Notices by Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social), page 16

Image of painting by Sen Kitahara
Title: "Blue Way Home" 青い帰り道
Link: https://senkitahara.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/202215_750web.jpg

"Kobayashi acknowledges himself as a conservative and was...one of those who nominated Sanae Takaichi...in 2021 LDP presidential election"
"Kobayashi answered “disagree” to issues such as allowing married couples to have separate surname and same-sex marriages in 2017"
"Kobayashi said he gave a greeting speech at [former Unification Church] meetings and sent congratulatory telegrams in the past"
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15393284
🔸LDP attempts to change frontman but keeps old songs🙄
#Japan #politics

"Kobayashi, 49, tried to dismiss concerns that [he] is too young to become the LDP leader and prime minister, although he acknowledged the challenge of not being widely known among voters"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240819/p2g/00m/0na/017000c

🔸Only noticed him a couple of weeks ago due to media babble re post-Kishida candidates.
Seems to have the moniker "Koba Hawk" derived from his name and being the hope of young right-wing LDP hawks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takayuki_Kobayashi
#Japan #politics

"Data records from [illustrator Mai Hanamura's] illustrations that were allegedly copied from the manga artist's work showed that many were drawn before those by the artist"
"Author Subaru Tomori, an expert in copyright disputes..., says cases like Hanamura's are increasingly common [leading] to a new phrase: "torepaku enzai," (false accusations of trace-copying)"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240819/p2a/00m/0et/010000c
#Japan #FalseAccusations #copyright

3600 personnes suivent le @cnrs alors que c'est un robot et nous on n'arrive pas à passer la barre des 2000 ??

The other attraction at the Tachineputa no Yakata (Tachineputa Museum) was the Shijimi Clam Ramen served in the top floor restaurant.
The shijimi come from Lake Jusanko and there were over 50 of them in the bowl adding a delicate flavour to the shio (salt) based soup.
#Goshogawara #Aomori #Japan #ramen

https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/spot/02301-3100067/

Visited the Tachineputa no Yakata (Tachineputa Museum) in Goshogawara, Aomori Pref. Missed the Tachineputa Festival by about a week.
Didn't know that the huge tachineputa floats were only revived in 1998. Seems overhead electricity cables caused the floats to die out, but discovery of float blueprints in the early 90's led to a revival and burying the city power lines made parades possible again.
#Tachineputa #Goshogawara #Aomori #Japan
https://www.marugotoaomori.jp/en/sightseeing-experiences/the-worlds-tallest-paper-sculptures/

I could have been a contender...

I am ready for my cyborg body now please.

@akeem29 @kalleboo

Some appliances make assumptions of what is hot and what is neutral.

And especially when there's no grounding plug, you might have hot AC on the outside of a metal appliance. Especially old toasters.

@WataruTenkawa the questions seemed off or skewed - not sure how much due to translation. But the results are also seem quite odd.
Really?

"The design life of [Japan's research submersible] Shinkai 6500 is nearing an end, and the technology to build a successor...has been lost"
"...technology for creating [the spherical titanium alloy pressure-resistant shell] has not been passed down"
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15386321
🔸Handing down baby-boomer generation skills/knowledge was a hot topic in the 90's, but it seems blind spots are appearing as boomers leave the work force.
#Japan #undersea #exploration
#KnowlegeTransfer #failure

Following its advance into Russia, Ukraine has opened up a military office in the Kursk region.

Commander-in-chief Syrskyi said that it would 'ensure order and...the needs of the local population,' indicating that Kyiv plans to hold onto its gains for at least the near future.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-opens-military-office-occupied-kursk-region-says-it-is-still-advancing-2024-08-15/

"Among the 4,705 primarily small and medium-sized enterprises surveyed [in #Japan], only 17.3% said they are using generative AI [and] 48.4% have no plans to do so"
"41.1% expressed doubts about the accuracy of AI-generated content and 39.1% said they are unclear about which tasks would benefit from AI integration"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240816/p2g/00m/0bu/035000c
🔸SME's detecting hype?🤔

Infection status
Released Aug 16, 2024.
- As of period from Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 11, 2024 -

No. of patients per medical facility (nationwide) 10.46
Change from prev. week -2.83
[Source: Health-Labor-Welfare Ministry weekly report]
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001289186.pdf
🔸2nd week of decreases. Saga at 19.59, Tokyo at 5.49, Ibaraki at 13.34, Akita at 9.83, Hokkaido at 7.74, Okinawa at 8.35.
#Influenza monitoring paused by Health-Labor-Welfare Ministry until Sept.
#CovidIsNotOver #Japan

"Photographer Josh Dury captured this year’s stellar spectacle near Stonehenge"
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/josh-dury-perseid-stonehenge/
#Perseids #Stonehenge #photography

Please stop saying we should wear masks "when appropriate."

COVID surges throughout the year, and other viruses, pollution, wildfire smoke etc. are also significant health issues.

It is ALWAYS appropriate to wear a mask.

Imagine you are trying to balance 9 things on a 1 legged stool.
This is what the ancient Hopis meant when they spoke of Koyaanisqatsi - Life out of Balance
The technical explanation -
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
Simplified -
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/134-johan-rockstrom
#Earth #ClimateChange #Environment #Culture

🔸TIL today:
"Bristol airport is by no means alone in charging drivers to collect or drop off passengers – its drop-and-go prices start at £6 for up to 10 minutes –"
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/10/airport-parking-charge-passengers
🔸Used to be irked paying service charge at Narita. Didn't know UK had followed suit:
"...the UK APD [Air Passenger Duty ] was first introduced in 1994 and was intended to raise money for the govt"
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/uk-air-passenger-duty/
🔸Disincentives to flying keep increasing. Probably a good thing🤔 #airports

"A 500 km conveyor belt road from Tokyo to Osaka could help Japan slash transport emissions"

#Japan #Tokyo #Emissions

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/05/a-500-km-conveyor-belt-road-from-tokyo-to-osaka-could-help-japan-slash-transport-emissions