Could make the #Olympics joke sport of biathlon a lot more interesting by allowing rifle use on targets *and* opponents…

A heaven, a gateway, a hope…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lemonde/116046748610414868 Meanwhile, there are still some people (journalists even) to buy the whole “We will take DRASTIC measure between now and [insert date 2 decades from now]” 🤡 #climate

@10wataru.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy I'd agree that she's not as far gone as Sanseito, but she's also arguably very chummy with Trump's rhetoric and ideas (and sure, Jp leaders have had a long tradition of catering to his whims for diplomatic gains, but she's generally gone a bit above and beyond).

@10wataru.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy I see. I guess it's all a matter of personal political views (and Overton window). But if she is "just" conservative, what does that make the previous generation of "conservative" LDP leaders (including her predecessor or Abe)?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@deivudesu/116019180407948222 Do I need a mastodon bot for this? 🤔

Thought I'd celebrate the recent slate of bad stock news for the broligarchy by vibe coding this essential site: https://hasitpoppedyet.com

At what point does "neutral journalistic tone" veer into passive piss-taking…

Looking for a very specific set of data and somehow failing to locate it: I am interested in wealth *quantiles* per country per year (ideally for a number of past years).

"I'm so glad Winter is nearly over…"

I did not know this was an option, but thanks for offering, Suginami-ku… #theDPayment #japan

💡IDEA 💡 a label for every piece of home electronic, iot device, etc, that rates on a future friendly vs internet-of-shit scale (nutriscore style) • A: full well-documented API following existing standards • B: low level network access to all functions • C: hackable with effort and time

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825 The Greens are currently the only thing giving me a sliver of hope for this country (Starmer certainly isn't, and Your Party's neverending teenage drama antics, aren't particularly reassuring either)

Based on living in one of London’s trendier neighbourhood, I’d say 2026 look is best summed up as “Mario bros, but a 90s raver”

Literally carrying my weight in luggage across half the continent by train today, wish me luck…

RE: https://social.coop/@ZaneSelvans/115901018436588786 May we all behave like Renfrew Christie in the face of intolerable injustice…

If your day is going to be cold, but also involve a lot of running around, put on a heat tech undershirt *on top* of an airism. That way you’ll be warm and non-sweaty. Follow me for more salaryman life hacks.

Good luck getting your kitten back on supermarket kibble, unknown neighbours… #CatsOfMastodon

Now Cuba and Iran better hope that people are done caring about all those Trump-Epstein documents… #uspol #trump #epstein #venezuela

I am looking forward to Western leaders trying to explain why the PRC kidnapping Taiwan's president and bombing the rest into submission, is an unacceptable breakdown of international law. https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/03/kaja-kallas-says-maduro-lacks-legitimacy-and-calls-for-restraint/

Somewhere deep in the bowels of Hell, Milton Friedman and Monroe are marvelling at how much the US has progressed, since the olden days of imperialist takeovers where one needed to painstakingly mount a domestic fascist coup, instead of just bombing and kidnapping your way through it.

Few people know that the original model for that painting was a lot furrier originally… #catsOfMastodon

Another year of deepening chasm between being overall content and grateful for my own comfortable little life, and filled with existential dread at our seemingly inexorable march toward a dystopian world ravaged by fascism and climate change. 😐 #happynewyear #2026

2026 by moonlight…

I might be a little biased, but #ReunionIsland does have some of the most breathtaking landscapes… Video: https://mastodon.social/@deivudesu/115787039981273717

Way to oversell it, #theGuardian 😐 "My weirdest Christmas: I was 11 and braced for tension. Then I found my parents and step-parents in bed together" #xmasSmut #xmasOrgy

It'll never be not-funny that one of the Reunion creole term for "girlfriend" translates literally to "local blanket"… 😆 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkcPf7xapM

When a news article uses an AI-generated photograph with the headline for a prompt: "Hollywood director found guilty of scamming Netflix out of $11m"

Late 2025 NYT Headline: "Should we be worried about the cognitively-impaired fascist being less competent at doing fascist things?" #uspol #nyt

Any #uk ( #London even) mastopeeps have a good reference for a tax accountant who can help with slightly exotic income tax filing (worldwide income etc)? (asking for a friend)

It's as if having all internet traffic dependent on a handful of CDNs, wasn't a great idea… #cloudfare #internetIsDown

Our cat has rightfully identified me as the weakest link in the cordon sanitaire surrounding her bedroom access. Partner being away on business, means I now get 3h of plaintive meowing at the door every night.

#Ikea website: "Want to order spare parts to fix something? We <3 the planet and will make it super easy. Just click here to contact our customer service about it" <click> "Contact page for Ikea: looking for spare parts? Click here!" <click>

it is hard to overstate how aggressively user-hostile the whole online Ikea experience is… I guess this is what happens when you made your entire business around brick-and-mortar stores and are dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

In a Saint Etienne kinda mood today… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGJR--H3V0 #music #electronic #90s

Soccer mums be like "keep those 5G microchip autism vaccines away from me"… meanwhile I'm busy getting every possible vaccines in one go, like an 80s adventure game character visiting the in-game supply store.

POV: you missed your Eurostar and have 2h to kill at a Belgian pub until the next one. But you also forgot that a “pint” in Belgium pretty much means a bucket of beer.

Just saw a post advertising an upcoming event by "Green Software Brighton" where the main talk will discuss 'using AI to "superscale" images on the client side, reducing web page download sizes'… … I think I'm ready to just let the oceans swallow us all.

"UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’" In its usual waffling non-committal style, the Guardian alludes to the real figures behind Starmers' latest attempt to cater to racists:

Daddy’s home!

Sunny Autumn mornings are the best… Video: https://mastodon.social/@deivudesu/115510491217410556

Funny coincidence that a couple weeks after seeing it in London, Schrader's Mishima was screened here at TIFF. Friend of the show James Hadfield even got to interview Schrader for the JT: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/06/film/tokyo-international-film-festival-yukio-mishima-biopic/

If you’ve always dreamt of going glamping in kabukicho, and complementing your glamping session with a chocolate fountain, do I have the love hotel for you…

Since tradition dictates we burn at the stake a catholic with a weird-sounding name, does anyone know where Jacob Rees-Mogg might be? #guyfawkes

I know I’m an easy mark, but Loop Daddy doing Subway Takes is the crossover I had been waiting for my whole life… https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQmR0LxDj5Z/?igsh=MWNnNGxiMnE1cjBxZQ

I so love that Tokyo weather, I wants to marry it and have its kids 😍

Anyone wants to Letsu Beer Great? Yours if you come pick up in central Tokyo

"I really should get back to serious Japanese studies for a while. OK, I just need to update my kanji-studying app an start using it again. Actually, I could make it so much better if I redid it from scratch. Can't be that complicated…" And, this, is why I'm still level N1.8 after all these years…

Having coffee with the only non-problematic political icon of the 90s.

In case you are wondering how deep tourist fatigue runs in Tokyo: Pro-domme at the bar yesterday was complaining about her last session of the day, and how having to peg a large foreigner for over an hour had completely killed her hips.