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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:29 JST iced depresso

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   • Hugh
   @hugh wild. though 1,000 (optimistic) is about 3 years assuming its scribbled on daily. that feels low, but i guess for an access card its not.
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     Hugh (hugh@social.crablab.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:30 JST Hugh

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     My Suica has been vandalised!

     It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.

     Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.

     https://www.ricoh.com/technology/tech/062_laserrewritable

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     Hugh (hugh@social.crablab.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:31 JST Hugh

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     Salted herring and tuna broccoli salad is the ideal breakfast 👍 Japan has already won me over.

     Other Western tourists are eyeing the options with great suspicion!

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     Hugh (hugh@social.crablab.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:32 JST Hugh

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     The local currency here.

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     Hugh (hugh@social.crablab.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:33 JST Hugh

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     Time for plane no. 2.

     I enjoyed the 10 minutes spent landside at Shanghai.

     Culturally, even though this is a fairly major international airport, it felt very different to the West.

     The sheer number of staff milling around! The immigration agents had a sort of parade with their stamps.

     Security felt rather dated in comparison, although certainly effective. My bag was dissected several times!

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     Hugh (hugh@social.crablab.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 17:09:34 JST Hugh

     Departing London; little bit moist. Shanghai 🔜

     Pleased to have an entire row to myself 😁