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#08 豊山長谷寺 Hasedera #西国三十三所 Beautiful ...

2026-04-02T01:56:09Z

#08 豊山長谷寺 Hasedera
#西国三十三所
Beautiful anytime of the year.

welcome to the USA where all the scam letters look official and ...

2026-03-29T01:55:39Z

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welcome to the USA where all the scam letters look official and getting anything of substance from the government is unheard of.

二上山 and a 20m tall 観音 from India. ...

2026-03-26T02:00:18Z

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二上山 and a 20m tall 観音 from India.

#06 壺阪山南法華寺 Minami Hokke-ji (Tsubosakadera) ...

2026-03-26T01:27:20Z

#06 壺阪山南法華寺
Minami Hokke-ji (Tsubosakadera)
#西国三十三所

One of the more impressive temple complexes on this route. A place to pray for eyesight or relief for eye problems. Also has a lot of stone statuary from India on display.

太龍寺 Tairyū-ji #21 #四国八十八ヶ所 Lovely hike up. ...

2026-03-24T04:26:28Z

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太龍寺
Tairyū-ji
#21
#四国八十八ヶ所

Lovely hike up. This is one of the places where the temple itself is quite beautiful but all the gardens, trees, other buildings and just nature in general are so beautiful. You can realize very quickly why this was a special place and why a temple was built here.

And with this I've finished all the temples in 徳島. Next trip here will probably be walking the 室戸岬 again to being visiting the temples in 高知 or perhaps go back to 愛媛.

I've got 400m ⬆️ to go according to the pain chart. But ...

2026-03-24T02:56:15Z

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I've got 400m ⬆️ to go according to the pain chart. But that's ok because it's super beautiful.

Made it to the bridge. Now time to climb another 500m mountain. ...

2026-03-24T02:30:47Z

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Made it to the bridge. Now time to climb another 500m mountain.

This is one of those landscapes that makes living in Japan so ...

2026-03-24T02:02:49Z

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This is one of those landscapes that makes living in Japan so amazing to me. Yea I miss the desert, but views like this make up for that.

鶴林寺 Kakurin-ji #20 #四国八十八ヶ所 The hike up ...

2026-03-24T01:14:30Z

鶴林寺
Kakurin-ji
#20
#四国八十八ヶ所
The hike up wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Now to go back down the mountain and up another one.

Beautiful temple here also. Well worth the effort.

I see how the Dems are just waiting for fall elections. I get ...

2026-03-23T11:59:43Z

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I see how the Dems are just waiting for fall elections. I get that they have little in terms of legal ability to stop this, but, at the same time, they are not even projecting defiance. My Senator (Kelly) is posting some very mid lib coded stuff. It's popcorn: all calories no nutrition. Seeing some pushback against Schumer is good but it seems, once more, the USA, is grasping at mediocracy.

Benny has the blackmail on him, but he's still figuring out a ...

2026-03-23T11:31:25Z

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Benny has the blackmail on him, but he's still figuring out a way to pull a profit.

oh shit

2026-03-23T11:15:43Z

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oh shit

Land of the free where you need a clear plastic bag to enter a ...

2026-03-14T12:14:49Z

Land of the free where you need a clear plastic bag to enter a fucking book festival because guns/crime/terrorism.

So bloody stupid.

https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/events/article_a9385da5-52e8-4773-9ec6-f78e4164dab8.html

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2026-03-09T13:02:39Z

Everyone is on GLP-1.

Slow cooked intestines and tofu in 静岡県沼津市. CW: ...

2026-03-09T12:04:36Z

Slow cooked intestines and tofu in 静岡県沼津市.

CW: ホルモン

Bitchin' tree bra.🤙 ...

2026-03-09T07:05:36Z

Bitchin' tree bra.🤙

¥2700 Itoen glass bottle tea. 「あしくぼ」 ...

2026-03-02T08:21:51Z

¥2700 Itoen glass bottle tea.
「あしくぼ」
甘い、苦い、コクある。
It's OK.

Himeji is endless ...

2026-02-26T04:52:05Z

Himeji is endless

hiking up and down. The ropeway is temporarily closed so it's ...

2026-02-26T02:33:51Z

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hiking up and down. The ropeway is temporarily closed so it's super quiet up here.

Himeji city And Japan's smallest 池 ...

