Clueless Toshika
@cluelesstoshika.bsky.social
Cabbage futures speculator on the Daikon Prairie.
I post mainly random stuff about life in Tokyo/Japan, as and when the mood takes me and/or I have too many pictures on my phone.
I post mainly random stuff about life in Tokyo/Japan, as and when the mood takes me and/or I have too many pictures on my phone.
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Quick intro, as I never did one here or at the Other Place: originally from the United Kipperdom of Brexitania, but lived Elsewhere for most of my life, in Japan since the Lehman Shock (but first visit in Heisei 4). Live on a homestead on the Daikon Prairie in the west of Tokyo's 23ku.
In case anyone wanted a station ticket gate to call their own, Sotetsu can help you out:
元運転士も「よく出したな」と驚愕 1500万円が20万円に「本物の自動改札機」が一般販売（ABEMA TIMES） - Yahoo!ニュース
元鉄道の運転士も驚いた“あるモノ”が販売されている。
「正直ちょっとびっくり。よく出したなという。相当な覚悟を持っていないと買えないもの」（元京王電鉄運
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In case anyone wanted a station ticket gate to call their own, Sotetsu can help you out:
Got an email at 00:30 (!) indicating they do indeed need this kind of stuff 👍
and a quick check found a charitable organisation in the wider neighbourhood whose homepage indicates they need this kind of stuff, so emailed them with picture to confirm if I can drop it off.
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Got an email at 00:30 (!) indicating they do indeed need this kind of stuff 👍
People will paint pictures of doom and gloom about Japan, yet today on a Sunday I sent off a Mercari sale at about 11am from the local convenience store and it arrived at the purchaser and the sale was concluded (i.e. the money was paid out) less than 8 hours later.
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
People will paint pictures of doom and gloom about Japan, yet today on a Sunday I sent off a Mercari sale at about 11am from the local convenience store and it arrived at the purchaser and the sale was concluded (i.e. the money was paid out) less than 8 hours later.
Giant glowing sea urchins over the Daikon Prairie just now
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Giant glowing sea urchins over the Daikon Prairie just now
Random #upcycling tip: occasionally I attend conferences where you get given throwaway lanyards which are quite もったいない but what to do with them apart from cosplaying conferences at home which is kind of sad?
Well, it turns out they make excellent identifying tags for Things Stored In Bags.
Well, it turns out they make excellent identifying tags for Things Stored In Bags.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Random #upcycling tip: occasionally I attend conferences where you get given throwaway lanyards which are quite もったいない but what to do with them apart from cosplaying conferences at home which is kind of sad?
Well, it turns out they make excellent identifying tags for Things Stored In Bags.
Well, it turns out they make excellent identifying tags for Things Stored In Bags.
In related clear-out news, I encountered the pile of hotel/airline amenity kit stuff we have been accumulating "just-in-case" but some constructive thought concluded there is unlikely to be any emergency when we will need several dozen factory-sealed plastic hairbrushes, shaving kits etc., (cont)
Things one finds while doing a "deep tidy-up", such as this boarding pass stub from 1999, complete with a reminder of the days when the cancer stick people could forcibly cover you and your clothes in a tarry miasma.
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
In related clear-out news, I encountered the pile of hotel/airline amenity kit stuff we have been accumulating "just-in-case" but some constructive thought concluded there is unlikely to be any emergency when we will need several dozen factory-sealed plastic hairbrushes, shaving kits etc., (cont)
So apparently the below is not a correct report, but given the state of trust in Big (Theft) Tech these days, it's not surprising this kind of thing is taken seriously.
I think I previously explicitly disabled the offending settings for "classic" privacy rather than anti-AI-theft reasons.
I think I previously explicitly disabled the offending settings for "classic" privacy rather than anti-AI-theft reasons.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So apparently the below is not a correct report, but given the state of trust in Big (Theft) Tech these days, it's not surprising this kind of thing is taken seriously.
I think I previously explicitly disabled the offending settings for "classic" privacy rather than anti-AI-theft reasons.
I think I previously explicitly disabled the offending settings for "classic" privacy rather than anti-AI-theft reasons.
Things one finds while doing a "deep tidy-up", such as this boarding pass stub from 1999, complete with a reminder of the days when the cancer stick people could forcibly cover you and your clothes in a tarry miasma.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Things one finds while doing a "deep tidy-up", such as this boarding pass stub from 1999, complete with a reminder of the days when the cancer stick people could forcibly cover you and your clothes in a tarry miasma.
