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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 6h

This article from 2020 also makes an oblique reference to it. The Asahi piece is much more explicit about it.

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How Kyoto Is Rebuilding Itself As A Nanotech And Regenerative Medicine Powerhouse

As humans continue to pump more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, concerns about global warming and climate change continue to grow. But what if that CO2 could be turned into a source of en...

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 6h

I hear that yet another politician somewhere is lazily labeling humanities and social sciences as "rip-off" which is of course BS. Also: this year's Japanese Nobel laureate for chemistry credits a Daoist idea he read about as the inspiration for his work.

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北川進さん「役に立たないものも役に立つ」　ノーベル賞に導いた本は：朝日新聞

ノーベル化学賞の受賞が決まった北川進さん（74）が開発したのは金属有機構造体（ＭＯＦ）という多孔性の材料だった。物質にあいた無数の「孔」（穴）。着目したきっかけは学生時代に読んだ書籍にあった老荘思想…

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 10h

Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
or sit in the seat of scoffers...

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 22h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

"Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world."

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 1d

Still struck by how when Coates asked Klein if he wanted liberals to go to evangelical churches just to "own" them a la Kirk on campus, Klein ignored the substance of the question and just insisted that liberals needed to go to "unfriendly" places and "have conversations" in good faith unlike Kirk.

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 1d

A line that stood out to me from this piece: "There is a tone of despair in Ezra Klein’s voice." Despair verging on nihilism, I might add.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI yesterday:

I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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Where Is the Line?

On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI yesterday:

I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

🧵

Where Is the Line?

On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America

steady.page

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 3d

Every once in a while I catch a Dodgers game on TV and first I’m excited to see Ohtani at bat…and then I see him start pitching and I’m catch myself asking for a split second, “Wait, he can do that TOO??? 🤯🤯🤯”

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting reporting that Aso Taro supposedly instructed his faction to split their votes between Motegi and Kobayashi in round 1, in exchange for the two candidates bringing in votes for Takaichi in round 2.

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「麻生さんとは貸し借りあった」高市新総裁逆転勝利のキーマンは麻生最高顧問　1回目の投票では小林氏・茂木氏に協力｜TBS NEWS DIG

YouTube video by TBS NEWS DIG Powered by JNN

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 4d

お疲れ様でーす！

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 4d

I’m nearing the limits of my endurance, but I took a first crack at thinking about the winners and losers from Takaichi’s surprising upset Saturday. Much more to come.

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Takaichi wins!

Who wins and who loses from her shocking upset

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 4d

I went to bed during the second round of LDP voting because it was late but also because I had this feeling that Takaichi was going to win after watching the runoff speeches. Koizumi focused on appealing to his colleagues while Takaichi gestured towards the party supporters beyond the auditorium.

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 4d

This is TV Asahi’s live feed of the LDP presidential election but if you rewind you can watch an endless footage of LDP Diet members walking into the Party HQ which is kinda mesmerizing and fascinating in its own way.

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【地上波特番同時配信】自民党総裁選ポスト石破の行方は？小泉進次郎氏、高市早苗氏、林芳正氏、小林鷹之氏、茂木敏充氏から自民党が選ぶ新しいリーダーは？【LIVE】(2025年10月4日) ANN/テレ朝

YouTube video by ANNnewsCH

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 4d

We're less than two hours from the start of voting for the next LDP leader. I made a little cheat sheet.

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 4d

まあその、シカたがないかもね。

I’ll show myself out.

Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 12d

While the attention is on Koizumi's campaign, murmurs about Takaichi having her own problems.

www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/vie...

高市早苗氏は総裁選“決選投票”にも残らない？完全裏目の「鹿スピーチ」でまさかの大失速｜日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL

完全にやってしまった。10月4日投開票の自民党総裁選で有力候補のひとり、高市前経済安保相が急減速。最大の原因は、...

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Shotaro Tsuda @brighthelmer.bsky.social · 5d

新聞社から取材を受けるときというのは、わりと難しいお題が与えられることが多く、今回もけっこうな難題ではありました。

しかも、取材の依頼が来たときと、実際に取材を受けたときとで、状況がかなり違っていて、いろいろと悩みながら話をしました。

というわけで、10月4日19時ぐらいまで読めるURLです。

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ネットに「いっちょかみ」した総裁選　自民の世論配慮は「裏目に」：朝日新聞

自民党総裁選が4日に投開票される。投票権は国会議員と約100万人の党員・党友に限られる党内イベントだが、少数与党の状況もあってか、自民党はメディアを通じて一般世論に耳を傾ける姿勢を演出しているように…

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永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social · 6d

"Please clap."
(LDP presidential candidate Motegi Toshimitsu edition)

At 1:50~ mark in this clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vfy...

LDP presidential candidate telling his audience, "This is where I should be receiving applause."

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 9d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 8d

I think we underestimate the extent to which the right wing has eroded civil society simply by pulling stunts like this that make any public participation extremely unpleasant.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9d

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

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Reyhan Silingar @reyhansilingar.bsky.social · 9d

Crown Prince Hirohito at the Eiffel Tower, 1921.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 9d

It wasn't enough that he left us a wealth of outstanding work of his own to seed future scholarship, y'all. He wanted to fund yours too. Bless his soul. Please apply!

Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 9d

Thanks to the generosity of Mark McLelland, the AAS Northeast Asia Council offers research grants for scholars working on the history of Japanese sexualities and genders. Applications must be submitted by 5pm ET on October 1.

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Call for applications for a short-term research grant on the history of Japanese sexualities, honoring Mark McLelland, deadline October 1, 2025.

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Re:Ron編集部（朝日新聞デジタル） @reronasahi.bsky.social · 9d

昨今、記事などでよく目にするようになった「バックラッシュ」という言葉。
第２次トランプ政権が打ち出した反ＤＥＩ（多様性・公平性・包摂性）の動きもその一つだと指摘されています。
背景や日本への影響について山口智美・立命館大教授に聞きました。
#リロン
#時代のことば
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