Jon POWER
@jonpower.bsky.social
Moving in. Like Japan and doujin games.
It hadn't occurred to before, but when you see a Western style frontage to a building, that means Western doors on hinges, not Japanese sliding panels. I admire the use of sliding doors and windows in Japan, it's so much more efficient and pleasing to me. We do have sliding doors here, patio doors
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
It hadn't occurred to before, but when you see a Western style frontage to a building, that means Western doors on hinges, not Japanese sliding panels. I admire the use of sliding doors and windows in Japan, it's so much more efficient and pleasing to me. We do have sliding doors here, patio doors
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夕景の十和田市街を歩いた。
激渋の昭和の街なかに突如現れる現代建築、十和田市現代美術館。その建物そのものがまるで美術品のように発光し、並行世界に迷い込んだかのよう。暫くその神秘的な風景に見惚れていた。
激渋の昭和の街なかに突如現れる現代建築、十和田市現代美術館。その建物そのものがまるで美術品のように発光し、並行世界に迷い込んだかのよう。暫くその神秘的な風景に見惚れていた。
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 AM
夕景の十和田市街を歩いた。
激渋の昭和の街なかに突如現れる現代建築、十和田市現代美術館。その建物そのものがまるで美術品のように発光し、並行世界に迷い込んだかのよう。暫くその神秘的な風景に見惚れていた。
激渋の昭和の街なかに突如現れる現代建築、十和田市現代美術館。その建物そのものがまるで美術品のように発光し、並行世界に迷い込んだかのよう。暫くその神秘的な風景に見惚れていた。
The tiniest flowers in my midwinter.
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The tiniest flowers in my midwinter.
Redwings. A small flock has come in from the fields to eat the holly berries.
January 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Redwings. A small flock has come in from the fields to eat the holly berries.
I've still got over 2k games and over 700 are on sale. So buy some games from me.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've still got over 2k games and over 700 are on sale. So buy some games from me.
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And this was 1925, not 1935.
Fascism doesn't start with extermination camps. It starts with control of the judicial system. Control the judges, control the courts, control the laws. Everything the fascists did was legal, because they controlled the law.
Fascism doesn't start with extermination camps. It starts with control of the judicial system. Control the judges, control the courts, control the laws. Everything the fascists did was legal, because they controlled the law.
Dec. 31, 1925: Italy's Parliament passes a measure to effectively abolish freedom of the press. Law No. 2307 gives Benito Mussolini's regime the power to license all publications to ensure they won't undermine his authority. He explicitly seeks the "fascistisation of the press."
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And this was 1925, not 1935.
Fascism doesn't start with extermination camps. It starts with control of the judicial system. Control the judges, control the courts, control the laws. Everything the fascists did was legal, because they controlled the law.
Fascism doesn't start with extermination camps. It starts with control of the judicial system. Control the judges, control the courts, control the laws. Everything the fascists did was legal, because they controlled the law.
What shall I do with 4kg of potatoes?
Got to get through them on my own before they go off. Not baking potatoes, but using the oven would really help. Boil em mash em fry em, I know. Cannot deep fry. I need something else, with olive oil.
I can only think of potato cakes. I could try knishes...??
Got to get through them on my own before they go off. Not baking potatoes, but using the oven would really help. Boil em mash em fry em, I know. Cannot deep fry. I need something else, with olive oil.
I can only think of potato cakes. I could try knishes...??
December 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
What shall I do with 4kg of potatoes?
Got to get through them on my own before they go off. Not baking potatoes, but using the oven would really help. Boil em mash em fry em, I know. Cannot deep fry. I need something else, with olive oil.
I can only think of potato cakes. I could try knishes...??
Got to get through them on my own before they go off. Not baking potatoes, but using the oven would really help. Boil em mash em fry em, I know. Cannot deep fry. I need something else, with olive oil.
I can only think of potato cakes. I could try knishes...??
Pondering how to bring home prints without damage. These thick card packages from Amazon might fit the bill.
Suggestions are welcome.
@curiousordinary.bsky.social
Suggestions are welcome.
@curiousordinary.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Pondering how to bring home prints without damage. These thick card packages from Amazon might fit the bill.
Suggestions are welcome.
@curiousordinary.bsky.social
Suggestions are welcome.
@curiousordinary.bsky.social
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EVs are one their way to take a huge bite out of global oil demand by 2030 – 5m to 8m barrels of oil per day, and rising fast. 5m barrels/ day is about the entire current oil consumption of Japan
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
EVs are one their way to take a huge bite out of global oil demand by 2030 – 5m to 8m barrels of oil per day, and rising fast. 5m barrels/ day is about the entire current oil consumption of Japan
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
OK @criterionchannl.bsky.social answer me this!
To a certain report on England by five members of the United State's Senate in 1944.
What certain report was that, that was significant enough to be topical in a British film in 1946?
Of course, you know the film, I need not mention the title.
To a certain report on England by five members of the United State's Senate in 1944.
What certain report was that, that was significant enough to be topical in a British film in 1946?
Of course, you know the film, I need not mention the title.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
OK @criterionchannl.bsky.social answer me this!
To a certain report on England by five members of the United State's Senate in 1944.
What certain report was that, that was significant enough to be topical in a British film in 1946?
