Notices by Chris Pearce (takosix@famichiki.jp)

My wife, upon learning that the boy's class has shut down.

Windows 11 won't recognize the Action 5 this morning but it will recognize the Action 4. This is so stupid.

Of course. Having that same web cam driver problem as yesterday.

This year is still better than 2024 with the plane crash and earthquake.

How the New Year is going: "Wake up. The girls want breakfast." And then cook for an hour.

When has Kobe beef ever been on 庶民の食卓?

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20251204-GYT1T00233/

@pippa Oh shit yeah my cousins found a rifle cartridge outside. The older cousin wanted to remove the bullet from the cartridge and pour out the powder to make it safe. I thought that was a REALLY BAD IDEA. So I stepped out of the room, and BANG, the fucking thing exploded and sent both of them to the hospital.

80s kids! 🥰

@pippa I don't think he's experienced even like a tenth of the trauma I did at his age. He's never had stitches. Never been hit by a car. Never flown over the handlebars of his bike. Never sliced part of his finger nearly off. The 80s were magical 🥰

@pippa He did get seen by a GP last night after orthopedic clinic fiascos, and that doctor didn't think it was a go immediately to the hospital-level emergency. But he was in a good deal of pain this morning.

Boy is finally off to the doctor to find out how bad he messed up his wrist yesterday. Hopefully it's just a bad sprain.

Last night was a great time to find out 2 of 3 of the local orthopedic clinics are no longer providing those services.

If you haven't seen the big fire in Oita yet.

(The older parts of my neighborhood look very much like this neighborhood. Redeveloped parts though, like my street, have wider streets and houses built with fire-resistant siding.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMQnm0_YXg0

Measles in Osaka 👀

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/medical/20251115-OYT1T50177/

@mollymay5000 More news from the world of viruses!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/strain-of-bird-flu-virus-never-before-reported-in-people-is-behind-first-human-case-in-us-in-nine-months/

hahahahaha

"In summary, a toxic man got a taste of what he deserved today and instead of being civil, now he has to deal with his hung gay neighbor being around his wife more often now that we are officially friends."

https://old.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1oqi32v/my_neighbor_wouldnt_stop_running_his_mouth_at_me/

hahaha this headline

"Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal

やばい

@FlockOfCats No you gotta harden the kids up immediately.

Holy shit I'm wet 💦

That fun combination of sweat and being soaked by warm rain.

"Her patient had signs of what could be a cancer or could be an unusual infection — diagnoses that would require completely different treatment. Ordinarily, she would confirm an infection after sending a sample to the CDC for testing its lab would perform — the only one in the U.S. capable of doing so.

The CDC no longer has the capacity to do that, she was told, not disclosing the nature of the test to protect her patient’s privacy."

https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/cdc-crisis-what-next-public-health/

Okay best shot of Sakurajima so far today. There's noticabley more snow on the left side than the active right side.