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Amy Lange Kawamura

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Fukushima lover. My site about Fukushima for kids: https://amylangekawamura.com Author of RAIDER MAYER WON'T GET PUSHED AROUND MG (for kids ages 8-12) Raider is a fan of sumo. (Pushed around? Get it? Get it?!!?!) NO AI

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

I've unpinned the link to the video in which the man says that his YA author wife writes books "w/ Christian values...to try combat some of the trash that's out there."
(Wife wrote about 3/11/11 disaster, posing a secular author, married into Japanese family.)

Trying to move on, emotionally. Hard.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 7h

Fukushima festival

This was a couple weeks ago. I'll post the book I was reading when I wake up tomorrow morning.

Reposted by Amy Lange Kawamura

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 4d

#Spain's blackout.
New report from expert panel of European grid operators finds voltage surge caused the massive outage.
"Contradicts the numerous claims that overreliance on #renewables was the cause. That is clearly not true."
www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

www.npr.org

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 7h

It was being called "The Fukushima of renewables" by some people.

That drove me crazy. Really offensive.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 7h

And I feel guilty when I use my AC in summer.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 2d

Georgia US facing the largest demand for electricity in its history, driven by datacenter construction.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fears over higher rates as Georgia moves to provide more electricity for AI datacenters

State’s Republican-dominated public service commission to decide on power expansion and prices, as Democrats vie for seats at table

www.theguardian.com

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 10h

This is what Trump wants to use nuclear reactors for:
AI videos, pooping on protestors.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump posts AI video showing him dumping on No Kings protesters

The president shared a video depicting him in a fighter jet dropping what appeared to be feces on U.S. protesters.

www.nbcnews.com

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

7. This is all my opinion, by the way.

So anyway, to read her book about the disaster I was in, I had to pay for it (though I did NOT want to.)

money money money
If she don't have it
I don't def. don't have to buy her stuff

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

6. I know it is not "cool" to say that.

But yeah, her poetry looks down on us. That's my opinion. There's Xtian lit type stuff in there, I don't want to go into that here. But she uses the water trade (prostition) and compares it w/ tsunami.
Her book ends with baptism.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

5. My thoughts about her book about the 3/11/11 disaster?

The good: I think she is a talented poet. But I think she should delve into her OWN life. Not other people's lives.

The bad: Her book about 3/11/11 disaster was offensive (to me.)
IMHO, it was Xtian lit. It put us down. Looked down on us.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

4. I ordered the book of poetry from the American amazon site, shipped to Japan. The price ended up being the same as if I had bought in from amazon .co .jp

In Japan it was about 2000 yen (approx) but I didn't buy that.
U.S. about ten dollars + ten dollars for shipping (approx)

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

3. I was looking up the book about Fukushima (which I do for all books about Fukushima) and realized it was traditionally-published, albeit by a small publisher.

So I went to my cart, and it was no longer for sale to us in Japan. That got my curiosity up. BC what do they not want us to see?

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

2. Sorry, that was confusing. Her book of poems about 3/11/11 disaster in Fukushima was in my amazon cart for a long time (yrs ago.) I thought it was self-published, so I just let it stay in cart. Cuz I don't usually read self-pubbed books by people who were not in Japan on 3/11/11.

But then-

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 18h

I had to buy her book to read about what she wrote about Fukushima. Gah.

$4,500 GAHHHH!!!!!!!😐

writingworkshops.com/en-jp/produc...

Traditional publishing seems like such a scam.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

Fukushima festival

I live in the neighborhood of the festival, so I participate in this festival every year.

I took these photos very early (around 6 am) on the Sunday morning of the festival. Walked less than five minutes from my home.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!❤️

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

I'm reading other responses. We don't check out books or anything like that. We do read-alouds.

So once a week, I choose a picture book and read it in English to a class. This is actually meant to be as Japaense thing, so I choose the translation, too, and it's read by a Japanese volunteer.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

I volunteer, too! I enjoy it.
I started when my son was in first grade. He's now in his twenties....and I'm still volunteering at his elementary school!

I am sure it means a lot to the kids to see you there.....❤️

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

4. Set in Ghana, this book is so inspiring to me.
One of my favorite books ever.

In an interview at the end of the book, author says that this book is "intended to be a book about love."

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

3. His mom tells Ato to not sit on his grandmother's orange couch.

Why no? What is his mom worried about?

There, you can see that Ato does (eventually) sit on the couch with his grandma.
This was very, very interesting.
Ato's grandmother is one of my favorite adults in kidlit!❤️

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

2. The garden is near the church of a prophet. The prophet is a cult leader who wants money. Of course, Ato and the adults don't know that the prophet is dishonest---this is something Ato figures out in this book.

Meanwhile, Ato visits his grandmother on weekends. (His dad's mom.)

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

1. I loved this MG book so much!❤️
It is called "Crossing the Stream" and it is by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie.

Ato wants to visit a bird sanctuary, and to do that he has to show that he is doing a project to protect the environment. His project is a community garden.

But some adults say he should not.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1d

Fukushima City Neighborhood

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 2d

Fukushima morning glories

Good day to get our heads "out of the cloud" and into a book.

So many great books out there!!

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 2d

"industry’s bluff"

As a person of Fukushima, I do NOT know what is best when it comes to producing electricity. I believe in kids learning about it all.

But nuclear industry does not tell the truth. Rebranding itself.
I could go on about it, but will stop in this box.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14d

'Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress, and Provokes War.'
#nuclear
www.plutobooks.com/product/no-t...

No To Nuclear - Pluto Press

Debunks the enduring myth that nuclear power is safe and green

www.plutobooks.com

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the book recommendation.