Movie review: Tokyo Godfathers

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio of homeless people surviving as a makeshift family on the streets of Tokyo. While rummaging in the trash for food on Christmas Eve, they stumble upon an abandoned newborn baby in a… Continue reading Movie review: Tokyo Godfathers

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A Little Book on Breathing

I made A Little Book on Breathing — let me know what you think (you can also flip through the pages with your keyboard arrows): 👉 https://joshuaschoenaker.com/breathing/

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Governments worldwide are trying to attract remote workers

Working remotely from Iceland 😍

Over the last years and months — accelerated by coronavirus — we’ve seen more and more countries, states, and cities actively trying to attract remote workers to come work and live in their area of the world. In the form of visas, cash, tax breaks, or simply better advertising. It’s cool to see this, and… Continue reading Governments worldwide are trying to attract remote workers

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Visions of the future

My ideal future would be living in beautiful rural places with lots of nature around, with fresh air. Good internet. No sitting in traffic. 4 hour workdays. Automate everything you can. Basic income, basic education. More time with people close to you. Smaller communities. Grow food locally. High speed trains with workspaces into the city.… Continue reading Visions of the future

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Homes by MUJI

Apparently MUJI has been designing houses in Japan since 2004. MUJI currently offers three models of homes: the “Ki no Ie (Wood House)”, the “Mado no Ie (Window House)”, and the “Tate no Ie (Vertical House).” In September 2019, they added the forth product the Yō no Ie (Sun House). And they’re all amazing. Unlike Muji’s previous home designs, the… Continue reading Homes by MUJI

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