Miloš Debnár
@mid79.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Ryukoku University, sociologist, researching on European migration 移民 to Japan, race and whiteness
I had an opportunity to collaborate on a short article on #migration in #Japan for our university's online journal. I hope it will raise awareness on discrimination and labelling among those who usually do not think about it often but are increasingly exposed to stereotypes on social networks.
Understanding (Im)migration: How we Overcome Stereotypes and Live Harmoniously Together” ｜Ryukoku University BEiNG
Ryukoku University
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December 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I had an opportunity to collaborate on a short article on #migration in #Japan for our university's online journal. I hope it will raise awareness on discrimination and labelling among those who usually do not think about it often but are increasingly exposed to stereotypes on social networks.
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Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
People don't need laws to tell them what they are or have they feel, but it's the few in power who need to make sure they have control in their hands. Do not follow the same path
#slovakia #volby2025 #czechia
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
#slovakia #volby2025 #czechia
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Slovakia marks ‘dark day’ as LGBTQ+ rights rolled back in parliament
Amendment to constitution stipulates that male and female are the only recognised sexes and makes adoption nearly impossible for same-sex couples
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
People don't need laws to tell them what they are or have they feel, but it's the few in power who need to make sure they have control in their hands. Do not follow the same path
#slovakia #volby2025 #czechia
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
#slovakia #volby2025 #czechia
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
It's for a longer discussion, but in regard to publishing I'm happy academia in Japan is still not pushing us to publish in indexed journals too much.
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's for a longer discussion, but in regard to publishing I'm happy academia in Japan is still not pushing us to publish in indexed journals too much.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Unfortunately similar development as in many other highly developed countries. Still, in the case of Japan, I would really love to know what would they do without foreign laborers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Japanese First’: breakthrough by rightwing populists sparks fears of anti-foreigner backlash in Japan
Analysts say the Japanese are suffering a crisis of confidence that is feeding xenophobia amid economic insecurity and a record number of foreign residents
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Unfortunately similar development as in many other highly developed countries. Still, in the case of Japan, I would really love to know what would they do without foreign laborers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
While the numbers for most countries are increasing, number of Japanese students in US has declined to less than a third from 2000. At the same time, Japan is still one of the top 10 destinations globally.
The number of international students in the US is higher than ever
But that might change, given new restrictions from the Trump administration, the high costs of US higher ed, and growing opportunities abroad
Our Jeanne Batalova crunched the numbers: bit.ly/int-students...
But that might change, given new restrictions from the Trump administration, the high costs of US higher ed, and growing opportunities abroad
Our Jeanne Batalova crunched the numbers: bit.ly/int-students...
July 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
While the numbers for most countries are increasing, number of Japanese students in US has declined to less than a third from 2000. At the same time, Japan is still one of the top 10 destinations globally.
As a Slovak living in Japan, universal healthcare for me is just one of the basic rights and whether it should be provided is not even questioned. That people still have to defend even very limited federal-sponsored healthcare scheme in the richest country is beyond comprehension...
Even if you're on private insurance, the Republican budget will screw you over too, @aoc.bsky.social explains. #NoMedicaidCuts
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
As a Slovak living in Japan, universal healthcare for me is just one of the basic rights and whether it should be provided is not even questioned. That people still have to defend even very limited federal-sponsored healthcare scheme in the richest country is beyond comprehension...
I think I never felt more disappointed and ashamed by representatives of the country which passport I still hold. And believe me, the guy on the photo and his comrades gave me already ample opportunity to feel that way over the years of his reign. #notinmyname
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Slovakian and Serbian leaders defy EU to attend Russian military parade
Robert Fico and Aleksandar Vučić accept Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend Victory Day celebrations
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I think I never felt more disappointed and ashamed by representatives of the country which passport I still hold. And believe me, the guy on the photo and his comrades gave me already ample opportunity to feel that way over the years of his reign. #notinmyname
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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"All capitalists want
capitalism for the masses
and socialism for the super
rich elites. That's kind of
the definition of capitalism
in my honest opinion."
- David Graeber
capitalism for the masses
and socialism for the super
rich elites. That's kind of
the definition of capitalism
in my honest opinion."
- David Graeber
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"All capitalists want
capitalism for the masses
and socialism for the super
rich elites. That's kind of
the definition of capitalism
in my honest opinion."
- David Graeber
capitalism for the masses
and socialism for the super
rich elites. That's kind of
the definition of capitalism
in my honest opinion."
