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Rabbit lover/mom to an amazing daughter. Pro-degrowth & peace. Love books, nature & old things. Concerned citizen. Empath. Introvert. Born/raised in🇺🇸&🇯🇵currently in 🇯🇵.Into philosophy, politics & education.何処にいてもマイノリティとして生きてきた🇺🇸🇯🇵ハーフ。学べば学ぶほど知識は増えるのに分からない事が増える。
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The right to say and study what we want is essentially American. But we don’t live in America any longer. We live in a foreign country now. To return, we need to map how far things have gone.
Here are a list of words your govt is disappearing.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chill...
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I started to put together this list after my students requested we no longer record classroom conversations about changes happening with the Trump administration. They wanted the conversation, but not a record that could be used against them.
How quickly this sense of fear became widespread.
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Oh lawdy he was cookin
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日本とアメリカを見ていると政治家や庶民に影響力のある多くが分断を煽る目的で発信している印象を持ちます。批判が彼等に向かないようにするのも理由の一つでしょうがそうなることに何かしらのメリットが彼等にはあるのではないかと考えてしまいます。
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その方に共感します。私も随分、悩んでます。ただアメリカの田舎でhermitの生活を考えると身を守る為に銃を所持した方が安心だったりするのでは？と考えたりすると日本に留まった方がいいのでは？…と。ただ日本も最近は無差別な物騒な事件も増え、地域によって外国人への差別も目立つようになり日米のハーフでも英語を話したり、読んでると肩身が狭い思いをする事が以前より増えました。
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Thank you so much for your offer. I’ll let my daughter know. By the way which book written by her would you most recommend?
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It was a wonderful and fascinating read. My daughter has recently become interested in Simone de Beauvoir so I shared it with her. Thank you for sharing this.
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密かに変化は感じてました。ただ住む地域と接してるアメリカ人によって大きく違っていた印象です。オバマが大統領になった直後からフロリダに住むアメリカ人(白人)の父の発言がこの流れの前触れのように大きく変化したのを覚えてます。日本人の母は身近にいても感じなかったようですが…
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その傾向残念ながら日本でも広がってしまってますね。
どうすれば人間はそうなってしまうのか考えさせられます。
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Well..in regard to intelligent people, I’ve observed both so I’m wondering if it has to do with their personality, upbringing or life experiences.
My daughter is majoring in contemporary thought & philosophy so your questions will bring up some interesting discussions.
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Thank you for choosing a wonderful topic. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it! These are exactly the questions I’ve been asking myself lately.
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What’s frightening is that so-called democratic non western countries that were somewhat stable like South Korea and Japan are a mess as well. I see a growing # of fascist, pro-Trump supporters, groups that blame foreigners for issues that have existed here in Japan decades before their arrival.
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My daughter enjoyed Lois Lowry’s The Giver and Gathering Blue at that age. Books by Jacqueline Wilson and Diana Wynne Jones were also some of her favorites so your nieces may enjoy them as well.
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Thank you for educating & reminding those of us that were unaware of this or needed reminding. Is it alright to assume all disabled people feel this way or does it differ greatly on the individual?
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Thank you for your 🧵and I’m so sorry for your loss. My mother who was also on her bicycle lost her life in Florida when an SUV hit her so I can completely empathize. Bigger cars and roads designed & made with only cars and car drivers in mind, are putting pedestrians and bicyclists safety at risk.
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Just wish the majority thought like you.
Many seem to stand up only for those in their “little circles” or in many cases not even that, if it’s not advantageous for them or they can’t immediately reap the benefits.
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The more open you are in life, the more data and information you're able to take in.
Which always leads to more well-rounded worldviews; more empathy & better listening skills to learn from others; and more profound insight.
Only good can come from being open-minded.
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Hello! Relieved that there were a few familiar names here. Unfortunately the “other place” updates me on current affairs of Japan & allows me to get a view of their changing values & mentality but Bluesky is so much nicer.
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My energy…
(Photo by Saul Leiter)
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Thank you for sharing this. I hope many of us share these thoughts. May I also share something I recently read from The Editorial Board: “The world never changed for the better because a majority wanted it to. It changed because a righteous minority demanded it.”
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
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Thank you for your kind words. Since I wasn’t permitted to have a pet growing up, I was very hesitant about welcoming one into my life but it has actually been a wonderful experience.