Of course, you know the film, I need not mention the title.
To a certain report on England by five members of the United State's Senate in 1944.
What certain report was that, that was significant enough to be topical in a British film in 1946?
Of course, you know the film, I need not mention the title.
Same old same old.
Dec. 29, 1925: Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-Mont.) wins dismissal of a federal indictment against him in Washington on charges of fraud in legal fees. He had been acquitted of similar charges in his home state, a case he called revenge for his investigation of Harding era corruption.
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Same old same old.
Good grief. Google Maps is driving me more insane.
You can save locations under Saved as a List or as a Map. But you cannot convert a List into a Map. Nor can you export the List, so you cannot import it to a Map.
You can create a Map and add locations such as businesses to it. But not stations.
You can save locations under Saved as a List or as a Map. But you cannot convert a List into a Map. Nor can you export the List, so you cannot import it to a Map.
You can create a Map and add locations such as businesses to it. But not stations.
December 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good grief. Google Maps is driving me more insane.
You can save locations under Saved as a List or as a Map. But you cannot convert a List into a Map. Nor can you export the List, so you cannot import it to a Map.
You can create a Map and add locations such as businesses to it. But not stations.
You can save locations under Saved as a List or as a Map. But you cannot convert a List into a Map. Nor can you export the List, so you cannot import it to a Map.
You can create a Map and add locations such as businesses to it. But not stations.
Watching videos of the Tokyo City Flea Market, the one at Oi Racecourse, and the more I see, the less I want to go there. 99.9% tourists and so much junk. I think that I will hate it if I go.
All the sites say it's Saturday & Sunday only. But the videos say it's all week.
All the sites say it's Saturday & Sunday only. But the videos say it's all week.
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Watching videos of the Tokyo City Flea Market, the one at Oi Racecourse, and the more I see, the less I want to go there. 99.9% tourists and so much junk. I think that I will hate it if I go.
All the sites say it's Saturday & Sunday only. But the videos say it's all week.
All the sites say it's Saturday & Sunday only. But the videos say it's all week.
So much Japanese to learn...
www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_cult...
I knew only one of these.
@japanesetalk.bsky.social
@mulboyne.bsky.social
www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_cult...
I knew only one of these.
@japanesetalk.bsky.social
@mulboyne.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So much Japanese to learn...
www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_cult...
I knew only one of these.
@japanesetalk.bsky.social
@mulboyne.bsky.social
www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_cult...
I knew only one of these.
@japanesetalk.bsky.social
@mulboyne.bsky.social
Does my Pixel 8 phone not have a micro SD card slot for extra memory so google can push users into paying to store stuff online? I cannot see a good reason to not enable a card, especially that high volume cards are relatively cheap.
Also... a shortage of memory chips is coming soon to your life.
Also... a shortage of memory chips is coming soon to your life.
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Does my Pixel 8 phone not have a micro SD card slot for extra memory so google can push users into paying to store stuff online? I cannot see a good reason to not enable a card, especially that high volume cards are relatively cheap.
Also... a shortage of memory chips is coming soon to your life.
Also... a shortage of memory chips is coming soon to your life.
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As I just said, same shit different day. 1903
December 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As I just said, same shit different day. 1903
I feed the squirrels because I like the squirrels.
But could they please stop chewing holes in the bird feeder.
I observed one last week, it just takes peanuts. They don't actively chew the wire, at least I think not. It's just collateral damage. More hole than mesh now.
But could they please stop chewing holes in the bird feeder.
I observed one last week, it just takes peanuts. They don't actively chew the wire, at least I think not. It's just collateral damage. More hole than mesh now.
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I feed the squirrels because I like the squirrels.
But could they please stop chewing holes in the bird feeder.
I observed one last week, it just takes peanuts. They don't actively chew the wire, at least I think not. It's just collateral damage. More hole than mesh now.
But could they please stop chewing holes in the bird feeder.
I observed one last week, it just takes peanuts. They don't actively chew the wire, at least I think not. It's just collateral damage. More hole than mesh now.
5 long tailed tits.
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
5 long tailed tits.
Check out my good side here.
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Check out my good side here.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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356/538 puzzle pieces are edge pieces. It took us 5 hours.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
356/538 puzzle pieces are edge pieces. It took us 5 hours.
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A mosaic patolli board built into a Maya floor at Naachtun challenges ideas about ancient play. Planned, durable, and Early Classic in date, it links games to architecture, labor, and power. #Maya #Archaeology #AncientGames #Mesoamerica www.anthropology.net/p/a-game-set...
A Game Set in Stone and Clay: What a Mosaic Board Reveals About Maya Play and Power
At Naachtun, an Early Classic Maya city, archaeologists uncovered a patolli board unlike any other. Built into the floor itself, it forces a rethink of how games, labor, and architecture intersected.
www.anthropology.net
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A mosaic patolli board built into a Maya floor at Naachtun challenges ideas about ancient play. Planned, durable, and Early Classic in date, it links games to architecture, labor, and power. #Maya #Archaeology #AncientGames #Mesoamerica www.anthropology.net/p/a-game-set...
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Happy to have gotten one of my favorite board games, De Vulgari Eloquentia, to the table for game day last night.
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy to have gotten one of my favorite board games, De Vulgari Eloquentia, to the table for game day last night.