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Daniel Morales

@howtojapanese.com

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Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 10d

The September newsletter is up. I wrote about some interesting Google search stats that suggest 〜ていただきありがとうございます is more commonly used than 〜てくださってありがとうございます...by a fairly large margin. newsletter.howtojapanese.com/itadaki/

いただき

Make your thank yous more natural by reorienting the phrase around the receiving of the action rather than the giving.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 15h

I use Scrivener to draft everything. Can't recommend highly enough. Does require some finesse if you want to output large projects exactly as you want into Office formats but I managed it for the book I self published.

Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 23h

Dick Durbin is looking old as hell.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trump’s military troops.

Pentagon chief Hegseth more interested in pushups than talking with Illinois leaders, Pritzker says

The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 1d

Prosecute every ICE officer.

Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 1d

OK, cool. This is what I was thinking. Did you have trouble transferring stuff over, or are there options to not transfer everything?

Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 1d

Switch 2 people, what size SD card do you think an average person needs?

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 1d

Woops! I misread. They are still bundling it. All is right with the universe. (A less true statement cannot be made, of course.)

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

"[Bodycam] video shows an agent turn federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

[Her lawyer] Parente said Martinez has 'seven holes' in her from the shooting."

Govt didn't show that video.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 2d

Can confirm that Nintendo is not bundling Mario Kart World in with the latest Switch 2 sales that start today. They are charging the full 9,000 yen. Which kind of makes me want to not buy the whole thing at all.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 3d

I just picked up Hades again. Such a great game. Can't wait until I can access 2. (Gonna wait until PS5 or I get a Switch 2.)

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 3d

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Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social · 3d

Beer wars heating up.

Cans reading "Sapporo Extra Think" and "Kirin Good Ale."

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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 4d

It's almost as if gender equality boils down to more than just the gender of the country's leader... 🤔

Gearoid Reidy on twitter:

It's ironic that after years of US media coverage bashing Japan's status in gender equality rankings, Japan is now set to have its first female leader years ahead of the US.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 4d

Ah, looks like it might be on BS1. Rats.

Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 4d

I swear NHK said they would be showing the Dodgers game, but it's not on?

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Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social · 4d

this is bad lol takaichi is a member of the nippon kaigi, supports the revision of article 9, and much like her idol, Margaret Thatcher, has extremely regressive views of women's rights, among other things.

Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 4d

BREAKING: Sanae Takaichi elected first female leader of Japan’s ruling LDP
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Jonny @jonnyinnc.bsky.social · 5d

One of the funny things going on in this space is that the couriers are frequently doing data entry errors where they input a value in the wrong currency (i.e., entering a 5000 yen item as 5000 USD) and generate an insane tariff bill.

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

this is like half of r/ups now

Hi Andrew,

You have a new invoice for $63,755.71

Tariff Fee on T Shirt

Total Due: $83.27

Government Charges: $59.27
Brokerage Charges: $24.00

How to go about disputing an incorrect tariff charge?

Total Due: $82.92

Government Charges: $68.92
UPS Brokerage fees: $14.00

I’ve received 15 different duties and tariff charges for items I didn’t order.
Customer Seeking Help
The title is the crux of the issue. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve received numerous brown envelopes all charging me for duty and tariff fees associated with items that I never ordered.

The seller is somebody I’ve bought from before, but the last time I purchased from them was several months ago and my name is on the sold to slot. The “shipped to” person is someone I don’t know and the address and tracking address are both unrelated to me.

I’ve sent emails to an address given to my by the one time I was able to get through the phone number listed on the paper bill. They said the invoices will be removed in 4-6 weeks but now I’ve started receiving late fee bills on top. I’ve tried to call in again once a day, but I either get hung up on or my call drops once the wait lasts over an hour.

Any advice? I just don’t want this to go to collections or affect my credit for something I didn’t order or have any relation to besides my name being on something it shouldn’t have.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 4d

Also, I have a rule that I must buy soft serve when I walk by MiniStop. Beni haruka sweet potato is the current seasonal flavor. My first MiniStop in a while.

A man standing in front of a MiniStop with a cone of soft serve.

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Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com · 4d

MiniStop prepped for an Asahi shortage yet fully stocked with Asahi products.

A beer fridge at MiniStop full of products with a sign warning about potential Asahi shortages.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.

'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7d

Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.

Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.

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