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David Leheny@davidleheny.bsky.social |
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Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor (with Amitav Acharya) of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
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David Leheny
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Total shitshow: Chris O’Donnell and Alicia Silverstone breaking ranks with their co-star from a widely beloved film, arguing in tomorrow’s LA Times that Biden should stay in the race and that finding a wedge issue between Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy would be a better strategy than changing candidates.
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David Leheny
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Will do, Tom, but I still blame you for "Batman & Robin."
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David Leheny
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This is an amazing (C-SPAN!!!!) panel from the time of publication. Franken's comments start at about the 29th minute, and watching him on stage with O'Reilly is just the best.
www.c-span.org/video/?17682...
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David Leheny
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Is there some reason I don't know about why Black voters aren't paying sufficient attention to white political pundits?
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD: On July 11, 1952, the great Mary Lou Williams recorded "Out of Nowhere" with her orchestra. Given her flair and dexterity as a pianist and as an arranger for large ensembles, it's easy to forget how good she was with more mellow moods and timbres as well. jazzsky
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David Leheny
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TIL — thanks to the official subtitles — that the correct line for the chorus of Anpanman Taisou is, as my kids had insisted, “Anpanman wa kimi sa” (Anpanman, oh yes, that’s you) and not “Anpanman and Kim Il-Sung,” as I had told them repeatedly.
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David Leheny
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I drew up a play chart to help England visualize the strategy
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David Leheny
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Yes, bad weather delays the match, and then Spain takes a narrow route through England’s smaller, more maneuverable defenders, this could be a historic upset
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David Leheny
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When the algorithm really wants to highlight your company’s big new film and leave nothing to chance.
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Innes M. Keighren
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I can't figure out if this book review is for real; it seems to be describing an encounter with footnotes as though for the first time.
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD: On his 32nd birthday, the already impossibly experienced Lee Morgan began his three-night stint (July 10-12, 1970) at the Lighthouse in Los Angeles, soon released as a brilliant live album and then, in 2021, as a historic complete set. Brilliant, edgy, richly rewarding hard bop. #jazzsky
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David Leheny
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What's the best episode of TV you've ever watched?
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD: Part 2 of Buster-Williams-In-Trios Day. Williams and Ben Riley played with the phenomenal Kenny Barron in different contexts for many years, and their seemingly instinctive collaboration is simply perfect on the 7 tracks recorded for the album "Green Chimneys" on July 9, 1983. #jazzsky
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD featured a Buster Williams session a few days ago; today we're noting 2 excellent July 9 recordings with Williams in trio settings. First, from July 9, 1978, Williams and Billy Hart accompanying Shirley Horn - one of the best jazz musicians ever - on her album "A Lazy Afternoon." #jazzsky
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David Leheny
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Wow: The Times is publishing my piece “Why Biden Is Too Old to Try to Murder His Vice-President” tomorrow!!!!
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David Leheny
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Fair point. I mean, I think Yamamoto's anti-nuclear commitments seemed a bit more specific than anything Ishimaru has said other than his "more power to the prefectures" approach. But beyond that, I think that's fair.
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David Leheny
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I think you're basically right and I should not be too alarmed. My only difference is that I do think the ideological preferences of Japanese voters are as strong as anywhere else, but the ideology is more broadly shared among main parties/candidates and not divisive on a partisan level.
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David Leheny
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Or, alternatively, that you don't understand the RN.
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David Leheny
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I will say that I was alarmed at the showing by Ishimaru, particularly given the opacity of his political views other than taking quasi-populist messaging and uniting it with a pro-finance stance. I mean, I think he'd ultimately find it hard to govern if he were to win anything, but still...
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David Leheny
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Project 2025: Why should Americans respect the cultures of countries that are ripping us off on trade and not paying their fair share for security?
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David Leheny
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Barely noticed but important plank in Project 2025 (under “the government should be afraid of free feet,” buried on p. 427): no American, whether in the USA or abroad, will be asked or expected to remove their shoes in someone else’s house.
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Bethany Albertson
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This is a great source for information on US elections - particularly for important down ballot races. If you just dropped your NYTimes subscription, consider redirecting your attention (and funds).
