I got to make jokes about shojo tropes AND mentally reflect on Animated Spring’s “massive” years this week. Lots of strange energy in this one, friends.

Reading the QRTs and, while I know lots of folks are champing at the bit for some kind of comeuppance: -This is the JP branch only and does not include the primary CR US branch. There's no way the primary CR company is operating on US$2.85 million profits.

Just got off the phone with a Japanese hotel that told me they are “tired of dealing with foreign guests because they have too many food issues and allergies” 🫠 Not sure how to parse this one tbh

I just had to make this because it's always on my mind. I call dolphins huzza porpoises now and i think we should all adopt this.

No thanks guys, I’ll settle for this pint of whiskey #timberwolves

A few things about why this is a big, big deal: 🧵 1) This is a VERY big sign of how the surge of tourism to Japan from N. America is for real. NA carriers usually expand Asia routes for business travelers or to serve partner hubs; tourism is the only justification for a CTS route.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

Your regular reminder that when David Duke ran for statewide office in the early 1990s, the MAJORITY of white Louisiana voters pulled the lever for him. This was AFTER they’d seen the pictures of Duke in a Klan outfit and a Nazi uniform.

Felt oddly inspired to write about Japan’s latest attempt to make travel sane. Seriously, I need just ONE podcast to have me on so I can just dish about travel things XD

baby reveal. prince ludwig, the holy blade

After all that’s happened this year in my home state, I’m going to drop this here as a reminder that yes, history has truly repeated itself. Now I’m going to log off so I don’t have to see lightsabers all day. Bye ✌︎

Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨

Still finishing my first listen, but the new Isaiah Rashad album is goooooooood

Simon_and_Garfunkel-sound_of_silence.mp3

A note I found yesterday while walking in Portland.

Good morning from a man on his second cup of coffee already, whee

theirs was a love that could never be

*climbs back on soapbox* The problem is that the credit card providers have always had the power to do this legally, and have lobbied our politicians to keep it that way. They’re just using it on porn now. Only full scale banking and credit industry reform will solve this problem. *climbs off*

I would take a charge for Mike Conley. #timberwolves

Nothing like cleaning out the PacSet storage locker in prep for a fire sale to conjure up all kinds of memories that I both did and didn’t want. Totally forgot we have a mini-fridge in there though, that’s a score for sure

This image has lived rent free in my head since I first saw it for being so apt

This is exactly what the NBA deserves for splitting its TV rights this way tbh

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

Ended up writing a small novel on the role of time in trip planning that spanned everything from the Tokyo hype machine and the PTO wall to train schedules and consumer behavior. Wild stuff, friends.

As the tsunami is about to land, you stop for a brief moment to look upon it, it is only then that you see the monster above it

PacSet guest/awesome human Jeff has a new piece out covering rural Japan travel & the spots on our recent Spring Special trip with ties to the Yuru Camp series! 🏕️ Check it out: www.newsandtimes.com/2026/04/yuru... #travelamongfriends #animetravel #japantravel #yurucamp

All hail the very best idol to idol ever. <3 #crocstunemiku

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOW DARE THE LYNX LET HIEDEMAN GO 😭 NOT THE STUDBUDZ Y'ALL I mean, I get business decisions and all, but seriously, someone poke A-Rod and get him to open the big wallet or something ;_; #lynx #wnba

I AM A GOOD BOY, YEAH 😸

This is the kind of hard-hitting information we’re all looking for on the internet, right?

Guy who voted for Geogre Bush twice writing in a place called The Liberal Gazette: As we approach 2028, Democrats should be doing unpopular things that make them look stupid

working is cancelled today, go home everyone (freelancers can go to bed)

Our Hokkaido and Okinawa trips for this summer are confirmed! More details in this week's post, in addition to a look back at the second half of last month's inaugural Spring Special adventure. #pacset #japan #japantravel #travelamongfriends

Anime Detour has ended and I’m so happy to have seen a bunch of old friends and the local community standing up to find joy during hard times. Happy to have been in MPLS during the protests and finding moments to speak with people about art and life.

The honor was all mine! Thank you for joining and helping support the community 🙏

High quality artwork happening at #animedetour #artistalley #hatsunemiku #doodle #sketchbook #stupid

While everyone is drawing conclusions on which airlines are Trumpy or not, let me remind you of this quote from former AA CEO Robert Crandall during the pandemic, when the government bailed out all the airlines: "The reality is this: it's the only intercity transportation system we have." Oh and:

Just thinking about expansion team names. The Las Vegas Desert Bighorn Sheep. The Las Vegas Friscillating Dusklight. The Las Vegas Non-Problem Gamblers, Gambling Problem? Call 1-800 Gambler. The Las Vegas Showboys. The Las Vegas Terrible Secrets. The Las Vegas Killers (Like Brandon Flowers). The Las

PSA: If you manage a business that is "cashless" because you are concerned about theft – but still have a cash tip jar for employees – you have no right to call yourself a good boss. Full stop. You don't care about the bottom line of your people, you care about your own. And that's it.

Tie between Shawn Mullins’s “Lullaby” and Enrique Iglesias’s date rape anthem “Tonight I’m F***ing You” I would literally waterboard myself to escape those songs for the rest of my life

I need to upgrade my art 👍

Ok, more official looking post! Very excited to visit the fine city of Minneapolis and its con! Also going to be a part of what sounds like a Very Wacky charity art battle panel of sorts. I'm scared, but ready to bring my weirdness! Thanks so much to @daysofcolor.bsky.social for bringing me on!

I want every word of this in massive letters of fire in the sky. Thank you, @moryan.bsky.social.

"If you feel like you’re speaking up on our behalf, I hate to break it to you. you’re not. You’re belittling us."

move slow and repair things

PacSet is thrilled to announce that our legendary winter trip, Fire And Ice, is BACK on the schedule for 2027! Sapporo Snow Festival, Fire Flinging, a really fancy resort, and much more of the most fun you'll EVER have in the snow. The details: www.pacsettravel.com/news/fi... #travelamongfriends

Parked the car in my spot a few nights ago, looked up, and saw this guy Look at that imposing figure, that shining moon. Tuxedo Mask could never.