Monty Nicol

@3ocumihc It's Calgary! Look it up. Don't @ me. In downtown Calgary you can walk from almost any building to any other building. -40C will do that.

これは懸け造りなのか？ 渡り廊下が立派。

Then let them believe that! Anyone that posts this is unbelievably, irretrievably stupid. They are doing Japan a favour by NOT visiting! Any visitor to Japan just contribute something positive. Even if it is only sincere, open-hearted appreciation. I have only been to Japan once. It is an incredibly intimidating place. Any place that's as intimidating like this warrants investigation. But I can't wait to go back. I cannot wait to see a country that I could legitimately devote five lifetimes just to barely get to know. Every lifetime in Japan is its own self-contained experience. I get it, now. Even though I don't know the country at all, whatsoever. I went. I saw some swords. Drank some sake. Stayed in a tiny hotel room. No. This country is amazing. The people seem unfriendly until you realize. Each one of them lives in their own bubble the size of my entire universe. Now I know why they bow and do not talk. I get it.

A foreigner posted something like: “Japan isn’t worth visiting. It only has anime.” Honestly, that made me really sad. Please tell me again: What do you think are Japan’s most beautiful places to visit? What parts of Japanese culture do you love? Let’s share the real charm of Japan together.🇯🇵

@JapanTripFriend At my advanced age of 57 I am going to learn! But I can't eat anything served with eyes or a head. Perhaps on my deathbed!

@catsfive Depending on how and where you grew up, I can totally understand feeling that way! Hope you get the chance to visit Japan again someday!

One thing I’ve noticed about Japanese travel culture is that many Japanese people seem to choose destinations based on food first, not the other way around. For example: If you just want insanely good food, Hokkaido or Fukuoka. Crab? Ishikawa, Fukui, or Tottori. Eel? Shizuoka. Hitsumabushi? Nagoya. Gyutan? Sendai. Udon? Kagawa. Gyoza? Utsunomiya. Houtou noodles? Yamanashi. Basashi (horse meat sashimi)? Kumamoto. Kiritanpo? Akita. And so on. Of course, you can technically eat all of these in Tokyo too. But somehow, eating them locally feels completely different. The atmosphere, the people, the small local restaurants… In Japan, food itself often becomes part of the destination. What food would you travel across Japan for? Is it similar in your country too?

I just followed you. Over the past 72h, X has somehow decided (likely from listening to conversations on my phone) that my feed should be 100% around-the-clock Japan AND I AM SO EFFING HERE FOR IT. LFG! I have only been to Japan once. I'm so intimidated by the food! And offending anyone! I'm so extroverted, I feel like I'm unwelcome in Japan for trying to connect with and interact with so many wonderful people. Is that what is happening here? Is being Japanese and being on X a sort of "cry for help" for your inner, deeply-eclipsed extrovert? I doubt it. I think it's driven by a deep sense of pride for your country and your culture. And that's SOOO OK with me!

韓国釜山グルメ🇰🇷 📍クンチプ　큰집 鮑石焼ビビンバ定食 25,000w/約2,500円 大量のおかずもメインの鮑も全部すごく美味しすぎて幸せになれる❤️✨ 実際はメニュー写真よりもっと量があるからお腹空かせて行って🤣 平日朝10時から営業しているので朝食にも◎ 日本語メニュー有 202604韓国🇰🇷ひとり旅

@MaxAnderson Anyone that would carry a Birkin bag AT ANY PRICE is a moron who should not be breathing the same oxygen as me

You can get *flawless* Birkin bags in Istanbul for $1-2k Same leathers, identical clasps, hardware, perfect stitching, etc. Indistinguishable from the official ones that cost $30-50k+ The only way to tell the “real” ones from “fake” ones is the IQ of the person holding it. (hint: price paid = inversely correlated to IQ) The entire luxury industry is a scam

@fUpl0Cb4TJj8ypB What is wrong with people? Learn to understand when the universe is tapping you on the shoulder. Drinking alone with only one's self is drinking ALONE. You have no new thoughts or experiences sitting there like a lump waiting to die. LIVE!

