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  I'm sure that there's some rational explanation that researchers will discover sooner or later, but I'm enjoying the idea that the orcas have just had enough of our shit and are fighting back. https://gizmodo.com/killer-whales-marthas-vineyard-cape-cod-san-francisco-1850544087

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  Also, 2023, aliens exist and the orcas are taking over. Did not have either of those on my end-of-the-world-bingo card.

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  My Japanese mom-in-law still has a set of encyclopedias from the early 80s when my wife was in school. I've caught my daughter leafing through them a few times. I feel like the encyclopedia may not be as dead in Japan as it is in the West; this article has almost convinced me to through down the money to get the 2023 World Book... https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/06/rejoice-its-2023-and-you-can-still-buy-a-22-volume-paper-encyclopedia/

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  Thinking about trying #threads but the permissions it asked for scared me off. And it's not like I don't already have ALL the other socials, so all that data is already being collected somewhere. But it just felt like, fuck, enough already. Anyone else?

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  This little roundtable from Slate got me right in my 懐かしい. I remember getting home from my job around 4:30 and checking in with all my neighbors who were all also getting home at the same time. Now I just do nothing. https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/06/life-before-cell-phones-internet-after-work.html

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  Truly nothing is so worthy of a return to social media as the advent of yet another #kohaku. #kouhaku #紅白

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  So, uh, whatchay'all drinking tonight? #kouhaku #kohaku #紅白

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  Perfume channeling House of Pain. Or maybe just Kris Kross. Either way 2024 is gonna be a weird year. #kouhaku #kohaku 紅白

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  @FlockOfCats C'mon, we all know kids are not watching this unless it's by duress. Even then, they've got their eyes on a second, third, fourth, and also fifth screens.

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  Just to answer my own question, I'm drinking an Irish coffee that I have so far had to rescue from my wife, my kid, and the dog. Par for the course for 2023 I guess. #kohaku #kouhaku "紅白

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  Think I just found next year's Halloween costume: the QR code suit. #kouhaku #kohaku #紅白

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  Note to self: next time a stressful situation arises, reassure everyone by stripping to my underwear and declaring, "Don' worry! I'm wearing!" #kohaku #kouhaku #紅白

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  It's great the way NHK is trying to bring in middle-aged viewers like me by taking all their choreography straight out of the Kid 'N' Play 90s playbook. #kohaku #kouhaku #紅白

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  Wait, the whole band has wolf heads on their noggins? What? I think I missed something. Or this drink is stronger than I thought. #kohaku #kouhaku #紅白

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  Queen and Adam Lambert. On Kohaku. I'm...hell I don't know what I am. Optimistipessimisticalfragalisticexpealadocious? #kouhaku #kohaku #紅白

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  @TomatoGrilledCheese Back when, they were pioneers of Visual Kei and, more importantly, became one of the first Japanese metal bands to achieve mainstream popularity outside Japan. They're also one of those bands that - if you're a Japanese person of a certain age - you know at least three of their songs by heart whether you learned them on purpose or not.

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  Well that's a lot more lopsided than usual. #kohaku #kouhaku #紅白

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  I think I can safely add going to the gym to that list of things I like having done much more than the actual doing. #gym #fitness