2026-02-26T01:14:58Z

Himeji city
And
Japan's smallest 池

Marie Kondo was "too foreign" for the Harris/Walz ...

2026-02-24T12:22:33Z

Marie Kondo was "too foreign" for the Harris/Walz campaign. No wonder they fuckin lost. They deserved to lose given their incompetence.

Edit: these might be fake, but that campaign was so shitty I wouldn't be surprised if it is real.

Here's the hike I did on Thursday. It was the stupidest hike ...

2026-02-21T02:42:39Z

Here's the hike I did on Thursday. It was the stupidest hike I've done in years. I really could have used a machete. I was never lost, but I couldn't find a fucking marked trail most of the time.

Looking forward to doing another stupid hike in 2027.

https://www.yamareco.com/modules/yamareco/detail-9310062.html

There's a great article about コンビニトイレ in the ...

2026-02-20T12:25:59Z

There's a great article about コンビニトイレ in the print edition of the 毎日新聞 today worth checking out.

I've had it in NZ once along with some raw milk cheese. Both ...

2026-02-19T22:06:47Z

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I've had it in NZ once along with some raw milk cheese. Both were yummy but nothing insanely good. However the advocates are pretty crazy. One step removed from the Miracle Mineral Solution people in my mind. It's not some magical drink, it's milk.

loosing the raw milk contingent

2026-02-19T13:39:10Z

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loosing the raw milk contingent

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2026-02-19T12:33:53Z

I got political on the other feed

西国26番一乗寺→書写郵便局前バス停 Walked about ...

2026-02-16T09:52:06Z

西国26番一乗寺→書写郵便局前バス停
Walked about 20km in about 5hrs today to connect Ichijyō-ji (Saikoku #26) to the base of Shoshazan where the next temple is. The ropeway we expected to ride down the hill was closed for repairs and we would have had to rush up the mountain to get to the temple before the stamping office closed so it was a shorter, easier walk today. Next hike will be up and down the mountain then we'll begin the long walk to cross Honshū.
#西国三十三所

春 is 咲くing ...

2026-02-15T05:09:38Z

春 is 咲くing

Amagasaki shopping street shutters make good phone wallpapers ...

2026-02-15T04:51:17Z

Amagasaki shopping street shutters make good phone wallpapers

Annnnnnd almost killed by a Prius driver in front of my ...

2026-02-06T12:35:51Z

Annnnnnd almost killed by a Prius driver in front of my apartment.

My daughter thought you all would think this is interesting. ...

2026-02-03T04:29:42Z

My daughter thought you all would think this is interesting.

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2026-01-31T11:58:48Z

There are ads for the stupid ass Melania movie on Japanese tv.

If only I was so lucky that my hometown's mascot was a tanuki ...

2026-01-28T04:20:53Z

If only I was so lucky that my hometown's mascot was a tanuki with long balls who held his dick and pissed on the beach.

When I die bury me in ４区２０号 ...

2026-01-25T05:40:34Z

When I die bury me in ４区２０号

Yes. Spray strength up to 11 plz ...

2026-01-18T02:30:39Z

Yes. Spray strength up to 11 plz

秋田大学鉱業博物館 Akita Univ. Mineral Industry Museum ...

2026-01-16T04:15:09Z

秋田大学鉱業博物館
Akita Univ. Mineral Industry Museum

Very cool museum with a ton of beautiful samples from around the world. Even some from North Korea and some rare earth mud from MinamiToriShima, the most southern point of Japan.

The name of the Morioka Station shopping mall, フェザン, has ...

2026-01-14T03:10:59Z

The name of the Morioka Station shopping mall, フェザン, has diacritics over the English name. In Japanese for some consonant+vowel combination sounds adding a ゛to the character changes the consonant. In this case the s→z so サ(sa)→ザ(za).
The name written as "Fes゛an" would be read "Fezan"
Would a random tourist understand how to read this? Probably not. If anything it's a good language teaching opportunity (like this post). Personally, I think it's fun!
#languagelearning #linguistics #Japanese

This is by far the weirdest ramen I've had. Kimchi, natto, ...

2026-01-13T11:11:33Z

This is by far the weirdest ramen I've had.
Kimchi, natto, moyashi, rare cheese and a raw egg extra.

