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ZENKO is protesting all afternoon in Osaka on the 18th (plus a couple actions in Kyoto in Kobe). Swing by for whatever fits your schedule. zenko-peace.com/archives/23762 #StopFANUCNow ++

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来週の土曜日のオンラインイベント！日本におけるLGTBQIA+アーカイブの可能性もテーマになります！日本語とイタリア語の同時通訳あり！ Il prossimo weekend online! Come sono le possiblita per gli archivi LBGTQIA+ in Italia & Giappone!

Just submitted my final page proofs. Forthcoming in March 2026. www.sup.org/books/asian-...

I wrote a shorter, slightly punchier version of my recent research article about Sanseitō as my first contribution to the new Tokyo Review. It should be vastly more accessible, and hopefully sets the tone of what else I plan to do in the future of TR www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/what...

Just got to see an advanced screening of ‘The Blue Boy Incident’ — an ambitious and affecting film based on the transgender women who testified at a sensational trial in 1965. And featuring a cast of transgender women! In wide release in mid-November

Last month (I have no idea where time goes) this short piece I wrote about Kansas, wheatgrass, and what it might be to life a life of abundance in the face of climate change came out. Many thanks to all at @carsoncenter.bsky.social!

1. There are three very important constraints on tonight's Mamdani victory you have to keep in mind when we're looking at what he's going to be able to do in office (taking him in good faith as someone who wants to make life better for people and discounting Trump). Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

A politician is a politician But the MACHINE , the work of it is PEOPLE so many people came together and have come together and it inspired INTERNATIONALLY with just Caring about how we live BECAUSE THAT IS THE JOB That is the civic

Supremely grim. And, very different from what we've seen before. Legal First Amendment activity under current law could become criminal. The penalties are extreme–criminal prosecution, asset seizure, revocation of visas of those who "endorsed or espoused terrorist activity," and denaturalization.

Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos. By @eltragon.bsky.social

Now in bookstores (in France)!

And I mostly get found by ticks

That’s the kind of kneejerk dismissive advice that makes me violent. Telling people to just grow their own food is tantamount to telling them to eat cake.

Tokyo 68 arrived in Tokyo!!! Here are the character pages

📢Breaking News📢 『半分姉弟』英語版を出していただくことになりました🙌 2026年夏刊行予定なんですがすでにめっちゃいいねされててビビる！！ 英語圏の方々はエスニシティ表象に関してはとても感度が高いでしょうし、 正直ちょっと緊張してます…！ でも何か感じとってもらえたら嬉しいな☺️🌼 Thanks a million🤝✨✨✨ x.com/vizmedia/sta...

Excited to dig into Hannah Shepherd's new book, out in December from UC Press: www.ucpress.edu/books/the-na...

On November 29, I will host the following online event. I would appreciate if you could share it with your networks! In Japanese and Italian only but hoping to publish English transcription.

Reassessing the human: three experimental documentaries by Oda Kaori asian-docs.com/2024/07/07/r...

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… Tokyo 68!

The Mediterranean continues to be a graveyard for people attempting to reach safety in Europe. 🧵

Currently reading Kimberly Welch’s Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South, which is fantastic! 🗃️

Same shit here: think the protest is a waste of time? Ok, fine, join a community patrol. Make coffee and pass out care packages to the unhoused. Door knock for the local candidate that promises to do smthg about ICE. Help a frutero with an extra 200% tip. So on and so on

New Worldbank report: Cities across Europe & Central Asia ARE getting hotter. The number of hot days in major cities could more than triple by 2050. Meanwhile #Tokyo Met Gov is cutting hundreds of mature trees in old parks. #HeatResilientCity www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec...

We might even call fear of gender studies "hysterical," in every sense of the word.

‘Tokyo 68’ is real! Helene is sending me my copies from France — available for pre-purchase and out on Oct 24! librairielibertalia.com/web/tokyo-68...

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

Pour la 14e année consécutive, nous sommes aux Rendez-vous d’histoire de Blois, avec les camarades d’Envie-de-lire. Aujourd’hui dédicaces de Michelle Zancarini-Fournel, Hélène Aldeguer et Laurence De Cock. Histoire sociale vs roman national.

thread!

If you think you look terrible in a photo, wait ten years.

How do postcards capture historical moments & places? How can we “read” even the structure of their printing? 📮 Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Tokiko Bazzell (Formerly University of Hawai’i’ at Manoa Library) on Hawai’i’s historical postcard collection to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

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

coming soon

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 🧵