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Sayaka Osanami Törngren

@sayakaosa.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Malmo University, committed to research on #race #racism #colorblindness 🇯🇵🇺🇸🇸🇪 📕Associate Editor for Sociology Compass 👩🏻‍🏫Vice-chair of Nordic Migration Research 👩🏻‍💻Co-chair of SC RACED at IMISCOE linktr.ee/Sayakaosa

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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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Amanda, 23: ”Jag är alltid för svensk – eller inte svensk nog”
Var åttonde person i Sverige har en mixad bakgrund, en förälder från Sverige och en från utlandet. En av dem är 23-åriga Amanda Axelsson. Men personer med minst en svensk förälder räknas i SCB:s stati...
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 14/05/2025
Nearly half of the 2,820 people surveyed by the Japanese government said they are likely to believe false and misleading information on the internet.
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Nearly half of government survey respondents believe online fake information
Of respondents who were exposed to false information, 25.5% also said they have spread the information to their families or on social media.
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Want to stay updated with the latest research insights on racism and discrimination? Follow us to stay informed through Social Media for Social Change project on Instagram @sayakaosa 🌎✨ #imer #socialmediaforsocialchange
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Meet my amazing BA students who are working on their Social Media for Social Change projects! 🌟 They will complete their work in a month, and we'll be sharing their incredible content on my Instagram account. 📸 🔔 If you haven't already, follow my Instagram to stay updated 📲✨
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🫠 www.dn.se/sverige/usas...
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USA:s ambassad kräver lydnad av Stockholms stad: ”Bisarrt”
USA:s ambassad kräver att staden slopar mångfaldsarbete
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I grew up bilingual and became trilingual as an adult. I am also raising two kids who are the next generation of bilingual minds 💕 This and all the other shorts are all spot on 👇🏼
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Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
As President Trump’s 100th day in office nears, our April 24 webchat will examine ➡️ the activation of new immigration enforcement machinery ➡️ refugee resettlement pause ➡️ cancellation of TPS & other statuses ➡️ attempt to end birthright citizenship & much more! Join us bit.ly/Trump100dayw...
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susanhkamei.bsky.social @susanhkamei.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Before WWII, Japanese Americans were only 2% of CA farmers — but they produced: 🥬 73% of snow peas 🍅 50% of tomatoes 🌿 75% of celery 🍓 90% of strawberries Their success with high-yield, labor-intensive farming created fierce competition — especially with white farmers.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/04/2025
Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support
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Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support
President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozen
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Do you want to be my colleague at Malmo Univeristy and work with a unique dataset that include self-identification data on different discrimination grounds? @mau.se web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/101...
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Doctoral student in IMER with a focus on survey studies of diversity and inclusion
Malmö University is an innovative, urban, and internationally-oriented academic institution that, thanks to its committed
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Don’t miss your chance to reflect your voice on EU Anti-racism strategy 2026-2030 👇🏼 www.linkedin.com/posts/eurigh...
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#unionofequality #haveyoursay | EU Rights
We must speak about racism and take action 🛑✋    Racism still touches too many lives across Europe. Your voice can help us push for real change where it’s most needed.    We have launched a public con...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Have you seen my students’ amazing work in translating academic text to social media contents? 👀👇🏼 www.instagram.com/sayakaosa?ig...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This ❤️👇🏼
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
So honored to be listed as one of Sweden’s most influential in sustainability 🤩🙏🏼
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Migration Policy Group @migpolgroup.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@sayakaosa.bsky.social discusses how collaboration with MPG has helped connect research, policy, and advocacy on racism, discrimination, and identity. "MPG's strength is in research-based policy advocacy." Watch her insights 👉 youtu.be/yPr6iBiBhR8 💬 Read more about #MPG30: bit.ly/42rdD2d
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Senior Researcher at Malmö University for Migration Studies on MPG30 video
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
#internationaldayagainstracism #endracismeu www.linkedin.com/posts/sayaka...
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#internationalweeksagainstracism | Sayaka Osanami Törngren
💪🏼 21st of March celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 👏🏼 Thank you so much, Maja Ladic, for organizing a…
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Migration Policy Group @migpolgroup.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How can #migrationresearch make a real difference in policy? At the Migration to Policy Co-Lab event, 150 participants came together to tackle this challenge. A new #toolkit is now available to help researchers and policymakers work better together. 🔗 Explore it now: bit.ly/4ht6eDu #MigrationCoLab
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
EU CERV project final conference “City for Everybody” Happening now 🇸🇮🇭🇷🇭🇺🇸🇪 #antiracism #endracismeu @mau.se
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MA in Middle Eastern Studies (MAMES) at the CUNY Graduate Center @mamesgccuny.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Please Help spread the word. Friday 7:30-9:00. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/ma-mi...