うっかり途中下車したんだけどね ２つ離れた席の1人客（女）にオススメ聞かれて「お店の人に聞くのが1番」と答えてやり過ごす しばらくして「30分だけ一緒に飲みませんか？」とのお誘いに「人と飲むのが苦手」とキッパリお断り で、向こうが先にお会計になって… つづく

@thealepalombo it's $10/month, now. Thanks, @starlink!

It's been a long time since I was this excited about a product (not affiliated). Anyone else using Starlink Mini as backup or for travel? The idea of internet from anywhere on earth is frankly magic. But what really sold me: you can switch to standby via the app and pay just $5/month when not in use. I find it very honest, especially compared to legacy telcos, probably the category of companies I appreciate the least. Anyone else on it? Essentially, I guess I can travel with it anywhere except China and Russia?

I'm Canadian. I live in the EU. I run GAW. I have 4M post karma on PDW. I was 1/2 block away from 9/11 in NYC. I bleed red, white, and BLUE. My grandfather was CO (captain, in 'Murican) of a minesweeper in WW2 and was in the merchant marine until he was 70. I have his logbook, his Rolex. LFG AMERICA! AND F ALL THOSE WORTHLESS STUPID 'CANADIANS'!!! <3

If this doesn’t spike your blood pressure… If it doesn’t make you want to kick a door off its hinges… If you’re not on your feet right now chanting USA USA USA You’re either dead inside or Canadian. Probably both. Forget all that Navy SEAL nonsense. Go join the US MERCHANT MARINE!

Don't look at this if you're hungry. In Japan, there's a sandwich that has no meat. No cheese. No egg. Just fruit. A thick wall of whipped cream, cold and soft as a cloud, between two slices of milk bread that tear like silk. Inside the cream: a strawberry so red it looks lit from within, a slice of kiwi still beaded with juice, an orange segment glowing like stained glass, grapes that burst before you finish chewing. You cut it diagonally and the cross-section stops you cold. It looks like a jewel. It tastes like summer that someone caught and refused to let go of. $5. At a fruit shop. For lunch. The world spent a hundred years deciding fruit and bread couldn't be a meal. Japan just quietly proved everyone wrong. Now you can't unsee it.

This post breaks my heart. I visited Japan only one time. I'm super scared of the food and intimidated by the culture. I am Canadian; we are world-renowned for being so polite. But Japan is on another level that I felt like not even a visible person. I liked the feeling. I'm extroverted. I felt like that was a disability in Japan. When I move there one day, I will apply for a handicap parking space because of this. I will see you soon.

20日に赤這温泉阿部旅館さんに宿泊しました。2種類の源泉が満たされたお風呂がすばらしく、美味しい食事も大満。ビールは大瓶で格安。日本酒も格安。居心地がよすぎて一泊では足りない。

@thinkingshivers Imagine being such a homo to even write this sentence in the first place Why don't you just write a 200-page book that repeats READ THE GREAT GATSBY over and over and over on every single page and publish it and save yourself and the rest of us some time

I submitted a draft of my short story to Claude for copy editing. Sometimes he’ll suggest a re-write of a particular sentence. My version: “She was just a rich girl, with a carelessness about her that could only come from being born into privilege.” Claude’s suggestion: “She was just a rich girl, careless in the way only privilege allows.” It's a matter of taste, but I personally think Claude's version is better. It's saying the same thing but more deftly. But when I swap his sentence in then plug the paragraph into Pangram, it goes from being high confidence that it's human to low confidence that it's human. If I keep doing this, will it start to read like AI slop? If I keep doing this, is it even my writing anymore? So I'm keeping my version, the one I think is worse, and I'm disquieted by the fact that there could be a better version of this story that I now need to specifically avoid.

