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Japan day 6: Bullet train to Kyoto

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Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (5): Sayonara!

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Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (4): Splash Mountain & Country Bear Jamboree (which still exist in Tokyo!)

Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (3): villains in the rain

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Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (2): guests in costume (it's permitted during Halloween time)

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Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (1)

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 22h

Japan day 5: Tsukiji Peppers Cafe (a spice importer in the Tsukiji Fish Market which also sells pizza and cheese toast made with FRESH BLACK PEPPER omg so good) maps.app.goo.gl/JEdbPwgwHmJyce…

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Japan day 4: Tokyo Night Food Tour

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 22h

Japan day 4: Harajuku & Shibuya

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Japan day 4: Meiji Shrine

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Japan day 3: teamLab Borderless

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Japan day 2: Yanaka Old Town

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Japan day 2: Asakusa Kannon Temple

Japan day 2: Imperial Palace Gardens

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 24/09/2026

Very pleased to announce that my story "Rust" (originally published in the September/October 2025 issue of Analog) will be reprinted in the 2026 edition of anthology "Think Weirder: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas" edited by Joe Stech.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 24/09/2026

Often there's a tiny gray "continue without supporting" link in the "disable your ad blocker" popup. Failing that, Safari's "Hide Distracting Items" and/or Reader features can help. Failing that, I give up.

That's a good suggestion, thanks! I believe the official name is "confounded face."

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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We really need a "yuk" emoji to express the concept "I hate this." The existing "barf" and "nauseous" emojis don't express the sentiment I'm looking for.

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I'll be at the inaugural Massacre on the Mountain convention at Timberline, Oregon this weekend (9/26-9/27) so hope to see some of you there! It's in the hotel where they filmed the exterior shots for The Shining, so you know you want to see that!

bitter karella will be at the inaugural Massacre on the Mountain convention at Timberline, Oregon this weekend (9/26-9/27)

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Paxson Yoga Center, which I love and where I've been going for almost 2 decades now, is open to new students! First class is free! Check out Services > Yoga > Workshops in the menu for special focus classes such as Upper Body Strength and Hip Stability and Mobility. www.paxsonyogacenter.com

Or, colloquially, "Purina Student Chow"

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 21/09/2026

The German word for trail mix is "Studentenfutter" which means "student fodder" ("futter" being "food for animals")

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Thoughtful essay about why we impute personhood to chatbots, why we shouldn't, and why they are both uncanny and, eventually, pathetic. pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/sun…

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 21/09/2026

The ebook of Arabella of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby Book 1) is on sale at Amazon for just $1.99 today (Sep 21) in the US and Canada! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C…

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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

opb.org

Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19/09/2026

This Talk Like A Pirate Day, please keep in mind that pirates say "Arr," not "Argh."

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 18/09/2026

I recently came across this poem, which I had forgotten writing! It appeared in Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry (2013), edited by Michael Damian Thomas and Shira Lipkin.

Green in Gold and Silver
by David D. Levine
In brightest day, in blackest night
I summon fists of greenish light
Hands and hammers, fish and saucers
Things from tales that rival Chaucer's
I fly, I glow, my ring extrudes
Wrenches, crowbars, green Quaaludes
I am the man who knows no fear
Except when something yellow's near
It could be worse, my weakness could
Be objects made of common wood

404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

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It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My “Doctor Who” idea is that the Doctor is a frog and his companion is a bear and every week they put on a variety show with the help of a very special guest star.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 17/09/2026

20-year-old me's freaking head would explode, for so many reasons (all good!)

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 17/09/2026

Would you like to attend a historical LARP in the Pacific Northwest? The Magna Carta LARP (Oct 15-18) has several open characters! See cascadiarising.net/magna-carta-20… or email info@cascadiarising.net for more info.

cascadiarising.net

Cascadia Rising EVENTS

Immersive experiences in the Pacific Northwest

huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It also covers multi-generational households. I'll bet a lot of race/ethnic based discrimination was using that excuse to get around the law.

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Chris Dashiell @cdashiell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Campaign statements and arguments from Republican candidates are meaningless. Once they’re elected, they all march in lockstep with fascism.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's National Voter Registration Day — so don't be like Ambush Bug!

A comic book panel of the character Ambush Bug standing in front of a background which is a waving American flag, shouting to the skies, "I will vote! I swear it, by all I hold dear! It is time to stand up and be counted!" In the lower right of the panel is an arrow pointing at him which reads "Will forget to register." Ambush Bug is wearing blue pants, a yellow shirt, an orange overcoat ... and has green gloves and a green bug mask with tall antennae.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 15/09/2026

I got one too. I've replied with questions including "who are you?" and "what's your financial model?"

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 15/09/2026

On the hunt for Sasquatches in the "Sneaky Squatch PDX Art Hunt"! www.geekweekpdx.com/sneaky-squatch…