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M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies Virtual Open House
This virtual student recruiting event features MAMES faculty, current students, and alumni. It includes a slide presentation, testimonials, and a question and answer period.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Through a unique collaboration between Japanese American and Apsáalooke (Crow) youth, this film explores their shared heritage, bridging communities, and offering fresh perspectives on this profound chapter of American history. Thanks to Wyoming Humanities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6c-...
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Heart Mountain Voices: Connecting Communities with Digital Stories
YouTube video by Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Join our weekly hybrid seminar 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.linkedin.com/posts/sayaka...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren on LinkedIn: Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) | Malmö University
👋🏼 Have you participated in our Migration Seminar happening every Thursday from 13:15 to 15:00 (CET)? 👀 Our seminar is open to anyone interested in the…
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join the Race, Racism and Discrimination (RACED) - IMISCOE Standing Committee for our Spring webinar organized in collaboration with SC IILME and the Work and Equalities Institute (WEI) of the University of Manchester👇 ⏲️ 28th of March 2pm-4pm CET www.linkedin.com/posts/race-r...
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Race, Racism and Discrimination (RACED) - IMISCOE Standing Committee on LinkedIn: Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
📅 We are happy to invite you to join us on the 28th of March 2025 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM CET (1:00 to 3:00 PM GMT) for a joint webinar hosted by IILME-IMISCOE…
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#ExposureTherapy is among the most effective treatments for anxiety disorders, yet it remains underutilized. A new paper in Clinical Psych Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy as an effective option and explores how it may work. #ClinicalScience #VirtualReality
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Understanding the Mechanisms Behind Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
A new paper in Clinical Psychological Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as an effective option and explores how it may work.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Today marks 83 years since Executive Order 9066 forced over 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps. Photographer Dorothea Lange was hired by the government to document the forced relocation of these families. She made images of life before, during, and after the camps.
A young girl of Japanese descent places her right hand over her heart alongside elementary school classmates during the Pledge of Allegiance.
A grandfather and grandson of Japanese descent photographed at Manzanar 
Framed photographs on a wood wall next to the American flag in the Japanese-American Citizen League Headquarters
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Sandy Girl @sandygirl4him.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Feb. 19 Japanese-American Internment Day of Remembrance. #DayOfRemembrance
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Naomi Ishisaka @naomiishisaka.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Today's column: "Courage. It was the absence of it from allies and people of conscience in 1942 that led to 110,000 people of Japanese descent — including my family — being forced by the federal government from the West Coast into incarceration camps during the war."
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Have you all watched this short documentary film by Ema Ryan Yamazaki that is nominated for the Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards. As Yamazaki says, this is how we are made to be Japanese for good and bad. This is how I grew up to be who I am. youtube.com/watch?v=DRW0...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Swedish speakers, save the date March 6th👇🏼 www.linkedin.com/posts/sayaka...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren on LinkedIn: ✔️ Talking about racism is crucial for raising awareness of the structures…
✔️ Talking about racism is crucial for raising awareness of the structures that affect our society. ✔️ It is also important to understand that these…
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Tributes paid to victims of Örebro mass shooting
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Tributes paid to victims of Örebro mass shooting
The people of Örebro were in shock after their usually quiet city became1 the scene of the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 01/02/2025
“Our shared legacy of cross-racial solidarity serves as a powerful reminder that unity is essential to protecting human rights." - @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social for @theemancipator.org. Read more from Black & Brown activists about our collective strength and the fight ahead: buff.ly/4h5fG08
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How can Black and Brown communities combine their collective might for the fight ahead?
As Donald Trump retakes office, activists, lawmakers, and academics build on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of community organizing.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 01/02/2025
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor the history of collective activism between Black, Latinx, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other people of color. From the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to present-day fights for inclusive education, advancing racial equity takes all of us. 🧵
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Have you seen my students’ work, engaging in science communication? #socialmediaforsocialchange
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Migration Summer School in Florence from 16 to 27 June 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/migrat...
