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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:

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The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America

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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

t’s obvious the artist had never seen a real dragon

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/11/2025

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

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YCAPS - Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies @ycaps.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

⚾️ YCAPS Professional Baseball Experience! Join us in Yokosuka for an afternoon of baseball & fun: Yokohama Baystars vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 📅 Sat, Sept 6 | ⏰ 13:30 JST 📍 Yokosuka Stadium (near Oppama Station) www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas... #Baseball #Yokosuka @rawmih.bsky.social

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am organizing a YCAPS Baseball Experience in Yokosuka! All interested are welcome. This is a farm team game, so tickets are cheap and we can sit together. Important point, Yokosuka, not Yokohama! We had a great time last year at a similar event. www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas...

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Yokosuka Baseball September - YCAPS

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YCAPS - Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies @ycaps.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

⚾ Join YCAPS for a Professional Baseball Experience! Yokohama Baystars 🆚 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Yokosuka 🏟️ 📅 Sat 6 Sept | ⏰ 13:30 JST | 📍 Yokosuka Stadium 🍻 First round on YCAPS post-game! More info below👇 www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas... #Japan #Baseball #Yokosuka @rawmih.bsky.social

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Advice from people who have been here before -- Hungarians who have been fighting Orban know what they are talking about! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump

Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in power

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Its chilling every time it hits me that i - an actor without a college education, am more knowledgeable than the American president

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This month’s IDF World highlights two meetings I attended in Belgium and The Netherlands. Representatives from 40 member counties discussed our shared international vision and strategy. Very proud to have represented Japan.

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IDF World July 2025

Welcome to IDF World, a monthly newsletter dedicated to amplifying the voices, insights, and innovations shaping the global dairy sector. Under the theme “Shared Knowledge, Shared Progress,” this plat...

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

June 1st is World Milk Day (June is Milk Month in Japan). This is a chance for those of us in dairy to display how proud we to be in an industry what provides vital nutrition and supports livelihoods and local economies. About 1 billion people around the world rely on dairy for their livelihoods.

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Interesting exhibit in the public space below the Kyobashi Edo Grand Building near the Kyobashi Station entrance. Beatles, early rock, and Japanese group memorabilia and some guitars on display.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 20/03/2025

Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle these key programs

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

With the addition of 7 new regional specialties, including Tokachi young beef, the total number of foods protected by Japan Geographical Indication comes to 161.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

By David Frum www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is being posted by others, but as a reader of this publication this rings especially true for me.

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Respect for America's neighbor to the north for handling recent bullying with class.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

picking an idiotic fight has consequences

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International Dairy Federation @fil-idf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay! Join IDF's #webinar on "Addressing #UnconsciousBias to Unlock the Full Potential of the Dairy Sector" 🗓 6 March 2025 (15h-16h CET) Register: bit.ly/3CQOnIe Let's champion #genderequality & #empower women in dairy #WeAreDairy #webinar

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International Dairy Federation @fil-idf.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🥛 Our Heart Belongs to Safe Milk! 🥛 With high #standards and precise methods, every sip is a love letter to food safety. 💌 #FoodSafety #ValentinesDay #DairyLove

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Holding a walk next weekend. Long-term Japan residents who are interested in lesser known historical places are especially welcome. www.ycaps.org/plum-blossom...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Thread worth reading. (From well-known Stanford Law professor and IP expert who had been representing Facebook/Meta, on why he has "fired them as a client" and will go out of his way to avoid buying anything based on ads there.)

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

If, like me, you're interested in the history of urban conflagration, you'd do well to consider Edo/Tokyo. And if you're curious about Tokyo's fire history you can do no better than to unroll 目黒行人阪火事絵巻, a scroll depicting the 1772 Meguro Gyoninzaka fire, one of the 3 great Edo era fires A thread.

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

三浦按針 William Adams' (aka John Blackthorne) former place of business was near Nihonbashi. There is a marker that is easy to miss and a street named for him but not marked. Seems like a bit more marketing could be expended on this.

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I love this tree - it is most beautiful in the winter. Oshima Island can be seen in the distance. (cell phone picture from a walk in the hills near my home)

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I am holding this event as part of my volunteer activities with @ycaps.bsky.social . The general public is welcome and there is no participation fee. This coastal area is very pretty, not far from Tokyo, and offers a great deal of interesting history. www.ycaps.org/odawara-hike...

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Odawara Hike-Dec-2024 - YCAPS

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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Odawara Hike-Dec-2024 - YCAPS

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine

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Modern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

For anyone interested, a video of Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future" is now up on the MJHA YouTube Channel! youtu.be/q9HuvWHlhhc

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2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture: Carol Gluck, "13 Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History"

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The autumn colors of these ginkgo trees at my local temple are fantastic with the tree on the left tagged and numbered by the prefecture. Just a few cell phone shots. 勝福寺小田原 Shofukuji Temple (established in the Nara Era, relocated to current location in 830 CE or AD)

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🍁 Dr. Frank Bernier, Ph.D., MSc, CIP @frankbernier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The best photo I took of Mt. Fuji in Japan #photography #japan #mtfuji

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Okay, I pulled together a Japanese politics and foreign policy starter pack. Let me know if there's anyone I missed or anyone I should add! go.bsky.app/AfC148e

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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Ben and Jerry's Southern Pecan Pie (1998-2001): Brown sugar ice cream, with roasted pecans, chunks of pecan pie, and a pecan-caramel swirl

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Vaccinations: a historically good idea Ōta Chōu 太田聴雨, Smallpox Vaccination 種痘, 1934 (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art)

"A female doctor cuts into a woman’s skin with a scalpel to administer a smallpox vaccination. Both women have nervous expressions. The purple of the patient’s kimono and the green of her kimono sash create a contrast against the spotless interior of the white room, and the traditional arrow feather pattern is arranged in a modern design." (from the Kyocera museum art description)

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Michael Röllinghoff @roellinghoff.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Okay-- after a terrible false start, my starter pack for modern Japanese history. Please share widely! go.bsky.app/282FnWn

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/10/2024

They allude to my article but deliberately mischaracterize it. I did not say Trump will behave exactly like Hitler, Stalin or Mussolini - that's not the threat. But he does talk using some of their language, and it's not an accident. Citations here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

"Take it from me, overdependence on a personal translator can cost you big time!"

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Modern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

For anyone interested, a video of the recent "New Books on Japan" conversation between Simon Avenell and Robert Hoppens about Avenell's recent book "Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel! youtu.be/QiFzOpI-7eM

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New Books on Japan: "Asia and Postwar Japan" by Simon Avenell (Australian National University)

MJHA proudly presents a "New Books on Japan" event:Book: _Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity_ (Harvard Universi...

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

I am organizing a baseball day in coordination with @ycaps.bsky.social. Should be fun. www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas...

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Yokosuka Professional Baseball - YCAPS

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

@nhledbetter.bsky.social Hi Nate, if I understand correctly, you are in Fukuoka? Would you mind if I put you in touch with some of the YCAPS people at Sasebo? I think they are trying to organize more activities in that general area. For example, www.facebook.com/events/80108...

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Arita Pottery Festival & Ceramic Museum (YCAPS Sasebo)

Event by Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies - YCAPS on Saturday, May 4 2024

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Richard Walton @rawmih.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

It was indeed very good, with a large audience. Congratulations to @modernjapanhist.bsky.social for building a large community in such a short period of time.

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