Posts by minorusaba@toad.social
(DIR) Post #ATVHARB3ZlXv3e8ii8 by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-03-11T10:42:04Z
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@MostlyHarmless Apparently it happens with Siri, too.😎 https://mastodon.social/@ethanschoonover/109717528349715119
(DIR) Post #ATdUDn4oModqdMrpK4 by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-03-15T06:43:12Z
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@Lassielmr @AlaskaWx @JenX @georgetakei "Tourism, Florida's biggest industry, contributed $111.7 billion to the state's economy in 2016. While much of that money went to hotels and recreation, other sectors of the Florida economy get a big boost from out-of-towners. Visitors spent almost $16 billion on retail purchases as well." (1 Nov 2019)https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/florida-economy-facts-2019-5-1028214563?op=1Pre-COVID numbers, but tourism probably still accounts for a big slice of Florida's economy = Achilles' heel.
(DIR) Post #ATh9UdUTwK1RQBuBrE by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-03-17T04:12:37Z
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@KimPerales Perhaps fear of high-rise windows or flavoured tea is a factor behind Medvedev's ghoulish theatrics, but catching media attention to establish the "Putin successor" brand seems more likely. Medvedev's January utterance fell flat, so he conjures up the next "squirrel" moment for the media."Medvedev says Japanese PM should disembowel himself"(15 Jan 2023)https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-ex-president-medvedev-says-japanese-pm-should-disembowel-himself-2023-01-14/
(DIR) Post #AWpholQAi7plrrprii by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-06-19T00:51:14Z
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@KimPerales Parted ways with Oreos when licensing for production in Japan with Yamazaki Baking ended in 2016 and Oreos were going to be imported from China.https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Yamazaki-Baking-parts-ways-with-Nabisco-after-46-yearsProbably shouldn't have lumped them together, but the imported chicken nuggets scandal of 2014 certainly influenced the choice.https://www.thejournal.ie/chicken-mcnuggets-japan-expired-meat-1584320-Jul2014/
(DIR) Post #AX6PrbZhkztJYNRIPI by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-06-27T02:20:08Z
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@KimPerales News cycle in Japan is still stuck on the big alligator being fished out of a residential pool in Florida, but still remember 16 yo exchange-student Yoshihiro Hattori being shot dead in Baton Rouge, in 1992, when he was dropped off at the wrong house whilst heading to a Halloween party.Heard for the first time then of the US "castle doctrine" as a valid defence for shooting people.😬https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/louisiana-freeze-shooting-tragedy-remembered-20-years-on
(DIR) Post #AXLvFOsacaUB4zUvWy by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-07-04T13:52:02Z
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@itnewsbot Hadn't realised that he was the inventor of the Fredkin Gate for reversible computing.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1501531
(DIR) Post #AY3aZxPU7YuwXzT7yK by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-07-25T15:28:11Z
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@KimPerales Hope #Japan has its eyes wide open if Speaker McCarthy's proposed Sept visit is still on, but Japan's ruling parties and MSM continue to lean towards the GOP presumably under the delusion that they'd be tougher on China & Russia than the Dems even after they had a good look at TFG's track record.https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230717/p2g/00m/0in/010000c
(DIR) Post #Aa4QU78WU0T4ARmfC4 by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-07-30T13:34:35Z
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"Infection status:Released July 28, 2023, 2:30 p.m.- As of period from July 17, 2023 - July 23, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide):13.91Change from prev. week: +2.87"https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19🔸Rising trend continuing over 10 weeks with higher numbers in Okinawa, Kyushu and Shikoku.If current rate of increase continues we'll reach Dec 2022's numbers (8th wave peak) in Sept.#CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QU80lELqwsf9yjY by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-08-05T07:05:31Z
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"Infection status:Released August 04, 2023, 1:30 p.m.- As of period from July 24, 2023 - July 30, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide): 15.91Change from prev. week: +2.00"https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19🔸Rising trend continuing over 11 weeks. Saga at 31.79, Tokyo at 11.12, Akita at 7.06. Still on track to reach 8th wave peak numbers in Sept.#CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QU8szyhEpasXIH2 by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-08-23T00:59:09Z
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"Infection statusReleased August 18, 2023, 2:40 p.m.- As of period from August 07, 2023 - August 13, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide)* 14.16Change from prev. week -1.65https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001135122.pdf🔸Slight nationwide decrease for 2 weeks, but increasing in the north. Saga at 24.59, Tokyo at 10.37, Akita at 11.75, Iwate at 16.90. Effect of Obon holidays probably not yet reflected in the numbers.#CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QU9d5DM6Lto666a by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-08-25T23:56:34Z
