Nuclear people--should area near tank in Orange County be evacuated? This is the exact situation we were in, in Fukushima in 2011. Evacuations. But yrs later, you nuclear people scold us for evacuating. So what should people near tank in Orange County do? @blakehamiltonca.bsky.social

Turned on CBS News. Tank of methyl methacrylate could explode in California. 40,000 people are under evacuation orders. Thinking of the people near the tank. I have a lot more I want to say about this, but will hold off until this crisis is over.

1. At 48:04 Dr. Ushiyama says 15 yrs ago information (about the testing etc) was not made clear to Fukushimers. That made parents overly concerned when non-cancerous cysts were found. As a Fukushimer, I Amy say: Nothing has EVER been accurately explained to us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... Cont

1. Japanese journalist asks at 42:40: To Ido, about McNamara Disease. Ido answers. Next question is for Dr. Ushiyama. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI...

1. Questions. First question is from Mr. Adelstein, journalist. "Govt. says more thyroid cancers were found in Fukushima bc govt. did more screenings. Are these different cancers from what we would expect from a natural....rate of cancer?" m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI...

I read this book. I loved this book.

Awwww! My cover looks so bad because I drew the kids & crane myself. I then collaged it. Hey, maybe that is not so bad? AI uses so much electricity. Which comes from nuclear power plants. When I get back to Fukushima, I will do a "free" day for summer reading. www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Awwww! But Melly Ravenwood is a nice billionaire. She starts wit diamond earrings and ends the book with recycled toothpaste earrings. I set price of RAIDER MAYER WON'T GET PUSHED AROUND as low as I could. Affordable for summer reading! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... Funny book🤗

1. Lawyer for victims, Mr. Ido, shows a chart at 20:45. I've known about these competing theories for a long time, but this is my first time to see them in a court case. Cont. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI...

1. I am now at 19:42 in the video. It's taking me a long time, but I want to listen carefully. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... At 19:42, a chart of annual rate of thyroid cancer, before 2011. Thyroid cancer is, normally, extremely extremely rare in kids. It is important to know that. Cont.

Yes, about the plea, @suzwarto.bsky.social I agree. I typed on Xixxex: "'By raising their voices, they want the nearly 300 other people suffering similarly to take courage...' Reading lawyer Ido's words." Cont.

Not happy about how Ido blames Fukushima Prefecture, but not other prefectures. He says: "fostered by the national and Fukushima prefectural governments, some academics and the media" That should be all the prefectural governments, but especially prefectures who receive electricity from TEPCO.

Info from lawyer Ido's information: "Some question why it has taken them 11 years to file this suit. The reason is the severe situation radiation victims face currently in Japanese society..." Yes! I can attest to this being true in American society, too.

1. I finished listening to Dr. Ushiyama. Overall, I am impressed. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... I have just begun listening to Mr. Ido (lawyer.) Very Impressed by him. Cont.

A drone strike has caused a fire at an electrical generator at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the UAE’s al-Dhafra region. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/36vepz

In the U.S now. Borrowed a book called "Tsunamis & Seiches" pubbed by World Book, released in 2018. This book has wrong info: "Fukushima Tsunami" It was NOT, absolutely NOT, the Fukushima tsunami. Epicenter off Miyagi, not Fukushima Why do publishers get it wrong? 😑 Is it okay for me to complain?😞

1. Translation is VERY poor. At 14:30, the doctor says: "Fukushima no jiko kara jyuugonen desu." The accurate translation would be "It has been 15 years since the accident in Fukushima." Translator mistranslates: "It has been only 15 years since Fukushima. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... Cont

Photo of me from early 2001, in Narita City newsletter. I was invited to a forum in which foreign residents told city official recommendations for making the city better. I didn't have much to say. I liked Narita City. Benefits of Tokyo, but benefits of countryside. Great place.

1. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... The doctor is not from Fukushima, nor does she live in Fukushima. I think it is wonderful she is speaking out about thyroid cancer. BUT she seems to blame Fukushima (meaning the prefecture, of course.) At 11:36-- Cont.

1. Startling to listen to this bc so have jet lag. Thank you @suzwarto.bsky.social for sending it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=74nI... Fackler says "a lot of questions remain..."

No, Silvey has not been "disgraced." He has plead guilty to something heinous, despicable.🙄 😞😢

LOL 5th grade creative writing. It starts "My sneakers saved my life yesterday." Teacher wrote: "Pretty good paragraph but a rather frightening story. You keep to the topic & your sentences are well-constructed." Jogger chased by 'killer.' Jogger runs but finally turns, kicks stalker, gets away.

