Paul Christensen
@takadanobaba.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologists, mostly Japan, think Takadanobaba is pretty neat.
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New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
For today's #linguisticlandscape fuck you payface
February 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
For today's #linguisticlandscape fuck you payface
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The US campaign to starve Cuba of fuel should be understood as genocidal. They are targeting a whole nation, deliberately destroying conditions necessary for life, in flagrant violation of international law. Pure barbarism, there is no other way to describe it.
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The US campaign to starve Cuba of fuel should be understood as genocidal. They are targeting a whole nation, deliberately destroying conditions necessary for life, in flagrant violation of international law. Pure barbarism, there is no other way to describe it.
Periodic reminder that All Cats Are Beautiful.
Rio’s bloodiest day: the untold story of Brazil’s most deadly police raid
In interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieces together how an operation targeting a criminal gang left 122 people dead last October
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Periodic reminder that All Cats Are Beautiful.
A sampling of books given prominent placement at Rio bookstores that never seem to get the same treatment in the US...
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
A sampling of books given prominent placement at Rio bookstores that never seem to get the same treatment in the US...
Reposted by Paul Christensen
Is Japan a cautionary tale or a fetishized object that lets scholars and policymakers avoid hard questions? Paul Christensen explores this dynamic as part of our ongoing series, Critical Asian Scholarship in a Time of Global Crisis.
Read the full article here:
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#Japan
Read the full article here:
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#Japan
January 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Is Japan a cautionary tale or a fetishized object that lets scholars and policymakers avoid hard questions? Paul Christensen explores this dynamic as part of our ongoing series, Critical Asian Scholarship in a Time of Global Crisis.
Read the full article here:
apjjf.org/2026/1/chris...
#Japan
Read the full article here:
apjjf.org/2026/1/chris...
#Japan
My wife @oceanana.bsky.social is one of the illegally fired federal workers profiled here.
At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. Franklin Foer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out: theatln.tc/XfKtWRqe
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
My wife @oceanana.bsky.social is one of the illegally fired federal workers profiled here.
My declaration for (particularly) Japan studies as the world burns.
If Japan is the future, why aren’t we more upset? - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
My declaration for (particularly) Japan studies as the world burns.
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We don't need a more polite hyper-capitalist genocidal emperor
#Socialistsunday
#Socialistsunday
January 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
We don't need a more polite hyper-capitalist genocidal emperor
#Socialistsunday
#Socialistsunday
"Education is an investment, not a cost."
January 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"Education is an investment, not a cost."
Antifascist helmet.
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Antifascist helmet.
¡Allende Presidente!
December 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
¡Allende Presidente!
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The US aggression against Venezuela is naked imperialism. All pretext has been exposed as farce. An invasion would cause tens of thousands of deaths. Every sane person must oppose this madness.
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The US aggression against Venezuela is naked imperialism. All pretext has been exposed as farce. An invasion would cause tens of thousands of deaths. Every sane person must oppose this madness.
@nytimes.com reporting on how my wife @oceanana.bsky.social was illegally fired from her position at NOAA.
She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@nytimes.com reporting on how my wife @oceanana.bsky.social was illegally fired from her position at NOAA.
The absurdity of the motorcycle radio is matched only by its vulgarity.
December 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The absurdity of the motorcycle radio is matched only by its vulgarity.
The Japan=prestige (and thus expensive) in Brazil is wild. R$100 for sunscreen that's usually less than ¥1,000.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Japan=prestige (and thus expensive) in Brazil is wild. R$100 for sunscreen that's usually less than ¥1,000.
Putting aside for a moment how vulgar and stupid the name change was, how many thousands of hours continue to be needlessly wasted making people change this shit everywhere?!?
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Putting aside for a moment how vulgar and stupid the name change was, how many thousands of hours continue to be needlessly wasted making people change this shit everywhere?!?
New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
The US obsession with personalized license plates is weird - where desperate demands for individualizing attention meet bureaucratic surveillance through status quo affirming propaganda.
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The US obsession with personalized license plates is weird - where desperate demands for individualizing attention meet bureaucratic surveillance through status quo affirming propaganda.
Time to watch season 2 again (cause it's unquestionably the best season)...
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Time to watch season 2 again (cause it's unquestionably the best season)...
Entry number infinity on the "not for beginners" list.
A New Symbol of the Brazilian Right: the American Flag
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Entry number infinity on the "not for beginners" list.
Terre Haute's realest real one.
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Terre Haute's realest real one.