The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison

One of the lowest points in US history - the president going on unhinged white supremacist rants in public appearance after public appearance, targeting a specific ethnic group - but because it’s Trump our political class is incapable of perceiving what it is and reacting appropriately

Kavanaugh should resign (for multiple reasons), and Democrats should be demanding that he do so.

Took some time to procrastinate on actually far more important things yesterday to rebuild my shop's website. It many rough edges, but finally show's the shop's hours, some pictures, and information about how to get here, plus our reservation link and our nascent web store www.nokucheese.com

Save mo money by eating moyashi.

Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours. She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump. Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.

It's important to remind everyone this year that Feliz Navidad is the only good Christmas song.

Nice work to whoever came up with the exhibition title The Showa Must Go On. (At Hibiya Library)

I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Donkey Kong Bananza is fun but I don't really feel like it's an all-time great. I find everything on the screen super busy and difficult to parse at times. It's got a little too much in it. I'm playing it here and there and will get to it eventually.

Yes, rice is expensive now, but no one is saying anything about how cheap pork is in Japan. It's almost concerning.

The 教師と学習者のための日本語文型辞典 is a grammar dictionary for teachers and linguists that every intermediate and advanced learner of Japanese should get. The explanations and examples are written for native Japanese speakers, which (I think) makes some complex grammar patterns easier to understand.

I woke up this morning and ate a whole bag of cheese. Not the best decision I've ever made, but also not the worst.

We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked

Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.

clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit

Newsletter is up! I wrote about 当日, a confusing word for new students, potentially because it can be any date in the past or present. newsletter.howtojapanese.com/tojitsu/

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand” Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

If you're not checking the packaging dates of your beer in Japan, you're doing it wrong. You could get a super fresh Super Dry packaged in the last few weeks or you might end up with a beer packaged seven months ago. I saw Suntory Master's Dream from April on the shelf today.

I think this is what really explains Trump's treatment of Mamdani.

post leftist intercept comment section types are just so eager to buy into the delusion that fascism can be negotiated with Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again there is no coalition with fascism

This is really well done. Looking forward to more entries.

if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove

Looks like Japan Post is opening birthday/greeting cards for inspection. First time for me.

Saw someone repost this but, folks, this is literally the liberal position. It doesn't get more liberal.

Really incredible how useless Facebook has become so quickly. The main feed is borderline unusable. Groups and messaging still OK, but that's about it.

Important to remember that these murders are not furthering any policy or doing any service to the interests of the United States. These people are dying purely for the entertainment of Trump and his toadies

Does Hades 2 not auto save after each location? I closed my game and when I reopened it I was back at the start. RIP my build 😭

An update on current and upcoming English translation of Uketsu books. #Books #Uketsu #StrangeBuildings #StrangeMaps

Don’t forget he also helped engineer the Asian financial crisis in the 90s! And notoriously thinks women are on average genetically inferior at science! Larry Summers is really one of the worst people. Constantly failing upwards to the commanding heights of American society.

we need a department of kerning

We’re in this position because the Comey letter was considered newsworthy but this wasn’t.

Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is NYT: but her emails

I switched over from Substack to Ghost but left my old newsletters online so I occasionally get new subscribers. When they subscribe, it shows me "So and so subscribes to X, Y, and 67 other Substacks." And I'm always like, No they don't. There's no way anyone's reading more than three newsletters.

I hadn't realized that Durbin has been the Democratic whip since 2005 (!!). That's just too long to be in that position (or any leadership position), his caucus should vote him out (the resulting Aaron Sorkin movie will have him receiving the news on a blue slip)

Just learned that Aoki Tatsuo passed away recently. He was the proprietor of Popeye in Ryogoku and one of the godfathers of craft beer in Japan. I got to speak to him for my 2016 article in the Japan Times. Rest in pints, as it were. www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/06...

I'll have whatever Willie Nelson is having. Just put out his third album in two years, a set of covers of Merle Haggard. Solid.

If this is true, I expect this will be an ugly week. These fascists will want to generate more splashy fascist propaganda for their IG reels before Bovino moves on.

Wow.

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

One week until JET Program applications are due! Don't be late!

House Democrats should just start going into chambers and holding their own shadow House session, do speeches, rename post offices, whatever. make a big stunt of it & when Mike Johnson complains say "we're here, where the hell are you"

Got past the first stage of Chronos in Hades 2...with a sick build...on God Mode with 40% resistance. This game is hard.

This is an intensive language program for intermediate level learners based in Yokohama. It's perfect for people who are serious about improving their Japanese so they can work in Japan.

Applications are open for IUC's 10-month Japanese language program. I'm glad to answer any questions about my time there. I pivoted during the pandemic and enrolled the year I turned 40, so it's possible for a wide range of students. iuc.fsi.stanford.edu/programs-10M

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.