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Nick Kapur
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Fujifilm once struggled to sell cameras, but now it can't keep up with demand
japantoday.com/category/bus...
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Nick Kapur@nickkapur.bsky.social |
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Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only post extremely interesting things.
Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press.
www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984424
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Nick Kapur
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Fujifilm once struggled to sell cameras, but now it can't keep up with demand
japantoday.com/category/bus...
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Nick Kapur
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California company developing giant catapult to fling satellites into space without using rocket fuel đ€
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/s...
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Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy
@ugarles.bsky.social
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the conservative theory of law in one headline
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Gillian Branstetter
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
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Must be nice to have choices
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Nick Kapur
@nickkapur.bsky.social
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Thank god, finally:
"American 7-Eleven is reinventing its business to be more Japanese"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATH...
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Nick Kapur
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Thank god, finally:
"American 7-Eleven is reinventing its business to be more Japanese"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATH...
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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While it was illegal for Thomas Jefferson to order James Madison to withhold Marburyâs commission, the true problem was that the Constitutionâs desire for a robust and energetic executive went unfulfilled by such a half measure.
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southpaw
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If Jefferson had just ordered Madison to kill Marbury and then pardoned him for it, then his problem wouldâve been solved and the courts wouldnât have gotten involved.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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Nick Kapur
@nickkapur.bsky.social
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Shorter Supreme Court: January 6 was good, actually.
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Eric Rauchway
@rauchway.bsky.social
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For historians, the retrospective legitimation of essentially every criminal act Nixon committed while in office is quite mind-boggling. Fordâs pardon was utterly unnecessary.
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Lydia Polgreen
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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?
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Nick Kapur
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All hail King Biden.
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R. Eric VanNewkirk
@sotsogm.bsky.social
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I think a thing that's poorly understood about American history is that a lot of the progress made through the New Deal was driven by the political elite's fear of the Russian Revolution happening here and not by them having a sudden turn of heart after being visited by multiple ghosts or something.
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Nick Kapur
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Really enjoyed this systematic dismantling of the myth of the "transatlantic accent" by linguist Geoff Lindsey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoD...
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Nick Kapur
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Really enjoyed this systematic dismantling of the myth of the "transatlantic accent" by linguist Geoff Lindsey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoD...
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Nick Kapur
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Via straight up murder, or by designing bad planes?
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Nick Kapur
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Ahahaha, this is shockingly accurate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Ng...
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Nick Kapur
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Sometimes I think about the ancient Chinese concept of the "dynastic cycle," and how you can tell an empire is about to collapse when its rulers no longer display personal moral virtue, corruption is rampant in the imperial court, and natural disasters see a dramatic rise.
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Nick Kapur
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Exactly!
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Nick Kapur
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If you haven't seen Taiwanese puppet anime yet, you haven't truly lived.
These are real puppets, 4 feet high and super articulated (be sure to click "cc" for some English subs)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLK...
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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the Supreme Courtâs jurisprudence on corruption is basically at a point where the only thing that counts as a bribe is someone handing a public official a giant bag of money with a dollar sign on it while saying âthis is a bribeâ out loud
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Nick Kapur
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This long running Taiwanese-language puppet action soap opera is called "Thunderbolt" (éčé, PÄ«lĂŹ), is wildly popular in Taiwan and has been running since 1984.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili_(T...
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Nick Kapur
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This type of puppet TV show is based on traditional hand puppets called ćžèąæČ (bĂčdĂ ixĂŹ), popular in southern Taiwan and originally used for religious festivals.
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Nick Kapur
@nickkapur.bsky.social
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If you haven't seen Taiwanese puppet anime yet, you haven't truly lived.
These are real puppets, 4 feet high and super articulated (be sure to click "cc" for some English subs)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLK...
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Nick Kapur
@nickkapur.bsky.social
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There seem to be many different countries that are losing the Mandate of Heaven all at once
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Nick Kapur
@nickkapur.bsky.social
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Sometimes I think about the ancient Chinese concept of the "dynastic cycle," and how you can tell an empire is about to collapse when its rulers no longer display personal moral virtue, corruption is rampant in the imperial court, and natural disasters see a dramatic rise.
