Last night in Tokyo
Soon home to cats
Gonna miss this country a bit to be honest. Especially that Ryokan in the mountains. Sakaeya, if you're ever in the area. It's up in Yamanouchi, and it's simply breathtaking, both the area, the landscape and the inn as well. They've got such a lovely service. The staff even play taiko drums too! They had a concert on when we were there and it was incredible.
gamespol, militarism
https://twitter.com/EGX/status/1184038705528336384 hey everyone always loves the Bundeswehr booths and poster plastering at gamescom right
[link content: EGX "welcoming" the Royal Navy to their career fair segment]
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan discusses Indigenous Peoples Day, wearing shirt that says "Native Americans Discovered Columbus." Flanagan is the highest ranking Native woman serving in executive office in the country.
https://youtu.be/NPhxCqAN6Cs
Honestly side from the fact that pretty much everything is closed until midday to check for damages and such, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing happened
(seriously, any time they're out there you can hear them yelling about Thoreau in hedgehog)
(in reality the People's Republic of Hedgehogistan is actually closer to an anarcho-primitivist collective what with their larking around foraging for food and not being concerned with the whole "civilisation" bollocks and therefore doesn't have ministers and stuff, but facebook doesn't need to know that bit)
The hotel is perfectly fine after the typhoon. It was swaying very very noticeably last night, but I managed to fall asleep during the full fury of it, then I woke up at 3am to a beautiful full moon, clear as crystal skies and a beautiful calm night. I would have gotten a photo but when I tried to get up I was so dizzy I nearly fell over. I'm fine now though!
uspol, national parks
Via the Sierra Club on Twitter: "Trump plans to privatize #NationalPark campgrounds, hike fees, limit senior discounts. Just another profit grab by an administration determined to sell off our public lands to the highest bidder." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/campgrounds-in-national-parks-set-to-be-privatized-in-new-trump-plan-090019066.html
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.