Nevin Thompson
@nevint.bsky.social
I like poetry, photography, languages (esp Japanese), and religion (esp Japanese). And movies (esp Japanese). And Bob Dylan. Epilepsy parent.
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Nevin Thompson
@nevint.bsky.social
· Jan 16
Photographing with intent
The number-one lesson I learned about photography in 2024.
tsunoga.ghost.io
I have a blog now. It's still a little rough around the edges with few posts, but I blog about #photography, the books I read and the movies I watch, #translation (particularly poetry), and stuff that interests me in the news, especially anything related to #japan.
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WWII veterans against MacArthur running for President in March 1948 staging a petition rally event on the University of California Berkeley
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
WWII veterans against MacArthur running for President in March 1948 staging a petition rally event on the University of California Berkeley
A comprehensive look at how yuzu, a kind of citrus closely identified with Kochi Prefecture, is harvested and marketed, and also providing a glimpse of how a mountain village has reinvented itself over the past 40 years.
youtube.com/watch?v=67xR...
youtube.com/watch?v=67xR...
It’s Yuzu Harvest Season in Japan’s Most Famous Organic Yuzu Village
YouTube video by maigomika
youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
A comprehensive look at how yuzu, a kind of citrus closely identified with Kochi Prefecture, is harvested and marketed, and also providing a glimpse of how a mountain village has reinvented itself over the past 40 years.
youtube.com/watch?v=67xR...
youtube.com/watch?v=67xR...
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Me at midnight on a Saturday struggling with a book that's taking way too long.
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Me at midnight on a Saturday struggling with a book that's taking way too long.
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"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
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Now playing (09:15 AM PST):
"Pop Aye" (2017)
By Kirsten Tan
Runtime: 104 min.
"Pop Aye" (2017)
By Kirsten Tan
Runtime: 104 min.
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Now playing (09:15 AM PST):
"Pop Aye" (2017)
By Kirsten Tan
Runtime: 104 min.
"Pop Aye" (2017)
By Kirsten Tan
Runtime: 104 min.
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Black Reconstruction is one book that would benefit from abridgement for teaching purposes. so much of the length is due to extensive quotations from speeches etc- understandable, in the circumstances of the book's writing, but far more than needed for the argument
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Black Reconstruction is one book that would benefit from abridgement for teaching purposes. so much of the length is due to extensive quotations from speeches etc- understandable, in the circumstances of the book's writing, but far more than needed for the argument
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The Bellingcat Discord community is currently discussing events in Venezuela and digging up lots of stuff here
discord.com/channels/709...
discord.com/channels/709...
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
discord.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The Bellingcat Discord community is currently discussing events in Venezuela and digging up lots of stuff here
discord.com/channels/709...
discord.com/channels/709...
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Museum director exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond. l Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
He exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond.
William “Bill” Martin, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 28, a day after being struck by a car near the Valentine local history museum where he had served as director more than 30 years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Museum director exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond. l Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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This Tokyo subway poster warning passengers not to rush onto trains gets updated every year to match the Chinese zodiac. (This year it’s the year of the horse.)
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This Tokyo subway poster warning passengers not to rush onto trains gets updated every year to match the Chinese zodiac. (This year it’s the year of the horse.)
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Billy Went to Chop the Ice Out of the Pig Trough
Peter Shostak
1983
Peter Shostak
1983
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Billy Went to Chop the Ice Out of the Pig Trough
Peter Shostak
1983
Peter Shostak
1983
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The working week stars have (literally) aligned so that we can observe a traditional 3-day Japanese New Year celebration (お正月) this year. Here's dinner on Day 2, featuring pearl meatballs (pork + sticky rice) and snow crab / zuwai-gani.
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The working week stars have (literally) aligned so that we can observe a traditional 3-day Japanese New Year celebration (お正月) this year. Here's dinner on Day 2, featuring pearl meatballs (pork + sticky rice) and snow crab / zuwai-gani.
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Why is municipal politics so dysfunctional? Partially because mayors can get away with answers like this. « Halifax Water is crucial to solving the housing crisis and I want to starve it dead ».
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Why is municipal politics so dysfunctional? Partially because mayors can get away with answers like this. « Halifax Water is crucial to solving the housing crisis and I want to starve it dead ».
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A new member of my local City Council will be sworn into office Monday. I ran his campaign.
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A new member of my local City Council will be sworn into office Monday. I ran his campaign.
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
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Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ from Dylan’s April 2012 show in Buenos Aires. George Recile doing sublime work in the drums, and Charlie Sexton has returned to play with Bob.
youtube.com/watch?v=lEVs...
youtube.com/watch?v=lEVs...
BOB DYLAN - "Rollin' and Tumblin'" - Teatro Gran Rex - Buenos Aires - 2012 - Live
YouTube video by La Linterna Mágica
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January 2, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ from Dylan’s April 2012 show in Buenos Aires. George Recile doing sublime work in the drums, and Charlie Sexton has returned to play with Bob.
youtube.com/watch?v=lEVs...
youtube.com/watch?v=lEVs...
About 25 years ago I encountered a Japanese-Canadian who had been deported, who worked as a docent in the shrine on Chikibushima in the middle of Lake Biwa. A number of people from BC settled in Amerika-mura, on Wakayama. No real connection to Japan when they arrrived.
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
Canadian still befuddled after deportation to Japan in 1946 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Nobuko Rena Nakayama says she still suffers from an identity crisis after being forced to move to Japan from Canada in 1946.
www.asahi.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
About 25 years ago I encountered a Japanese-Canadian who had been deported, who worked as a docent in the shrine on Chikibushima in the middle of Lake Biwa. A number of people from BC settled in Amerika-mura, on Wakayama. No real connection to Japan when they arrrived.
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
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Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
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Like Chinese women don’t have enough reasons already to stop messing with the men lol
China imposes 13% tax on condoms as birth rate declines
Some Chinese women are vowing to "lead the way in abstinence" rather than have more children, as Beijing removes tax exception for contraception.
news.sky.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Like Chinese women don’t have enough reasons already to stop messing with the men lol
The actual tambourine is on display at the Dylan Center in Tulsa!
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The actual tambourine is on display at the Dylan Center in Tulsa!