Japan's plummeting birthrate has led a diaper manufacturer Oji to stop making them for babies at home and instead ramp up production for adults.

The number of births in Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with more than twice as many deaths as new babies.

The spokesman said Oji will boost production of the sanitary items for adults in the country, anticipating their use mainly in facilities like nursing homes.

#RyusukeHamaguchi’s follow up to his Academy Award®-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity's mysterious, mystical relationship with nature. As sinister gunshots echo from the forest, both the locals and representatives confront their life choices and the haunting consequences they have.

Make.The.Time.For.This ❤️

https://youtu.be/zVY4lWfrbME

#RecluseReleases

𝘐 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦'𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. - Yuu

https://www.youtube.com/@YuusAdventures

Kids in my generation grew up with Schoohouse Rock and Math Rock etc and so many of us remember the lessons, math, history etc that were associated with SONGS and ANIMATION and INFORMATION all put together. Most of the stuff I remember from my childhood learning is based on VISUAL and MUSICAL information that went along with those lessons.

EVERYONE
IS
DIFFERENT
AND
LEARNS
DIFFERENTLY.

I learn DIFFERENTLY. I always have but everyone said I was stupid and put me in special classes for kids who learn "SLOWER" than everyone else.

There was never anything wrong with how I LEARN. There was something very wrong with how things were being TAUGHT based on the INCORRECT ASSUMPTION that every child learns in exactly the same way.

... 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰.

The fact that there are NO VISUAL NUMBERS on the screen also is a huge help because #dyscalculia sucks balls and the more numbers you tell me, show me, force me to understand ... the LESS LIKELY it will be that I will understand ANYTHING and I will lose the ability to make sense of what you're trying to explain.

The elements are KINGDOM, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, and CATS and those are easy to recall because I have plenty of EXISTING VISUAL MEMORY for those concepts to pull from.

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Seeing someone DRAW this in a visual way using only a few letters and NO numbers ... immediately allows this to click and make sense in my brain. If I just simply HEARD it without SEEING it, it would make less sense. But watching her DRAW it WHILE explaining it makes all the difference to how my brain makes connections.

PLUS my aphantasia allows me to pull from existing memory so once I have SEEN something, I can pull it into the visual space I need to RECALL it.

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I talk and write a lot about how everyone learns differently ...

@IronButterfly sent me this reel because she knew it would be something I can understand based on my learning style and how my brain works especially since I have #aphantasia and #dyscalculia

These aren't new, I've ALWAYS had them even as a child which is why I was always put in special education classes.

This is a VISUAL representation of something numeric that doesn't involve any visual numbers.

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You may not think so now ... but believe me ... TRUTH IS BETTER.

Something I wrote in my diary in 7th grade ...

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤. - Elaine Barlow

The concept that white people are ALSO VICTIMS might be a weird concept for some people to understand. Indoctrination, grooming, programming, and brainwashing are not things that ONLY happen to weak people or minorities.

The mere fact that you DON'T think you are racist but probably spend most of your time perpetuating racism without realizing it ... MEANS you have been indoctrinated, groomed, programmed, and brainwashed ...

It's not hard to understand this stuff. You're just choosing not to.

So the basic answer to these questions ... why won't white people just admit they are racist ... is because they don't care that they are ...

It's because they're fine being knowing and willing victims of a system that has brainwashed them and made them believe the lie of white supremacy when they are actually a minority.

It's because they have fear that in admitting they are also victims of oppression and grooming, it means they have to reflect on everything they have done and do.

Admitting that you are also a victim means you can begin a process of HEALING and LEARNING and HELPING OTHERS.

Admitting that you perpetuate harm because you are simply afraid or ignorant means you can begin a process of CHANGING and STOPPING the abuse you are inflicting on others without realizing it.

Why would you NOT want to do these things? Why would you CHOOSE to continue harming others and upholding destructive systems that oppress others?

Because you don't care is usually the answer.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙? 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮, 𝘼𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 ... instead of just admitting that you are a victim of a system that we ALL (no matter what race or culture or gender) have been subjugated, changed, and indoctrinated into. You're NOT ALONE in this victimization. You're NOT ALONE in this imprisonment. You're not the only person who is racist or anti-Black or who subconsciously perpetuates harm because of things you've been taught your entire life.

I wonder why white people find it so hard to just admit that they are racist or anti-Black. You can't work on changing something that you aren't willing to admit. Or maybe you just feel like you shouldn't admit something that you were indoctrinated into or groomed into because it's not your fault? But just because something isn't your fault doesn't mean that ignoring it changes your level of personal responsibility regarding how you continuously or subconsciously perpetuate it and cause harm.

These questions:

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠?

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨?

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙅𝘼𝘿𝙀? 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮, 𝘼𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛?

Are LEGIT questions that I think many white people (and other non-Black folks) need to ask themselves and be able to answer.

Many cannot or simply won't because the truth is tied to a wound or racism.

She brings up these questions especially in terms of how white people respond to her expressing her lived experience online (I have the same problems here on CoSo sometimes) and how there is this constant need that white people have to try and shut Black people (or any member of the #GlobalMajority) up or down when they start expressing their truth.

The fact is these behaviors stem from racism and anti-Blackness though white people are reluctant to simply admit that ...