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David Leheny
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As a director he’ll never top this scene, the Raising Arizona chase scene of post-apocalyptic commemorations
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David Leheny
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My feelings exactly.
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Shocking development in Japan's still immature democracy: Koike Yuriko wins reelection as governor of Tokyo, in an electorate completely uninformed by Olivia Nuzzi pieces about Biden being old, and with no one threatening violence because they didn't like the outcome.
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David Leheny
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Early start for Jazz OTD: On July 8, 1987, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Cecil McBee, and Roy Haynes recorded “Blues for Coltrane,” a splendid and unfairly overlooked tribute album for John Coltrane. David Murray also appears on one track (not this one, my favorite from the session). #jazzsky
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David Leheny
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It’s a great one for sure.
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD: On July 7, 1973, McCoy Tyner was at his fiercest and most intense during a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, later released as the album "Enlightenment." The piano recording quality is a bit tinny, but his playing is unmistakably creative and forceful. #jazzsky
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Philip Bump
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Am I cooler than the least cool thing imaginable? Yeah, probably.
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David Leheny
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I agree but it also screams that I’m an old white guy who wants to be relevant, which is unfortunately accurate. I do think it’s a good show!
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David Ambaras
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Rebecca Solnit's op-ed is required reading. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Joshua Erlich
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very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word
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Kevin M. Kruse
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This semester I’m going to tell my students I don’t care if they use ChatGPT to write their papers, much as I don’t care if they use LSD and a ouija board write their papers. I’ll give fancy-sounding bullshit a failing grade no matter how it’s produced.
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David Leheny
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I experimented this semester (gave students a choice, with the AI option requiring a paragraph of explanation of how they used it) and this Is exactly where I ended up. ChatGPT made papers worse in completely obvious ways, with the best-case scenario being a weak-sauce, totally unfocused argument.
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Don Moynihan
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"I don't know anything about Project 2025" says man recording Project 2025 promotional video in front of Project 2025 publication. More substantively, Project 2025 has embraced Trump and Miller's immigration approach of using power to close both legal and illegal immigration.
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David Leheny
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“They” is doing a lot of work here. And this analysis seems curiously divorced from the actual attacks on the US in recent decades — none of them shaped by the nuclear deterrent — and from the specific strategic ambitions “they” have.
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I also think it’s not ideal — but seriously, you think some other country is going to bomb the U.S. or seize Taiwan or level Seoul because they’re betting the U.S. nuclear deterrent isn’t credible due to Biden???
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David Leheny
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The very worst thing about social media, including this site and the Bad Site and every other site, is realizing I’m sort of in conversations with people who are leading much more exciting, fruitful, and prosperous lives than mine largely because they’ve made far wiser decisions than I.
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David Leheny
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Jazz OTD: I don't get to post many clips of Sonny Rollins playing Burt Bacharach/Hal David tunes, so here you go, from Montreux, July 6, 1974. jazzsky
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David Leheny
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Because Newsom's an appealing possibility -- likable, unassailable ethics, a leading figure in a key swing state -- I would also suggest Bob Menendez for many of the same reasons.
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“Trump’s team has shrewdly calculated that his evangelical base hates non-white immigrants, the LGBT community, and books more than they love fetuses.”
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Jazz OTD: July 5, 1974 - the unmistakable Randy Weston with his distinctive polyrhythmic border-hopping sound at the Montreux Jazz Festival. jazzsky
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My son’s kanji homework (えん、ろん) is apparently big on US financial crimes of the 1990s-2000s.
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David Leheny
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That’s my view as well, and I’m hardly in the tank for Harris. I think having her against Trump and some replacement-level Dem against Vance or Rubio or whomever also makes the debate situation a lot better. Puts the focus on Trump in both events.
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David Leheny
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Whoah - the @nytimes.com is publishing my piece tomorrow “Why I Don’t Brush My Teeth - And You Shouldn’t Either.” Thanks to everyone for making it happen!!
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post malone ergo propter malone
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quite a bit more than a thousand words
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David Leheny
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That’s great to hear. I really enjoy his novels.
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