Intéressant de rappeler que l’an dernier, Yaël Braun-Privet avait initialement refusé une minute de silence en la mémoire d’Aboubakar Cissé, poignardé à 57 reprises alors qu’il priait dans une mosquée, au motif que l’hémicycle n’honorait plus « les cas individuels ». www.humanite.fr/politique/br...

They’re painting roads with large blue bicycle lane signs to prepare for the huge cultural shift that’ll be April’s new road rules for cyclists and I’m expecting chaos cause Japanese are terrible cyclists.

“I saw a dad pushing a stroller and demolishing a giant chocolate ice cream bar on his walk back from daycare drop-off. The man had zero cares in the world, clearly soothing his soul after a tough toddler morning.” Says the woman eating an entire Meiji chocolate bar with her coffee.

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Kid parkour

Fantastic breakdown here. And again paints a picture and the question, which sectors do the anti-immigration Sanseito folks and far right LDP ones want to remove people from? Japan’s Foreign Workforce Rises to Record 2.6 Million www.nippon.com/en/japan-dat...

1/ Bon je suis personne ici et ça a servi à rien les premières fois mais je suis à la rue dans moins d'un mois donc. Je recherche un travail, n'importe quoi quel que soit le salaire du moment qu'il n"y a pas de charges lourdes à porter. Je suis à Toulon sans voiture. J'accepte de travailler de nuit.

Well, that's a first. The Tokyo Immigration Bureau refused to cancel some visa applications after submission. Generally, we advise to cancel an application (if you really must...) *before* the CoE is issued because after issuance, it'll get on your record.

Depressing times ahead. The whispers we’re hearing here and there from biz-biz in-the-know people — the ones you know, who connect with “higher” people — are that there’s this whole “let’s revert back to 昭和 work style” underground current, and we truly feel it in the air.

Spring loading… 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️

1/2 «Un plan nataliste qui ne concentre ses efforts que sur la fertilité, comme si la baisse des naissances en France n’était pas aussi dû aux conditions de vie des familles. …» www.politis.fr/articles/202...

Find my kid in his classmate´s artwork 😂

On rappelle que Jeff Bezos, propriétaire du Washington Post (et d’Amazon) est dans le top 5 des hommes les plus riches du monde avec une fortune de plus de 200 milliards de dollars. Il laisse des correspondants sur le carreau, dont certains en zones de guerre, comme un dangereux sociopathe inadapté.

Our friends announced they’re expecting their second child (that’s like the 4th set of parent friends) and I’m sooooo, like, jealous cause I would absolutely sign up for another pregnancy (Japan makes it so easy), but absolutely NOT the newborn to 3 year old stage. That’s quite problematic 😂

Frozen yuzu, anyone?

Winter and spring sharing a branch, Tokyo in February

Tip: if you do not have winter gloves, cooking gloves do the trick!!

We’re having fun at the park, but the fire truck and police sirens were our BGM for the last 15 minutes and I guess somewhere snow caused havoc.

I feel this way too deeply and I’m not out of it. Grew up with everyone close to me telling me how smart and gifted I was—I never learnt to work hard(er). It isn’t too late, but with a little one I just don’t have the bandwidth to correct my trajectory 😅…

Weeeeeell. We have 餅つき大会 with the neighborhood association today. That will be fun 😬✨

I wanted to share my utter disappointment for the snowmageddon they promised yesterday and did not happen when Ah.

Survived our 3rd 発表会 and proud to say that our child, despite following nothing whatsoever of the play he’s supposed to do with his class, did-not-cry. That’s success in my book 😅. I feel sad that he’s the only one not speaking (not even to say his name 😂) though.

okay who scheduled that @cluelesstoshika.bsky.social @hikosaemon.bsky.social

What what what

I work with people from everywhere. The one thing they all have in common? They’re ready to leave better systems, salaries, and Sunday dinners with mom just for a shot at living in Japan. Meanwhile Japan’s like "Hmph. It’s not like we need you or anything." Drop the tsundere act. Srly.

I said baseball would not be part of our family culture. Our (very) athletic almost-4-yo. just revealed a sense for pitching dead set on sending back whatever ball we throw at him (😩 and mom now has to throw balls over and over again). Anyway, see you on a field every weekend in 2028, I guess.

Wow, it appears the Japan Foundation no longer authorizes temporary visitors and foreigners without residence card (so you can throw in the mix Digital Nomad etc.) to take the JLPT in Japan. That sucks big time.

