Wataru Tenkawa
@10wataru.bsky.social
Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Trying out this Islay single malt for the first time. It really has a strong bite from the start, and the peat just keeps on giving. Quite a change from my usual Aberlour or Glendronach. (That's my name, Wataru, on the glass, which my daughter gave me as a present.)
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Trying out this Islay single malt for the first time. It really has a strong bite from the start, and the peat just keeps on giving. Quite a change from my usual Aberlour or Glendronach. (That's my name, Wataru, on the glass, which my daughter gave me as a present.)
People lining up for Nagoya soul food (ankake pasta) in Kichijoji. I guess it helps that the owner is a former boys band heartthrob who is married to rising star actress Shuri. Not many Chinese tourists these days, but still plenty of customers at all the favorite spots along Nakamichi-doori.
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
People lining up for Nagoya soul food (ankake pasta) in Kichijoji. I guess it helps that the owner is a former boys band heartthrob who is married to rising star actress Shuri. Not many Chinese tourists these days, but still plenty of customers at all the favorite spots along Nakamichi-doori.
“While we do not yet have results to report, it’s clear that three years of overbroad export controls fuelled America’s foreign competitors and cost US taxpayers billions of dollars,” Nvidia said.
www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
China is ‘rejecting’ Nvidia’s H200 chips, outfoxing US strategy, Sacks says
This comes as China weighs a package of incentives worth billions to support its chipmaking industry. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“While we do not yet have results to report, it’s clear that three years of overbroad export controls fuelled America’s foreign competitors and cost US taxpayers billions of dollars,” Nvidia said.
www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
That's far more information than I had to provide to become a Japanese citizen
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
That's far more information than I had to provide to become a Japanese citizen
TIL
「성괴（ソンケ）」とは、「整形怪物、サイボーグ」という意味の韓国語。
「성형괴물（ソンヒョンケムル）」の略語で、美容整形をしすぎてサイボーグ（改造人間）のようになってしまった人を指す言葉です。
ray-web.jp/517732
「성괴（ソンケ）」とは、「整形怪物、サイボーグ」という意味の韓国語。
「성형괴물（ソンヒョンケムル）」の略語で、美容整形をしすぎてサイボーグ（改造人間）のようになってしまった人を指す言葉です。
ray-web.jp/517732
「성괴（ソンケ）」の意味は？韓国ならではの言葉…！？【韓国語クイズ】
韓国語の日常フレーズを出題！クイズ形式で言葉を覚えて、韓国ドラマをもっと楽しもう。
ray-web.jp
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
TIL
「성괴（ソンケ）」とは、「整形怪物、サイボーグ」という意味の韓国語。
「성형괴물（ソンヒョンケムル）」の略語で、美容整形をしすぎてサイボーグ（改造人間）のようになってしまった人を指す言葉です。
ray-web.jp/517732
「성괴（ソンケ）」とは、「整形怪物、サイボーグ」という意味の韓国語。
「성형괴물（ソンヒョンケムル）」の略語で、美容整形をしすぎてサイボーグ（改造人間）のようになってしまった人を指す言葉です。
ray-web.jp/517732
"What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?"
Editing reel-to-reel tapes for broadcast by cutting and splicing
Editing reel-to-reel tapes for broadcast by cutting and splicing
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?"
Editing reel-to-reel tapes for broadcast by cutting and splicing
Editing reel-to-reel tapes for broadcast by cutting and splicing
"Russian oil exports in November were the lowest in recent years as western sanctions and a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted tankers and export terminals.... Moscow could face deeper structural constraints on its ability to sell cheap oil to global markets." www.ft.com/content/fe04...
Russia’s oil industry could suffer long-term damage from Ukrainian drone attacks
Higher insurance costs, western sanctions and damage to infrastructure could erode Russian profits
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Russian oil exports in November were the lowest in recent years as western sanctions and a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted tankers and export terminals.... Moscow could face deeper structural constraints on its ability to sell cheap oil to global markets." www.ft.com/content/fe04...
Solar users, who tend to be middle class, get hefty subsidies. "So, the middle-class electricity usage is being subsidized by the working class. The poor pay for the rich to heat their swimming pools, while the poor can’t even afford to keep their streetlights on."
gerrymcgovern.com/the-many-hid...
gerrymcgovern.com/the-many-hid...
The many hidden costs of solar
gerrymcgovern.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Solar users, who tend to be middle class, get hefty subsidies. "So, the middle-class electricity usage is being subsidized by the working class. The poor pay for the rich to heat their swimming pools, while the poor can’t even afford to keep their streetlights on."
gerrymcgovern.com/the-many-hid...
gerrymcgovern.com/the-many-hid...
Shopping today, I reached for a bottle of Dewars White (1400 yen+) when it seemed to slip from my hands. I frantically saved it from crashing to the floor. After paying for it along with my other stuff, I looked at the bottle and noticed it was a Suntory Chita (nearly 6000 yen) I'd actually bought.
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Shopping today, I reached for a bottle of Dewars White (1400 yen+) when it seemed to slip from my hands. I frantically saved it from crashing to the floor. After paying for it along with my other stuff, I looked at the bottle and noticed it was a Suntory Chita (nearly 6000 yen) I'd actually bought.
