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christinedaae.bsky.social
Hello there, everyone! I’m Kristina Rin. 🤍

I’m a passionate (silly) dreamer whose soul is dedicated to art, who believes fiercely that a broken piano can still be played, and thinks even a haunted house makes a lovely home.

Oh, you want to know more about my strange little world? Read on!
The photo is a selfie I took in cosplay of Christine Daaé from Phantom of the Opera. I am wearing a blue, intricately designed costume from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lace and a large patterned bow at the collar. The cosplay features a wig with long, dark, curly hair with soft bangs framing my face. A photo of myself taken from behind dressed in a light blue kimono with a pink lotus flowers and green leaves. In the photo, I am walking down a path with one arm raised as I look ahead. My hair is styled in a braid with a pink flower accessory, and I’m wearing a dark blue obi. 

The photo was taken at a park near Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, with a wooden gate and greenery in the background.
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No more ojichans “directing” traffic (I literally have a Help Mark on my bag! Let me walk up the ramp if there’s nobody else around!)

No more tourists taking photos of elementary kids going to school and pretending they can’t speak English when told NO PHOTO?
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Oh, thank the stars the Osaka Expo FINALLY ends today!!!

Can I please have my home train station back? No more people with massive suitcases randomly stopping in the middle of the walkway, blocking the rest of us from going to work?
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I’m not surprised. I’m sick of it. That’s why I say we force them to do this. If they can’t do their jobs, I don’t want our tax money going towards their already full pocketbooks
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If you don’t know the very basics of how the government works, you don’t deserve your position
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which will be once again broadcast live to everyone in your state. They deserve to know if you are worth their tax dollars.

And yes, I said what I said. Every. Single. One. I do not care if you’re on the left, right, center, etc.
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If you can’t pass a 10th grade civics exam, you have zero business being in Congress, serving as President, etc.

Fail the test and you can’t try to run for office again until the pass the exam four years later
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I officially think every single U.S. politician should be required to take a live broadcast civics exam. Not allowed to use a cell phone, can’t look anything up on Google.

If they fail, they are forced to leave office right then and there.
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I’m about to head to Kyoto again haha
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...I am so tired lol. Gotta keep going
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Gonna crash on the train back to Osaka
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One day of guiding in Kyoto down! Two more days to go!

Feeling tired but satisfied
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hyeleth.bsky.social
It's important to continue talking about this because there are many people on Bsky, who will refuse to engage with art that has no ALT text.
Meaning disabled artists who, for one reason or another, couldn't include it will get less chances to make money to afford a meal. Does this sound accessible?
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*sighs*
Got blocked cause I tried to educate someone about the ableist nature of their POV, cause I thought they cared about disabled people. My bad, I guess.

Friendly reminder that there are other disabilities and villainizing people for not using ALT text isn't going to help anyone.
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All I know is that things are gonna be slow this month, so please bear with me. I apologize for no Substack article this week and other writing being behind

I am not dead, but it’s close lol
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have been stuck cleaning up his mess, running the department entirely on my own, and trying to cram everything in

I honestly have no idea why something as simple as this contest has become so complicated but 🤷🏻‍♀️
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To top it all off, the English Speech Contest at main job is the 28th. Big boss was in Canada all last week, so I was stuck taking on all of his work on top of my own. Nothing is organized well because he claims stuff gets done but it’s all in his head and there’s no real communication, so I
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Tuesday-Thursday I get home at 9:45 pm. Friday I get home at 9 pm.

I had open campus on October 4th and again on the 18th, so those two Saturdays I work

Today I have a tour in Kyoto (and another tomorrow, another Monday) and then one more tour on the 25th
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This month of October, I have only ONE day off. The only other day off was my singing competition on the 5th, so that didn’t count as I was clearly very busy

I work 9-5, but now I have lessons after work every single weeknight. The earliest I get home is 7:45 pm on Monday
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In case anyone thought I was exaggerating how (ridiculously) busy I am

I have a temporary roommate. He told a mutual friend that he’s in my own house more than I am

And it’s true

He lives in my own house more than I do 😭
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.
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ANYWAY. That’s the role of the Emperor in Japan. Mainly ceremonial, but no real power on his own
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To do this, they’d have to rewrite or even remote the part from Article 9 renouncing war, which would recognize the self-defense forces constitutionally as a military, capable of fighting alongside allies like the U.S.
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Article 9 currently renounces war, and if rewritten according to Nippon Kaigi’s desires, it would allow a stronger Japanese military rather than a self-defense force

This would allow Japan to have a “normal” military.
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which was written under U.S. occupation

Their goal isn’t an emperor-led government like before 1945, but rather to re-emphasize the Emperor’s spiritual role and rewrite Article 9 of the constitution
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The idea of restoring imperial authority is strongest among Japan’s right-wing nationalist movements, especially those connected to the group Nippon Kaigi.

Nippon Kaigi includes many LDP politicians (including Takaichi and the late PM Abe) who have called for revising Japan’s postwar constitution
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(However, imo most Japanese people are perfectly happy with the current system, where the Emperor stays above politics.)