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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

None of that is great. Everyone deserves better.

Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I hate seeing my family and friends nickel and dime their own health care. They pass on annual health checks-ups, they put off going to hospital or Urgent Care unless they're dying, they hesitate to call ambulances and then claim that America is great (or will soon be Great Again).

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I've had literally family members say this shit and somehow pointing out to them that I, their daughter/niece/cousin, live in a country with UHC and things are great, does literally nothing to change their mind a single fraction. I don't know what to do.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Every time I look at the news or check Twitter or read Facebook comments I feel like I'm just slapped in the face with the stupidest, most uneducated slop, and there's just... no way to convince these people that they are misinformed or biased? They just don't fucking engage, they don't care.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"But my taxes wah wah wah"-- I'm sorry, you DON'T want your taxes going to the health care system that benefits you and your loved ones? You're fine with your tax dollars covering bombs dropped in foreign countries, but health care, wow, that's fucking socialist???

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I just feel so insane. Many countries around the world have UHC systems, and yes, not all of them are the same, but for so many people to so confidently just swear up and down that the system doesn't work or could never work is so incredibly narrow-minded and ignorant.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Turns out, I did have the condition they were testing for. Now, I take two daily heart meds and carry nitroglycerin spray on me. If I lived in America, this would be a financial burden on me for the rest of my life. But last time I picked up my monthly supply at the pharmacy I paid ¥1650 ($10.50).

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The procedure and hospital stay cost me, all-in-all, about ¥65,000 ($420). The average price for a heart catheterization in my home state of NC is ~$117,018, and that "doesn't include anesthesia, imaging, and other fees". I can't imagine paying that just to find out if you MIGHT have a condition.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I filed a form through my employment for a special cap on my medical charges where you tell the health insurance system that you are having a specific medical problem (heart, cancer, whatever) that will necessitate you going to doctors a lot for the next year. It was granted no problem.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I always hear the anti-UHC people saying that you definitely have to wait FOREVER for your procedures and surgeries and tests as a consequence of the system. I was told I needed a catheterization in mid-November and quickly had an appt. on the books for early December.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Most clinic appointments cost me between ¥1000-¥1600. So I was able to shop around for a good doctor and find someone to start testing me all for less than ¥6000. Bloodwork, EKGs, and monitors were usually <¥5000. Eventually I was told I would need a heart catheterization and short hospitalization.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Seeing a specialist "requires" a referral from a GP... but not really. They just charge you more if you make an appt. w/o one. But when I say "more"... I once went w/o for an urgent issue and the appt., x-ray, and meds was like ¥7500 ($48). This felt so expensive to me after 13+ years here, but lol.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I had to see several doctors at different clinics/hospitals until I found one willing to think beyond "lose weight?". At no point did I have to check or worry if those doctors were "in network" or not, and the cost never prohibited me from going to a specialist.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

After I got sick in the first month of the pandemic, before we knew how bad things really were, I developed a heart condition. I knew something was wrong with me, but I had trouble finding a doctor who would take my concerns seriously bc woman + not skinny. (A universal issue in healthcare.)

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Living fine on a single salary in a first world country with a universal health care system and gun bans watching Americans scream how those DON'T WORK and MY RIGHTS and SOCIALISM while they actively keep so many around the world safe and healthy like ??? y'all are so dumb I can't fucking stand it

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cakejumper 🍰🦊 @cakejumper.ie · 09/01/2025

"I asked chatGPT to do this-" "chatGPT wrote me this-" "if you ask chatGPT like this-" EXPLODES YOU WITH MY MIND EXPLODES YOU WITH MY MIND EXPLODES YOU WITH MY MIND EXPLODES-

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

【NAKASENDO】Shout out to the #cats of the Nakasendo, between Magome-juku and Tsumago-juku. They were all beautiful and practically perfect, 9.5/10, my visit was greatly improved by their presence. -.5 for always refusing to pose in front of the lovely townscape, though... 📷 11.18.24 #japan

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

【KYOTO・SONYO-IN TEMPLE】I had heard about the unique ceiling at this #temple for a while, so I finally went… the contrast between the colorful chestnut tiger butterfly motifs and classic ink dragon, the stained glass panel behind the Jizo… a lot of neat contrasts here 📷 11.23.24 #japan #photography

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Also, like, some of the rest of the shrine…

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Some more playful placements by an anonymous stranger who came before me… and my fruity artist’s tool

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

【KURASHIKI・ACHI SHRINE】I suppose it was a very silly thing to do, but I saw someone else had picked up the quince fruit from the ground and placed them in lanterns and on torii gates… so I picked one up and put it on the left guardian lion-dog. Now they match. 📷 11.27.24 #japan #shrine #photography

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

After 6 months of work, 4 VCRs, and an official translation, I am pleased to share my RF rip of Yukio Ninagawa's staging of Euripides's Medea, a tape which has never been transferred. archive.org/details/ojo....

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Very much looking forward to potentially seeing that!

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Okay that had to be a bit, right… Next intermission she whipped out a messy oozy ankake bento… then all through the next play kept opening a pungent coffee thermos and just leaving the lid open as she considered drinking it… ma’am… mA’AM… 😰

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Incredulously watching a woman in front of me at Minamiza theater whip out giant Horai 551 pork buns during the Kaomise kabuki performance intermission… #豚まんテロ was a viral hashtag for a reason… 🤨 Is this when I fully turn on the tourists and become a conservative Japanese troll.. #rizurants

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Had very good manners, did not want to leave and go back outside

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

He’s a shrimp cutie!!!!