Comment ?! Quoi ?! Mais ça pue ?! 😭 Je me faisais envoyer des livres, achetés ou commandés via des librairies, s’il vous plaît, au moins 4-5 fois par an… Je ne l’avais pas fait depuis cet été ayant eu une cargaison « en direct » avec la famille… Ah ça m’énerve, ça m’énerve.

Dude skipped the standard midlife crisis sports car package and went straight for the surgical upgrade… Should have sticked to the sport car option.

We received our custom ordered kindy lesson bags, following all their crazy requirements. They look so good, but I do feel like I’ve failed, because my son entirely lost his interest in trains in the past month… like gone, poof 😅 all he talks about is being a super hero like Simon the rabbit.

"Japan, the land of the rising blood pressure due to superfluous paperwork." Quoting my colleague who nearly caused me to baptize my computer in coffee thanks to the uncontrollable shaking that followed.

I went to city hall at 9:14 and was out by 9:22. And yes, before you ask, I actually got done what I wanted done 😂. This is a new record !

I forgot there was a reason I had deactivated my participation into the main (?) French mums in Japan group. They’re so mean at times and it stresses me too much. I wonder why more mixed groups, especially lead by British and American mums feels so much friendlier and less judgmental… *kof kof*

The people behind YouTube music are borderline psychopaths. Never has an app annoyed me this much 🫠.

My mum’s return flight is on a Thursday at 00:05 and I can already see how I will have to ensure she understands that it means she needs to leave Wednesday evening 🤣. Last time she also struggled with understanding her arrival date was +1. Traveling is stressful even for the sharpest minds of us.

The kid: the shark eats all the fish, and then the boat, and then when the shark eats the sun, he’s gonna burn his mouth!!! Me: … yeah probably TK: … is the sun spicy mum? It’s 辛い right? Me: …

My French colleague asked how I did to get my child to speak French. Honestly, I ran away from all the raising bilingual kid books because we‘re not disciplined enough to follow a strict plan, so I don’t really have a recipe. However, I buy French books regularly and I think that helps.

Not exactly masked government agents shooting Japanese mothers in the face, but you know... still a little bit "icy" Japan to stop notifying lawyers of deportations in advance mainichi.jp/english/arti...

At the parents’ request, the prosecutor’s office appealed and I sure hope she’ll get the maximum sentence with the new trial. You just don’t _can’t_ force a child to drink that much drain cleaner without an evil intent. She sure deserves to rot in a jail. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

I was very close to buy them as I absolutely love these chocolate but the price… Also felt quite random to see them sold at a Dean & Deluca 🫣

If I see one more article about how Japanese kids are well educated and yada yada I’ll burst. This is our nearby park state every-freaking-evening. They come from the nearby elementary and junior high. It’s in a worst state when the soccer clubs play at the field within the park vicinity.

Leader of drooling right wing racist party asks "do we really need so many convenience stores that we need to hire foreigners to staff them?" 参政党神谷「外国人を働かせてまで、こんなにコンビニ店舗数必要ですか？」 itainews.com/archives/205...

… And done ✅ I’m glad they have a comment box where you can state your reasons.

Preview Amour, fascisme et CDD - @unpied.bsky.social Marc Dubuisson - @delcourt-bd.bsky.social - www.bdgest.com/preview-4607...

Slowly exporting my playlists and favorites away from Spotify but gosh, it’s hard to leave a system thats been working for me for many years 😭

On a scale of fatigue I’m here: I’ve been wondering how to throw cans in those public garbage boxes without pouring left over liquid on my hand—it just occurred to me that I should throw the can from its opened side, and I’ve done the reverse every single time.

"plus que jamais, que vous soyez élu, militant, journaliste, peu importe votre orientation politique (...) utiliser X, poster sur X, interagir sur X, c'est travailler dans l'usine à deepfakes d'un contremaître fasciste" ✍️ @wnstnsmith.bsky.social ⤵️ www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/c...

My mum’s kinda mildly upset we’re not eager to plan overnight travel with the little one, arguing that he needs to adapt and yada yada they brought me on their road trip to East Germany when I was 6 month old. Yeah… No. I don’t know if that makes us, young generation, weak or something. Just no 😅

Encore un manifestant tué. Vu que visiblement je ne peux avoir de répis, il faut qu'on en parle. Et de deux ou trois autres trucs. Thread nocturne bordel de merde

Taking a break from the world news to share the handmade 遊び着 I ordered on Mercari. Of course the kid screamed hell no and refuses to wear it so far. But. We’re slowly getting ready for Kindergarten.