5 replies 13 reposts 51 likes
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Nick Kapur
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Nobody is ready for how bad this will be. The Supreme Court has shifted an enormous amount of power away from Congress and the executive branch into its own hands.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Nick Kapur
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After writing the decision defending Chevron in 2005, Clarence Thomas completely reversed his position after he and his wife received millions of dollars worth of gifts from Harlan Crow and Leonard' Leo's dark money network.
Beyond corrupt.
www.levernews.com/clarence-tho...
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Jacqueline Antonovich
@jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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Relying on expertise is bad, bribes are good, and sleeping outside is bad. Do I have that right?
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Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.bsky.social
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Overturning Chevron is going to usher in an era where self-taught judicial expertise in technical areas such as chemistry, statistics, mechanical engineering, biology, geomorphology, epidemiology, mathematics, and many other fields will once more be able to shine forth as it did in the Middle Ages.
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Nick Kapur
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Hong Kong officials rebuke elementary school students for singing the Chinese national anthem "too softly"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nick Kapur
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Today's nightmare fuel: Japanese scientists have found a way to attach real skin, made of living cells, to robots.
To quote Ian Malcolm, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't start to think if they should."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nick Kapur
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Welp.
The corrupt conservatives on the Supreme Court just literally legalized bribery of public officials.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Grandma Janet
@sweetgrandmajan.bsky.social
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"According to Brett Kavanaugh and the conservatives, itâs only bribery if it comes from the bribĂ©rie region of France. Everything else is just sparkling corruption," says Elie Mystal on the Supreme Court ruling that a $13k gift is not a bribe. đ
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Django Wexler
@djangowexler.bsky.social
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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation
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Nick Kapur
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Here is a fuller explanation:
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Nick Kapur
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"Lincoln drank three cups of American coffee" - awesome mnemonic for remembering really hard Japanese character 鏱.
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Nick Kapur
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For now it's just a viral marketing campaign, but in the future, who knows?
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Nick Kapur
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Oreo Brazil apparently released a limited run of Oreo cream in tubes that you can use to "repair" broken oreos in the style of the traditional Japanese "kintsugi" process of using gold to repair broken ceramics.
youtu.be/spY2SsCKOSQ?...
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Nick Kapur
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The Supreme Courts's all-out assault on government regulatory powers continues unabated:
âThe constitutionality of hundreds of statutes may now be in peril, and dozens of agencies could be stripped of their power to enforce laws enacted by Congress"
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Onion
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Museum spokesperson Anne Sheridan stated that British officials hoped the move would ultimately strengthen the countryâs diplomatic ties with Zeus.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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Look at that same day service. In America, it takes 18-24 months at least.
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
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Nick Kapur
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China's rich are studying the art of æ¶ŠćŠ (rĂčnxuĂ©, or "run-ology"), needed to escape from China with one's wealth intact despite harsh capital controls.
An estimated 15,200 Chinese millionaires will emigrate in 2024, smashing the all-time high of 13,800 set in...2023.
www.ft.com/content/ac37...
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Modern Japan History Association
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For anyone who is interested, a video recording of the recent Modern Japan History Association conversation between Tatsuya Kageki and Marnie Anderson about the recent book "Women in Asia Under the Japanese Empire" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/4NdtXDoP7bY
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Nick Kapur
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Chinese government jobs are increasingly refusing to hire anyone who has spent more than 6 months outside of mainland China (including Hong Kong and Macau) on vague "security" fears, as the nation increasingly turns inward
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Nick Kapur
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Via: www.statista.com/chart/11515/...
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Nick Kapur
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Lol Berlin
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Nick Kapur
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Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn is rapidly withdrawing from China after years of persecution and bullying, leaving veritable oceans of abandoned factories and causing millions of Chinese people directly or indirectly unemployed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R68D...
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