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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21h
"Minimal theme for Twitter" extension looks good too: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/minim...
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Minimal Theme for Twitter / X - Chrome Web Store
Refine and declutter the 𝕏/Twitter web experience.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21h
.... that would make it look a lot like BlueSky
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21h
Get rid of the whole right side column then increase the view zoom level 150% = no junk, just a screen full of timeline with the useful tools on the left column (you can access search from there)
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21h
Top - the "MLB" tab
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21h
As many browsers have a "block element" option, blocking the following page elements would help to improve desktop Twitter: Left 1 - Calls icon Left 2 - Premium icon Right 1 - that "premium" promotional box Right 2 - the "live on X" box
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 19/06/2026
...billionaires/trillionaires think they're slick...
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Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
ALT: Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 19/06/2026
Huh, this is the first time I have seen anything from the Washington Times being "suggested" ("sponsored") on Facebook. Let's have a look... oh, written by the "editorial board" ... well, isn't that the most suspicious thing I've ever seen.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/11/2025
Did BlueSky change the color of their logo? It is getting more similar to the LinkedIn and Facebook icons:
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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🐁🐶🐄🐰🐒🐍THE ZODIAC PILGRIMAGE🐅🐉🐗🐎🐓🐐 In the Chinese Zodiac 2026 will be the 'Year of the Fire Horse' (written as '馬', '马' or '午'), aka the 'Red Horse Year' (赤馬年). Kyōto has a special pilgrimage made up of 12 religious sites dedicated to the 12 animals found in the zodiac. #Kyoto #京都 #zodiac
Participant in the Aoi Matsuri on horseback.A wall of votive tablets depicting white horses (the tradition of 'ema' votive tablets began from the gifting of horses to shrines as a prayer for rain or fine weather).Nao-san feeds the 'sacred horse' at Kamigamo-jinja.Our beautiful mizusashi (water holder) used for the Hatsuuma celebrations in February(ish).
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 23/10/2025
Misu Shrine Torch Festival kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/misu...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 23/10/2025
Misu Shrine Torch Festival kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/misu...
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Misu Shrine Torch Festival
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/10/2025
Asuka Glass Workshop kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/asuk...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/10/2025
Asuka Glass Workshop kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/asuk...
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Asuka Glass Workshop
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/10/2025
Kenji Yanobe exhibit of Ship's Cat statues. kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/yano...
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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🔥FIRE FESTIVAL🔥 Yuki-jinja's (由岐神社) 'Hi Matsuri' (鞍馬の火祭 'Fire Festival') on October 22nd is said to have origins in the bonfires lit to guide the shrine's gods as they journeyed from the imperial palace to the mountain village of Kurama (鞍馬). #鞍馬の火祭 #Kyoto #京都
Yuki-jinja's 'Fire Festival' on October 22nd.Entrance to Yuki-jinja, home of the Kurama Fire Festival.Soaring sacred tree within Yuki-jinja.Gate to Kurama-dera. Yuki-jinja is located beside the mountain road that climbs up to this temple.
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
In #JapaneseFolklore there is a giant crab #yokai known as kanibozu. These creatures take on the form of priests and move into empty temples. If a new priest arrives to lead the temple the kanibozu demands they answer a riddle & if they can't solve it, they get eaten. #MythologyMonday 🎨Matthew Meyer
A huge crab with outstretched claws dressed in priest's robes standing before a dilapidated temple. Bamboo grows on one side, trees on the other.

Illustration by Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/08/2025
...but it seems like that should be a basic part of the big social media sites and not something for which IFTT can charge 3940 yen/year.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/08/2025
Checking out this IFTT thing I have been hearing about. Seems like it is mostly about saving redundant copies of things on your Google account (calendar, sheets, Gmail, drive, etc). Though, it seems like a good service to automatically share blog posts on social media sites...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 23/07/2025
Their numbers all seem to begin with 100.......
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 23/07/2025
Confusing, should be: "Upstate New York Man charged with drowning his 9-year-old daughter" Unless... she previously faked her death to frame her father for murder and only drowned coincidentally.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/07/2025
Must have a lot of turnover if they are planning separate badge numbers for 10,000,000,000 people.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 22/07/2025
Called the IRS. Why do their employees need 10 digit ID numbers when Social Security Numbers, which were supposed to identify all Americans, only have 9 digits?