Tugaru Railway【津軽鉄道】has a train car with coal burning ...

2026-01-11T05:46:50Z

Tugaru Railway【津軽鉄道】has a train car with coal burning stoves in it. Sadly the cars aren't running right now due to a coupling incident. However, they do have the stove car open and the stoves going with Nihon-shu and surume for sale. The lovely staff there will grill the surume on the stoves for you. You can still ride the line in the normal diesel cars, which are also fabulous.
#乗り鉄

I did the local currency or accept the conversion offered by the ...

2026-01-11T01:10:19Z

I did the local currency or accept the conversion offered by the ATM at a 711 ATM in Hakodate using my American credit union ATM card.
I pulled out 50,000 JPY plus a 220 JPY ATM use fee.

To pull out 50,220 JPY

**711/Visa offered me
Rate: 151.0716
Commission 4%
Total 332.43 USD

**Pulling out JPY my bank
Rate: Unk
International use fee 3.19 USD
320.28 USD
Total 323.37

So with all fees included using the LOCAL CURRENCY and your own bank's rate was 9.06 USD CHEAPER

Current Wise rate 157.925

Lucky Clown is like shitty DomDom with a side of Elvis. ...

2026-01-10T08:41:19Z

Lucky Clown is like shitty DomDom with a side of Elvis.

The mouth of the 市川. ...

2026-01-06T08:36:14Z

The mouth of the 市川.

it is the best udon in Japan tho. However I go to Kagawa for the ...

2026-01-03T04:49:23Z

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it is the best udon in Japan tho. However I go to Kagawa for the chicken instead.

it's amazing how quickly it's been

2026-01-02T02:14:18Z

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it's amazing how quickly it's been

They have some fried chicken thing now. But, I never get their ...

2026-01-01T08:09:47Z

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They have some fried chicken thing now. But, I never get their chicken. I'm a sucker for their hamburgers that seem to haven't changed in flavour since the 70's. Coffee is still good.

Staff still call out orders in English.

DomDom is the first and the best. ...

2026-01-01T07:41:41Z

DomDom is the first and the best.

Also, a public postal banking system is something direly needed ...

2025-12-30T15:56:31Z

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Also, a public postal banking system is something direly needed in the USA. Please support these banks when you are out of the USA.

ATM fees in Japan are much cheaper than in any other country ...

2025-12-30T15:25:31Z

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ATM fees in Japan are much cheaper than in any other country I've visited. in the USA $4 is normal if not cheap. in Japan its 200jpy or less. unless your using some scammy ATM. stick with the Conbini or, the best option, the post office.

If you use a non Japanese ATM card at the 711 conbini ATMs, they ...

2025-12-30T14:21:31Z

If you use a non Japanese ATM card at the 711 conbini ATMs, they will give you this scam question. ALWAYS use the currency your card is based in!

If you have a Japanese credit card or ATM/debit card and you're using it abroad... Choose JPY. If you have an American based credit card and you're using it in Japan or any other country, always choose USD.

#scam #travel #atm #creditcards

ATM company reacted to our videos (worse than you think)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-jRwDYx0PZk&si=pIZ9H5hjfUYXCJEE

SHOPPING is POWER The only agency you have is your consumer ...

2025-12-30T05:16:33Z

SHOPPING is POWER

The only agency you have is your consumer decisions. Enjoy.

Come and invade us from 山陽姫路 or 近鉄奈良. And now ...

2025-12-30T05:01:06Z

Come and invade us from 山陽姫路 or 近鉄奈良.

And now time for some #japanesehistory

The "miya" (宮) in Nishinomiya (西宮) isn't Nishinomiya Shrine (西宮神社) dispite it being much more famous now. The "miya" 宮 is actually Hirota Shrine (廣田神社) that's up in the hills in the Taisha (大社) area of town. There's a pilgrimage route connecting Ise Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮) to Hirota Shrine even and I've seen signs in Nara Prefecture marking that path.

I always get the 三河 stuff on personal recommendation from ...

2025-12-20T01:50:07Z

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I always get the 三河 stuff on personal recommendation from OsakaKitchen, but that looks really good too.

now your example pulls too far the other way where I begin to ...

