T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And, actually, when I had delays/problems on the return trip, Air Canada was pretty great about it, rebooking me on a different flight on a different airline without me having to argue or push for it, booking me a taxi to get from LGA to JFK to get that flight, etc. And a meal voucher! 010
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was changing (connecting) from an Air Canada flight to one run by United. I have heard horror stories about Air Canada, but in this particular case I think it was all United's fault. 100
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026... rebooked me for a flight 24 hrs later instead of first thing the following morning. Nowhere to stay in or immediately outside the airport that wasn't at least $150-200/night. 😡 040
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ffs. Something similar happened to me in Toronto recently. Sat on the tarmac for two hours before they canceled the flight, then sent us all through Canadian immigration and just out into the airport - no United staff, no manned desk anywhere, no instructions other than through a chatbot that... 220
Reposted by T. SeifmanDaniel / 妥仁得 @kaihat.su · 13/09/2026Okinawa's new governor from the LDP is expected to make it easier to potentially develop bases, ports and other infrastructure used by the JSDF and US Army. The previous governor, from All Okinawa, was one of the biggest obstacles to Japan and the United States expanding their military presence.mainichi.jp沖縄県知事選 高市政権支援の新人、古謝氏が初当選確実 | 毎日新聞任期満了に伴う沖縄県知事選は13日、投開票され、高市早苗政権が支援した無所属で新人の元那覇市副市長、古謝玄太(こじゃげんた)氏(42)=自民、日本維新の会、国民民主、参政、日本保守、公明県本部推薦=が初当選を確実にした。3選を目指した無所属で現職の玉城(たまき)デニー氏(66)らとの選挙戦を制し、 152
Reposted by T. Seifman(spo)okie 🎃 @okie.gay · 25/08/2026Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar 21113502634
Reposted by T. SeifmanChiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 25/08/2026RIP DollyParton thank you DollyParton Looking up at the sky, I think of you. love you. 3381741663
Reposted by T. SeifmanMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I might be going out on a hunch, but maybe the employer should pay a living wage to their staff. 6763399578
Reposted by T. SeifmanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238515773
Reposted by T. SeifmanSain't Christopher @orionstoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026まめ書房 highlights some interesting works on the civilian side of the Battle of Okinawa. For those interested in approaching this in English, try Descent into Hell, survivor stories in translation. #okinawa #沖縄 042
Reposted by T. SeifmanJay Dee @jhall2266.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This treasonous, vile piece of shit. Just one slap in the face after another. 71787521804
Reposted by T. SeifmanBeing Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026TRUMP: "People don't want to have radical lunatics involved in running our country and that's what we have." FACT CHECK: True 1314139781
Reposted by T. SeifmanDoc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Happy Left-handers' Day to everyone who, like me, suffered the indignity of having to write upside down or endure endlessly smudged writing 2222420349
Reposted by T. Seifman852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bro. People are cool as fuck. 274164012318
Reposted by T. SeifmanMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Muslims aren't the United States' biggest threat. Christian nationalists like mean, crazy, and fake-Christian Nancy Mace are. (And Trojan is capitalized, you semi-literate troll.) 1519199844419
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to blusky.static.klipy.comAbsent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off ClassroomAlt: Absent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Classroom 010
Reposted by T. Seifmansakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Retrospective on the central figures of the Shōjo #Manga Boom in the 1970s (all the childhood favs 😍😍😍) at the National Art Center (Tokyo, October 28, 2026–February 8, 2027) The fact that this isn’t happening over the summer during peak tourist season is CRIMINAL.shojomanga.jp【公式】少女漫画・インフィニティ 萩尾望都×山岸凉子×大和和紀 三人展|国立新美術館(六本木)少女漫画界のレジェンドである萩尾望都・山岸凉子・大和和紀の画業をたどる展覧会。カラーイラストや原画、貴重な資料を通して、少女漫画の地平を切り拓いた三人の奥深い表現世界に迫ります。 0123
Reposted by T. SeifmanPierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go. 5492583846
Reposted by T. SeifmanThe Daily Jaws @thedailyjaws.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Absolutely love this story ❤ #jaws 199152601720
Reposted by T. SeifmanHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999. 1153242687
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Funny that you say that, Mr. Mayor. That's exactly how the State of Israel started - with people demanding the right to shape their own future. All we ask is that you recognize this, and show the Jewish people this very same understanding, support, solidarity, that you show to so many other peoples 100
Reposted by T. SeifmanContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Using Water as reflection in Photography 1217620895
Reposted by T. SeifmanG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are. 8188732755
Reposted by T. SeifmanJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Someone spray-painted a swastika on the statue of the great medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides in Córdoba, his place of birth. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...jpost.comRambam statue vandalized with swastika graffiti in Cordoba, Spain | The Jerusalem PostThe graffiti was painted over the base of the statue, located in the heart of the Jewish quarters of Cordoba, in the Tiberiades plaza, with local authorities condemning the antisemitic attack. 917573
