Sharon
@sharonk.bsky.social
political theologian at the ministry for the future
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
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Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
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It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
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Worth translating: interview w/ @valentimvicente.bsky.social on a very plausible explanation for the rise of the radical right in Europe:
Norms that made voting far-right parties socially undesirable have eroded - and the availability of far-right parties met a certain "demand" that already existed
Norms that made voting far-right parties socially undesirable have eroded - and the availability of far-right parties met a certain "demand" that already existed
"Es herrscht die falsche Annahme, dass viele Wähler, die früher Mitte-rechts-Parteien gewählt haben, im Herzen noch immer Mitte-rechts sind. Meine Arbeit legt aber nahe, dass diese Menschen schon vorher extrem rechts gedacht haben"
www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
Vicente Valentim: "Angela Merkel lag richtig"
Haben Menschen früher rechter gedacht, als sie gewählt haben? Der Forscher Vicente Valentim sagt, dass wir eine Ursache für den Erfolg extrem rechter Parteien übersehen.
www.zeit.de
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Worth translating: interview w/ @valentimvicente.bsky.social on a very plausible explanation for the rise of the radical right in Europe:
Norms that made voting far-right parties socially undesirable have eroded - and the availability of far-right parties met a certain "demand" that already existed
Norms that made voting far-right parties socially undesirable have eroded - and the availability of far-right parties met a certain "demand" that already existed
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I'm pleased to announce that I've joined the new editorial board for Tokyo Review. I will be reaching out to promising new writers soon, as well as contribute my own research and opinions on a regular basis.
Times are changing and so is Tokyo Review. We are excited to announce a fresh new team of editors!
It’s been a while
When Tokyo Review was founded eight years ago, its founders had two goals. The first was to elevate the standard of analysis on Japan-related issues for an English-speaking audience. That goal remains...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm pleased to announce that I've joined the new editorial board for Tokyo Review. I will be reaching out to promising new writers soon, as well as contribute my own research and opinions on a regular basis.
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This is why I just post about stuff that happened 50+ years ago
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is why I just post about stuff that happened 50+ years ago
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I wrote a shorter, slightly punchier version of my recent research article about Sanseitō as my first contribution to the new Tokyo Review. It should be vastly more accessible, and hopefully sets the tone of what else I plan to do in the future of TR www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/what...
Sanseitō and its far-right conspiracy ideology
In July 2025, Sanseitō (a.k.a. The Party of DIY !!) became the first far-right political party in postwar history to establish a stable presence in both Houses of the National Diet. With the party’s f...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I wrote a shorter, slightly punchier version of my recent research article about Sanseitō as my first contribution to the new Tokyo Review. It should be vastly more accessible, and hopefully sets the tone of what else I plan to do in the future of TR www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/what...
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He’s most animated not by violence, but by whether he thinks someone “took advantage” of the U.S. in deals. That’s why he equates allies with adversaries — in his mental model, loyalty and values mean less than the balance sheet.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
He’s most animated not by violence, but by whether he thinks someone “took advantage” of the U.S. in deals. That’s why he equates allies with adversaries — in his mental model, loyalty and values mean less than the balance sheet.
i don't think the consul general of China in Osaka should threaten to behead the prime minister
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
i don't think the consul general of China in Osaka should threaten to behead the prime minister
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that exchange really lays bare Trump’s instinctive hierarchy of what matters.
She’s talking about beheadings of politicians and invasion of a country and he gets angry at allies over trade.
it shows how transactional and grievance-driven Trump worldview is.
She’s talking about beheadings of politicians and invasion of a country and he gets angry at allies over trade.
it shows how transactional and grievance-driven Trump worldview is.
INGRAHAM: A Chinese diplomat said the prime minister of Japan should be beheaded. These are not our friends are they in China?
TRUMP: Well, a lot of allies aren't our friends either
TRUMP: Well, a lot of allies aren't our friends either
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
that exchange really lays bare Trump’s instinctive hierarchy of what matters.
She’s talking about beheadings of politicians and invasion of a country and he gets angry at allies over trade.
it shows how transactional and grievance-driven Trump worldview is.
