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@joachim Abandonment issues: intensifies.

The well-documented historical recount of Mishima's death (as opposed to the weirdly romanticised version peddled by Western scholars until a few decades ago) is not only a lot less savoury, but also filled with darkly hilarious details.

Way closer to the silliness of QAnon Shaman on January 6, than some grand mystical gesture of political protest.

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#Japan #history

While *technically* correct, in the faintest of ways, this old chestnut of orientalist history (I remember reading the same version, word-for-word, when I first heard of him, 30y ago) papers over some major steps between the "protest at Western subjugation of Japan" and "commits ritual suicide"…

The way more accurate short of it, is that Mishima offed himself after a comically bungled attempt at a military coup.

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#Japan #history

A fascinatingly detailed account of Jean-Paul Sartre & Simone de Beauvoir's monthlong visit to Japan in 1966 by @juliacbullock@bsky.social

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91a889221a174314ad7a56d0b2951629

(less impressed by the thoroughly westernised BS version of Mishima's death, however)

I can't believe that, in 2024, there are still Western scholars peddling the hilariously bunk narrative of Mishima committing seppuku "as a protest against what he saw as the postwar emasculation of Japan as a nation"…

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#mishima #Japan #history

@Ciaraioch I use https://skymoth.app/ to automatically crosspost my Mastodon posts over to Bsky. Was fairly easy to set up and seems to work well.

@joachim Now I'm very curious what word she was trying to say.
Though clearly her subconscious wanted to suggest other activities 😛

Wondering if I should start a spicy Activity Pub account (mastodon or pixelfed) for fun pics that are not insta-friendly… (probably mostly #shibari but maybe also an opportunity to trial candidates my upcoming exhibit 'Kitties & Boobies')

But then what's a good instance for that?
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Fuck me, it would appear my 20kg #monstera has advanced root rot… 😕

It might time to say goodbye to my trusty friend… 😭

@joachim Il reste encore celle là… dont il va vraiment falloir que je me débarrasse avant qu'elle m'assassine pendant mon sommeil…

@joachim Merci du renseignement. C'était du pur upcycling, donc aucun regret. Elles ont fait un heureux parmi les amis d'amis (ou plus exactement sa femme. Lui, je sais pas si c'est son rêve d'habiter dans une baraque remplie de poupées démoniaques)…

フリーフリーマーケット創開！
Like a flea market, except *free* (and just as useless)

Offloading a few metric tonnes of random old but barely used items (old handbags, porcelain dolls, Xmas ornaments… you name it. In fact it would be faster to list things that aren’t there)…

Come for a peak, leave with 3 suitcases full of European and Japanese junk!

Pick up only (Meguro/Fudomae), Friday or Sunday.

Going next on #mottainai Japan, but figured I’d give priority to #tokyo mastopeeps before the locusts descend…

Kyoto, coming up with the foremost philosophical questions…

@APDMS @Saint_loup @joachim Je *commandais* des trucs auprès des gens du Gaec Machinchouette (amis d'amis) et j'ai mis au moins 1 an à comprendre…

TBH, at this stage, a 12-monkey scenario is really the best we can hope for…

https://journa.host/@fulelo/113446168944449168

Few people know it, but keying Teslas is legitimate political free speech protected by law.

#tesla

@Saint_loup Pareil. 😂

In the end, don't worry, we are all equally fucked: just like that, the #climatecrisis went from bad, to terminal.

Courtesy of the very oligarchs who brought us here, we now have the guy who will *always* pick "betray" in a Prisoner's Dilemma, as one of the main player in that stupid planetary game.

With every passing year, and every passing disaster, everyone will be more eager to insulate themselves at all cost, mainly by stepping over each other. Be it at a national or individual level…

And yea, if you can do something about the very long list of people and countries who are going to immediately suffer from the US population's deficient education system: help in any way possible.

Punch the next Euro politician who whines about "antisemitism" while defending Israel's ongoing genocide (and trust me: Bibi is already ramping up the camps, as we speak).

Piss on any Amazon packages you spot in a porch, key any Tesla you walk by, take a dump in an aisle at Home Depot…

I am NOT saying we should all just sit and cry our eyes out (well, maybe for a little bit). Just that the only sane reaction to this, is to treat it like 1933 Germany:

If you live in a red state, get out. If you live in a blue state, consider getting out. If you live anywhere else in the world: scream at your elected officials every single time they talk about normalising relations with the US. [Starmer "looking forward to a fruitful collaboration" in 3… 2…]