Froward Jason
@jason.jagaimo.com
Kawasaki resident, Seattleite, cooks a lot, Elixir nerd, software consultant.
I bought a bakery in Mizonokuchi. I'm now making bread and cheese. Nokucheese.com Mostly bread. He/him. https://jason.jagaimo.com
I bought a bakery in Mizonokuchi. I'm now making bread and cheese. Nokucheese.com Mostly bread. He/him. https://jason.jagaimo.com
My part timer showed up an hour early today (someone with issues that sometimes result in late starts) and I was in a grumpy mood. I was worried it'd rub off on her, and be visible to customers.
Customers usually make me sorta charismatic again. But part timer still dropped a coffee and sandwich.
Customers usually make me sorta charismatic again. But part timer still dropped a coffee and sandwich.
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
My part timer showed up an hour early today (someone with issues that sometimes result in late starts) and I was in a grumpy mood. I was worried it'd rub off on her, and be visible to customers.
Customers usually make me sorta charismatic again. But part timer still dropped a coffee and sandwich.
Customers usually make me sorta charismatic again. But part timer still dropped a coffee and sandwich.
My son was talking about how his bottled caramel milk hojicha was like bubble tea without the bubbles, then offered me a taste. I said I was fine, I couldn't drink much sweet tea, even though I drank a lot of bubble tea in my 20s, sometimes in my 30s. Then I mentioned Regent Café (the cake is a lie)
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
My son was talking about how his bottled caramel milk hojicha was like bubble tea without the bubbles, then offered me a taste. I said I was fine, I couldn't drink much sweet tea, even though I drank a lot of bubble tea in my 20s, sometimes in my 30s. Then I mentioned Regent Café (the cake is a lie)
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Next thing they're going to start saying they killed Jeffrey Epstein in self-defense.
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Next thing they're going to start saying they killed Jeffrey Epstein in self-defense.
Applied for a loan that came out 11% of what I thought I asked for and a high interest rate. Now have to figure out some other options until I sell a house.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Applied for a loan that came out 11% of what I thought I asked for and a high interest rate. Now have to figure out some other options until I sell a house.
Rough week so far. Making the first week of December look good.
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Rough week so far. Making the first week of December look good.
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I think the ultimate reason many of us older people feel like everything is broken and terrible is that we remember when we had access to general purpose computing devices
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I think the ultimate reason many of us older people feel like everything is broken and terrible is that we remember when we had access to general purpose computing devices
Happy anniversary to Donald Trump's Treason everyone! May your own attempts to usurp American democracy be as free of consequences to you as it was to him!
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Happy anniversary to Donald Trump's Treason everyone! May your own attempts to usurp American democracy be as free of consequences to you as it was to him!
I'm old enough to remember when the right wing pretended to care about academic freedom
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the right wing pretended to care about academic freedom
Don't you hate it when you lose one brand new shoe?
It's almost better to lose both.
It's almost better to lose both.
January 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Don't you hate it when you lose one brand new shoe?
It's almost better to lose both.
It's almost better to lose both.
Did an out-of-character thing for the last 18 months or so and applied for a job. Odds are I'll hear nothing, but it's up my alley because it's a company looking for a software architect (basically what I did at my last job, though I also designed the POC and the software) for restaurant software.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Did an out-of-character thing for the last 18 months or so and applied for a job. Odds are I'll hear nothing, but it's up my alley because it's a company looking for a software architect (basically what I did at my last job, though I also designed the POC and the software) for restaurant software.
Yesterday we had an ubereats order for a grilled cheese sandwich and some bread for a customer with a French-sounding name. Was perplexed why matching to a courier took so long (a solid 30 minutes or more). Driver said it was going to almost Shibuya and only scooter/motorbike drivers could handle it
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Yesterday we had an ubereats order for a grilled cheese sandwich and some bread for a customer with a French-sounding name. Was perplexed why matching to a courier took so long (a solid 30 minutes or more). Driver said it was going to almost Shibuya and only scooter/motorbike drivers could handle it
This week, my wife prepared our first chirashi targeting 2-3000 residents near our shop. A bit late, but I want to see how much impact direct marketing has. And all we've really done so far is Instagram ads, which certainly once had an impact on visits, but it mostly impacts our follower count now.
