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🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Teeth 🍯 🦎 @icicleteeth.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sweets and sushi for Dream 🍨
#ffxiv #foodposting

A sketch of various sweets (tri color dango, multi scoop ice cream, and macarons) and dragon roll sushi.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare was the other bright factor but now the GOP has destroyed it.

Tweet from Bryce Greene reads: “Knew the economy was bad and fake but this is really just insane.” Below is a tweet from spike with the headline: “Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says.”

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 2d

A black and white lop-eared bunny sits on a soft blanket next to small pumpkins. The background shows plaid pumpkin decorations.

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 2d

How fiendishly delightful! 🎃

All Saints' Wake returns to FFXIV on Friday, October 17! 🦇 sqex.to/nhS63

Concept artwork for Final Fantasy 14's All Saints' Wake 2025 seasonal event. The artwork features several characters posed ready for battle with their weapons drawn towards a mandragora wearing a jack-o-lantern head and witch's hat in front of a spooky forest under a full moon. From left to right, a Tonawawta with short light gray hair in sleeveless red attire; a Tonawawta with short dark gray hair wearing a blue jacket and orange scarf; a Shetona with short dark hair and glasses wielding a bow; a Hhetsarro with dark hair holding a shield with red patterns; and a Mamool Ja holding her hands near her mouth.

🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday!

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Kenza @kenzamaka.sheath.church · 28d

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chupabara.bsky.social @chupabara.bsky.social · 4d

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 4d

A brown and dark gray bunny wearing a pink cowboy hat with a silver star sits on a plush purple blanket.

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Mamono World @mamonoworld.bsky.social · 4d

Vector if he was ballin

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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 4d

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 6d

WOW....👀👀👀

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queef eternal @gregparser.bsky.social · Feb 14

i was asked to repost this one too #ffxiv

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Japan Media Review @japan-media-review.bsky.social · 5d

Bizarre thing about “Japan-lovers” as observed by a Japan content creator

Full post on Patreon for unpaid members
www.patreon.com/posts/140679...

As a content creator who focuses on showcasing how the Japanese media criticizes problems in Japan, I have noticed a bizarre trend among a subset of my viewers. This subset of viewers simply cannot comprehend the idea that it’s possible for Japanese people to criticize Japan. They are so trapped by the “Japan vs foreigner” paradigm that they just cannot accept that criticism of Japan can stem from Japanese sources. They completely dismiss the Japanese sources I cite since they have no way of interacting with Japanese sources that are critical of Japan. In their worldview, all criticism of Japan must stem from foreigner perspectives that misrepresent Japanese culture; you cannot have a meaningful discussion with them about Japanese criticism of Japan since their mind simply cannot bend that way.

While I can just dismiss these viewers as delusional weebs, I see these viewers as representative of some deeper problems in how Japan is perceived in Western circles.

1) “Don’t judge Japan with Western standards”

Some Westerners think Japan cannot be judged by Western standards and assume that all attempts to measure Japan in Western standards are foreigners misunderstanding Japan. While I understand that Westerners want to be open-minded to other cultures and refrain from judging other cultures with Western standards, this mentality itself is a Western bias. If you watch enough Japanese media, you’d notice that the Japanese media uses Western standards to judge Japan all the time. In fact, Japan in general judges itself with Western standards all the time. You can see an example of this in my video “Japanese Women Speak Out About Their Reality”, which is about the Japanese media criticizing Japan for lagging behind in global gender equality metrics. Many viewers were outraged by this video since it uses a Western standard of gender equality to judge Japan. However, what they neglect is that this is literally Japan using a Western standard to judge itself, so it’s actually an authentic Japanese perspective.

If your interpretation of Japan is free of any Western standard, then your interpretation of Japan would just completely differ from Japan’s interpretation of Japan. Your interpretation would only make sense to other Westerners who share your Western mentality of “I must not impose Western standards on other cultures.”