2025-12-18T14:25:01Z

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now your example pulls too far the other way where I begin to worry that the child is lacking in socialization (for better or worse) and a sense of place and being. The latter is often brought up for half Asian children not feeling either, in my case for example, American or Japanese. This leads to a very postmodern problem of being that is not at all exemplified in media nor well understood by monocultural educators (not their fault of course).

yes! A country where mom and dad are also basically non-fluent

2025-12-18T13:59:04Z

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yes! A country where mom and dad are also basically non-fluent

What would you learn more from: a year of 8th grade education or ...

2025-12-18T13:44:14Z

What would you learn more from: a year of 8th grade education or 2 weeks in Europe?

(For a non European of course, first trip to Europe)

I'll think about it after I get out of the bath

2025-12-16T03:15:50Z

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I'll think about it after I get out of the bath

Yuba curry... Sounds interesting. Blue curry...Hard pass! ...

2025-12-16T03:07:50Z

Yuba curry... Sounds interesting.
Blue curry...Hard pass!

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2025-12-13T00:12:00Z

BBC World is doing Japanese eat KFC for Christmas... again.

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2025-12-11T08:14:30Z

京都の銭湯行きたい、でも京都バリめんどい。

There's a bird in the bathroom ...

2025-12-09T03:23:42Z

There's a bird in the bathroom

大阪府羽曳野市 #weirdcartmastodon ...

2025-12-09T01:29:50Z

大阪府羽曳野市
#weirdcartmastodon

Typical Osaka 外人 ...

2025-12-02T11:47:34Z

Typical Osaka 外人

I WANT! 💦

2025-11-27T02:00:56Z

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I WANT! 💦

Beautiful day on the river ...

2025-11-21T02:56:59Z

Beautiful day on the river

I got my flu and COVID shot for free (with proof of insurance) in ...

2025-11-20T22:36:59Z

I got my flu and COVID shot for free (with proof of insurance) in the USA. And I got a nice coupon to use at the UnitedHealthcare run drugstore I got jabbed at. While the system is entirely evil, it's a good policy to give out vax like flu and COVID for as cheap as possible. I'm sure the cost of the illness is greater on the economy than the cost of the vaccines. It's stupid that Japan doesn't do the same.

At least there's something I can brag about the absurd USA healthcare system 🙃

Top floor corner room. Awesome I needed to put some steps in. ...

2025-11-07T05:27:48Z

Top floor corner room. Awesome I needed to put some steps in.

Pinto McBean ...

2025-11-03T22:16:15Z

Pinto McBean

Quite possibly my favorite supermarket in the USA ...

2025-10-28T00:39:16Z

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Quite possibly my favorite supermarket in the USA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fa7bZrMqhJ4EQZC86

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2025-10-27T23:08:10Z

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赤唐辛子

Hatch NM ...

2025-10-27T22:50:45Z

Hatch NM

It's been a photogenic rain event. ...

2025-10-23T00:53:34Z

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It's been a photogenic rain event.

#clouds Looks like those deep space pictures. ...

2025-10-23T00:40:25Z

#clouds
Looks like those deep space pictures.

Fucking #Tucson drivers! I gave the sliver Ford a bunch of space ...

2025-10-16T22:54:47Z

Fucking #Tucson drivers! I gave the sliver Ford a bunch of space to get in. Then, I begin to slowly get into center of the lane AS THE DASHED LINE HAS ENDED. At that time this lady speeds up to get in front of me and push me out of the lane and off the road. See in the end of the video where I tag on the rear camera footage how she speeds up. Why? We are all going to be stuck in a line behind the truck that was in front of me with the trailer.

https://youtu.be/-U9wrOkDNyw

Look at this bullshit. ...

2025-10-15T03:11:26Z

Look at this bullshit.

Douglas is a "borderlands" town. These political lines ...

2025-10-11T02:14:14Z

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Douglas is a "borderlands" town. These political lines are arbitrary. As much as politicians want, they cannot control the ebbs and flows of nature.

This beautiful old church was the victim of Christian on ...

2025-10-11T00:58:26Z

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This beautiful old church was the victim of Christian on Christian violence that no one seems to want to talk about.
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/sentence-handed-down-in-douglas-church-arson-case

Douglas, #Arizona ...

2025-10-11T00:53:02Z

Douglas, #Arizona

never heard of Texas Pete. Being in AZ means we get so many to ...

