starter Packs keeps updating so is worth checking periodically.

In lieu of a directory for browsing Starter Packs I made this feed. It captures the first post of a thread (no replies or reposts) with go.bsky.app links. It's a shortcut, but this might be a decent proxy for a while bsky.app/profile/did:...

A Japanese friend says, "Everyone [in Japan] I spoke to who watched the US presidential debate is like....." (this scene from "Ashita no Joe")

Pity the people who do sign language for these Tokyo governor candidate spots on NHK 【画像】都知事選の政見放送、民度最悪になって終わるｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ rabitsokuhou.2chblog.jp/archives/689...

【画像】都知事選の政見放送、民度最悪になって終わるｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ : ラビット速報rabitsokuhou.2chblog.jp 1：名無しさん＠涙目です。(茸) [ZA]：2024/06/29(土) 15:52:38.92 ID:A/TcO8Et0 BE:487816701-PLT(13060) https://i.imgur.com/

Still standing by this 8 months later, though without specifying which candidate(s) will drop out or drop dead.

And this was the best post of the night about the Debate.

Donald Trump cannot answer straightforward questions about anything. He can’t answer them from regular people; he can’t answer them on a debate stage, and he can’t answer them under oath — at least if he doesn’t want a perjury charge. And he’s not the answer for this country or this election.

Watched the Debate commentary on deckblue and feel BlueSky is a pretty good platform for this kind of thing. That's fortunate since I've dropped my X-Pro subscription as of yesterday.

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Wherein an American sportswriter tries gamely to explain the Japanese *Nao-Eh* and stumbles on *Nao*. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Hernández: Shohei Ohtani retired a meme by joining a team where his heroics aren't the only storywww.latimes.com Shohei Ohtani's career was once marked by his heroics paired with losses. Now he plays for the Dodgers and they are playing for bigger goals.

「岸田政権は風前の灯であるが、2009年の政権交代時とは状況が大きく異なる。人材難の野党は、無理に候補者を擁立しようとして、トラブル傾向がある人物を公認する事案が頻発している」なぜ立憲民主党にはマトモな候補者いない…野党が「炎上議員」を量産のワケ news.livedoor.com/article/deta...

なぜ立憲民主党には｢マトモな候補者｣がいないのか…野党が質の低い｢炎上議員｣を量産してしまう理由news.livedoor.com 立憲民主党には、質の低い「炎上議員」が量産されていると識者が述べている。各野党の不祥事は通常の企業が採用活動でするノウハウが欠落していると主張。経歴書の提出後は、面談のみで審査を終わらせる政党が少なくないという

Not the kind of photo a political party wants to see going viral 仙台市で維新の会の街頭宣伝車が横転配電設備に衝突、300戸が一時停電 news.livedoor.com/article/deta...

日本維新の会・早坂敦衆議院議員の街頭宣伝車が横転　配電設備に衝突し約300戸が一時停電も　仙台市news.livedoor.com 16日に仙台市の市道で、「宮城維新の会」の県組織の街頭宣伝車が横転した。事故を起こしたのは、日本維新の会・早坂敦議員の事務所の車だという。東北電力ネットワークによると、事故直後、周辺の最大300戸が一時停電した

There were some weird American accents when I lived there; but listening to the American tourists who come to Tokyo these days, it seems most of them now talk with low voices from the back of their throats and I can hardly understand what they are saying. Even some TV announcers now talk that way.

"Politicians turned a blind eye for decades as, in an area of exceptional natural beauty and desirable coastal real estate, building ran amok and the population swelled. Half a million people now live in towns across the danger zone." www.politico.eu/article/supe...

How a supervolcano on the Italian coast became a problem too big to tacklewww.politico.eu Earthquake this week finally jolts authorities into action after decades of runaway construction puts half a million people at risk.

And they outlive us, too. (posted from Feedly) "From infections to brain injuries, the female body is more resilient than the male. It is time to reassess the "weaker" sex, says Cat Bohannon" To stay alive, try being more female www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

To stay alive, try being more femalewww.newscientist.com From infections to brain injuries, the female body is more resilient than the male. It is time to reassess the "weaker" sex, says Cat Bohannon

Coffee might have protective effects against Parkinson’s disease, according to new research www.psypost.org/coffee-might...

Eggs: Cheddar omelette or Chinese style Steak: Tofu Milk: Whole, as yoghurt or cheese Alcohol: Wine with western food, nihonshu with just about everything else Warm drink: Drip coffee from freshly ground beans

You can tell a lot about a person by these categories (no you can't but let's go): Eggs: Benedict Steak: Medium rare Milk: Whole Alcohol: Dark liquor in the fall & winter, light-colored liquor in summer. Spring does what it wants Warm drink: Toddy

I dreamed (in Japanese) that I had been appointed as health minister of Malaysia. My first acts were to update the ministry's website and Wikipedia accordingly. But waking up, I see that the minister is still listed as Dzulkefly Ahmad.

"In Malaysia, it is illegal to sell products with the “No Palm Oil” label which is seen to be discriminatory against products containing the widely used vegetable oil, an economic mainstay for Malaysia." www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

Malaysian authorities raid convenience store selling ‘No Palm Oil’ ice creamwww.straitstimes.com In Malaysia, it is illegal to sell products with the “No Palm Oil” label. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Same spot, 62 years ago, screaming at James Meredith:

JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...

Am increasingly coming to see the US as a huge attention-sucking country full of detestable people, a net-negative force in the world. Far from the only one, but certainly among the worst like Russia.

JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...

Dozens of violent tornadoes today in Iowa and Nebraska, but Xitter is still the only place to see the many videos by storm chasers. The sad truth is that all the "alternatives" to Xitter are just niche platforms, which is fine if you are content with a niche, but not if you crave more than that.

Thanks to @davidleheny.bsky.social for getting me back into jazz with his Jazz OTD series. Please allow me to make my own contribution, this 30-minute broadcast from Belgium, featuring Eric Dolphy (2 months before he died) and Charles Mingus. OTD in 1964. www.youtube.com/watch?v=03NX...

Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy, Palais des Congrès de Liège, Belgium, April 19th, 1964 (Colorized)www.youtube.com Recorded for belgian TV show "Jazz pour tous". Colorized with deoldifyFarewell Eric Dolphy aka So long, Eric 00:45Carlye Goodbye aka Peggy's Blue Skylight 05...

Are there no "storm" people on this platform? I have been watching numerous videos of tornadoes and other current storms in places like Iowa, UAE, and Oman, all on Xitter, but can't find any here.

Have pretty much failed in keeping to my New Year's resolutions. Every last one of them. I think that, as a healthy and active octogenarian, I can probably just stop making such resolutions.

A recently adopted pet peeve is all those articles in the foreign press about Nippon Steel that call the company "Nippon" for short.

Here are some of the best Bluesky sources for quake alerts and info in Japan. @eqlocator.bsky.social @quakejp-mini.bsky.social @nanbueqservice.bsky.social @earthquake24.bsky.social @namazu.bsky.social @zishin3255-info.bsky.social @spinnow-net.com @sokuho.news @ewrs.info @weathernews.jp

I think Bluesky takes the prize for having the most Japanese earthquake information accounts. That's a huge plus!