Reposted by T. SeifmanSoraNews24 @soranews24.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Watch the final performance of the Princess Mononoke stage adaptation streamed live!soranews24.comLive-action Princess Mononoke is coming to streaming as a live event, previews look amazing [Video]Kabuki adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece will be shown online, but you’ll need to mark the date on your calendar. 057
Reposted by T. SeifmanBarbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026 444173865251
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Happy to help if I can. Let me know what you're thinking about :) 110
Reposted by T. SeifmanJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/07/2026People still think of Sweden as this sexually liberated place, but the reality is you're not even allowed to fuck inside the giant taxidermied Blue Whale anymore. Place has really changed. 541904512
Reposted by T. SeifmanSain't Christopher @orionstoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"To get meaning and feeling" 👏 071
Reposted by T. SeifmanDr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Part of why LLMs will always give wrong information is because they do not *know* anything. They only put out a highly probable string of words, so they will always be susceptible to probability. So it will probably write 2+2=4, but there will never be a non-zero chance of spitting out 2+2=5. 052
Reposted by T. SeifmanNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7678522570
Reposted by T. SeifmanThe Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 27/07/2026A draft of tough new measures for acquiring permanent residency in Japan has triggered concern among some potential applicants, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls.ebx.shTough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in JapanThe draft guidelines would introduce clearer income, pension, language and integration requirements, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls. 2115
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 26/07/2026TIL that even though the terminals, train stations, Google Map address, and most other ways you'd typically interact with Osaka Itami Airport are in Osaka prefecture, Itami City (which is where the runways and most of the total land area of the airport are) is part of Hyogo, not Osaka. 040
Reposted by T. SeifmanDr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you’re wondering about the history of female emperors in Japan, I wrote about it for @nursingclio.bsky.social! Women were emperors in the past (and very powerful ones too!). But like most things, men in the 19th century ruined it for everyone. nursingclio.org/2019/04/30/j...nursingclio.orgJapan’s Once and Future Female EmperorsWith the abdication today of the Japanese emperor, Akihito, and the passage of the throne to his son, talk has emerged yet again about the future of Japan’s imperial family and its insistence on ma… 39434
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The adventures of the wonderfully multilingual and diverse, complex, world we live in. Today, I was reminded that Toma Jugo (当間重剛, Tōma Jūgō), head of the Gov't of the Ryukyu Islands 1956-1959, is also Spanish for "drink juice." 040
Reposted by T. SeifmanEmily Maple @suika.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"A London Trans+ Pride organiser has claimed a planned BBC interview was dropped after [the organiser] refused to describe the annual march as a 'celebration' rather than a protest."attitude.co.ukLondon Trans+ Pride organiser claims BBC dropped interview over 'celebration' wording (EXCLUSIVE)According to EM Williams, the interview was set to go ahead until the BBC's description of the event became a sticking point. 025340
Reposted by T. SeifmanMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Amethyst Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) [📹safari_davis247] Original post 452716377
Reposted by T. SeifmanGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning 19195704339
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I still don't think I've seen any "Hormuz packaging" here in Kyoto. Maybe I have, and it just didn't click... 🤔 120
Reposted by T. SeifmanEmily Maple @suika.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A Prime Minister who brags (?) about how she tends to sleep between 0 and 3 hours. Strikes me as worrying rather than awe-inspiring. 5467
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Thanks so much! To be honest, I'm not deep into this topic, and have only just started to look into it. I started looking at that database, but haven't yet come upon anything about it (the importance of music archives, the issues involved, etc) longer than 2-3 pages. Thanks for reposting 🙏 211
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Having a surprisingly hard time finding any articles (academic or otherwise) on digital archives of Okinawan music. Anyone have any suggestions? (Articles in English or Japanese, from academic journals, popular magazines, or elsewhere) ゆたしくうにげーさびら!! 🙏 267
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 17/07/2026That, combined with early Meiji fonts? I can only assume the answer is yes. 110
Reposted by T. SeifmanRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026NEVER FORGET the debt we all owe to the Miccosukee Tribe, without whom it would still be open. And never forget that Indigenous sovereignty and all our safety and flourishing are forever intertwined.nativenewsonline.net“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the EvergladesThe controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and ... 1741961478