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@frozenpandaman.bsky.social
rambunctious tomboy-wannabe; kid. MA in linguistics. ✨🦎i like rain, goats, playful media + games, public transit & juzo itami! 🌧️ 日本語OK。🌻 lucky me, lucky mud. 🌱 かわいいは、正義。
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@frozenpandaman.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I moved to Japan almost exactly one year ago – in which time I've ridden public transit all across the country & collected 113 different IC cards (…so far!) 🚞🥳💳
I'm still missing a few, but at this point, it's enough to finally lay them out to make a map of Japan! #交通系ICカード
I'm still missing a few, but at this point, it's enough to finally lay them out to make a map of Japan! #交通系ICカード
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hello friends i FINALLY wrote about traveling on local trains all around hokkaido last winter japan.elifessler.com/2025/11/18/s...
SNOOOOOOW IN HOKKAIDOOOOO!
Japan is absolutely, unlivably hot for a solid four, arguably even five months of the year. But I grew up in the snow – it's my favorite type of weather, and winter is my favorite season bar none – so...
japan.elifessler.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
hello friends i FINALLY wrote about traveling on local trains all around hokkaido last winter japan.elifessler.com/2025/11/18/s...
hello friends i FINALLY wrote about traveling on local trains all around hokkaido last winter japan.elifessler.com/2025/11/18/s...
SNOOOOOOW IN HOKKAIDOOOOO!
Japan is absolutely, unlivably hot for a solid four, arguably even five months of the year. But I grew up in the snow – it's my favorite type of weather, and winter is my favorite season bar none – so...
japan.elifessler.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
hello friends i FINALLY wrote about traveling on local trains all around hokkaido last winter japan.elifessler.com/2025/11/18/s...
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an actual gift of the internet age is how relatively easy it has become for non-wealthy people to maintain memory systems. both personal ones (photos, backups, searchable mail) and collective ones (wikis, archives, fan communities)
the glee with which that is being destroyed right now floors me
the glee with which that is being destroyed right now floors me
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
an actual gift of the internet age is how relatively easy it has become for non-wealthy people to maintain memory systems. both personal ones (photos, backups, searchable mail) and collective ones (wikis, archives, fan communities)
the glee with which that is being destroyed right now floors me
the glee with which that is being destroyed right now floors me
@ryannorth.ca dude i very much have a hole for you
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
@ryannorth.ca dude i very much have a hole for you
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here is an excellent blog post by @frozenpandaman.bsky.social that explains the bizarre release saga of tomcat! japan.elifessler.com/2023/12/01/t...
Tomcat's Big Adventure
I got to see a very, very rare Japanese film last night: Tomcat's Big Adventure (ちびねこトムの大冒険 地球を救え！なかまたち / Chibineko Tom no Daibouken: Chikyuu o Sukue! Nakama-tachi)
japan.elifessler.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
here is an excellent blog post by @frozenpandaman.bsky.social that explains the bizarre release saga of tomcat! japan.elifessler.com/2023/12/01/t...
Reposted by eli! 🐐
ryutaro nakamura’s very hard-to-see feature debut “tomcat's big adventure” is being screened at the texas theatre in dallas next month (april 14th)! first time in the USA and with full english subs! tickets on sale soon per the "wamano nights" instagram www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03...
Tomcat's Big Adventure 1992 Anime Film Gets N. American Premiere Screening at Texas Theater on April 14
Serial Experiments Lain/Kino's Journey's Ryūtarō Nakamura directed film
www.animenewsnetwork.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ryutaro nakamura’s very hard-to-see feature debut “tomcat's big adventure” is being screened at the texas theatre in dallas next month (april 14th)! first time in the USA and with full english subs! tickets on sale soon per the "wamano nights" instagram www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03...
unfortunately this app is run by puritans and i don't think i will be using it much
March 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
unfortunately this app is run by puritans and i don't think i will be using it much
i'm neglecting this website sorry but i'm neglecting twitter too don't worry
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
i'm neglecting this website sorry but i'm neglecting twitter too don't worry
wtf
the placement of this station office is insane
the placement of this station office is insane
January 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
wtf
the placement of this station office is insane
the placement of this station office is insane
wtf the WOKE MOB has infected japan!!!!!
