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(He/他/あの野郎) The fourth Hudson Coleman Lockett. Asia Columnist at Reuters Breakingviews covering Japan and Greater China; former Asia Capital Markets Correspondent for the Financial Times. Views = mine.

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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
My capstone column on Takaichi's first year in office. Japan's PM chafes at the suggestion Takaichinomics will worsen inflation but a sober assessment indicates exactly that, and worse. The best case scenario is that her policy ambitions remain unrealized. www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Japanese PM’s reflationist label is hard to shake
Sanae Takaichi dislikes ​the depiction of ​her year-old administration. But a $2 ⁠trln investment splurge ​and profligate budget are ​more apt to stoke inflation. Mooted tax cuts push up ​bond yields ...
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
One imagines the obvious, less carceral alternative of pink and blue bars was ruled out for being too girly
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Guys, you can't spend a decade arguing for deregulation in order to catch up with Silicon Valley, and then freak out when the government quite literally decides to make the UK more like California. www.ft.com/content/47b0...
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City of London hits out at Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap non-compete clauses
Prime minister’s pledge is backed by tech groups but hedge funds and banks say it will damage competitiveness
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 07/10/2026
Hong Kong hosts, 200 yellow-crested cockatoos, roughly 10% of the critically endangered species' global population. To overcome a shortage of natural nesting spaces, researchers are installing camera-equipped artificial nest boxes to protect and study the birds. @yennikwok.bsky.social reports.
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Artificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behavior
HONG KONG — “Spiderman … Tom Holland,” two secondary school boys repeated to each other as they watched conservationist Harry Wong nimbly climb a tall tree at their school, St. Louis School, in…
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/10/2026
I don't believe they are conscious but I also don't believe you should get to do interviews where you say "idk man our business model might be built on enslaving sentient creatures" and still get to be a business.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The most psychotic possible framing of this archive.is/202609271858...
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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 05/10/2026
Mac users on mac OS 27 - we can get our disk space back and remove Apple AI! Somebody has made a tool: www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...
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Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on...
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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Nidec poses new-old test for Japanese buyouts - tinyurl.com/5n6uwa84 - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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Nidec poses new-old test for Japanese buyouts
The embattled $16 bln ​motor maker must un-cook the books at 350-plus subsidiaries ‌or face delisting. The case for new ownership is strong but Toshiba's restructuring slog shows private equity can fa...
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
if you’re over a certain age and don’t listen to pop or country you wouldn’t have heard this song legitimately. It wouldn’t be a conversation except that country music is increasingly liberal so claiming a popular conservative singer is being erased is a dumb protest from right wingers
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 25/09/2026
been a while since I saw a mutant character that really delighted me
new to me: one 或 on top of another 或 that's been turned upside-down. It is apparently writing the homophonous 惑, "confusing."
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published
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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 22/09/2026
🎧 With US debt at $40 trillion and yields near two-decade highs, government bonds are causing economic jitters. @robinwigglesworth.ft.com joined @petertl.bsky.social on The Big View to discuss how state borrowing built the modern world — with many bumps along the way. Full 👉 tinyurl.com/jx2zmu7b
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C @spiffyscientist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I won’t lie, it’s a bit overwhelming to see the work hyperbolized by many press outlets, including the university. We did not discover a new organ, or that you have two consciousnesses, etc! I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)
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The brain is a single organ. But it may not start that way, study suggests
A Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells — and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coming from Japanese I can confirm grammar and syntax for everyday Mandarin are far simpler. Will also add that it’s a real galaxy brain moment when you realize you don’t really need to learn to write Chinese characters from memory. Wish I could get those hours back…
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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 22/09/2026
Top priority for Trump-Xi summit is no big deals - tinyurl.com/5n94ejeb - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Top priority for Trump-Xi summit is no big deals
China’s leader is set to arrive ​in Washington as his ​US counterpart confronts a protracted ⁠war with Iran and ​a potential midterm election ​beating. Shared hopes to extend their tariff truce favour...
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Xi Jinping lands in Washington this week for a summit with Trump. I dug into all the major issues on the docket for @breakingviews.reuters.com and came away with one big conclusion: the White House can't afford to seal a landmark US-China deal www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Top priority for Trump-Xi summit is no big deals
China’s leader is set to arrive ​in Washington as his ​US counterpart confronts a protracted ⁠war with Iran and ​a potential midterm election ​beating. Shared hopes to extend their tariff truce favour...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 20/09/2026
This take would fail any undergraduate intro to philosophy of mind course. Also a textbook example of a false dichotomy!
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Mircalla @inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love those little idiots
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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 18/09/2026
Japan’s weak currency has a three-body problem www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea... @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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Japan’s weak currency has a three-body problem
The central ‌bank hiked to 1.25% but its governor’s comments missed markets’ hawkish hopes despite pressure ​from the US Treasury secretary. The ​prime minister has meanwhile vowed to pursue ⁠her fisc...
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When you hike rates and your currency falls, it's typically not a great sign. For Japan's central bank the problem is even more complicated. Find out why in my latest for @breakingviews.reuters.com www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...
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Japan’s weak currency has a three-body problem
The central ‌bank hiked to 1.25% but its governor’s comments missed markets’ hawkish hopes despite pressure ​from the US Treasury secretary. The ​prime minister has meanwhile vowed to pursue ⁠her fisc...
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yeah man doing great, let's catch up
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Doves a small minority, nbd. Bigger issue is Bessent's public pressure campaign baked in a hike and primed yen to dip when Ueda, predictably, didn't comply with hawkish messaging. Plus Takaichi keeps vowing stratospheric govt spending. Izza three-body problem: www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...
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Japan’s weak currency has a three-body problem
The central ‌bank hiked to 1.25% but its governor’s comments missed markets’ hawkish hopes despite pressure ​from the US Treasury secretary. The ​prime minister has meanwhile vowed to pursue ⁠her fisc...
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 17/09/2026
"NPR tracked down equipment and found that some of it was auctioned, donated or thrown in the trash... NASA donated hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of radio communications equipment to Capitol Technology University without the knowledge of the scientists who used it"
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Steppe warlords actually did understand trade and its importance. Chinggis Khan quite deliberately sought to protect trade routes across his empire and his successors did the same until it fragmented. His war with Khwarazm was actually motivated by their refusal to allow trade.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of ’em.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is as succinct and straightforward summary of what’s going on with the latest AI scare as I have seen.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This logline feels a bit unfair. Not because Tung was great, mind, but because you could arguably apply it to every chief executive.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
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LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Legit wild to watch the hedgie who made his bank shorting the yen for George Soros turn around and tell markets "Come at me!"
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Indeed: www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Takaichi’s Japan risks ceding policy control to US
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's ‌suggestion that the BOJ will raise rates in September has already led markets to price it in, ​undermining Japan's monetary independence. It shows US ​support for t...
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm so tired of taking these people seriously
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been some govt measures to cushion the blow, but new & used home prices have actually been broadly falling for most of the past 4 years. That's helped drag housing's share of household wealth below 40%, still nothing to sneeze at but now less than cash/deposits. Varies between cities ofc
Chart showing month-on-month change in Chinese home prices 2022-2026Chart showing different asset categories' share of Chinese household wealth 2018-2026
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dumb idea, won't work. Every dollar of military budget diverted towards deployment of humanoid robots in the field is a gift to your perceived rivals
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/09/2026
¿Por que no los dos?
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Reuters Japan @japan.reuters.com · 02/09/2026
日本の金融政策はどこで決定されているのか。トレーダーからすれば、その答えはますます「ワシントン」であるように映る。 bit.ly/4yaFC2x
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: コラム:協調から圧力へ、日本は金融政策も「米国の傘」入りか
日本の金融政策はどこで決定されているのか。トレーダーからすれば、その答えはますます「ワシントン」であるように映る。
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest for @breakingviews.reuters.com: Takaichi’s Japan risks ceding policy control to US www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Takaichi’s Japan risks ceding policy control to US
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's ‌suggestion that the BOJ will raise rates in September has already led markets to price it in, ​undermining Japan's monetary independence. It shows US ​support for t...
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Perfect time for the Takaichi government to blow a big hole in tax revenues.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bit on the nose for you tbh
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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 31/08/2026
Merz-Macron yuan focus gets China backwards - tinyurl.com/24c4pfrr - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Merz-Macron yuan focus gets China backwards
Europe's leaders want the currency to appreciate and boost consumption, shrinking ​a trade surplus that has ​reached $687 bln so far this year. ⁠But it's the other way ​around: Beijing’s tentative eff...
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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I went back to China after a decade away—I'd previously lived there for 20 years. Some notes:
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App Life in China
“It’s really tough doing anything in China right now,” my friend told me. He’s a serial entrepreneur in Shanghai with a locked-in grin. We were waiting for our food in a Taiwanese restaurant in a lovi...
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
yeah, you have to read this.
Playboy: Why are there so many Dolly Parton look-alike contests?