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Migration Policy Centre on LinkedIn: #mpcsummerschool #networking
📢 And the countdown is on! ➡️ Get ready for the 21st #MPCSummerSchool!  Join us in Florence from 16 to 27 June for two weeks of intense learning…
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren on LinkedIn: Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) | Malmö University
👋🏼 Are you aware of our Migration Seminar happening every Thursday from 13:15 to 15:00? 👀 Our seminar is open to anyone interested in the topics. 💻 Our…
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I am always happy to see my former students navigate academia forward ❤️ Check out Anna Linde’s important work on sexuality, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among adoptees in Sweden 👇🏼 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Who I Am—or Who You Make Me To Be?: Adult Adoptees Imprisoned by Expectations in Intimate Meetings - Anna Linde, 2025
Intimacy, including sexuality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), is central to every family and couples counseling practice, in a direct or l...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
From January i took over the responsibility for Migration Seminars at our research Institute MIM @mau.se Check out the line-up for the Sping term. Join us every Thursday from 13:15-15 in person (at Niagara) or online 💻📆👇🏼 mau.se/en/research/...
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Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) | Malmö University
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) is an international research centre with a multidisciplinary profile and a strong international presence. Within the centre and it...
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hey sociologist friends - 📢📷 Working on MENA and migration-related issues? If so, consider submitting your work to our International migration session! @asanews.bsky.social #ASA2025
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I wrote a very personal and honest book review for @tobiashubinette.bsky.social’s book on Asian Swedes, a very important book for us who identify as Asian in Sweden 👇🏼 journal-njmr.org/articles/10.... @njmr.bsky.social
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Book review of Hübinette, Tobias. 2024. Svenska Asiater: Asiatisk rasism och framväxten av en ny minoritet [Asian Swedes: Asian racism and the emergence of a new minority]. Stockholm: Verbal. 287 pp. ...
The Nordic Journal of Migration Research is a double-anonymous peer-reviewed, open access international journal that is cost free for authors and readers alike. The journal publishes theoretical and e...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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IMISCOE PhD Network @imiscoe-phdnetwork.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
‼️ REGISTRATIONS FOR IMISCOE PHD DAY ARE NOW OPEN! When? Friday 21.02.25 13-15 CET Where? Online About what? Joy and positivity in academia and pursuing a PhD 🔅 How do I register? Right here: forms.gle/h7HdYVc2ArJZ... Deadline: 17.02.15 at 12h CET
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IMISCOE PhD Day 2025 Registration Form
Theme: Joy in academia Date: Friday, 21st of February 2025. Time: 13:00 - 15:00 CET. Welcome to the IMISCOE PhD Day 2025! Pursuing a PhD and being in academia more generally is a journey marked by ...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
My first week at the university 2025 started with a positive energy gathering with the MA students who presented their work on Social Media for Social Change. Check out their work on my Instagram 👉🏼 www.instagram.com/sayakaosa?ig...
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Annabelle A @annabellea.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@lydiaharimahn.bsky.social and Elisa Miyake led the development of this new scale: The Women's Microaggression Scale - A comprehensive sexism scale. Check it out! journals.sagepub.com/share/EKNP8R...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Do you know about the amazing work that Asian Voices Europe is doing? We need to amplify our voices and experiences, unite, and mobilize our communities pan-ethnically and cross-nationally together with other POC communities. Support Asian Voices Europe 👇 buymeacoffee.com/asianvoicese...
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Asian Voices Europe is creating a dialogue on anti-Asian racism in Europe
At Asian Voices Europe, we work tirelessly to amplify the voices of Asian diaspora across Europe, foster dialogue, and advocate for a more inclusive society. From conducting survey and legal research
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This invitation is a continuous one 👇🏼 If you are interested, DM me 📧 compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1751...
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Sociology Compass
Click on the title to browse this journal
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The Economist @economist.com · 09/01/2025
Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system? He will have to follow these three steps econ.st/3WcG4gk
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share! lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 12/01/2025
#ERSNew🐣 🔓 Repercussions of online hate against Asian-heritage individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic: Showing identity & coping as intertwined, these findings offer empowerment perspectives for ethnic minority individuals by Odağ & Moskovits. Full article here: buff.ly/4fjQame
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The important role of empathy: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren @sayakaosa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
100%. We Asians are historically deployed in the discourse of model minority leading us to be unaware of racism, perpetuate and internalize racism and undermine solidarity with other ethnic and racial minority groups.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 06/01/2025
Disposal of used solar panels is expected to be a big problem in Japan in the coming decade after solar power generation spread rapidly following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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Disposal of used solar panels emerging as challenge in Japan
The annual amount of solar panels discarded as waste is seen peaking at some 500,000 tons in the early 2040s, putting a major strain on industrial waste treatment facilities.
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