2025-10-06T23:39:11Z

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never heard of Texas Pete. Being in AZ means we get so many to choose from, it's not surprising I haven't.

60 sachets of quality hot sauce for US$3. Yes please! This is ...

2025-10-06T18:43:29Z

60 sachets of quality hot sauce for US$3. Yes please! This is going back to Japan. Good for おみやげ and personal use.

16km. Nice. ...

2025-10-03T02:48:50Z

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16km. Nice.

Back in 'merika. ...

2025-10-02T23:47:39Z

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Back in 'merika.

Early dinner. Mole chicken. ...

2025-10-02T22:35:14Z

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Early dinner. Mole chicken.

One of my favorite things about 2600 back in the day was the ...

2025-10-02T22:31:45Z

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One of my favorite things about 2600 back in the day was the international payphone pics on the back cover.

Alto, supermarket time. ...

2025-10-02T22:30:53Z

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Alto, supermarket time.

I rode my bike to Mexico (from Columbus, NM). ...

2025-10-02T22:29:58Z

I rode my bike to Mexico (from Columbus, NM).

Sacramento public transportation is pretty good despite having no ...

2025-09-07T04:10:19Z

Sacramento public transportation is pretty good despite having no easy access to the CALExpo site. My transit cost was USD $7 versus driving and parking for USD $15 plus gas.

Also booze🍺

#publictransport
#california
#sacramento

I need to get a clear bag now. Clear Bag Policy - Cal Expo ...

2025-09-05T07:14:43Z

I need to get a clear bag now.

Clear Bag Policy - Cal Expo
https://calexpo.com/clear-bag-policy/

Tonight's campsite ...

2025-09-04T02:52:50Z

Tonight's campsite

simulacra camera

2025-08-29T23:41:24Z

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simulacra camera

that's a great idea. I might try it out next time I get a new ...

2025-08-26T22:16:01Z

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that's a great idea. I might try it out next time I get a new lappy.

🛤️Basic info 🚆421 Texas Eagle (Chicago to Los Angeles) ...

2025-08-26T22:14:42Z

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🛤️Basic info
🚆421 Texas Eagle (Chicago to Los Angeles)
🚆Departed Chicago at 2pm on Tuesday
🚆Arrives in Tucson at 7pm on Thursday
🚆Two nights
🚆Meals provided
🚆Snacks and drinks extra

🛤️My "Bedroom"
🚆Private shower/toilet
🚆Sleeps 2 (bunk bed)
#乗り鉄 #列車 #trains #鉄道

On the train to Tucson. ...

2025-08-26T20:01:14Z

On the train to Tucson.

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2025-08-19T02:38:46Z

'merica

Having different booze at a different restaurant. Can't ...

2025-08-06T01:54:49Z

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Having different booze at a different restaurant. Can't remember what was in this, but it's great. 🍹

I got 🤏 close from ordering* a Brewdog product. Having a ...

2025-08-06T00:45:14Z

I got 🤏 close from ordering* a Brewdog product. Having a Manhattan instead

*Edit: By mistake. The name of the beer was interesting, "Cold Beer", so I searched for it.

"During these five years, the foreign population in the ...

2025-07-21T08:32:28Z

"During these five years, the foreign population in the prefecture increased by 27%, yet the number of recognized Penal Code offenses has decreased since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic."

Immigrants do less crime. Same in the USA.

Upper house race candidates call for controls on foreigners near Tokyo, ignoring reality - The Mainichi
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250718/p2a/00m/0na/030000c

A 30 year old guy killed his 60 year old mom just down the ...

2025-07-16T01:33:54Z

A 30 year old guy killed his 60 year old mom just down the street. Ack.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kobe/20250716/2020029160.html

Very typical Japanese landscape ...

2025-07-03T05:00:57Z

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Very typical Japanese landscape

Some cooling vibes for ya all on this hot afternoon. 12.5km left ...

2025-07-03T04:54:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…tzew
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Some cooling vibes for ya all on this hot afternoon.

12.5km left to go!
https://youtube.com/shorts/7WlpPcyifyc?si=mvXo-vgIahgJdJhj

Happy noon. It's 37.5℃ according to my watch and the sweat ...

2025-07-03T03:03:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…ty9t
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Happy noon.

It's 37.5℃ according to my watch and the sweat pouring from my skin.

I've got ~18km to go.