So many scenes and locations unchanged 60 years later, when I was a student there, to today. Such gratitude that this treasure was spared the firebombing.

One of the many post-mortems I read yesterday talked about the butterfly effect of Ishiba losing the upper house -> resigning and replaced by Takaichi -> coalition ends with Kōmeitō -> Kōmeitō flails about and joins with CDP. For want of three upper house seats...

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Still going thread breaking down the entire Bad Bunny halftime show. Great for us new to all this.

The most underrated force over the last few years of Japanese politics is generational change. The end of Boomer domination of the society and its politics, people for whom high-growth era was "normal". Takaichi is riding this wave, but....she is the last boomer standing (1961)

Nothing in the middle of the road but roadkill. bsky.app/profile/tobi...

🚨DOJ quietly yanked an 86-page Epstein memo: “Investigation into Potential Jeffrey Epstein Co-Conspirators.” It lays out interviews with alleged victims, investigative targets, and attorneys. I archived it—full memo here. Fuck you Pambi and pedophile protectors. app.box.com/s/inb1kswr77...

This map is just...wow.

Ok, the exit poll aligned with mainstream pollsters so far.

My 2026 Japanese general election thread starts here. We're now less than a half hour to polls closing.

People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Why study the humanities? Well, here is an example from the Colbert show, in which Ian McKellen spontaneously delivers an extraordinary speech -- relevant as ever. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQiw...

Roger Craig's long wait is over. He's heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. No Frank Gore this year, but given that he ranks thir in all-time rushing yards, it shouldn't be long before he gets in.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 Roger Craig Drew Brees Larry Fitzgerald Luke Kuechly Adam Vinatieri

🚨 BREAKING: 49ers great Roger Craig officially is a Hall of Famer Read more from @mattmaiocco.bsky.social: bit.ly/45RJr11 (➡️ Toyota NorCal Dealers)

Forty-three years after the #49ers had questions about his hands (yes, his hands) pioneering dual-threat running back Roger Craig elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...

Roger Craig's long wait is over. He is heading into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Frank Gore did not make it on his first ballot. To read: www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-fran...

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

There's so much good in people.

Race as a construct is so powerful that only now are many people saying ‘they are killing us’. They have been killing us. We have all been us the whole time.

Guys you work at the terminator factory what did you think was gonna happen

Evidence again of @jonathanbchait.bsky.social's point that the phone is the weapon Trump fears most

In 1775 a lot of people were unhappy with the King but they weren’t necessarily ready to commit treason. That changed when the King’s troops started shooting their neighbors, stealing food, and raping women.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

The mom who we all saw turning the wheel and trying to drive away was actually a domestic terrorist trying to run over a poor ICE agent, and now the nurse who we all saw coming to the aid of another ICE victim was actually a deranged shooter who had to be taken down.

On January 22nd, the Japan Meteorological Corporation announced its third cherry blossom forecast for Japan. As of now, initial flowering is expected near the end of March for Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, top of April for Sendai, and end of April for Sapporo.

Meanwhile... open.substack.com/pub/robinjbr...

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, between true and false, no longer exist.” - Hannah Arendt

Behold how a functional democracy deals with a President who attempts an auto-golpe www.bbc.com/news/article...

Meidi-ya on Roppongi Dori, which opened there in 1959, will close next month. It's one of those shops which everyone knows, and hardly anyone uses. That wasn't always the case. roppongi.keizai.biz/headline/5045/

There's video: youtube.com/shorts/bdKpV...

This is a little goofy but it's much better than the alternative

That was amazing. I am totally exhausted. One step closer!

Police in Nagareyama, Chiba, arranged for ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman to address pupils at a junior high school about cross-cultural exchange. That's not a sentence a younger me would have expected to write. www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/455803

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

Worst cantrip ever

First snow seen on Mt Fuji this season - 21 days later than average, but much earlier (15 days) than the super late ‘first snow’ of last year

Early autumn scenes in the Japanese countryside

Sat here for 10 minutes just admiring this work of art. A true masterpiece that evokes all kinds of emotions, memories, and greatness. Come out to Raimondi Park and stop by to see Kalani Ware’s tribute to the Man Of Steal.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘻𝘢 (1974) starring Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura. Takakura walks through Koma Geki Mae, now Cine City Square, in Kabukicho, Shinjuku 🎥 The place has changed (Toyoko kids, tourists, and touts) but some things appear the same.

youtube.com/watch?v=Ffu6... Don’t usually share YouTube videos but I love these 2 legends.

PMP is the place to be Verlander returns for the #SFGiants, @CreativeTonyR will tell us if Indy can extend the #NBAFinals and more…8pm tonight, y’all www.youtube.com/@PauliesMacs...

‼️ The following is an announcement from the EPS (Emergency Particle System) Today’s show has been moved to 8pm tonight. Tony is reporting for jury duty. We’ll be ready to rock at 8pm tonight, y’all ‼️

A wide-ranging interview with yours truly, about how Japan built something huge out of little luxuries & inessentials: digthetea.com/en/2025/06/m...

This thread is a work of art. Ot fashion, I guess.

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Sly Stone's pioneering use of the Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2 drum machine had a major influence on Haruomi Hosono's movement towards the technopop sound that culminated in Yellow Magic Orchestra

Our Wednesday "Night Flight" show was live during the Giants game and the particles were flying with live updates from Oracle Park! Also, Eldridge's time is coming, or is a trade in order?  Plus, Knicks coach search & the "Bummer Bracket" is back, NBA Finals style! www.youtube.com/live/9hoEZ2e...