Notices by Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social), page 17

@primonatura
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Wondering why Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) seems to have forgotten that Japan already has an extensive railway network; so why does it want to reinvent the wheel?
#Japan #WhiteElephant

"Japanese fencer Koki Kano won a gold medal...in the individual epee competition at the 2024 Olympic Games"
"Kano, 26, has been training under the supervision of Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Horbachuk, who has been working with the Japanese fencing team for over 10 years"
https://kyivindependent.com/japanese-fencer-kano-coached-by-ukrainian-won-gold-at-olympics-in-paris/
#Japan #Ukraine

"Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council shuts down three political parties, among them the Yazidi Freedom and Democracy Party (PADÊ), just days after the 10th anniversary of the Sinjar (Şengal) Genocide against the Yazidi people"
https://medyanews.net/breaking-news-7/
Another is the "Kurdistan Community Freedom Party [...] based on democratic foundations and model, fighting for gender equality, women's freedom and environmental protection"
https://hawarnews.com/en/iraqi-judiciary-dissolves-3-kurdish-parties-and-organizations
Erdoğan's influence through years of extortion using essential water flows of Euphrates and Tigris rivers, its quisling party KDP and then the vastly escalated war of aggression is spreading to achieve the repeatedly announced genocidal outcomes, step by step, while world "leaders" remain silent in exchange for İncirlik NATO nukes base on the one hand and collaboration with buddy Putin on the other, world press too frightened to be the next victim of Erdoğan's persecution of the press to properly do its job, thus together by normalization eroding the supposed universal human rights protecting all populaces from aggression and eradication.

"The fires gave the only real illumination. Even the noontime sunlight, filtering through the clouds, darkened. The word I kept hearing the girls say, #jigoku, means hell."

August 9 1945, a second #AtomicBomb was dropped over Japan, on #Nagasaki.

Quote: https://www.historynet.com/michie-hattori-eyewitness-to-the-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-blast

Infection status
Released Aug 9, 2024.
- As of period from July 29, 2024 - Aug 4, 2024 -

No. of patients per medical facility (nationwide) 13.29
Change from prev. week -1.29
[Source: Health-Labor-Welfare Ministry weekly report]
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001285886.pdf
🔸First decrease after 12 weeks of increases. Saga at 27.82, Tokyo at 7.26, Chiba at 13.65, Akita at 8.1, Hokkaido at 7.03, Okinawa at 12.11.
#Influenza monitoring paused by Health-Labor-Welfare Ministry until Sept.
#CovidIsNotOver #Japan

"On Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces fought through the border and approached Sudzha"
"Sudzha is important as the location of the only pumping station that delivers Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/whats-behind-ukraines-surprise-incursion-into-russias-kursk-region
#Ukraine #Kursk

"[Japan's] Meteorological Agency on Thursday [8 Aug 2024] issued an alert warning about a possible large earthquake around the Nankai Trough – the first ever such alert – following a magnitude 7.1 quake that struck earlier in the day off the coast of Kyushu."
"...this does not mean an earthquake will necessarily occur within a specific time frame"
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/08/japan/nankai-earthquake-alert/
#Japan #quake #NankaiTrough

@AmiW 🥰 Visited the cat island Tashirojima in 2014 taking the ferry from Ishinomaki city. Lots of relaxed cats, but not much in the way of facilities for visitors then.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5031.html

The Southern Theatre Command said on Wednesday that it had carried out air and sea combat patrols “near #HuangyanIsland” – the Chinese name for the #ScarboroughShoal – to test “strike capabilities”. The exercises appear to be a response to same-day military manoeuvres by the #UnitedStates, #Australia, #Canada and the #Philippines.

#WestPHSea

Beijing, Manila and allies, launch drills near #SouthChinaSea flashpoint
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/7/beijing-manila-and-allies-launch-drills-near-south-china-sea-flashpoint

"Campaigners who founded anti-racist movements call on communities to oppose riots by rallying together peacefully"
"Rana said of the anti-racist movements in the 1970s and 80s: “We learned that you have to stop the fascists from marching. You can’t march away from them because they believe that whoever controls the streets can control the state.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/07/anti-racist-activists-1970s-far-right
#UK #UKProtests

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
🔸Can imagine the Duchess from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" remarking: "And the moral of that is..."
#logic #fallacy

@JamesNielsen Piranhas come to mind.
"...piranhas’ fierce reputation stems from the fact that they often swim in packs."
"Though it might seem an advantageous hunting technique...the behavior actually stems from fear."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-piranhas-180951948/

#OTD ten years ago, ESA's #Rosetta spacecraft was shocked when a Klingon battleship materialised right next to it, badly camouflaged as a comet 😱😉

#RosettaLegacy #Comet67PCG #SpaceScience #SpaceExploration #StarTrek

#BBCNews - Sheikh Hasina: The pro-democracy icon who became an autocrat
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3ee303yxpo
#Bangladesh

Watch out for "stations fantômes," now closed, but which you can see flashing past on some lines. I got to visit St. Martin, which still has beautiful tile ads from the 1950s.

"Work began in 2010, with a commitment that there would be energy-producing reactions by 2020" but delays "mean Iter is not going to be ready for another decade...while Iter’s budget – which has already soared to $20bn – will increase by a further $5bn"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/is-the-dream-of-nuclear-fusion-dead-why-the-international-experimental-reactor-is-in-big-trouble
🔸Technologically interesting, but not sure it's worth the effort to produce yet another heat source for driving steam turbines. Also, why recreate the Sun on Earth?
https://www.iter.org/sci/makingitwork
#NuclearFusion #WhiteElephant

Here's the Nassau County mask ban bill language. Health and religious exceptions are noted, but leaves it up to the judgement of the police officer. As written, the ban applies to all public spaces, not just protests. There will be many legal challenges.

https://nassaucountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/3192?fileID=247452

@AmiW
Used to live near there a long time ago! It's just by Kew Bridge and very visible from the main road.🙂
(51°29'07.2"N 0°17'13.6"W )

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caxton_Name_Plate_Manufacturing_Co_(geograph_3242883).jpg

Faith leaders have said "too many people have sought to use the [ #Southport ] tragedy to create division and hate".

Leaders from the Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh and Hindu communities, among others, issued a joint stmt :
Division can destroy the very relationships and environment that we depend upon every day of our lives and there is no place for hate in our communities. It can - and has - left communities in fear and has put people in danger. there is far more that unites than divides us"

More shocking news - from #Rotherham - via #HopeNotHate :

Rioters are trying to set fire to the Holiday Inn in #Rotherham, housing terrified asylum seekers