January 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This week, my wife prepared our first chirashi targeting 2-3000 residents near our shop. A bit late, but I want to see how much impact direct marketing has. And all we've really done so far is Instagram ads, which certainly once had an impact on visits, but it mostly impacts our follower count now.
I know I shouldn't be demoralized by a 54% Monday over Monday sales drop one week after a holiday week. But it stings anyway. At least my labor costs will be low this month since my wife and I are doing most of the heavy lifting in January. I suspect next weekend will be ok
January 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I know I shouldn't be demoralized by a 54% Monday over Monday sales drop one week after a holiday week. But it stings anyway. At least my labor costs will be low this month since my wife and I are doing most of the heavy lifting in January. I suspect next weekend will be ok
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guys idk what you all meant when you said that you wanted this place to be like old Twitter but this is it!
insane games of telephone causing total semantic breakdown between the inciting post and the torch & pitchfork gang? Twitter’s back baby!
insane games of telephone causing total semantic breakdown between the inciting post and the torch & pitchfork gang? Twitter’s back baby!
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
guys idk what you all meant when you said that you wanted this place to be like old Twitter but this is it!
insane games of telephone causing total semantic breakdown between the inciting post and the torch & pitchfork gang? Twitter’s back baby!
insane games of telephone causing total semantic breakdown between the inciting post and the torch & pitchfork gang? Twitter’s back baby!
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agree or disagree with school shootings, you can't help but be in awe of the efficiency of the AR-15
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
agree or disagree with school shootings, you can't help but be in awe of the efficiency of the AR-15
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let's go Peruvian shaman prophesy part II
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a beach in southern Lima to perform their annual New Year ritual, delivering predictions for 2026 that included the fall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a serious illness for US President Donald Trump
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
let's go Peruvian shaman prophesy part II
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personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
Please, force free healthcare upon us, beat us, bite us, make us write bad checks
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Please, force free healthcare upon us, beat us, bite us, make us write bad checks
It's very hard to read this as anythng but "Dem leadership would like to have had the opportunity to rubber stamp these war crimes."
Because they're not saying they would have said no. Cowards.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Because they're not saying they would have said no. Cowards.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Democratic US lawmakers say they were misled on Venezuela, demand a plan
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress said on Saturday that senior officials of President Donald Trump's administration had misled them during recent briefings about plans for Venezuela by insisting...
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It's very hard to read this as anythng but "Dem leadership would like to have had the opportunity to rubber stamp these war crimes."
Because they're not saying they would have said no. Cowards.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Because they're not saying they would have said no. Cowards.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
The thing is the US has done the moral equivalent before, so the dark place was breached over a century ago.
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The thing is the US has done the moral equivalent before, so the dark place was breached over a century ago.
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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RIP Dick Cheney, you would have finally found something to like about the Trump presidency (illegally overthrowing a government for oil)
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
RIP Dick Cheney, you would have finally found something to like about the Trump presidency (illegally overthrowing a government for oil)
Grateful Tokyu let me out of the train gates in spite of my smart watch battery hitting 0% on the train ride home
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Grateful Tokyu let me out of the train gates in spite of my smart watch battery hitting 0% on the train ride home
Trump: can't let foreigners into the country. They're rapists, murderers and kidnappers and a danger to democracy.
The world: Wat?
Venezuela: ok I see your point.
The world: Wat?
Venezuela: ok I see your point.
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Trump: can't let foreigners into the country. They're rapists, murderers and kidnappers and a danger to democracy.
The world: Wat?
Venezuela: ok I see your point.
The world: Wat?
Venezuela: ok I see your point.
Closed the shop "early" (20:30) because I can't see a surprise last minute customer or three spending 8000 yen like randomly happened last Saturday night. Not with so little foot traffic.
Overall sales were about one surprise late night group of customers shy of last Saturday's.
Overall sales were about one surprise late night group of customers shy of last Saturday's.
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Closed the shop "early" (20:30) because I can't see a surprise last minute customer or three spending 8000 yen like randomly happened last Saturday night. Not with so little foot traffic.
Overall sales were about one surprise late night group of customers shy of last Saturday's.
Overall sales were about one surprise late night group of customers shy of last Saturday's.