December 21, 2024 at 10:46 AM
wtf the WOKE MOB has infected japan!!!!!
when they try to say that pronouns in english are a closed class
December 21, 2024 at 9:49 AM
when they try to say that pronouns in english are a closed class
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jonathan blow: "waa bla bloo bloo soulja boy said my game is for people who smoke"
phil fish:
phil fish:
December 12, 2024 at 10:22 PM
jonathan blow: "waa bla bloo bloo soulja boy said my game is for people who smoke"
phil fish:
phil fish:
shin-yamaguchi decked tf out for the holidays
December 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM
shin-yamaguchi decked tf out for the holidays
NEW YOTSUBA&! VOLUME AAAAAAHHHHHH
December 13, 2024 at 4:27 AM
NEW YOTSUBA&! VOLUME AAAAAAHHHHHH
i'm not kidding we need to bring this back so bad
December 13, 2024 at 4:27 AM
i'm not kidding we need to bring this back so bad
WHAT????? apparently some meitetsu express trains show a little graphic with the current speed & animation while they're traveling in between stops when there's no other information to display
December 13, 2024 at 4:27 AM
WHAT????? apparently some meitetsu express trains show a little graphic with the current speed & animation while they're traveling in between stops when there's no other information to display
"Geometric lines do not produce likeable people."
December 9, 2024 at 3:36 AM
"Geometric lines do not produce likeable people."
does anyone have kanji they particularly like or dislike. for me: love 渋 (unconnected cross is cool), hate 潟 (the topmost radical looks broken and uneven)
December 8, 2024 at 11:46 AM
does anyone have kanji they particularly like or dislike. for me: love 渋 (unconnected cross is cool), hate 潟 (the topmost radical looks broken and uneven)
just saw "açai" in japanese spelled as あさゐ
December 6, 2024 at 3:17 PM
just saw "açai" in japanese spelled as あさゐ
omg this company's website draws out the exact path of their trains… this is genius
December 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
omg this company's website draws out the exact path of their trains… this is genius
found some really great type design
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
found some really great type design
first killing the seishun 18 kippu, then dwindling down unreserved shinkansen seats, and now this – ending the 10% discount on round-trip tickets, a benefit available on trips with > 600 km one-way distance since 1887. man, what the fuck is wrong with JR www.asahi.com/articles/ASS...
JR、往復乗車券の割引廃止へ 連続乗車券も 2026年3月から：朝日新聞デジタル
JR旅客6社は2日、往復乗車券と連続乗車券の発売を2026年3月に終了すると発表した。長距離だと運賃が1割引きになる「往復割引」も終了する。「Suica」など交通系ICカードやネット予約システムの普…
www.asahi.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:52 AM
first killing the seishun 18 kippu, then dwindling down unreserved shinkansen seats, and now this – ending the 10% discount on round-trip tickets, a benefit available on trips with > 600 km one-way distance since 1887. man, what the fuck is wrong with JR www.asahi.com/articles/ASS...
finally finished my big blogpost about my obon week trip where i used the seishun 18 kippu (well sort of) to travel through the koshinetsu & tohoku regions of japan, ride for many hours on conventional/local lines, and grab 20 new IC cards! #交通系ICカード
japan.elifessler.com/2024/11/26/s...
japan.elifessler.com/2024/11/26/s...
My "Seishun 18" Koshinetsu–Tohoku Obon adventure
I took a big trip on local railways over Obon week and got 20 new IC cards! A little worried going in that it might be *too* much sitting, traveling, or transit-ing, I'm now convinced that being on le...
japan.elifessler.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
finally finished my big blogpost about my obon week trip where i used the seishun 18 kippu (well sort of) to travel through the koshinetsu & tohoku regions of japan, ride for many hours on conventional/local lines, and grab 20 new IC cards! #交通系ICカード
japan.elifessler.com/2024/11/26/s...
japan.elifessler.com/2024/11/26/s...
i grabbed three new IC cards this past weekend on a spontaneous trip: the sagan tosu commemorative SUGOCA from saga prefecture, a revised kumamon no IC card design down in kumamoto, and hiroshimas new MOBIRY DAYS! #交通系ICカード
November 26, 2024 at 1:06 PM
i grabbed three new IC cards this past weekend on a spontaneous trip: the sagan tosu commemorative SUGOCA from saga prefecture, a revised kumamon no IC card design down in kumamoto, and hiroshimas new MOBIRY DAYS! #交通系ICカード