Niki Clum
@nikiclum.bsky.social
Lawyer/lobbyist. Adventuring in Japan until December, 2025. For funny stories about living and parenting in Japan, check out my Substack nikiclum.substack.com
People wrongfully convicted in the federal criminal justice system get only $50,000 for each year they were wrongfully incarcerated in PRISON.
Lindsey Graham and other senators want $500,000 (plus attorney fees) of taxpayer money because someone read their phone records!
Lindsey Graham and other senators want $500,000 (plus attorney fees) of taxpayer money because someone read their phone records!
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
People wrongfully convicted in the federal criminal justice system get only $50,000 for each year they were wrongfully incarcerated in PRISON.
Lindsey Graham and other senators want $500,000 (plus attorney fees) of taxpayer money because someone read their phone records!
Lindsey Graham and other senators want $500,000 (plus attorney fees) of taxpayer money because someone read their phone records!
New Substack about life in Japan. It is funny and free. Please enjoy, subscribe, and share. Thank you!
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September 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New Substack about life in Japan. It is funny and free. Please enjoy, subscribe, and share. Thank you!
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New Substack about life in Japan. Free, short, and funny. Please subscribe, comment, share, and enjoy. Thank you!
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Not Taking it for Granite
Everyone’s life has seasons.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New Substack about life in Japan. Free, short, and funny. Please subscribe, comment, share, and enjoy. Thank you!
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New Substack. Slightly different this time; but it is still free, funny, and short. Please enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe. Thank you for reading!
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Technological Paradise Lost
I intend to quash the misconception here and now that Japan is some sort of futuristic technological paradise.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Substack. Slightly different this time; but it is still free, funny, and short. Please enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe. Thank you for reading!
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New Substack. As always, it is a free, funny, and short post about living and parenting in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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Stressed Bitchy Angry Control-Freak Perfectionist Asshole
I recently heard Psychologist Philip Zimbardo on a podcast say, “By putting people in totally new situations, that’s really how we discover something about ourselves.” It was an old interview as he di...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New Substack. As always, it is a free, funny, and short post about living and parenting in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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New (free) Substack about life and parenting (actually, mothering) in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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Middle Aged Woman Lawyer Needs Help with First Grade
So, this is 40.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New (free) Substack about life and parenting (actually, mothering) in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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Pete Hegseth has small dick energy. Thank God he has access to the US nuclear arsenal so he can overcompensate.
March 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Pete Hegseth has small dick energy. Thank God he has access to the US nuclear arsenal so he can overcompensate.
New Substack about life in Japan. It is short, funny, and free. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New Substack about life in Japan. It is short, funny, and free. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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@DispatchAlerts finally mentioned the "financial impact on taxpayers and the challenges" of keeping workers.
But still no mention of the burden on working parents, the financial impact to workers, and the lack of parking downtown.
Do better.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
But still no mention of the burden on working parents, the financial impact to workers, and the lack of parking downtown.
Do better.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
Many state workers return to the office full-time Monday following Mike DeWine order
The deadline for Gov. Mike DeWine's return-to-office order is this Monday. Here's what we know.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
@DispatchAlerts finally mentioned the "financial impact on taxpayers and the challenges" of keeping workers.
But still no mention of the burden on working parents, the financial impact to workers, and the lack of parking downtown.
Do better.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
But still no mention of the burden on working parents, the financial impact to workers, and the lack of parking downtown.
Do better.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
"[W]orking to inform state legislators...about how food banks help underwrite the cost of farming..."
Yay farmers, but why does the OGA and @GovMikeDeWine
need any reason besides 'we feed hungry families' during "record-high demand..."?
#prolife right?
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Yay farmers, but why does the OGA and @GovMikeDeWine
need any reason besides 'we feed hungry families' during "record-high demand..."?
#prolife right?
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
USDA cancels local food purchasing program, putting more strain on central Ohio food banks
Local food banks are feeling the pinch — and may offer less local produce — amid federal funding cuts to a program connecting them to farms.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
"[W]orking to inform state legislators...about how food banks help underwrite the cost of farming..."
Yay farmers, but why does the OGA and @GovMikeDeWine
need any reason besides 'we feed hungry families' during "record-high demand..."?
#prolife right?
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Yay farmers, but why does the OGA and @GovMikeDeWine
need any reason besides 'we feed hungry families' during "record-high demand..."?
#prolife right?
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Call your congressperson and ask them to oppose the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act #SAVEAct #MAGA #19Amendment
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MAGA Attacks on Women Part 3: SAVE Act #maga #trump #saveact #chiproy #19amendment #19thamendment (sorry about the background noise)
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February 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Call your congressperson and ask them to oppose the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act #SAVEAct #MAGA #19Amendment
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New Substack about (winter) life in Japan. Short, free, and funny. Please enjoy, and please subscribe. Thank you.
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Japan in the Winter: A Slip and Fall Lawsuit Waiting to Happen
For the past 75 years, Sapporo - the city in Japan not the beer[1] - has hosted an annual Snow Festival.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New Substack about (winter) life in Japan. Short, free, and funny. Please enjoy, and please subscribe. Thank you.
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I have yet to see an article discuss the lack of parking downtown and how state employees have to find and pay for their own parking. Since we have basically no public transit, state employees pay for the privilege of going to work. www.dispatch.com/story/busine... via @DispatchAlerts
Return-to-office orders from state, major employers boost Downtown backers' hopes
For thousands of central Ohio workers, five years of working in pajamas at the kitchen table are crashing to an end.
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February 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I have yet to see an article discuss the lack of parking downtown and how state employees have to find and pay for their own parking. Since we have basically no public transit, state employees pay for the privilege of going to work. www.dispatch.com/story/busine... via @DispatchAlerts
New (always free and hopefully funny) Substack about living and parenting in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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February 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New (always free and hopefully funny) Substack about living and parenting in Japan. Please enjoy and please subscribe.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Is it normal to send your child's urine to school? You decide. Check out my free Substack for funny stories about living and parenting in Japan. open.substack.com/pub/nikiclum...
Urine for a Penny, in for a Pound
In less than a year, Franny has been required to submit urine to her kindergarten for testing twice.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Is it normal to send your child's urine to school? You decide. Check out my free Substack for funny stories about living and parenting in Japan. open.substack.com/pub/nikiclum...