This video is over an hour. I arrive 2 days ago in TX for dad's funeral, so will listen when I return to Fukushima. As far as narrative goes, others have taken and controlled the narrative of the 3/11/11 triple disaster. I have been fighting for us victims to be the ones who do the telling.

“Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year” by Esmé Raji Codell “The Atlas Six” by Olivie Blake “Song for a Whale” by Lynne Kelly “Ten Things I Hate About Me” by Randa Abdel-Fattah

1. I think that something that is very interesting about my MARCH IN THE ISLAND OF HAPPINESS MG historical fiction book is that, in addition to my own experience, I also went back and watched the Japanese news & press conferences that were aired. For example, this is what PM said on 3/18/11:

1. In “Ten Things I Hate About Me," author Randa Abdel-Fattah has a great voice in her protag, a high-school girl. I liked Jamilah a lot! This book is Australian. At school, Jamilah is Jamie. There's racism at her school by white kids against non-white kids. So--she passes as white. cont.

1. I started to look up "a certain Australian author who was convicted of crimes against children..." But I wasn't quite sure how to phrase it. He wasn't convicted. But I look up Craig Silvey: lens.monash.edu/craig-silvey... Gulty plea? Guilty plea! HIS BOOKS ARE CRUD!!

1. Woke up, thinking about Barnett's "94.7 percent of kids’ books are crud." IMO, books are crud when the author is unethical. Thus, "Thirteen Reasons Why" is crud. Its author was banned from a publishing organization for "violating sexual harassment policies." cont.

This fantastic book is MG "Song for a Whale." It is by Lynne Kelly @lynnekelly.bsky.social . Iris feels alone at school. Outside of school, she has a good buddy. Her hobby is acquiring broken radios from a thrift store, & putting them back together. Deaf, she relies on radios' vibrations.

1, Very proud of my "March in the Island of Happiness." Sarted writing 2015, queried, was rejected, revised, queried again, was rejected. Finally self-pubbed it. Lilia Kamata illustrated interior. Thank you for your support. cont. to see photos of interior, including LiLicat's ilustrations.

1. I had no idea that "The Atlas Six" would be so fantastic! I chose it from the books in the little library at the new place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City. It was wonderful. "The Atlas Six" is by Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social

Texting my sister, quake hits, I keep typing: "blah blah blah earthquake now blah blah blah Earthquakes so common I am typing during it blah blah blah." Rare land quake in Fukushima (usually off coast) This quake just west of Fukushima Daiichi Plant. 4.2 is small, though.

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Oh, my favorites! I borrowed a book and read it. It will be the next book I hold up and say "Yay, I loved this book!!!"

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Books for kids.... (That's a shop behind the bookcase. Remember, it's a shopping center.)

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Books for studying...

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. A nook to pray...

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Free coffee and tea

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Places to sit down. Free!

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. It's called "Yuiverse" and is hosted by Fukushima City

There is a place where foreigners, and Japanese people, can hang out in Fukushima City! It's in a shopping center that is a five minute walk from JR Fukushima train station. Look for the MAX!

Memorial park opens 15 years after Fukushima disaster https://www.newsbeep.com/us/622554/ Fukushima – A memorial park dedicated to mourning the victims of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear…

Fukushima wisteria

1. This MG memoir is called "Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year." It is by Esmé Raji Codell. Fantastic! It's the late seventies. Esmé lives in Chicago. Not a posh suburb. A poor part, in an apartment complex. I didn't realize that gentrification was a "thing" then but---

Fukushima shrine (This is on the ground of Inari Shrine in Fukushima City.)

“Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, The Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West” Michael Punke “The Widow, the Priest and the Octopus Hunter” Amy Chavez “Scary Stories for Young Foxes” Christian McKay Heidicker “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work” Edwidge Danticat

Fukushima orchard Lots of orchards in Fukushima Prefecture. (It's famous for its fruit.) This particular orchard is interesting because it's in a residential area of downtown Fukushima City. On every side, there are houses. The train station is a short walk away.

I was reading through this, to make sure I didn't make typos. BlueSky makes you click on "one more post." To see the results, click on that. It is not one more post. It is several. But you will see the results.

1. Blake Hamilton sent me some studies. I actually already know about thyroid (nodules, etc) and the issues. I'm looking for studies about other cancers. But I will go ahead and look at what he sent me. Starting with the first. www.thelancet.com/jou "Thyroid ultrasound examinations...." cont.

Fukushima wisteria I took this photo yesterday. As you can see it's ready to pop.

1. Edwidge Danticat is truly one of my favorite authors. I've read, I think, two books by her (before this one.) And I've always loved her writing. This book is perfect because it is a book ABOUT writing. It is called: "Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work." cont.