She’s talking about beheadings of politicians and invasion of a country and he gets angry at allies over trade.
it shows how transactional and grievance-driven Trump worldview is.
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His statement is pretty blunt for a Senator, calling out the Minority Leader of your own party ahead of the Majority Leader is...well suffice to say I think Marty is now off Chuck's Christmas card list lol
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
His statement is pretty blunt for a Senator, calling out the Minority Leader of your own party ahead of the Majority Leader is...well suffice to say I think Marty is now off Chuck's Christmas card list lol
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FWIW, first blush thoughts from folks inside/consulting the hemp beverage space on Twitter are pretty quickly pivoting to uh pivoting, telling Hemp operators to either look for non-THC offerings, getting into a THC market in a fully legal state, or else shutting down
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
FWIW, first blush thoughts from folks inside/consulting the hemp beverage space on Twitter are pretty quickly pivoting to uh pivoting, telling Hemp operators to either look for non-THC offerings, getting into a THC market in a fully legal state, or else shutting down
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there's a reason i have always taken the position of touching the environmental meat topic from personal anecdotes instead lol.
"i eat like 1 beef meal every few months, i eat chicken regularly, and i sometimes eat pork; compared to 10 years ago, i weigh 40 kg less and am notably healthier"
"i eat like 1 beef meal every few months, i eat chicken regularly, and i sometimes eat pork; compared to 10 years ago, i weigh 40 kg less and am notably healthier"
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
there's a reason i have always taken the position of touching the environmental meat topic from personal anecdotes instead lol.
"i eat like 1 beef meal every few months, i eat chicken regularly, and i sometimes eat pork; compared to 10 years ago, i weigh 40 kg less and am notably healthier"
"i eat like 1 beef meal every few months, i eat chicken regularly, and i sometimes eat pork; compared to 10 years ago, i weigh 40 kg less and am notably healthier"
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Twitter created an official account that features posts that got lots of high quality engagement, and this guy is going absolutely Nasim Aghdam mode over his post not being included. They sent him something like $10k over it originally
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Twitter created an official account that features posts that got lots of high quality engagement, and this guy is going absolutely Nasim Aghdam mode over his post not being included. They sent him something like $10k over it originally
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My former combat medic husband is teaching the cub scouts a class on first aid tonight so apologies to any fifth graders who get traumatized if he slips back into "teaching tactical combat casualty care" mode.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My former combat medic husband is teaching the cub scouts a class on first aid tonight so apologies to any fifth graders who get traumatized if he slips back into "teaching tactical combat casualty care" mode.
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The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
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gonna be honest - the posting labeler who posts over 50 or 100 times yesterday changes how you see this site
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
gonna be honest - the posting labeler who posts over 50 or 100 times yesterday changes how you see this site
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"truly it was out of curiosity"
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"truly it was out of curiosity"
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Trump is *unilaterally* giving massive tax cuts to private equity, crypto, and foreign real estate investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump is *unilaterally* giving massive tax cuts to private equity, crypto, and foreign real estate investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Notice: “work sucks” when directed at men means that we need better working conditions and higher pay. “Work sucks” when directed at women means that they should drop out and have babies.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Notice: “work sucks” when directed at men means that we need better working conditions and higher pay. “Work sucks” when directed at women means that they should drop out and have babies.
jesus, Elon, maybe don't get such a close up when you speak remotely
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
jesus, Elon, maybe don't get such a close up when you speak remotely
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A message to "rich polluters" was projected onto a building in the Amazon city of Belem to hold them accountable for the climate crisis on the first day of COP30 in Brazil.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A message to "rich polluters" was projected onto a building in the Amazon city of Belem to hold them accountable for the climate crisis on the first day of COP30 in Brazil.
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seriously, i'm not trying to be mean here, but how is this the "high-T" example
Krah, have you checked your own?
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
seriously, i'm not trying to be mean here, but how is this the "high-T" example
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Just add a constant, unnerving rumble in the background and you have a clear picture of what Zone of Interest set in 2025 would look like.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just add a constant, unnerving rumble in the background and you have a clear picture of what Zone of Interest set in 2025 would look like.