Dan Traylor
@dantraylor.bsky.social
Deputy managing editor at The Japan Times; former keg washer
I wish John Prine was here
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I wish John Prine was here
I don’t usually make plans a full fiscal quarter in advance, but this one is locked in. Are there others out there in Tokyo, Japan, or the Greater Pacific? Act now for tickets.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I don’t usually make plans a full fiscal quarter in advance, but this one is locked in. Are there others out there in Tokyo, Japan, or the Greater Pacific? Act now for tickets.
Reposted by Dan Traylor
I’ve heard there was a chord progression / that David played, for the love of Heaven / but I guess we’re called chord progressions “chords” now / it goes like this: the augIV, the maj7II /now you know what you have to do / click like and subscribe and leave a comment / hallelujah / hallelujah
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’ve heard there was a chord progression / that David played, for the love of Heaven / but I guess we’re called chord progressions “chords” now / it goes like this: the augIV, the maj7II /now you know what you have to do / click like and subscribe and leave a comment / hallelujah / hallelujah
Kinda wanted to see Yamamoto get in there but ok fine we can wrap at 18 innings
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Kinda wanted to see Yamamoto get in there but ok fine we can wrap at 18 innings
more like Chancy Billups
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
more like Chancy Billups
Is there a job where you politely inform people who have their umbrellas open that it has stopped raining
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is there a job where you politely inform people who have their umbrellas open that it has stopped raining
Sometimes there’s an earthquake and we all feel it but we also collectively decide not to talk to each other about it on social media and I just think we should acknowledge our growth
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sometimes there’s an earthquake and we all feel it but we also collectively decide not to talk to each other about it on social media and I just think we should acknowledge our growth
Portland police made no arrests outside the ICE facility Sunday. Federal agents detained at least one person — a clarinetist with a protest band who has been held in Clark County jail, where a roster listed no charges Tuesday.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’
"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.
www.oregonlive.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Portland police made no arrests outside the ICE facility Sunday. Federal agents detained at least one person — a clarinetist with a protest band who has been held in Clark County jail, where a roster listed no charges Tuesday.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
I was born in America
but left
upon my return
who do i tip
and how much
in all situations
but left
upon my return
who do i tip
and how much
in all situations
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I was born in America
but left
upon my return
who do i tip
and how much
in all situations
but left
upon my return
who do i tip
and how much
in all situations
I'm typecast. Typhoons again. Typhoons or beer. I should probably expand into a third topic. www.japantimes.co.jp/community/20...
When a typhoon isn’t really a typhoon, I’ll be there to tell you about it
The nomenclature and strict definition of what constitutes a typhoon are not as straightforward as most people might think.
www.japantimes.co.jp
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'm typecast. Typhoons again. Typhoons or beer. I should probably expand into a third topic. www.japantimes.co.jp/community/20...
Watching Dept Q and among my favorite things is how Carl parks his Ford in all manner of angles.
August 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Watching Dept Q and among my favorite things is how Carl parks his Ford in all manner of angles.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Reposted by Dan Traylor
If we want more journalists to be on here, you should:
- follow them here
- repost and engage with their stories
- reply to their posts with “and you’re surprised??” 3x per week
- follow them here
- repost and engage with their stories
- reply to their posts with “and you’re surprised??” 3x per week
July 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If we want more journalists to be on here, you should:
- follow them here
- repost and engage with their stories
- reply to their posts with “and you’re surprised??” 3x per week
- follow them here
- repost and engage with their stories
- reply to their posts with “and you’re surprised??” 3x per week
Identifying a style of writing that is common in my field, the article causes me to ponder my life choices. >> The Objectively Objectionable Grammatical Pet Peeve www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
The Objectively Objectionable Grammatical Pet Peeve
A semi-attentive investigation into a confounding sentence type.
www.newyorker.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Identifying a style of writing that is common in my field, the article causes me to ponder my life choices. >> The Objectively Objectionable Grammatical Pet Peeve www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
Feels like a black and white sorta day. From Shibuya, earlier this month.
April 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Feels like a black and white sorta day. From Shibuya, earlier this month.
Reposted by Dan Traylor
More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country's northern snow belt.
Frosty face-off: Over 120 teams throw down in epic Japanese snowball tournament
Teams of five players competed in two-minute matches between two teams on a field the size of a tennis court, with points awarded for direct hits with a snowball.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country's northern snow belt.
I wasn’t home but this apparently shook our house pretty solidly despite being a wee one.
February 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I wasn’t home but this apparently shook our house pretty solidly despite being a wee one.
Reposted by Dan Traylor
Across the TV news landscape, coverage of Trump's inauguration was soft.
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jake Tapper's approach to Inauguration Day embodies a larger trend gripping the news media, which has tamped down its once aggressive posture toward Donald Trump.
www.status.news
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Across the TV news landscape, coverage of Trump's inauguration was soft.
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
Never knew about the apps that let you scan your IC transit cards to check the balance. I found 5000 yen that was previously lost to time.
December 20, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Never knew about the apps that let you scan your IC transit cards to check the balance. I found 5000 yen that was previously lost to time.
Reposted by Dan Traylor
Ahead of sumo’s return to the United Kingdom next year, we revisit its famous foray to London in 1991.
London calling: Sumo's U.K. trip brings back memories of 1991
Such was sumo’s popularity in the U.K. in the late '80s and early '90s that all five days at the 5,000-seat Royal Albert Hall sold out quickly.
buff.ly
December 11, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Ahead of sumo’s return to the United Kingdom next year, we revisit its famous foray to London in 1991.
Busy news day? I decided to run for the hills.
December 8, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Busy news day? I decided to run for the hills.
Dropped my son off at the new Shogi Kaikan in Tokyo and now doing some exploring.
December 7, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Dropped my son off at the new Shogi Kaikan in Tokyo and now doing some exploring.
Reposted by Dan Traylor
The Japanese media has long struggled with how to translate "woke." None of the proposed solutions capture the contentiousness of it in English. So I took a shot at it myself. blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/how-do-you...
How do you say “woke” in Japanese?
A slight linguistic difference illuminates big cultural ones
blog.hirokoyoda.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The Japanese media has long struggled with how to translate "woke." None of the proposed solutions capture the contentiousness of it in English. So I took a shot at it myself. blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/how-do-you...
Reposted by Dan Traylor
Secretary of Defense Andrew Tate has betrayed the legacy of Pete Hegseth.
by David Brooks (2027)
by David Brooks (2027)
December 1, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Secretary of Defense Andrew Tate has betrayed the legacy of Pete Hegseth.
by David Brooks (2027)
by David Brooks (2027)
Reposted by Dan Traylor
This was pretty funny. Man burgles an office in Wakanai. Police follow his footprints in the fresh snow for 2km and arrest him.
November 29, 2024 at 9:12 AM
This was pretty funny. Man burgles an office in Wakanai. Police follow his footprints in the fresh snow for 2km and arrest him.