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Matt @dattmay@mastodon.cloud

Almost lunchtime for me, what's on the menu for you today? :spaghetti:

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In the Yahoo news.JP, mastodon became an article.
From now on, Japanese will be interested and will participate

ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใฎๅ…ฅๅŠ›ใฏ้›ฃใ—ใ„

Guess I now know why it easily takes people years and years to fully grasp the language!

Honestly wishing I could be in Japan right now. I have so much curiosity for everything Japanese, probably stemming from my partial Japanese heritage, and learning the language only compounds my frustration in never having visited.

Next year, I will be going to Japan next year so help me! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

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@dattmay when say ไธŠใ’ใ‚‹, someone move it up. saying ไธŠใŒใ‚‹, something (or someone) goes up by itself.
we can say ใ€Œ็งใฏ2้šŽใซไธŠใŒใ‚‹ใ€and we cannot say ใ€Œ็งใฏ2้šŽใซไธŠใ’ใ‚‹ใ€. we can say ใ€Œ็งใฏ่ท็‰ฉใ‚’2้šŽใซไธŠใ’ใ‚‹ใ€ and not ใ€Œ็งใฏ่ท็‰ฉใ‚’2้šŽใซไธŠใŒใ‚‹ใ€.

I'm learning Japanese (slowly) and I'm having a major problem with ไธŠใ’ใ‚‹ vs ไธŠใŒใ‚‹ and it's driving me up the wall >.<

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Japanese interest in Mastodon explained: Article appeared in "ASCII" Magazine, influential in the country.

ascii.jp/elem/000/001/465/1465
(in Japanese, Google Translate works quite well.)

Mastodon.cloud is very Japanese today.

ใŠใฏใ‚ˆใ†!

Bird site today is all outrage over the United incident and Mastodon is still "Hi! How are you? WE'RE ALL FRIENDS AND STILL DON't QUITE KNOW HOW THIS WORKS."

Why/when did Thor become a tacky Guardians of the Galaxy/Star Trek Beyond ripoff?

youtube.com/watch?v=v7MGUNV8Mx

After a busy and tiring weekend, I now find myself back at my desk in a job I despise but at least I have my dog here to keep me company.

Let's do this, Monday.

A little light reading this Sunday night

Hashtags aside, being in Orlando when the shooting happened was a harrowing experience and to see such a diverse group of people teaming up to benefit such a great cause really makes my heart swell. Fantastic book for all to enjoy.

Are bots a problem or a blessing? I'm seeing lots of discussion from both sides on here.

After two days on I'm still learning the ropes, as I think we all are, but I'm genuinely enjoying my time and interactions with the people on here.

Watching this new group of strangers come together to learn and grow is exhilarating!

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Yesterday I joined mastodon.social. In 24 hours, I can say I've had meaningful conversations with very cool people. Probably more engagement in one day than a month on birdsite. Mastodon, never change!

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Hey all you Tooters, do you find yourself instance hopping a lot?

If so, what's the most straightforward way you've found to do it? My hopping seems to not be very optimized and takes more steps/time than it probably should.

Today is one of those Sundays where I just want a nap, cuddles with my pup, and ice cream.

And maybe some shiny new gadget to play with... /fires up Amazon

Time to see Your Name (Kimi No Nawa) in the fanciest movie theater seats I've ever say in