Dr RRM
@c-h-melon.bsky.social
Professor, liberal, immigrant to Japan
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The last few minutes of my flight (NH208).
Showing our go-around at the last moment before landing.
Showing our go-around at the last moment before landing.
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The last few minutes of my flight (NH208).
Showing our go-around at the last moment before landing.
Showing our go-around at the last moment before landing.
Just landed at Haneda AFTER we did a "go around" just before we touched down. Not fun really.
😬
😬
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just landed at Haneda AFTER we did a "go around" just before we touched down. Not fun really.
😬
😬
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
Legit concern about possible middle name issue in Japan.
I booked an Intl flight from Lufthansa and this last leg (Milan to Japan) is via ANA. When I booked there was no middle name spot on the Lufthansa site. So I'm flying First Last though my passport shows my middle. IYKYK - ANA might freak.
I booked an Intl flight from Lufthansa and this last leg (Milan to Japan) is via ANA. When I booked there was no middle name spot on the Lufthansa site. So I'm flying First Last though my passport shows my middle. IYKYK - ANA might freak.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Legit concern about possible middle name issue in Japan.
I booked an Intl flight from Lufthansa and this last leg (Milan to Japan) is via ANA. When I booked there was no middle name spot on the Lufthansa site. So I'm flying First Last though my passport shows my middle. IYKYK - ANA might freak.
I booked an Intl flight from Lufthansa and this last leg (Milan to Japan) is via ANA. When I booked there was no middle name spot on the Lufthansa site. So I'm flying First Last though my passport shows my middle. IYKYK - ANA might freak.
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News: Pentagon inspector general finds that the classified information Pete Hegseth shared in a Signal chat with @TheAtlantic could have put U.S. forces at risk. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
News: Pentagon inspector general finds that the classified information Pete Hegseth shared in a Signal chat with @TheAtlantic could have put U.S. forces at risk. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump: I'm going to pardon massive drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, bc I don't think former leaders should be held accountable for their crimes.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Trump: I'm going to pardon massive drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, bc I don't think former leaders should be held accountable for their crimes.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
Guten Morgen.
In Cologne, Germany.
In Cologne, Germany.
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Guten Morgen.
In Cologne, Germany.
In Cologne, Germany.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Greetings from the Edward VII Park, Lisbon, Portugal.
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Greetings from the Edward VII Park, Lisbon, Portugal.
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The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
every once in a while here in Japan when out in public it seems as though Japanese people say something in English to each other because I (American_foreigner) is in the area.
Just now, a first. Father to young children: 🎶This is Halloween, This is Halloween 🎶☠️
Just now, a first. Father to young children: 🎶This is Halloween, This is Halloween 🎶☠️
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
every once in a while here in Japan when out in public it seems as though Japanese people say something in English to each other because I (American_foreigner) is in the area.
Just now, a first. Father to young children: 🎶This is Halloween, This is Halloween 🎶☠️
Just now, a first. Father to young children: 🎶This is Halloween, This is Halloween 🎶☠️
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1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
Customary picture of flowers from the flower park where thousands of locals have come to view for the day.
And only the red spider lily.
Nice day for a walk. 🙂
And only the red spider lily.
Nice day for a walk. 🙂
October 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Customary picture of flowers from the flower park where thousands of locals have come to view for the day.
And only the red spider lily.
Nice day for a walk. 🙂
And only the red spider lily.
Nice day for a walk. 🙂
So I joined Chocozap (a mini gym company in Japan). They have a workout machine that I have never seen before...but I'm a bit curious about it. 😉
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So I joined Chocozap (a mini gym company in Japan). They have a workout machine that I have never seen before...but I'm a bit curious about it. 😉
@jjwalsh.bsky.social FYI 👍🌳🏫🚸
Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.
Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »
La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola
leparisien.fr
September 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@jjwalsh.bsky.social FYI 👍🌳🏫🚸
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Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.
What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.
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It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
![A screenshot of page 28 of a legal document discussing the difficulty lower courts face when interpreting unclear or rapidly evolving guidance from the Supreme Court.
The following phrases and sentences are highlighted in yellow:
* "That said, the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not been models of clarity, and have left many issues unresolved."
* "California was a four-paragraph per curiam decision issued in the context of a stay application."
* "The outcome, which no party had requested, was, thus, inconsistent with the views of eight justices"
* "the issues are complex and evolving."
* "this Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions."
* "...it is unhelpful and unnecessary to criticize district courts for “defy[ing]” the Supreme Court when they are working to find the right answer in a rapidly evolving doctrinal landscape, where they must grapple with both existing precedent and interim guidance from the Supreme Court that appears to set that precedent aside without much explanation or consensus."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigccsnzzzeeozgxugdllvfylmdjlrmifsf34rgsubkhl5f2viivzu@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
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And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
Ted Cruz: "I don't want to get between JB Pritzker and the Dominos Pizza line, but I'll tell you what I am willing to get between -- him and his open doors for every human trafficker ... "
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
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1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
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Good morning. Apologies for not being so active recently. Birthing the magazine you see below has taken up a lot of my time.
A year in the making, LUXE is a new, JP & EN bi-lingual magazine for Japan.
Launching 8th Sept. More news soon.
More details in ALT.
Have a great weekend.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
A year in the making, LUXE is a new, JP & EN bi-lingual magazine for Japan.
Launching 8th Sept. More news soon.
More details in ALT.
Have a great weekend.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
August 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Good morning. Apologies for not being so active recently. Birthing the magazine you see below has taken up a lot of my time.
A year in the making, LUXE is a new, JP & EN bi-lingual magazine for Japan.
Launching 8th Sept. More news soon.
More details in ALT.
Have a great weekend.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
A year in the making, LUXE is a new, JP & EN bi-lingual magazine for Japan.
Launching 8th Sept. More news soon.
More details in ALT.
Have a great weekend.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
Having a hard time understanding (a) who takes their kid to a Beer Party and (b) why does it cost 3,500 yen for a kid between the ages of 4 and 12?
August 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Having a hard time understanding (a) who takes their kid to a Beer Party and (b) why does it cost 3,500 yen for a kid between the ages of 4 and 12?