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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Behold my true form... and despair!

Me in one of those novelty "put your face in here! haha incredible!" photo op things, of a squid (who has already got a face). My face is peeking out from the squid's... mantle? This was in Otaru.

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning. Here's a tip. If you are a dog. Simply work from home.

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, if two coffees aren't enough to defeat jet lag and teaching nerves, a close encounter with urban wildlife might 😳

Spot the coyote (it came within 10 feet, and took unnervingly long to back off)

Niko after the walk, extremely unimpressed, giving me a "why are you up so fucking early" look; he is a blessèd angel innocent of work and of capitalism. (Yes yes I need to tidy up the shoe zone, I know)

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Spotted a Japanese pika and quite a few chipmunks! 🐿️ (no foxes today 😔 and also—thankfully—no bears)

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Absolutely spectacular all-day hike in Daisetsuzan NP: Started at the Mt. Kurodake Ropeway, up to the summit, up to and along the rim of the Ohachidaira crater, then down to the Mt. Asahidake Ropeway. Easily top three, likely top one. 🥲

A panorama of the Ohachidaira Crater, a 2-kilometer wide 30000-year-old volcanic crater. Hot springs and melting patches of snow feed a tangle of streams, milky white with sulfur, that become the Akaishi River flowing down to Sōunkyō. There's little vegetation at the bottom of the crater, but toward the ridge there are splashes of dark green, bright red, and orange.

About halfway through the hike there was a natural hot spring bubbling up off to the side of a swift mountain stream. My dogs were barkin' for sure, and this helped them calm down a bit. Thank you Mother Nature, pls put this feature in every hike! (Also who is that guy in the bg? What's his story?)

A flat portion through some wetlands on a trail of wooden planks. To the side are an iconic plant of the Daisetsuzan NP, the chinguruma. These go through a transformation from a five pointed white flower with green leaves in spring, to delightful tufty puffballs with red leaves in the fall. They're on the puffball stage and they were everywhere, carpeting the plateau with a beautiful scarlet dotted with white.

Mt. Asahidake, the highest peak in Hokkaidō. (We opted not to hike up to its summit and were vindicated by the fact that its tip is all fogged up.) Down its slope are steam vents. The mountain is reflected in an alpine pond fringed by purple wildflowers (ezo gentian?).

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Shiretoko ➡️ Abashiri ➡️ Sōunkyō

The Shiretoko Range crowned by a bank of clouds and reflected in the first of five lakes of the Shiretoko Goko

A map of language families centered on the North Pole at the Museum of Northern Peoples

The closest train station to the Memanbetsu Airport is this li'l guy! We honestly did not think our train would stop, but it did. It took us to Rubeshibe, a small town populated mainly by crows. From there, we took a comfy highway bus to Sōunkyō Onsen at the foot of Mt. Kurodake.

For dinner I had a delightful and authentic Spicy Italian Curry Hamburg Steak with Rice! I love Italian food! 🇮🇹 (deadass one of the best curries I've had here, and the hamburger was so tender)

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We also saw a little bear! 🐻

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Takayama Day 2 (Shirakawa-gō)

The thatched-roof village as seen from the viewpoint! We were there first thing (not yet crowded with other tourists)

Koi in one of the channels along the road

Shõyu ramen really hit the spot after all that walking

A nanoblock model of the house we were in ! Cute

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He literally has a basket here...

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Eternally disappointed hot-Ryu now watches over me as I wfh (and Kafka too) 😒

Action figures of Ryu from street fighter and Kafka from Kaiju No. 8 on a bookshelf, flanked by a desk lamp and in front of several trade paperbacks mostly Jack Vance. Ryu has his arms crossed and is seated with his legs hanging over the edge of the shelf. He looks very muscly and also pissed. Fully articulable Kafka has a victorious smile and has one armed raised, kneeling behind Ryu. Maybe Ryu finally let him top?? Thanks for reading :)

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Never forget what they took from us!!

Latro at the big gay pool party on the pool platform in Costa del Sol on Faerie. He is surrounded by twinks bc he didn't see the hrothgar side of the pool (gays self-segregating just like irl...)

Now floating among the hrothgar (and some roegadyn) as intended... but then!

The summer event ended and the pool platform disappeared. :( we all took fall damage lol

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Damn... he's really just like me

Star Fox sitting on the wing of the arwing, gazing out into space contemplatively, captioned "trying to find a way home"

Star Fox posing with his laser gun or whatever with an 80's neon pink grid background, captioned "doing good when the price is right"

Now posing in front of an open maintenance panel, looking toward the sky, captioned "Oh, I also have cool space boots."

Now looking very foxy and fangy (at you?) from his cock pit, captioned "Nice 'stache."

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Greetings from Service Bar's anime bathroom in Washington, DC

Selfie in a bathroom The wallpaper is pages from Naruto

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Greetings from my friends' anime garage gym in NoVA

Me in a blank tank top and baseball cap giving a thumbs up in front of a Cowboy Bebop poster that says YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT

Same poster but I'm flexing my left arm and making a bear face and it's fuckin' blurry

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

First and so far only beach week read. Loved it.

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Already missin' my boys 😢 hope everyone had a nice week-end!

Iota, me, and Raybear at the Pilsner, waiting for John to get off work

Raybear getting some couch attention from a slightly suspicious (but cuddly) Niko

Iota's fancy brunch drink (Bears, Bears, Bears!) at Starbelly. It is served in a bear shaped glass and garnished with rosemary and speared gummy bears. He's wearing a NO TERFS NO TURFS (golf courses) t-shirt that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Me being a dog outside the Eagle (📸 Iota)

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PSYFE @spacefox.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I wrote out a bunch of captions for these but then Bluesky crashed. Anyway the duck at Good Voyage was very very good (worth the transit adventure), furry cider too, thanks for reading