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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Gearing up for my first year at the OAA (okinawa association of america) Craft Fair!

A collage of six staggered vertical pictures. Half of the photos are of seed packets with a small dish of seeds next to them on a rust colored rug. The seeds are for abashi goya, round okra, and roselle hibiscus. Interspersed are pictures of plant seedlings in black plastic pots placed on a stump with a beige background. They aren't labeled, but there's a goya plant, fuchibaa mugwort, and roselle hibiscus.

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is why I started farming. End of story. Gonna go cry now, bye

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A few weeks ago, a new doc said I don't have a disease because "it's really rare," even though I have all the symptoms for it and it's a common comorbidity of my other diagnoses. I asked what specifically made him think that, and he kept repeating "it's rare". Cancelled all other appts with him 🙄

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Should I fill out the 22 pages of medical paperwork I need to finish tonight or pet the puppy?

Top-down view of a brown pitbull with her head on my lap (on top of the heated blanket, obviously). A stack of medical paperwork is held off to the side since her head is in the way of where they had been

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cori nakamura lin @cori-lin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Broke out the tiny brushes to make the precious beings for our chicago2okinawa zine 🌿 fauna/flora endemic to the islands habu - blueberry hermit crab - yambaru yatsushiro orchid - sashigusa !!

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

My therapist apparently has been learning about my chronic illnesses on her own time to better understand what I'm dealing with and I could CRY, I'm so grateful

Screenshot of a text conversation. The first text is a YouTube link for a video named "How Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Affects My Life" and says "Been watching this... may be something that resonates and connects you with the community of folks who are experiencing what you are". I respond and say "Thank you for sending, I just watched the whole thing! She has the same set of diagnoses that I do". The original sender says "Even the MCAS" and I say "Yeah, the MCAS and POTS" and she replies "Wow!"

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am now on the hunt for this exact textile (I was told it's dyed with sugarcane juice AND it's gettou/sannin/shell ginger, which I have desperately been trying to grow for the past two years) and an Okinawan jubako (I have a Japanese jubako and have been wondering if there were Okinawan ones!)

A dark green, rectangular piece of fabric hung from a wall with text out of the frame on its left side. On the fabric is a pattern of long, skinny, darker green leaves and four shell ginger flowers, which are long clusters of hanging pink and white buds. At the base of each flower cluster, some of the buds have bloomed and are yellow on the inside.

A two tiered lacquer box with a lid on a yellow square of fabric. The box is bright red and has images of banana leaves and banana bunches on the lid and on each tier of the box. The leaves come from the edges and point towards the middle.

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Visited the Okinawa Memories Initiative exhibit on Okinawan food culture at UCSC yesterday. They did such an amazing job, I took pictures of every single thing there. And they made goya champuru!

A gallery space with white walls and informational posters about Okinawan food traditions. A low round table with a white tablecloth is in the middle of the room with pottery on top.

A long table with a blue tablecloth outside under an awning that reads "Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery". The table is filled with cooking and serving equipment. Two people behind the table are cooking goya champuru (bittermelon stir fry) and one person approaches the table)

A white wall with four partially visible recipe posters. The one in focus is a recipe for jīmāmi tofu, or tofu made out of peanuts instead of soy beans. It has the ingredients and directions listed and a picture of a square serving of jīmāmi tofu in a blue dish.

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Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Many Japanese Americans are recoiling from Trump's immigration crackdown. “This brings back all kinds of memories, even tears,” said one 91-year-old Berkeley resident. “You don’t think I’d remember much, but it’s amazing how much I do.” www.kqed.org/news/1202191... via @kqednews.bsky.social

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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats | KQED

President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma for Japanese Americans who were relocated and imprisoned during World War II...

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

12 doctors appointments scheduled for next month, plus 6 referrals in progress 💀

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thought I was too tired to celebrate soogwachi, but rallied and made black sesame mochi (some filled with sesame paste, but got overwhelmed by sticky fingers and rolled the rest in sesame seeds)

A plate in the background is filled with small white balls of mochi (pounded rice) covered in black sesame seeds. A hand holds one flattened white ball of mochi filled with sesame paste in front of the plate. The counter behind the plate is messy.

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Aki Gibbons @akigibbons.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy lunar new year! 🐍✨ I think year of the snake is meant for year of sanshin, which traditionally were made with snake skin (not as much anymore). Sanshin my mom received from her brother, which she passed on to me. The front now has fake snake skin but the back is still covered by real skin.

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Soogwachi last year in Uchinā ft Itoman fishing boat flags, Kei trucks, and cats

Person in a jean jacket and tan pants leaning against a railing. Behind her are two boats in a marina with lots of very colorful fishing flags above them

Two people squatting in a parking lot in front of a small Kei truck. A cat with a white body and black ears, tail, and legs walks between them, leaning in for head pets

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Yii Soogwachi Deebiru, happy lunar new year!!

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Dave McC @mccdave.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Marisa Kabas broke the biggest story of Trump’s second term last night, beating NYT and WaPo to the scoop. If you’re wondering whether independent media has what it takes to hold Trump to account, the answer is yes.

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「Ghost in theＣＥＬ」 @glampyr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Haiya~ Iyasasa 🍉🍠🍍🐍🐖 Ryuukyuu Power! For all of my fellow peoples of the Ryukyuan diaspora 🖤

An oval image with hibiscus flowers, palm fronds, watermelon, and an Okinawan dancer with her fist raised up. The text in the oval says “haiya~ iyasassa” and “Ryuukyuu power”

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This sleepy baby has been with us for a week now and I'm so happy about it. Too sick to get out of bed most days and I don't even care anymore because she's so snuggly

Brown/gray pitbull sleeping on a blue blanket. One paw is out towards the camera and her face is smushed against the blanket

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Tori @toguchi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I feel that at times, it's hard for us to find each other in community. I made a Starter Pack for Ryūkyūan Academics-Artists. go.bsky.app/HAzFD2t

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Corey @shimaveggies.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Shikwasaa/shikuwasa in the park for our first Bay Area shimanchu book club

A hand holding five small oranges attached to the stem above a picnic blanket. The fruit is called shikuwasa and is an Okinawan citrus

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