DO I MAKE YOU FEEL THORNY, BABY Sorry. I'll see myself out --------->

十ノ瀬藤の里に行ってきた！ クマは見なかったし襲われなかった！ 良いリフレッシュになりました〜 明日もちょっと刺さる田んぼで田植え だから頑張ろうと思います！ 海外って藤の花はあるのかな？ 鬼滅の刃で鬼が嫌いだったお花です！

Me: eating at small ramen shop in Osaka. shop completely silent except noodle sounds. then door opens, huge biker dude walks in. full leather jacket, intimidating beard, looks like he wrestles bears recreationally. entire place subtly shifts energy, biker sits beside me. orders ramen in voice deeper than economic depression. Chef nods respectfully. food arrives. biker takes one bite, immediately tears up. not joking, actual tears. Me pretending not to notice. biker quietly wiping eyes: ...same taste. Chef: Your grandmother's recipe. Biker nodding emotionally. entire ramen shop suddenly feels like season finale. then biker pulls tiny dog out of jacket. FULL DOG. little chihuahua wearing sweater. Chef: Ah, Taro is bigger now. DOG HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. chef brings tiny bowl of broth for dog. dog drinks politely, biker still emotional. Me: ... old man across counter whispers: Every Thursday. apparently this terrifying biker comes weekly to cry over ramen with his tiny dog. honestly? that's real masculinity right there.

@Flora150Project @venturetwins Underrated, thank you for your service 10/10

Incredible stuff happening on the AI-run radio stations

@AbhLafiel @flipper_net Hmm. Interesting. I want to do some naughty things, like disrupt bluetooth speakers at the beach. What are my options?

@catsfive @flipper_net Yes. Use it all the time. Just with 3rd party firmware. Just because this team under delivered, doesn’t mean the zero is useless. It’s fantastic with other firmwares.

We're finally ready to talk about Flipper One — a project we've been grinding on for years and have rebuilt from scratch several times. Read blog post >> blog.flipper.net/flipper-one-we…

@ebisushinbun Apology gift? Just how big are the mistakes you make, sometimes?? :-)

ホテルのコンシェルジュさん経由で海外の観光客の方から「恵比寿で和牛が食べたい」というリクエストが来れば必ずお伝えするお店はこの店恵比寿西の一軒家ダイニング「SOUL DRESSING」。久しぶりに伺いました。 海外の人から見ると日本の「鉄板焼き」のスタイルは独特。和牛のステーキに鉄板で焼くガーリックライス。そして「赤だし」「お漬物」という日本独自のスタイルが喜ばれます。僕らからするとどこか懐かしいスタイル。 お肉はお好みのグラムにカットしてくれます。昨日は黒毛和牛ヒレ肉200ℊ。フォークで裂けるほどやわらかい。デートやお祝いには必ずここを使わせてもらってます。お忍びに是非。 🍖SOUL DRESSING(ソウルドレッシング) 渋谷区恵比寿西２－１０−２

Hi, @nikitabier - Lately the X "for you" algo is NON-STOP JAPAN. Like, ALL JAPAN, ALL THE TIME. I love it. If you had anything to do with this, THANK YOU. My ask: Pls give me an official interface to focus my "For You" to make it focus on whatever country I want? This is AWESOME. It's like travelling. Thank you.

一渠碧水浮荷韵，半壁雕窗映灯华。 #邂逅东方韵 #中式建筑美学

Elon Musk's first wife once described what it's like to watch him fail. She said he doesn't react the way normal people react. When a rocket explodes, most people in the room go silent. Some cry. Some start calculating the financial damage. Musk pulls out his phone and starts making calls. Not emotional calls. Engineering calls. "What failed. When can we fix it. When's the next launch." His voice doesn't change. His face doesn't change. The rocket that just cost $60 million is already in the past. The next one is all that exists. She said it was the most unsettling thing she'd ever witnessed. Not because he was cold. Because he genuinely wasn't affected. The failure didn't register as failure. It registered as data. An experiment that produced results. Results that inform the next experiment. This is why he wins. Not because he doesn't fail. He fails more spectacularly than anyone in history. He wins because failure occupies zero psychological space. It enters as data and exits as action. Most people lose not because they fail but because they spend weeks processing the failure before acting again. Musk spends zero seconds. The gap between failure and next attempt is a phone call. - @multiplanet1