Parton: Because they’re fun. Who would be better to impersonate than Dolly Parton? All you gotta do is get a big blonde wig, makeup, and if you’re pretty well proportioned … or you can even fake it.

The best parts of Dolly Parton look-alike contests are guys dressed up like girls. It’s so easy to do me.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Really good piece this. I will be candid, I haven’t watched this documentary because it feels like it is calibrated to depress me, combining the rise in the number of issues where I go “what business is it of yours?” with the number of people who want to undermine our excellent school system.
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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Very proud of this piece (forthcoming in JEL). It took years to write and edit. But happy of the final outcome, and even happier to see how the literature grew even as we were reviewing it!
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The piece also poses leading questions paired with snide, dismissive answers in an attempt to spin up "gotcha" moments. And look, obviously you expect this kind of thing to crop up in, say, one of newspaper's many, many attacks on trans rights. But in an article about an economist? Beyond the pale
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Every few years I go back to this one, a classic of the genre: Dissidents wistfully recall Hu Jintao administration chinadailyshow.net/dissidents-w...
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Dissidents wistfully recall Hu Jintao administration – China Daily Show
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AI makes children better at doing their homework but 20% stupider so it's impossible to say whether it's good or not
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered AI adoption in a difference-in-differences design. AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of AI users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. AI users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-AI users experience small learning losses.
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