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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota.
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.
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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields
Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 30/09/2026
In Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape blocks of ice destined for some of the world's trendiest bars. The luxury product, believed to melt more slowly than regular ice, is a staple of Japan's cocktail culture.
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‘Like a jewel’: Japan’s luxury ice revered by bars worldwide
The luxury product, believed to melt more slowly than regular ice, is painstakingly shaped by craftsmen in Kanazawa.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 30/09/2026
Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
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Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
The rainy-day streak is the longest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1886.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026
The Lady Gaga moment for corporate Japan ft.trib.al/ghOaPcQ | opinion
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The Lady Gaga moment for corporate Japan
Recruitment ad by megastar points to the mounting labour problems and misallocation of human capital
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NPR @npr.org · 26/09/2026
The battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate. n.pr/4yZnzwO
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The AI safety debate is confusing. Here's our guide to the different factions
The battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants. n.pr/4hsdMIs
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Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 29/09/2026
FamilyMart has more than 16,000 stores in Japan and plenty of shifts to fill. Its latest recruitment strategy: give Lady Gaga a spot behind the counter and let her make the pitch to potential part-time workers. 👉 ebx.sh/pnMTJ2
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interesting shift by FamilyMart in Japan - it is running an ad campaign with Lady Gaga not to attract customers but staff. It is seeking to fill 10,481 part-time jobs across its 16,455 stores in Japan as.ft.com/r/982e9962-b...
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Convenience store woman: Lady Gaga urges Japanese to work at FamilyMart
Chain taps pop star in bid to recruit staff amid labour shortages
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 29/09/2026
We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government’s surveillance towers. Here’s our methodology.
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How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government’s  surveillance towers. Here’s our methodology.
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honeycombhk.bsky.social @honeycombhk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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A Great Book with Barack Obama
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Some books don't just tell a story — they change the way you see the world. In A Great Book with Barack Obama, a new Audible Original podcast from Audible a...
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 29/09/2026
University of Tokyo selects 1st female president trib.al/bpFpvkn
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University of Tokyo selects 1st female president
New pick Yuko Fujigaki has expertise in science and technology
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ウェザーニュース @weathernews.jp · 28/09/2026
<今が旬のかぼすとすだち> サンマや松茸、鍋物がおいしくなるこれからの時季、旬を迎えるのがかぼすとすだちです。 両方とも秋の味覚に添えると一段とおいしさが増します。それぞれの個性に合わせてお楽しみください。 weathernews.jp/news/202609/...
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旬のかぼすとすだち、見分けられる?味の違いは? - ウェザーニュース
サンマや松茸、鍋物がおいしくなるこれからの時季、旬を迎えるのがかぼすとすだちです。両方とも秋の味覚に添えると一段とおいしさが増しますが、それぞれ個性があるそうです。野菜ソムリエプロに両者の特徴を生かす料理など詳しくお話しを伺いました。
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 28/09/2026
The United States must start prioritizing its relationship with Japan—or risk undermining its own power and influence across the Indo-Pacific, argue David Sacks and Nick Snyder.
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Japan Is Giving the United States a Chance in Asia
But Washington risks missing out.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
Space investment more than doubled to $23 billion in year to June, report says reut.rs/4y6ceLf
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Space investment more than doubled to $23 billion in year to June, report says
Private investment ‌in space companies globally climbed to $23 billion in the year through June, more than double the $9.7 billion raised a year earlier, according to a report by Relm Insurance ​and British investment firm Seraphim on Wednesday.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
To truly understand the scope and origins of the disaster that the Roberts court has unleashed by destroying the Voting Rights Act, you have to return to one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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honeycombhk.bsky.social @honeycombhk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship: she wasn’t who she thought she was. Neither was her father
Podcast Episode · The Audio Long Read · September 11 · 43m
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/09/2026
Many people in Taiwan distrust President Trump and no longer believe America will come to their defense, @shustry.bsky.social reports. He spoke with Taiwanese citizens, politicians, and military experts to explore why a deal with China is starting to look inevitable:
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Will Taiwan Just Give Up?
The Taiwanese don’t trust Trump, and they don’t believe America will come to their defense. A deal with China is starting to look inevitable.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
Last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia, according to interviews with community leaders, friends, and family members. Instead, they arrived at the notorious US military base in Cuba, where seven or eight of them remain.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17/09/2026
Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings? www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?
Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/09/2026
China’s fears about A.I. are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation? www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.
China’s fears about A.I. are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
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ウェザーニュース @weathernews.jp · 19/09/2026
【おはぎ?ぼた餅?】 今日20日(日)は秋の彼岸入りです。 供え物の「ぼた餅」と「おはぎ」は本来同じ和菓子ですが、春は牡丹、秋は萩の花に見立てて呼び分けられます。鎌倉時代から存在し、小豆の持つ魔除けの力から、彼岸に供えられるようになったそうです。 weathernews.jp/news/202609/...
