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Lucky hubby, proud girl dad. Educator, economist & cleantech guy living in Kyoto. Committed to literature and martial arts. Immigrant, not expat. 書剣同源
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Apparently Fuckerberg's Fakebook doesn't appreciate this pic. They removed it less than a minute after I posted it. Something about sexual content, LMFAO.

🎧: Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster @yassmin.bsky.social joins this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. Is it a “forgotten war?” podfollow.com/the-pr...

You know it’s bad when this is the post’s cover

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

The power, or tenacity, or possible ubiquity of life: a flower growing from a tiny hole in a concrete pad. Okuma, Okinawa. April 2023.

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Shrine near Ōtsu, Shiga. Nov. 2023

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

The Peace Plan: Get the fuck out of our country. #StandWithUkraine

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Stone wall in a forest. Okuma, Okinawa. April 2023.