"While the liver produces a small amount of choline naturally, our daily recommended intake can be easily managed by eating eggs, fish, poultry, beans, and cruciferous vegetables."
www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-sur...
www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-sur...
There's a Surprising Link Between a Key Nutrient, Obesity, And Alzheimer's Risk
A combination of obesity and low levels of the nutrient choline could contribute to accelerated brain aging and potentially some early triggers of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, accor...
www.sciencealert.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"While the liver produces a small amount of choline naturally, our daily recommended intake can be easily managed by eating eggs, fish, poultry, beans, and cruciferous vegetables."
www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-sur...
www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-sur...
I walk through Kichijoji almost daily and see how many tourists flock to the area. Today it was as full of people as always, with long lines at the popular spots. No noticeable effect from the supposed drop in Chinese visitors. (I did hear some Russian being spoken, fwiw.)
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I walk through Kichijoji almost daily and see how many tourists flock to the area. Today it was as full of people as always, with long lines at the popular spots. No noticeable effect from the supposed drop in Chinese visitors. (I did hear some Russian being spoken, fwiw.)
Not me (don't like cilantro) but it's still a funny post
Does anyone else have the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap but still like the taste of cilantro anyway because soap tastes good? Or just me?
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Not me (don't like cilantro) but it's still a funny post
Source: The American Pictorial Home Book, or Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia, by Mrs. Harriet Almaria Baker Suddoth, 1883
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Source: The American Pictorial Home Book, or Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia, by Mrs. Harriet Almaria Baker Suddoth, 1883
Best multicolumn interfaces
(1) X-Pro
(2) Mastodon advanced interface
(3) Deck:Blue (Bluesky 3rd party)
(4) Threads
(1) X-Pro
(2) Mastodon advanced interface
(3) Deck:Blue (Bluesky 3rd party)
(4) Threads
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Best multicolumn interfaces
(1) X-Pro
(2) Mastodon advanced interface
(3) Deck:Blue (Bluesky 3rd party)
(4) Threads
(1) X-Pro
(2) Mastodon advanced interface
(3) Deck:Blue (Bluesky 3rd party)
(4) Threads
Japan's ag minister needs some work to fix that hayseed look. Here is one attempt (right). An improvement?
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Japan's ag minister needs some work to fix that hayseed look. Here is one attempt (right). An improvement?
Reposted by Wataru Tenkawa
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
"The man answering questions is a member of the infamous Wei family, one of several powerful mafia groups that for years operated with impunity in Myanmar's border town of Laukkaing. His confession forms one part of a months-long propaganda push by Chinese officials."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down
Myanmar's scam clans are being brought to justice in the full glare of Chinese state TV.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"The man answering questions is a member of the infamous Wei family, one of several powerful mafia groups that for years operated with impunity in Myanmar's border town of Laukkaing. His confession forms one part of a months-long propaganda push by Chinese officials."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"The new automated system automatically approved machine-translated content with only a 72-hour window for human review. As a result, more than 300 Knowledge Base articles were overwritten on the production server" tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Japanese Volunteer Translators Quit After Mozilla Begins Using Translation Bot - Slashdot
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from Linuxiac:
The Japanese branch of Mozilla's Support Mozilla (SUMO) community — responsible for localizing and maintaining Japanese-lan...
tech.slashdot.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"The new automated system automatically approved machine-translated content with only a 72-hour window for human review. As a result, more than 300 Knowledge Base articles were overwritten on the production server" tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Post you from a different era.
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Post you from a different era.
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
Lots of sky pictures this evening and for good reason. Why are mine pinker than the others I've seen? (These were right around 5 PM in Musashino-shi, Tokyo.)
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lots of sky pictures this evening and for good reason. Why are mine pinker than the others I've seen? (These were right around 5 PM in Musashino-shi, Tokyo.)
"European tour guides who spoke to CNN said that one way they can tell Americans apart is how loud they are." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work
Claims of “flag jacking” go back to at least the Vietnam War
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"European tour guides who spoke to CNN said that one way they can tell Americans apart is how loud they are." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
If you need another reason to root for the Jays… porterdavis.tumblr.com/post/7987728...
It seemed like a good idea at the time...
If you need another reason to root for the Jays...
porterdavis.tumblr.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If you need another reason to root for the Jays… porterdavis.tumblr.com/post/7987728...
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 tweetsoku.news/2025/10/21/1...
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 | Tweeter BreakingＮews－ツイッ速！
1: 昆虫図鑑 ★ 2025/10/21(火) 10:36:01.79 ID:5GFg48z8 自民党の高市早苗総裁は、衆院議員に初当選した翌年の平成6年10月12日の衆院予算委員会で、当時所属していた自由改革連合を代表して質問に立った。村...
tweetsoku.news
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 tweetsoku.news/2025/10/21/1...
"Believe it or not — provided you are 18, have been in Japan for five years, have the means to support yourself and can speak and read Japanese at an intermediate level — getting Japanese citizenship is not as onerous as one might think." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
It may be adequate for some residents’ purposes, but when the chips are down, many will be shocked at just how few protections it offers.
www.japantimes.co.jp
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Believe it or not — provided you are 18, have been in Japan for five years, have the means to support yourself and can speak and read Japanese at an intermediate level — getting Japanese citizenship is not as onerous as one might think." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...