2) “It’s a feature, not a bug”

Since my content discusses many problems in Japan as discussed in the Japanese media, I always get comments from Japan-lovers who try to rationalize the problems as beautiful unique features of Japanese culture. Even as real Japanese people criticize these problems as problems, Japan-lovers insist on seeing them as beautiful unique features that don’t need to be criticized. Some of these Japan-lovers would even accuse those who criticize the problems as “not understanding Japanese culture,” despite the fact that I’m literally citing Japanese sources that criticize the problems. To these Japan-lovers, any criticism of Japan necessarily stems from an imperfect understanding of Japanese culture, even if the criticism is literally made by real Japanese people. This makes you wonder, why can’t real Japanese people just love Japan as much as these Japan-lovers? Why do real Japanese people keep complaining about these beautiful unique features of Japanese culture? Maybe Japan-lovers should open classes to teach real Japanese people about how to achieve an accurate understanding of Japanese culture.

The most notorious examples of this can be found in the comment section of my video “Dark Reality of Life in Rural Japan”. The video is about Japanese people complaining about how suffocating and xenophobic rural communities in Japan can be. Despite seeing real Japanese people complaining about this problem, many Japan-lovers kindly pointed out that these are simply misunderstandings of Japanese culture; if these real Japanese people understood Japanese culture as well as these Japan-lovers, they would not have these problems in rural Japan.

Obviously, seeing real Japanese people complaining about a problem in Japan and immediately rushing to the conclusion that the criticism is due to not understanding Japanese culture doesn't make any sense. What this reflects is that many Japan-loving Westerners genuinely cannot comprehend the idea that criticism of Japan can stem from authentic Japanese perspectives and voices. They just don't know how to interpret the information my channel outputs, so they end up reacting in a way that makes no sense. This obviously reflects many deeper problems in Western representations and understanding of Japan, and I look forward to your explanations =)

P.S. My Patreon has all my writings AND many more videos than my YouTube channel! You can join fore free!
https://www.patreon.com/JapanMediaReview

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chomiakofficial.bsky.social @chomiakofficial.bsky.social · 6d

Colossally bad timing for BlueSky to brag when you’re under fire for banning progressive accounts.

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zach 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🐈 @lim3gr33n.bsky.social · 6d

fix your moderation, get a new ceo, and stop banning trans and black people for criticizing you.

🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 6d

chao moving his mouf when he wants me to feed him for the 10 billionth time today (starving)

a young man wearing a white t-shirt is making a funny face with his mouth open .

ALT: a young man wearing a white t-shirt is making a funny face with his mouth open .

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🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 6d

what did chao mean by this?

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 6d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

Rep. Ted Lieu is so good at this.

The image is an X post by Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu
) from 3 hours ago, with the caption "Hmmm... weird." The post includes a meme with three panels. The first panel, labeled "Republicans when they have to vote on the Epstein files," shows an empty hallway with an American flag. The second panel, labeled "Republicans when there's a government shutdown," shows an empty conference room. The third panel, labeled "Republicans when it's time to cut taxes for billionaires," shows a group of people clapping and cheering.

🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 6d

oh my god...udon is so good

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The REAL Texas Paul @paulsrockinbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

Opt-out. You can decline this Agreement to Arbitrate-and no other provision of these terms-by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, Discord also will not be bound by it and there shall be no arbitration agreement existing between you and Discord, whether under these or prior arbitration provisions. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you may exercise your right to a trial by jury or judge, as permitted by applicable law, but any prior existing agreement to arbitrate Disputes will not apply to claims not yet filed. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you will not be opting out of any other provision of these terms and you agree to be bound by all other provisions of these terms, which shall remain in effect as allowable by law

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Mamono World @mamonoworld.bsky.social · 7d

fire fox

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Combos & Doodles @combosdoodles.bsky.social · 7d

Paleo Sunday: Callichimaera

🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 7d

Idgaf what anyone says, Amy Palant is the goat Tails voice imo

🍯🥞#TeamLokiロキ推し @adreameternity.bsky.social · 7d

Other victims ✌🏾😔

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 7d

this is the photo in the "absurdity" article on Danish Wikipedia ("A rabbit with a waffle. On the head")

En kanin med en vaffel. På hovedet.