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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · 4d

Time to watch season 2 again (cause it's unquestionably the best season)...

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Sep 9

Entry number infinity on the "not for beginners" list.

A New Symbol of the Brazilian Right: the American Flag

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Sep 3

Terre Haute's realest real one.

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Aug 20

WTF Brazil?! The sushirrito was begging for a cartoon depiction and instead you went full on racist caricature...

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Aug 8

JFC this is particularly disturbing in an already disturbed world!

Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Aug 6

"What is of value in any society, whatever the mode of production, will be judged according to the imaginative and ethical principles guiding communal life" is a great distillation of Graeber by @leninology.bsky.social.

www.lrb.co.uk

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 31

This whole thing is some full on 1984, there is no true, terrifying bullshit.

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 28

A king I could recognize.

Graffiti of SAID with a crown on the S on a wall in Rio de Janeiro.

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Social Science Japan Journal @ssjj-jrnl.bsky.social · Jul 18

Newly published, this paper by Paul Christensen, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Charles Crabtree and Charles McClean looks at the implementation of the SDGs in Japan: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...

Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps

Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

academic.oup.com

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Charles McClean @cmcclean.bsky.social · Jul 21

Japan elected a record 42 women to the Upper House—a step forward for gender representation.

But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.

@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...

Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps

Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

academic.oup.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 21

#linguisticlandscape is Brazilian coffee chain borrowing Japanese aesthetics and Euro-American gentrification in Rio

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's almost as if the administrative class wants to cultivate a world where we are indebted and obedient...

Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 15

I wrote an article on the absurdity of Japan's use of the SDGs with @clsturtz.bsky.social, @cmcclean.bsky.social, and Charles Crabtree. We think it's pretty good... Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps url: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...

Validate User

academic.oup.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 13

No end the depths of hostility

Picture of urban stair railing with a protrusion to stop skateboarding or sitting.

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, nothing but righteous bangers.

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jul 4

Unless the '26 World Cup does it first...

Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · Jul 4

My latest @theguardian.com "The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them." Trump has a secret weapon to turn the Games into a national-security crackdown—the National Special Security Event designation, (NSSE)—& we need to be talking about it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

The IOC handed LA the Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them | Jules Boykoff

As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nature's rebellion.

Lime electric scooter thrown from a bridge into a river.

Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ratio of Harley riders flipping the bird and screaming obscenities to #nokingsprotest, no matter how many kids are around, is a perfect 1:1

Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jun 10

Tokyo's governor loves to talk about a future where everyone can "shine." I wrote about why I think that's politically motivated nonsense...

The Fictitious Shine of Japan’s Future | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core

The Fictitious Shine of Japan’s Future - Volume 23

www.cambridge.org

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jun 2

IU used to be the thing marooned Hoosiers could point to when asked "Why the fuck did you move to Indiana?!?" Not anymore...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jun 2

Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.

FB post from BoT member Vivian Wilson, with a photo of a letter she received from Gov. Mike Braun, informing her, in one sentence, that she has been removed from her position effective immediately.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · May 28

Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · Jun 2

Had to go to the ER last night (I'm fine). General vibe is cops, guns, and yelling at people without insurance, especially if they're on drugs. All before police brought a DUI who was cuffed and told to puke into a plastic bag without help, and then three gunshot victims followed.

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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · May 30

A beautiful story and amazing science from @oceanana.bsky.social, former fish biologist with @noaa.gov, with a stunning visual by science artist Kayla Y Lim!

Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...

#sciencematters #scicomm

Ana Vaz, Fish Biologist

From the time she was nine years old, Ana Vaz dreamed of becoming an oceanographer. She sees everything in the ocean as interconnected. She’s passionate about understanding those connections.

silencedsciencestories.com

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Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · May 17

Found the most radical local building.

Paul Christensen @takadanobaba.bsky.social · May 10

If the county fairground's Herb Faire is any indication, plants are where the far right and hippie left meet.

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