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"Infection statusReleased August 25, 2023, 3:20 p.m.- As of period from August 14, 2023 - August 20, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide)* 17.84Change from prev. week +3.68https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001138245.pdf🔸Latest data point suggests the trend of increase has resumed. Kyushu shows slight decreases; the remainder show increases, significantly so in the north. Saga at 24.36, Tokyo at 10.96, Akita at 28.48, Iwate at 30.42. #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QUAQMG9W6Md9RuS by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-09-03T03:13:01Z
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"Infection statusReleased September 01, 2023, 3:20 p.m.- As of period from August 21, 2023 - August 27, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide)* 19.07Change from prev. week +1.23 "https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001140810.pdf🔸Trend of increase of cases continues. Significant increases in Tokyo and adjacent prefectures. Saga at 21.05, Tokyo at 14.53, Akita at 26.73, Iwate at 31.71. #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QUBEhEzmaskheN6 by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-09-09T02:55:47Z
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"Infection statusReleased September 08, 2023, 3:30 p.m.- As of period from August 28, 2023 - September 03, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide)* 20.50Change from prev. week +1.43 "https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001144212.pdf🔸Trend of increase continues. Significant increases in Tokyo and adjacent prefectures as well as northern Japan. Saga at 19.79, Tokyo at 17.01, Akita at 30.61, Iwate at 35.24. #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QUC6vzLATay4xua by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-09-15T12:47:08Z
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"Infection statusReleased Sept 15, 2023, 2:40 p.m.- As of period from Sept 04, 2023 - Sept 10, 2023 -No. of patientsper medical facility (nationwide)* 20.19Change from prev. week -0.31"https://mainichi.jp/english/covid19https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001146197.pdf🔸Slight decrease nationwide. Slight increases in Kyushu; a mixture of slight decreases and increases in other regions. Too early to say the 9th wave has peaked out. Saga at 20.84, Tokyo at 16.36, Akita at 23.88, Iwate at 29.87. #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #Aa4QUCtr3SIe2gy2AC by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-09-23T13:43:38Z
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Infection statusReleased Sept 22, 2023- As of period from Sept 11, 2023 - Sept 17, 2023 -No. of patients per medical facility (nationwide) 17.54Change from prev. week -2.65[Source: Health-Labor-Welfare Ministry weekly report ]https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001148508.pdf🔸Significant decreases in most prefectures. 9th wave may have peaked out. Saga at 15.87, Tokyo at 16.04, Akita at 17.53, Iwate at 21.44. #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
(DIR) Post #AaC9zv3wlSVu21u31c by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-09-27T14:26:48Z
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@lowqualityfacts Cats probably thinking there's a mouse in "Elon Musk"😎
(DIR) Post #AaJOjYTZpdlwlZGXJI by minorusaba@toad.social
2023-10-01T02:14:31Z
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@hn50 "Not only was Tron barred from being promoted in the United States, but also dropped like a hot potato by Japan Inc. (with a little encouragement by Bill Gates).""...it is a shame that the Japanese government had no strategy and corporate #Japan was such a coward."🔸Nearly 35 years on, still no coherent strategy, still a coward re superpower intimidations.🙄
(DIR) Post #AhigVGL7kqRup0xChU by minorusaba@toad.social
2024-05-07T22:17:43Z
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"COVID-19 accounts for an overwhelmingly large proportion of annual deaths from infectious diseases in Japan, with 16,043 COVID-related deaths between May and November last year, according to the health ministry"https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240508/p2g/00m/0li/002000c#Japan #CovidIsNotOver
(DIR) Post #ArjzQZsy69mNsEeCXo by minorusaba@toad.social
2025-03-05T00:01:25Z
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"Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say it. That’s why I resigned- Kit Yates""Kit Yates is professor of mathematical biology and public engagement at the University of Bath"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity
(DIR) Post #B1B4QfnfzPGP14N5DU by minorusaba@toad.social
2025-12-12T00:54:16Z
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"This is a weird moment in fusion. Investors are pouring billions into the field to build power plants, and some companies are even signing huge agreements to purchase power from those still-nonexistent plants." "...as Ed Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering at Berkeley, summed it up to me: “They don’t have a reactor.” "(MIT Technology Review, 25 Sept 2025)https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1124050/fusion-future-funding/🔸i.e. This is bananas! (At least bananas exist...)