Thanks to @nataliedecorsair.bsky.social for this lovely Christmas rap battle. Time to stock up on booze and get my rhyme going.

It's Mari Lwyd season

Temps and conditions around Japan

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🥔 札幌: 4℃ 🌥️
🏯 仙台: 9.6℃ 🌥️
🍚 新潟: 10℃ 🌥️
🏔️ 長野: 6.3℃ ☁️
🦀 金沢: 9.2℃ 🌧️
🥟 栃木: 10.5℃ 🌥️
🍘 埼玉: 11.1℃ 🌙
🗼 東京: 10.9℃ 🌥️
⚓ 横浜: 10℃ 🌥️
🍵 静岡: 8.6℃ 🌙
🍤 名古屋: 10.8℃ 🌙
⛩️ 京都: 11.1℃ 🌥️
🤤 大阪: 10.9℃ 🌥️
🦌 奈良: 10.3℃ 🌧️
🚢 神戸: 12.8℃ 🌥️
🦪 広島: 10.3℃ ☁️
⌛ 鳥取: 11℃ ⛈️
🍜 福岡: 12.7℃ 🌥️
🌋 鹿児島: 15.6℃ ☁️
🏝️ 那覇: 20.8℃ 🌥️

Many parts of Japan have local superstitions about going out to sea during Obon. That's because the boats that carry the dead souls from the underworld to the world of the living are sailing on these days, and you might bump into a wayward spirit!

Stay away from the water during Obon!

It’s sickening to see what Trump is doing to America. Just the first 24 hours. This is going to be a long, dark slog.

@kem54.bsky.social Hey. You’re in Tulsa? My hometown, although I live abroad now. What’s the mood over there now?

@elmokajaky.bsky.social
Howdy, boss. What’s the mood over that way? I mean, it’s the last 24 hours of America before everything goes to hell.

Had a wonderful time at the Tokyo National Museum’s “Museum at Night” event on Saturday.

First post on BlueSky. Hi, everyone!