Like how KFC is associated with American Christmas in Japan?

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christmas-in-japan

Pizza was the coveted flavor because kids = love pizza. But it was so bad. And you had to convince yourself that the rectangle of cardboard “crust”, the cold sauce packet and unmelted shredded cheese product were just absolutely making your day, because this is a treat. I will enjoy this. My friends are envious. Today is a good day.

You get 8, evenly spaced holidays per year and they have nothing to do with Blue Eyed Jesus OR capitalism!! And they work just fine if you’re an atheist, you can just celebrate the Earth’s relative position to the sun.

Add the full moons and you’re never far from a holiday.

I’ve started using the Celtic calendar to mark the seasons. I don’t have kids or a summer break, so it just helps avoid frustration at the weather. It fits better with the seasons where I live. It puts the solstices and equinoxes as the “peak” of the season instead of the beginning of the season like US calendars do. This is closer to how the weather works where I live in California.

Summer starts in the beginning of May (Beltane/May Day), peaks in June on the longest day of the year (Midsummer/Litha/Summer Solstice) and ends in the beginning of August (Lughnasadh/Lamas/First Harvest).

This also means that Christmas/Winter Solstice/Yule is peak winter, not the “first day of winter” which always seemed stupid to me, and Halloween is the closing of Fall.

Ew.

That’s really neat, thanks for explaining!

OH, I get it. The pick up price is the purchase price. That’s pretty clever. Does that mean the trash collectors have to pick every bag up by hand and glance at the contents? How many categories of trash/bag are there?

Interesting! Does the curbside program bill you by weight as well? That sounds labor intensive, compared to here where you just rent the $small, $$medium or $$$large bin and pay quarterly regardless of use. And recycling and composting are free.

That is neat! But since it charges you to put things in, wouldn’t that encourage people to just throw their food in the trash? Or is that discouraged somehow?

The county I live in (Northern California) requires that household food waste go into the curbside compost bin, or home compost. They do random checks to make sure you haven’t put any food in the landfill bin and you can get a fine.

It gets turned into compost for landscaping, along with the yard waste, not food though.

Why is this little shit head continuing to make headlines? Are we that hard up for news? Jesus.

Nice photo though.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/politics/biden-greeting-freed-prisoners.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/politics/biden-greeting-freed-prisoners.html

A Triumphant Biden Welcomes 3 Freed Americans Home

A Biden aide hailed a complicated prisoner swap as an act of “vintage Joe Biden” diplomacy. As he greeted freed Americans, the president seemed intent on showing the world what that meant.

The former Marine poked his head out of the jet and then lifted his hand in salute. The Wall Street Journal reporter greeted his waiting colleagues with a wide grin and open arms. The Russian American editor rushed into the arms of her sobbing daughter.

In the middle of the emotional scene that unfolded on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews late Thursday was President Biden. Hours earlier, Mr. Biden had triumphantly announced that his administration’s diplomatic efforts had secured the release of three American prisoners held by Russia. Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva deplaned and were greeted by cheers, applause and family members.

Yes but Michael Phelps took them all 😞

The DNC and RNC aren’t legally bound by the rules they made for themselves. There have been lawsuits in the last 8 years that have established that. They can both do what ever the fuck they want as long as they don’t piss off the really big donors.

That’s not how the bot works.

Yesterday during women’s volleyball (Czech Republic vs USA) an American announcer said “Czechoslov……. Czechia…” I haven’t heard anyone upset about it yet, but I was expecting to.

Definitely less offensive than being chatty about “ladies and their silly lady habits lololol!”

“Don’t shit where you eat prepare food.”

Presidents today have never made any gestures toward amending that bit in the 13 amendment that still allows for slavery with extra steps. Even the ones that won a Nobel peace prize.

I would take Camachomania over Trumpomania any day. Any. Fucking. Day.