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Pico Iyer is once again bringing just the lukewarmest of takes about Japan.
Just, wow. WOW.
Just, wow. WOW.
Sorry: this is a parody of an actual NY Times paragraph
April 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Pico Iyer is once again bringing just the lukewarmest of takes about Japan.
Just, wow. WOW.
Just, wow. WOW.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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the sales numbers are so low that it remains true that if you see a Cybertruck, you are likely seeing the very stupidest person in that area
7,000 units in a quarter lol
Tesla confirms it can’t sell the Cybertruck even with tax credit and discounts
March 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
the sales numbers are so low that it remains true that if you see a Cybertruck, you are likely seeing the very stupidest person in that area
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“[W]hen we observe questionable decisions and procedures, I feel it is our citizen’s duty to protest.” —A.A.
March 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“[W]hen we observe questionable decisions and procedures, I feel it is our citizen’s duty to protest.” —A.A.
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Trudeau is really angry. So am I.
If you haven't yet watched Justin Trudeau address Americans, Trump, and Canadians about the stupidity of launching a trade war against your closest ally and neighbor—and how baseless any of Trump's claims are—you really should watch it: youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Trudeau is really angry. So am I.
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This is awful
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington
Title VIII Fellowships
languageworkshop.indiana.edu
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is awful
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Ahhhh... The golden hour in Hikari, Yamaguchi.
February 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Ahhhh... The golden hour in Hikari, Yamaguchi.
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This is the right thing to do, and I wish Americans could be as clear-headed.
Blimey. Asked about Trump, Merz says he’s in close contact with European leaders about becoming “independent” from US (and confesses “I never thought I’d say that on TV show”). Casts doubt on value of NATO summit in June.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
February 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is the right thing to do, and I wish Americans could be as clear-headed.
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「私、流氷の上を歩いてみたい」と妻が割と唐突に言い出したので行ってきました北海道、網走〜知床〜釧路ツアー。
残念ながら流氷の接岸が例年より遅れてて流氷絡みの催しはキャンセルになっちゃったんだけど俺は初の北海道だし久しぶりの雪国でめちゃ楽しかったわ⛄️
たしかに流氷は歩いてみてぇ、といろんな資料館を見てようやく思ったのでたぶん来年リベンジ。
あと意外と団体ツアーは悪くない。
残念ながら流氷の接岸が例年より遅れてて流氷絡みの催しはキャンセルになっちゃったんだけど俺は初の北海道だし久しぶりの雪国でめちゃ楽しかったわ⛄️
たしかに流氷は歩いてみてぇ、といろんな資料館を見てようやく思ったのでたぶん来年リベンジ。
あと意外と団体ツアーは悪くない。
February 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
「私、流氷の上を歩いてみたい」と妻が割と唐突に言い出したので行ってきました北海道、網走〜知床〜釧路ツアー。
残念ながら流氷の接岸が例年より遅れてて流氷絡みの催しはキャンセルになっちゃったんだけど俺は初の北海道だし久しぶりの雪国でめちゃ楽しかったわ⛄️
たしかに流氷は歩いてみてぇ、といろんな資料館を見てようやく思ったのでたぶん来年リベンジ。
あと意外と団体ツアーは悪くない。
残念ながら流氷の接岸が例年より遅れてて流氷絡みの催しはキャンセルになっちゃったんだけど俺は初の北海道だし久しぶりの雪国でめちゃ楽しかったわ⛄️
たしかに流氷は歩いてみてぇ、といろんな資料館を見てようやく思ったのでたぶん来年リベンジ。
あと意外と団体ツアーは悪くない。
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住宅街路上で下半身露出、懲戒免職処分 山口・宇部の消防士長
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
>同消防局によると、消防士長は昨年10月、宇部市内の住宅街の路上で下半身を露出したとして公然わいせつ容疑で山口県警に逮捕された。その後、昨年5月に同市内で女性の性的な姿を撮影した性的姿態撮影処罰法違反容疑でも書類送検され、両罪で略式起訴。今月6日に宇部簡裁が罰金50万円の略式命令を出した。
合わせ技一本？
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
>同消防局によると、消防士長は昨年10月、宇部市内の住宅街の路上で下半身を露出したとして公然わいせつ容疑で山口県警に逮捕された。その後、昨年5月に同市内で女性の性的な姿を撮影した性的姿態撮影処罰法違反容疑でも書類送検され、両罪で略式起訴。今月6日に宇部簡裁が罰金50万円の略式命令を出した。
合わせ技一本？
住宅街路上で下半身露出、懲戒免職処分 山口・宇部の消防士長
山口県の宇部・山陽小野田消防局は21日、路上で下半身を露出したなどとして、宇部中央消防署の佐藤司消防士長（32）を懲戒免職処分とした。
www.sankei.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
住宅街路上で下半身露出、懲戒免職処分 山口・宇部の消防士長
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
>同消防局によると、消防士長は昨年10月、宇部市内の住宅街の路上で下半身を露出したとして公然わいせつ容疑で山口県警に逮捕された。その後、昨年5月に同市内で女性の性的な姿を撮影した性的姿態撮影処罰法違反容疑でも書類送検され、両罪で略式起訴。今月6日に宇部簡裁が罰金50万円の略式命令を出した。
合わせ技一本？
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
>同消防局によると、消防士長は昨年10月、宇部市内の住宅街の路上で下半身を露出したとして公然わいせつ容疑で山口県警に逮捕された。その後、昨年5月に同市内で女性の性的な姿を撮影した性的姿態撮影処罰法違反容疑でも書類送検され、両罪で略式起訴。今月6日に宇部簡裁が罰金50万円の略式命令を出した。
合わせ技一本？
初めて聞いた日本の現代音楽。あのベースライン。ダウンタウンポップの真髄。
This is the first contemporary Japanese music I heard. That bass line. The essence of downtown pop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mChD...
This is the first contemporary Japanese music I heard. That bass line. The essence of downtown pop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mChD...
Blizzard
YouTube video by Yumi Matsutoya - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
初めて聞いた日本の現代音楽。あのベースライン。ダウンタウンポップの真髄。
This is the first contemporary Japanese music I heard. That bass line. The essence of downtown pop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mChD...
This is the first contemporary Japanese music I heard. That bass line. The essence of downtown pop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mChD...
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This is re: Trump's EO to ban trans persons from the military. Reyes is a federal judge. If I got this etherized in court I'd walk into the fucking sea. bsky.app/profile/mike...
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is re: Trump's EO to ban trans persons from the military. Reyes is a federal judge. If I got this etherized in court I'd walk into the fucking sea. bsky.app/profile/mike...
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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.