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

NANANANANANANANA HAWK MOTHHHHH

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This big hawk moth accidentally flew in my house, but it let me hold it while I googled it… and also let me laugh at the fact that it’s Japanese name is literally “shrimp pattern hawk moth”… cutie… #japan #insects #bug #moth

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I have never been this stressed planning 紅葉狩り in my liiiiife… between global warming turning fall foliage into free fall and my work being a butt about letting me take days off, everything I’m doing is so gd last minute… scrambling to find a rental car just so I can go to Hofu… lemme go… #rizurants

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

【SEKI-JUKU】I really want to explore more of the old shukuba (post towns)… this one had a bevy of cute cafes, antique shops, a temple with great wood carvings, and several preserved inns and homes to explore. There were all sorts of little details to catch the eye. 📷 24.10.6 #japan #photography

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

PREACH. I feel so insane seeing people who know nothing about my industry complain about things from a weird place of just assuming we are working in some void where all the bad choices are some specific creative's fault????, so I assume that is how an animation-literate must feel re: Arcane lordt

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Took two days off work to spend my birthday exploring Kurashiki and looking at autumn foliage with my mother, who’s visiting from North Carolina. A good day! Goodbye, 35!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level

From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed

It also helps no one is fat"

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

【GYOKI-JI TEMPLE】This temple in Kaizu, Gifu, had an amazing collection of hell scrolls and some impressively painted coffered ceilings… but the best part was the view! The high elevation made it seem as if you were looking down on the city from a temple in the clouds. 📷 24.10.6 #japan #photography

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

JINGLE BEEF omg I almost spit out my drink… that would be A Thing

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

For the record, Hirayama Miki was a recording artist in the 70’s/80’s and nowadays she apparently always performs in coordinated bright yellow outfits cause it’s her lucky color so okay the tree is very much branding and identifiable as her event’s tree but I’M SORRY all I see is Tweedy Bird tree…

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Some people have Mariah Carey… some people have decorations showing up in a certain store… my “oh god, Christmas is coming” sign is… the hideous yellow tweedy bird tree in Zest Oike… GOOD ON THEM FOR CHARITY WORK but I’m sorry, I’m a yellow hater, that shade doesn’t belong on that tree!!!

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

【MONET’S POND】I can see how this pond in Gifu got its name… it’s only 80cm deep, fed by a spring, and the base contains quartz sand, which I guess all contributes to the clarity. Would like to see it at peak water lily season some time, that must be even more beautiful! 📷 24.10.5 #japan #photography

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Tbh it’s your only move. Pixels are from whence the series came and to pixelated DIY it must return.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

omg no… right in the middle…

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

When you decide to trek a stretch of the Nakasendo because your friend assures you that part is so easy and no more than two hours… only to emerge three and a half hours later clutching your nitroglycerin spray in hand… omg u fast-paced hike-loving liars…

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

【DOROGAWA ONSEN】for those looking to get away for a weekend in Kansai… in addition to the lovely little traditional townscape packed with hot spring accommodations, there’s also hiking trails, Ryusen-ji Temple, and two explorable caves within walking distance #rizurecs #photography #japan

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M. Kirin 📶⚡ @mkirin.itch.io · 16/11/2024

"i hope this site doesn't end up like the last one :(" Hope has nothing to do with it--DO YOUR PART! Twitter & Truth Social are dying. Their users are used to farming outrage for engagement. Don't give them any! 🚫 Don't argue with them! 🚫 Don't quote them! ✅ #BlockAndMoveOn

A poster showing a weeping skull wearing a red hat. The skeleton is holding a smartphone that is showing no comments, shares, or likes, as though no one is interacting with its posts. The text on the poster reads "This account does not feed trolls. Block and move on."

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 16/11/2024

Hirohiko Araki on the evil of AI art in today's "world of con artists". He worries about the impact AI-generated fakes will have on manga. He recently saw an AI image and was shocked at its similarity to his art style. - Hirohiko Araki's New Manga Techniques (November 15, 2024)

Speaking about societal evils, I think that as AI continues to spread throughout society, we'll be seeing an increasingly shady world filled with scammers exploiting it. Recently, I saw a drawing and thought, “This is something I drew, right?” I was shocked to learn it was actually made by AI. When I draw manga, I add subtle elements that make the work uniquely mine. But this AI-generated piece even mimicked details like the way I draw eyelashes, so precisely that it was almost impossible to tell it apart from my work. If it were based on recent drawings, I’d know right away, “No, I didn’t draw this.” On the other hand, I honestly wouldn’t be able to tell the difference if it were done with my art from about ten years ago, when my memory of it would be a little hazy. The more AI advances, the more this kind of thing will happen.

Art reflects the times, and manga is one example of that. Seeing this world of con artists appear in manga could very well mean that we’re headed for a future world dominated by fraudsters. This type of evil in today’s age will undoubtedly end up impacting manga down the line.

Copyright infringement by AI is also a villain that we manga artists must face. The extreme scenario is that AI-generated fakes might start being accepted as the real thing, and even if we try to protect our work, these counterfeits are becoming so accurate and sophisticated that it’s no longer a fight an individual can win. Having some kind of laws would probably be the only way to regulate this. However, because we’re dealing with a world of con artists, there’s also a very real possibility that laws favoring them will appear before we know it. Personally, I entrust my copyright management to Shueisha, but some manga artists are lax in managing their copyrights, leading to others using their artwork without permission or even leaking original drawings. When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don’t take it more seriously.

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

animation is for KIDS! adults who watch cartoons are WEIRD! anime is all perverted hentay! its 2005! 🤮

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Heaven forbid we make original content and not just live action existing animated IPs…

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Rizu @stormcoming.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

【JOGU SHRINE・TSURUGA】This lovely little shrine by the sea had such a wonderful view from both the first torii gate and the prayer hall…

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