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今日から彼岸入り 「ぼた餅」と「おはぎ」は何が違う? - ウェザーニュース
今日20日(日)は秋の彼岸入り。お墓参りのお供え物や親族同士のお茶請けとして、ぼたもちやおはぎが食されます。同じに見える2つのお菓子。春は牡丹の花に見立てて『ぼた餅』、秋は萩の花に見立てて『おはぎ』と呼び分けたといわれます。
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
The US-Israel war on Iran is not only the least popular war the United States has ever waged, but also represents an unprecedented application of AI in warfare. New data shows that this present weaponization of AI has flown under the radar.
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Killer AI is already here—we’re using it in Iran
Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“For the tech bros to remain dominant, their story has to change. So, Silicon Valley’s best storytellers no longer want our capitulation to their technology’s inevitability. They want us to panic, instead of seriously deliberating at the polls, in community meetings and in Congress.”
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Opinion | A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think
The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 13/09/2026
「8兆円」の眠る着物に新たな命 回収し3万円で再販、反物に変え輸出も www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO... タンスなどに眠る着物を回収し、再販したりドレスや小物へと生まれ変わらせたりする中小企業が存在感を高めています。 国内の埋蔵着物量は1億着という推計もあります。 ゴミになってしまうケースも少なくないなか、百貨店や自治体などと連携した回収の仕組みづくりも進んでいます。
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「8兆円」の眠る着物に新たな命 回収し3万円で再販、反物に変え輸出も - 日本経済新聞
古い着物を再生したり、ドレスやポーチに生まれ変わらせたりするサーキュラーエコノミー(循環型経済)で実績をあげる中小企業が増えている。百貨店と連携するなど、着物の回収に工夫がある。国内に約1億着との見方もある埋蔵着物の消失を防ぐ。「着物は高いと思わずに、3万円のワンピースを買う感覚で手に取ってほしい」。着付け教室を運営する、きものすなお(京都市)の清水直社長はこう語る。環境省のモデル実証事業に
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"
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Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt
A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/09/2026
Jonas ​Gahr Store says incident happened when jet ⁠⁠carrying Ukrainian president took off from Moldova.
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Zelenskyy's plane ‘almost hit' by drone on way to Oslo, Norwegian PM says
Jonas ​Gahr Store says incident happened when jet ⁠⁠carrying Ukrainian president took off from Moldova.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 09/09/2026
Japan ranked first among OECD countries in reading, mathematics and science in a global assessment of 15-year-olds, according to results released by the organization Tuesday.
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Japanese 15-year-olds rank top in core subjects among OECD countries for the first time
Among non-OECD countries, Japan ranked fourth in reading and fifth in math and science.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026
“It feels like you are standing in an air fryer or a microwave. It’s almost hard to breathe.” The number of people working for app delivery platforms in the US has increased, from just over one million in 2018 to over four million in 2021. That represents almost 3X Amazon’s global workforce.
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What it's like being a delivery app driver during heat waves
"Unlike workers in traditional job markets, app delivery workers have no labor rights."
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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"One of the most difficult things to absorb after his passing was how so many people only talked about him in the most elevated of terms... everyone completely neglected what a great sense of humor he had." Lee Mergner on his friendship with Sonny Rollins: leemergner.substack.com/p/my-friend-...
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Insider Baseball: Remembering Sonny Rollins
My personal remembrance of the legendary jazz saxophonist
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/09/2026
Japan has become a very different country in recent years, Eliot A. Cohen writes. They “cling to their security treaty with the United States, but their government is also doing once-unthinkable things to ensure their own defense”:
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Japan’s Strategic Turn
The country is taking once-unthinkable steps to ensure its own defense.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/09/2026
“There are things that we’re completely unprepared for.” Nepal’s deadly floods shocked even climate scientists. More disasters are coming.
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Nepal’s Catastrophic Flood Heralds a New Age of Disasters
The sheer scale of the Himalayan deluge shocked even climate scientists. They know it won’t be the last.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
Devastating. "I’m walking through the streets of the United States with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation that I never imagined I would experience.”
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"I’m walking through the streets of the United States... carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation"
The family of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel says he died by suicide as a result of ICE's crackdown.