- David Graeber
Hopeful news in a less hopeful week: reading news about how many people in CZ are obsessed with discussing sexuality of their multiple Olympic medallist, and struggling to explain why we have all gender toilets at university to a SVK official...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Robert De Niro supports daughter Airyn as she comes out as trans: ‘I don’t know what the big deal is’
After her announcement of her transition, the actor said: ‘I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter’
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hopeful news in a less hopeful week: reading news about how many people in CZ are obsessed with discussing sexuality of their multiple Olympic medallist, and struggling to explain why we have all gender toilets at university to a SVK official...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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A bad sign, not just because of what it recalls historically, but for what it promises about the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A bad sign, not just because of what it recalls historically, but for what it promises about the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Same applies to Slovakia: don't give up, let's not let them to be the only representative voice of Slovakia and let's not let them to get to power anymore.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-Trump protesters in the US might look to the Czech Republic: ‘We are an example’
Massive, sustained protests led to the 2021 downfall of billionaire oligarch Andrej Babiš, dubbed ‘the Czech Trump’
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Same applies to Slovakia: don't give up, let's not let them to be the only representative voice of Slovakia and let's not let them to get to power anymore.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Spot the American. Is it someone who speaks his mind and does the work to get citizenship? Or is it someone born into citizenship who covers his face while abducting people in a Черный ворон?
Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Spot the American. Is it someone who speaks his mind and does the work to get citizenship? Or is it someone born into citizenship who covers his face while abducting people in a Черный ворон?
It’s just no-brainer to understand why the American streets are full of Japanese cars and the Japanese are not full of American ones... Hint: tariffs are not part of the story
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
The Japan tariff myth that just won’t die
The belief that unfair trade practices are at fault isn’t only false, but also one of those enduring myths that refuses to die.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It’s just no-brainer to understand why the American streets are full of Japanese cars and the Japanese are not full of American ones... Hint: tariffs are not part of the story
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
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It’s like everything else with Trump. You transform politics from a field or prosperity to a field of pain, and then you decide who hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
EU offered ‘zero-for-zero’ deal to US weeks before tariff announcement
Cars and other goods were to be included, according to EU trade commissioner, who says offer is still on table
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s like everything else with Trump. You transform politics from a field or prosperity to a field of pain, and then you decide who hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
As I share this here, I guess I don't even have to try to get to this country for a conference (or other reasons)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
As I share this here, I guess I don't even have to try to get to this country for a conference (or other reasons)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A book "Migration, Transnational Flows, and the Contested Meanings of Race in Asia" I had the opportunity to co-edit with Shanshan Lan is officially published! A big thank you to everybody involved in this project. The book is Open Access
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Migration, Transnational Flows, and the Contested Meanings of Race in Asia
This open access book addresses the multi-layered relations between migration, transnational flows, and the contested meanings of race in Asia. FreeToRead
link.springer.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A book "Migration, Transnational Flows, and the Contested Meanings of Race in Asia" I had the opportunity to co-edit with Shanshan Lan is officially published! A big thank you to everybody involved in this project. The book is Open Access
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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"Authoritarians hate sociology because sociology’s mandate is to dissect society and criticize systemic problems. Sociology challenges power by scientifically observing it and publicly reporting on how power works."
Trump bans sociology concepts. Why? Because sociology is dangerous to authoritarians.
thesociology.place/2025/03/09/s...
thesociology.place/2025/03/09/s...
Sociology is dangerous! Why authoritarians and their supporters attack sociology
The Trump Administration censors sociological knowledge In 2025, the Trump Administration banned words that sociologists regularly use from appearing on government websites and publicly-funded scho…
thesociology.place
March 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Authoritarians hate sociology because sociology’s mandate is to dissect society and criticize systemic problems. Sociology challenges power by scientifically observing it and publicly reporting on how power works."
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The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...
The War Trump Chooses
That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...
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Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Just another reason to de-amazon our lives. Honestly, I realised how much amazon became part of my regular spending and particularly parting with kindle ebooks is a bit hard. But I did it.
These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just another reason to de-amazon our lives. Honestly, I realised how much amazon became part of my regular spending and particularly parting with kindle ebooks is a bit hard. But I did it.
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Timothy Snyder is an expert of modern authoritarianism.
February 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Timothy Snyder is an expert of modern authoritarianism.
Result of last year's work with my students: refresh of an HP dedicated to inform & educate about manners in Gion with new interviews with locals and already third wave of our questionnaire on tourism in #Gion #overtourism #Japan #enjoyrespect gionminami.jp?page_id=967
What tourists think about Gion and manners? – Gion is a good place
gionminami.jp
February 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Result of last year's work with my students: refresh of an HP dedicated to inform & educate about manners in Gion with new interviews with locals and already third wave of our questionnaire on tourism in #Gion #overtourism #Japan #enjoyrespect gionminami.jp?page_id=967