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/07/2025
A bakery in Namba with a vending machine/coin locker for bread.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/07/2025
Dotombori Boat Parade kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/doto...
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Dotombori Boat Parade
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 16/07/2025
I wouldn't trust these Grok AI companions. One looks like she would write my name in a Death Note, then feed my corpse to that murder gopher thing.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 14/07/2025
American gets a letter from the IRS while living in Japan: 1. gather documents 2. formulate an idea of what you will ask for and how you will identify yourself and your situation. 3. See that you have to call a landline phone number. 4. Realize that Skype is gone and that you need to find a new app
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 08/07/2025
Shiro-uri (melon cucumbers) being grown at Tamatsukuri-Inari Shrine in Osaka. As the area had many fields for uri, growing them became a tradition and they shrine, they even have an uri mascot. Sometimes, you can find uri at supermarkets in the summer. Good with salt and vinegar.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 08/07/2025
Got on an elevator with a group of random steangers to go to the 6th floor of a 36-floor building. The people who got in ahead pressed the buttons for the 4th and 5th floor. Then , two more people caught the elevator and pressed buttons for the 7th and 8th floor. An elevator straight flush!
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 04/07/2025
BlueSky has been pretty quiet, and the number of followers on Twitter has reversed course and started going upward again.
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a cartoon character from south park is asking the question hello
ALT: a cartoon character from south park is asking the question hello
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 03/07/2025
Summer; when the supermarket sells uri.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 02/07/2025
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 02/07/2025
Fujinomori Shrine Hydrangea Festival; Iaido Demonstration kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/fuji...
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Fujinomori Hydrangea Festival 2025; Iaido
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/07/2025
June 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/june...
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June 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/07/2025
July 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/july...
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July 2025; Upcoming Kansai Events
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 25/06/2025
Rainy season reminder to air out your bogu after kendo practice, or it will look like a moldy petri dish culture after a day.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 24/06/2025
"The Human Faced Stone of Osaka Castle" article from 2019 is suddenly receiving a lot of traffic today, for unknown reasons... but thank you all for your interest in obscure Kansai landmarks. kansaiculture.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-...
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The Human Faced Stone of Osaka Castle
Japanese culture, history, festival, events, kendo, and teaching English in the Kansai region of Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 21/06/2025
ミャクミャク cider
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/06/2025
New information kiosk at Osaka station.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 17/06/2025
Osaka Station
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 15/06/2025
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots
AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025
...checking to see the environmental impact of using ChatGPT, I see a Washington Post article (Sept 2024) that claims composing a 100 word email would use 519ml of water (for data center cooling) and 0.14kWh of electricity. Interesting... and ironic.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025
Writing classes in Japan often have students write about SDGs (the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from the UN). The vast majority of students focus on the 6 environmental goals - and write to emphasize limiting personal consumption. ...
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 11/06/2025
Darn it, Twitter ads! Your text appearing in the comments section beneath headlines can be very inappropriate and confusing when seen while scrolling!
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 03/06/2025
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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🍵HUNTING FIREFLIES✨ Each year Shimogamo-jinja (下鴨神社) holds a special tea gathering called 'Hotarubi-no-Chakai' (蛍火の茶会). Over 600 fireflies are released beside the Mitarashi-gawa (御手洗川) as evening falls, bringing an otherworldly feel to the tea ceremony. #Japan #Shimogamojinja #下鴨神社 #fireflies
Fireflies are kept in a cage at Shimogamo-jinja, ready for evening when they will be released in a beautiful display.Tiny fireflies rendered in sweet form...the blue and green represents a river and riverbank.Torches are lit at Shimogamo-jinja to illuminate the dark grounds ready for the release of fireflies.Nao-san sets off for Shimogamo-jinja's firefly event.
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/06/2025
Religious schools have youth group culture that involves games?
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/06/2025
Are mormon people really into puzzles?
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 01/06/2025
LinkedIn has little puzzle games and a leader board that shows the average score users based on the University affliation. It seems that Brigham Young University is always no1. Why is that?
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Kansai Culture @kansaiculture.com · 31/05/2025
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