Yes, New College is incredibly inefficient but it also dropped 60(!) spots on the US News & World Report rankings. Not easy! Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster. Competence matters.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

It’s a struggle to maintain let alone improve the languages I have worked hard to learn but a treasured bedtime ritual is to read two pages a night (until I get hooked and read many more). A cat would improve this ritual for sure

Here’s how I became fluent in German in just 3 months: - I didn’t :’) - It was more like 5 years!! - I sounded stupid in German for 4.9 years - I nearly quit every other month Real learning is messy. It takes time and effort. Don’t trust marketing claims!

Tokyo’s average annual temperature has increased by about 3.0 °C from ~1876 to ~2019. This includes both global warming and additional warming due to urbanisation and continued loss of green spaces. Meanwhile, Tokyo Met Gov’t is felling hundreds of mature trees in downtown parks for redevelopment.

This is my favorite photograph of Assata. I wondered how they got it in 1980s Cuba? I forgot Americans used to travel there freely. Who would she be willing to see? Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Ozier Muhammad ofc. Who is also a grandson of Elijah Muhammad (founder of the Nation of Islam).

Japan Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at U of Tokyo. (2 years, due on Dec 1, 2025) gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/networking/2...

May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

24 octobre!!!

I already communicate with dead writers without using AI — I read! But I also would not have Dazai Osamu as the poster boy for ‘life advice’

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.

I was in a WILD mood when I wrote this

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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

【イベント情報】 松田青子文学フォーラム──「彼女」たちの労働・クィア・ケア──（2025年10月23日 (⽊)16時00分～18時20分、青山学院大学 総研ビル(14号館) 11階 第19会議室+オンライン）※要申込 bungaku-report.com/blog/2025/09...

FINALLY! I knew I’d enjoy this read! If you are curious about the roots of contemporary feminism and LGBTQ movements in Japan, this is a must read! Well worth the wait @jameswelker.bsky.social

“'If people cannot access vaccines, we will see the return of diseases that once caused serious health issues for children,' said Dr. Sean O’Leary." “These diseases are now almost entirely preventable, and as a pediatrician it is heartbreaking to see a child and family suffer in this way.”

A thread of Inuit art that you didn't know you needed, starting with one of my favourites 🧵

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2025 – preview asian-docs.com/2025/09/15/y...

Just going to remind you that if the police or any other law enforcement show up you should ABSOLUTELY say I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.

I am pissed and scared all the time but I love us so much and I would not trade even if it made my life easier to be one of them if you are trans, if you are queer, if you are personally fucking up gender binaries, I love you so much and I am so glad you’re here

Wow, this is a masterful execution of such an original vision — I love the fictional archival angle. I can’t believe this book!!!

I stayed up all night last weekend ***at a party*** and I was so anxious about if I could actually manage that and yes, I did it! and yes, I had a great time! but also yes, I am back to lights out at 9:30pm again, thank you very much

BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2

Just published the roundtable introducing work by three emerging scholars on student-led activism against sexual assault. Sita Dewi on Indonesia, Bea Patricia Devesa on the Philippines, and Misha Cade on Japan. I learned so much working with them — www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A far-left activist and lesbian dominatrix with a traumatic past. Who says politics in Japan is dull? throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/c...

“But lawyers and social workers say many of the non-Korean immigrants ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo or are otherwise unaccounted for.” apnews.com/article/geor...

"It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to powers that are clearly willing to destroy the basic principles that protect the university’s independence against external manipulations." www.chronicle.com/article/when...

“A single white egg rattled around the bottom of a small pot. At the local Miyoshi Mart, a carton of ten cost 198 yen—the cheapest option around here.” Read from Natsuo Kirino’s novel Swallows, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda.

NEW: Arkansas announced plans for a mega prison in a rural town. Since then, locals are organizing to stop it. At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country. make time for this new feature, you won't regret it

South Korean officials press gaggle at the airport: -there was 1 pregnant detainee, she was seated in first class -none of the detainees displayed health problems, medical staff was in flight -Korean govt exploring psychological support -workers applauded out of relief when they took off from GA

Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war. #booksky #translation #literarytranslation

Brutal. Photojournalist Madison Swart is doing a longterm project documenting the presence and tactics of ICE and federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza. Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart

Le Parti libéral démocrate élira son ou sa président.e le 4 octobre. La course à la présidence du PLD était une étape pour désigner le Premier ministre, mais les résultats des sénatoriales rebattent les cartes puisque le PLD n'a désormais plus la majorité parlementaire. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

On the long hours teachers work… ‘Only 0.9%, or 11 people, said they left and arrived at work on time and did not work weekends or take work home.’ mainichi.jp/english/arti...

Parents of multilingual dyslexic kids out there? Our heads are finally above water here but I’d love to talk.

Tell Costco not to cave on reproductive rights. pPlease sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

@chelseaszendi.bsky.social's Duke Press book ⤵️ has the history history. :) Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left www.dukeupress.edu/coed-revolut...

imagine having lived during the 20th century, having access to books about other centuries of Japanese history, and saying this

Acclaimed screenwriter Kajiwara Aki ("I Am Kirishima") has just published a memoir about her father, who was a fugitive for many years as a former member of a militant group that carried out a bombing in Tokyo in the 1970s. throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/d...

In our last editorial we imagined how bad academic publishing might get, and hopefully how it might come out better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Occupation des universités, manifestations contre les bases militaires américaines d’où partaient les avions bombardant le Vietnam ; lutte contre la construction de l’aéroport de Narita sur une zone agricole ; naissance du mouvement de libération des femmes…

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Tokyo 68 – a fictionalized graphic novel focusing on women in the Tokyo University struggle of 1968-1969. Rebellious Japanese students of New Left protest movements. By artist Hélène Aldeguer and historian Chelsea Szendi Schieder. Future versions in English and Japanese. @chelseaszendi.bsky.social

Occupation des universités, manifestations contre les bases militaires américaines d’où partaient les avions bombardant le Vietnam ; lutte contre la construction de l’aéroport de Narita sur une zone agricole ; naissance du mouvement de libération des femmes…

The number for those who need screen readers (855)435-7693

ICE has just ramped up its presence in the BOSTON area. If you see something -- a raid, cars with masked agents, etc. -- call LUCE right away and record everything you can. Support your neighbors!

"I Guess All We Have Is Freedom" Selected short stories by Katsuhiko Otsuji (pen name of avant-garde artist Genpei Akasegawa), translated by Matt Fargo for the always excellent Kaya Press: kaya.com/books/i-gues...

À paraître chez @libertalialivre.bsky.social « Tokyo 68 » par Hélène Aldeguer et Chelsea Szendi Schieder : www.editionslibertalia.com/catalogue/ho...