Purchaser seems to have appreciated my packaging skills.
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Purchaser seems to have appreciated my packaging skills.
@russincheshire.bsky.social in full form on Boris Johnson here.
One of the things which keeps me from packing it all in is my bucket list item of outliving that gibbering lardbucket so I can piss on his grave.
One of the things which keeps me from packing it all in is my bucket list item of outliving that gibbering lardbucket so I can piss on his grave.
Rachael Johnson: "Boris did his best".
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@russincheshire.bsky.social in full form on Boris Johnson here.
One of the things which keeps me from packing it all in is my bucket list item of outliving that gibbering lardbucket so I can piss on his grave.
One of the things which keeps me from packing it all in is my bucket list item of outliving that gibbering lardbucket so I can piss on his grave.
Trying to recall which dystopian future movie this still is from.
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trying to recall which dystopian future movie this still is from.
My settings were "off" but they might still be rolling it out...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My settings were "off" but they might still be rolling it out...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Reposted by Clueless Toshika
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Write a horror story in six words.
"Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup".
www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-t...
"Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup".
www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-t...
Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup told workers not to care about anything outside work
Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania said that "if you should care about something else, and if you want something else, you should just not be here."
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Write a horror story in six words.
"Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup".
www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-t...
"Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup".
www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-t...
Went on a sorely-needed post-work walk in a semi-random direction, as in I needed to plan a little otherwise I'd end up retracing previous random walks, and I swear they keep making up new parts of Tokyo.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Went on a sorely-needed post-work walk in a semi-random direction, as in I needed to plan a little otherwise I'd end up retracing previous random walks, and I swear they keep making up new parts of Tokyo.
This reminds me, can anyone recommend a competent immigration lawyer or whatever in Tokyo who can assist with PR applications? I know I can do it myself, but would be happier with professional assistance in getting all the ducks in a correct row.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This reminds me, can anyone recommend a competent immigration lawyer or whatever in Tokyo who can assist with PR applications? I know I can do it myself, but would be happier with professional assistance in getting all the ducks in a correct row.
Five short. The Premium Toilet Goddess will be angry.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Five short. The Premium Toilet Goddess will be angry.
My time is now.
What do an early-19th century travelogue and a simple message of acknowledgement have in common? They make up one "neo-dajare" — a category of dad jokes and wordplay increasingly popular with Gen Z in Japan.
Old-man puns are getting a Gen Z glow-up as 'neo-dajare'
Japan's youngest generation raised on texting is embracing wordplay — and pushing old dad jokes further than ever before.
ebx.sh
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My time is now.
For a moment there I thought they'd strung up Myaku-Myaku on a piano wire. But fortunately it's only the mutant offspring of Myaku-Myaku and Santa Clause.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a7...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a7...
今年の世相サンタは万博の人気者 神戸・北野の異人館 (毎日新聞) - Yahoo!ニュース
うろこの家に登場した「世相サンタクロース」＝神戸市中央区で2025年11月19日午前10時31分、梅田麻衣子撮影 - Yahoo!ニュース(毎日新聞)
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
For a moment there I thought they'd strung up Myaku-Myaku on a piano wire. But fortunately it's only the mutant offspring of Myaku-Myaku and Santa Clause.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a7...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a7...
Note to self.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Note to self.
'k, another bucket list item checked off, namely "sell a 13-year old but unused bathtub cover on Mercari" (it came with the house and was taking up space in the loft all that time).
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'k, another bucket list item checked off, namely "sell a 13-year old but unused bathtub cover on Mercari" (it came with the house and was taking up space in the loft all that time).
The AI (LLM) revolution is going great, I see (excerpt from a GlobalCorp Slack thread between).
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The AI (LLM) revolution is going great, I see (excerpt from a GlobalCorp Slack thread between).
I've been seeing the phrase "K-Pop Demon Hunters" for a while now, I'm not quite sure what I imagined it is, but I had no idea it is a children's animated cartoon.
K-Pop Demon Hunters is a show whose heroes fight demons. Some Christians find references to demons 'uncomfortable', so a head teacher felt obliged to ban kids from singing the songs in the playground. Seriously? Faith in Christ can be threatened by a TV soundtrack? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I've been seeing the phrase "K-Pop Demon Hunters" for a while now, I'm not quite sure what I imagined it is, but I had no idea it is a children's animated cartoon.
Well there's my second-worst nightmare come true.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Well there's my second-worst nightmare come true.