D Hideo Maruyama
@roninpoet.bsky.social
The Roninpoet writes verses and photographs things. He travels periodically to discover new ways of seeing. His book of poetry has been published by the World Stage Press. He is also the former editor of dIS•orient Journalzine.
Pinned
My Book release of Taiko Quartz Beat. Time. March 12 6:30pm 88keys Coffee. Yes, I shot the cover image.
Bridge crossing
Near Hanoi
Near Hanoi
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Bridge crossing
Near Hanoi
Near Hanoi
25% Tariff on iPhone.
25% Tariff on Samsung.
25% Tariff on Samsung.
a picture of yoda with the words the dumb is strong in that one
ALT: a picture of yoda with the words the dumb is strong in that one
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
25% Tariff on iPhone.
25% Tariff on Samsung.
25% Tariff on Samsung.
I will bring peace to the Ukraine/Russian war in a day. Well, we are still waiting on that BS.
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I will bring peace to the Ukraine/Russian war in a day. Well, we are still waiting on that BS.
Troubling
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
2 U.S. Citizen Children Were Deported to Honduras With Their Mother, Lawyer Says (Gift Article)
The children, 4 and 7, were put on a plane with their mother, who was deported. The family’s lawyer said the mother was given no choice but to take her children, which the Trump administration denied.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Troubling
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
It feels like eugenics and the Nazi agenda of killing off people with disabilities is coming back. Will they do forced sterilizations again?
April 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It feels like eugenics and the Nazi agenda of killing off people with disabilities is coming back. Will they do forced sterilizations again?
I took a selfie with my cover photo.
March 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I took a selfie with my cover photo.
Troubling. Even if legal.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Troubling. Even if legal.
My Book release of Taiko Quartz Beat. Time. March 12 6:30pm 88keys Coffee. Yes, I shot the cover image.
March 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My Book release of Taiko Quartz Beat. Time. March 12 6:30pm 88keys Coffee. Yes, I shot the cover image.
47% of America loves Trump. Some are Asian. Some are Latino/a. Some are like Kanye.
Half the country supports an implosion.
Half the country supports an implosion.
a night time view of a city with a few buildings lit up
ALT: a night time view of a city with a few buildings lit up
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
47% of America loves Trump. Some are Asian. Some are Latino/a. Some are like Kanye.
Half the country supports an implosion.
Half the country supports an implosion.
I hate SF. Parking is satanic.
February 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I hate SF. Parking is satanic.
Supposedly, it is better than Pegasus, which was already very effective.
WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware
Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Supposedly, it is better than Pegasus, which was already very effective.
Unpopular fact: If a country does not accept the deportees, they can remain imprisoned with an indefinite release date. Columbia compromised ultimately.
Colombia President Petro responds to Trump tariffs: Read his full statement
Colombia-US clash erupts over deportation flights, sparking 50% tariffs and fiery statement on sovereignty from President Gustavo Petro.
www.newsweek.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Unpopular fact: If a country does not accept the deportees, they can remain imprisoned with an indefinite release date. Columbia compromised ultimately.
With the new admin, I expect more artists, singers, actors, rappers and poets to be investigated by the FBI like Hoover did in the 60s.
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
With the new admin, I expect more artists, singers, actors, rappers and poets to be investigated by the FBI like Hoover did in the 60s.
There will be concentration camps, but they will try to hide some in Cuba. No way a journalist will get clearance. When they open in places like Texas, we shall see how it goes.
‘America’s gulag’: Trump’s Guantánamo ploy tars migrants as terrorists
The president wants to detain thousands of people at a site that is notorious for its secrecy and history of abuse
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There will be concentration camps, but they will try to hide some in Cuba. No way a journalist will get clearance. When they open in places like Texas, we shall see how it goes.
I’m mad as hell, and I can’t take it anymore!
youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m mad as hell, and I can’t take it anymore!
Reposted by D Hideo Maruyama
A cohort of competitive figure skaters and their companions, including retired champions, athletic coaches and family members, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River.
Champion figure skaters confirmed as passengers aboard crashed flight
World figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, the Kremlin said. The city recently hosted the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A cohort of competitive figure skaters and their companions, including retired champions, athletic coaches and family members, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River.
Project 2025 in full swing by handlers. Once complete, Trump might be disposable.
January 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Project 2025 in full swing by handlers. Once complete, Trump might be disposable.
America is a Plutocracy, not a Democracy. Once you accept this, it all makes sense.
December 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM
America is a Plutocracy, not a Democracy. Once you accept this, it all makes sense.
If you do not read books anymore, you probably do not know how to think for yourself anymore.
December 13, 2024 at 3:21 AM
If you do not read books anymore, you probably do not know how to think for yourself anymore.
Everything eventually atrophies. America votes for Reality TV people, not poets, playwrights, novelists, painters, or artists. Why? They do not read anymore.
December 13, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Everything eventually atrophies. America votes for Reality TV people, not poets, playwrights, novelists, painters, or artists. Why? They do not read anymore.
The role of a poet is to document, to inform and to advocate. Create new metaphors of facts.
December 8, 2024 at 6:05 PM
The role of a poet is to document, to inform and to advocate. Create new metaphors of facts.
Nothing
permanently
exists except the elements
of a periodic table, which we will join
when we die to see the undiscovered world
of death as we decompose.
permanently
exists except the elements
of a periodic table, which we will join
when we die to see the undiscovered world
of death as we decompose.
December 2, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Nothing
permanently
exists except the elements
of a periodic table, which we will join
when we die to see the undiscovered world
of death as we decompose.
permanently
exists except the elements
of a periodic table, which we will join
when we die to see the undiscovered world
of death as we decompose.