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   Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:23:01 JST Peter Brown

   https://thecradle.co/articles-id/36488 Israel and the USA engaging in false flag attacks.

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     Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:26:10 JST Kermode

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     A little OT, but I went to https://www.alaraby.co.uk/politics/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%91%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA
     And my browser offered to translate it into English and I thought "Arabic? Good luck with that!" but clicked anyhow. It took a bit longer than languages in western scripts, but - Holy mac! It worked!
     I'm so old this stuff seems magical to me - and I used to code for a living.

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     Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 05:32:44 JST Kermode

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     @peterbrown
     I'm still paying for my 2 weeks in japan this past january, so I know! 🙂
     I stayed with my former daughter inlaw and when we were out together she read for me and spoke to clarks in stores and stuff.
     But, when I was out on my own, it was still ok. Mostly, japanese do not have english and I did not use my phone.
     It was just fine everywhere. All I can say is excuse me and thank you very much. And be grateful at meals.
     At first, I just opened my wallet and asked people to take money and it was fine.
     99% of the world is full of good and nice and decent people.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 05:32:45 JST Peter Brown

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     @gemlog I was in Japan before the days of smart photos and with no practical knowledge of the language you are functionally illiterate because you couldn’t even use a dictionary as the letters are so different.
     More than 20 years later, I understand English is much more prevalent and of course you can waft your phone at the text and it will tell you what it says!