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産経ニュース @sankei.com · 06/09/2026
【江戸時代に乗換案内があったら】 江戸時代の主要街道を、現代の経路検索アプリのように検索できるWebサイト「江戸時代の経路検索」が、Xで話題になっている。 制作者は、位置情報技術を手掛ける会社MIERUNE(札幌市)勤務のグラフィックデザイナーの「地図とかデザインとか」さん。同氏が先月投稿した公開報告は9月2日時点で4万件超の「いいね」を集めている。(ITmedia)
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江戸時代に乗換案内があったら 徒歩・馬・カゴ・飛脚…検索サイトに「いいね」4万件超
江戸時代の街道と宿場をもとに旅程を計算するWebサイト「江戸時代の経路検索」が、Xで話題になっている。徒歩・馬・早駕籠・継飛脚から移動手段を選ぶと、通る街道や…
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 06/09/2026
社会的能力のピークは55〜60歳 50代の転職6倍に、起業も活発 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO... 研究では記憶力や処理速度は加齢とともに低下していく一方、語彙力や金融リテラシー、情緒安定性などは60代以降まで向上することがわかっています。 中高年ならではの強みや経験を生かして、新たなキャリア形成に挑む人が増えています。
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社会的能力のピークは55〜60歳 経験豊富、起業や転職増加 - 日本経済新聞
見識の深さや理性的な判断力など、人の社会的な能力は何歳で最も高まるのか。最新の海外研究は55〜60歳ごろに最も高くなる可能性を示した。働き手は強みを生かしているのか。「55歳での起業はベストタイミングだった」。はんてんや足袋などの祭り用品を販売する丸直商店(東京・中央)代表の直井美穂さん(57)は笑顔でこう振り返る。2年前に祭り好きな夫のアイデアで起業、自身は主に経営を担当している。役立ってい
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 30/08/2026
An auspicious astrology event is scheduled for Monday, August 31 that has the potential to not only inject a little pep back into your step but also infuse our lives with a little luck, fortune, and newfound possibilities …
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This Astrological Aspect Is Bringing You Luck and Productivity
An auspicious astrology event is scheduled for Monday, August 31 that has the potential to not only inject a little pep back into your step but also infuse our lives with a little luck, fortune, and newfound possibilities …
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 30/08/2026
Overseas conflicts — along with a weak yen — are exacerbating concerns over energy poverty in import-reliant Japan. Experts say the first step is to simply acknowledge the issue. 👉 ebx.sh/9kn9jy
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日経サイエンス @nikkei-science.com · 30/08/2026
地球温暖化を1.5℃以内に抑えれば破局的事態は避けられるだろうが,1.2℃の上昇ですでに多くの悪影響が出ている。 世界の人々が大きな被害を受けずにすむ「安全かつ公正な」限界値は? 主要8分野について国際科学者チームが試算した。 「『安全かつ公正』な地球とは」 別冊日経サイエンス280『リスクの未来学 予測不能時代を考える8つの視点』 www.nikkei-science.com/202507_092.h...
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「安全かつ公正」な地球とは|日経サイエンス
自然資源には限りがある。ある時点で尽きるか,人間が荒廃させる。いずれの場合も,地球上の物質系と人間系の両方が傷つく。2019年,私が共同代表を務める科学者の国際組織アースコミッションは,同じく科学者ネットワークであるフュ … 続きを読む →
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
Tech titans and Republicans dominate this list of the top 20 megadonors who have poured $1.2 billion into the U.S. midterm elections.
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/08/2026
A two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation kicks off Monday in Kyrgyzstan, with the leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and others expected to attend. Here's what to expect: u.afp.com/SVsc
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
In the past year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has secured deals around the world, jolted into action by the global turbulence unleashed by President Trump. Among the economic benefits he has scored: submarine technology from Germany, student visas from France and cheaper Scotch whisky.
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Modi Is Hedging Against Trump, One Deal at a Time
In a year of globe-trotting, the Indian prime minister has secured deals around the world as the United States becomes less dependable.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/08/2026
Yayoi Kusuma became a pop-culture fixture with her brightly colored, instantly recognizable paintings, sculptures and installations. Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 97. wapo.st/4gTmIr7
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 30/08/2026
Google, OpenAI, Meta and TikTok are joining forces with Japanese authorities and local businesses to combat a surge in online scams. trib.al/6WrUdry
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honeycombhk.bsky.social @honeycombhk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.vulture.com/article/tomm... What a revelatory and insightful piece on identity
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I Was Inspired by the Native Writer Thomas King. Then I Learned He’s White.
Thomas King influenced a generation of Native writers, including myself. Then we discovered he wasn’t Native at all.
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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I wrote about loving the messy, melodramatic, trashy trickster, come-on artist Dolly more than the Saint Dolly of recent imaginings - and made a playlist to match. slate.com/culture/2026...
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What We Miss When We Reduce Dolly Parton to a Saint
The queen of country was a much weirder—and more wonderful—figure than the recent flattening of her suggests.
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荒木健太郎 @arakencloud.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
冠水時は車でも水に入らないでください。 ニュースなどで冠水道路を車が走る映像も取り上げられがちですが、極めて危険な状況です。車の床面ほどまで水位があると車内に水が入って故障の可能性、速く走るほどエンジン吸気口から水が入ってエンジン停止のおそれ。タイヤが水没する水位では車体が浮いて流されます。冠水した道は避けてください。
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