Eric Platon (ic)

TIL for some butterfly species, blood type can be understood with wing patterns.

• 0 replies
• 0 recasts
• 1 reaction

The JP government announced changes that will authorise selling weapons. So long pacifism. But I can’t help thinking that selling weapons is also—or more—an economic move. 30 years of sluggish economy addressed only via macroeconomic maneuvers a la quantitative easing, and typical neoliberal recipes like privatisations. When out of ideas, fall back to selling weapons.

• 2 replies
• 0 recasts
• 4 reactions

TIL “Alpine divorce”. What a horrible way to get rid of someone in your life.

• 0 replies
• 0 recasts
• 1 reaction

“You can’t API your way into sovereignty.” Good one from good friend Ilya, with concise detail on “sovereign AI” in Japan. Substack link only, apo: https://ikulyatin.substack.com/p/sovereign-ai-and-japans-resilience

• 0 replies
• 4 recasts
• 27 reactions

Oh ho, rumors that Japan is discussing removing the permanent visa status, and getting hard on immigration. Rumors, and HR departments asking people to share their exact status, etc. Highly qualified colleague (HB-1 like) whose 5-year visa renewal has become one year despite marriage and child. New government alright. But the mood is different this time.

• 7 replies
• 2 recasts
• 25 reactions

Often heard what looks like malice can easily be incompetence. Modern times are more what looks like incompetence can easily be corruption.

• 2 replies
• 0 recasts
• 13 reactions

End of Models of Consciousness 2025. A great time with a high density of sharp and passionate people, from so many walks of life. Talks will be online soon on the YouTube channel. Expect models, Basho and Jikaku, Buddhism, Animism and spirits and magic, as well as quantum cognition and several flavours of category/sheaf theory.

• 2 replies
• 2 recasts
• 6 reactions