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T. Seifman

@toranosukev.bsky.social
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Historian of Japanese & Luchuan (Ryukyuan) arts and culture. Person. Personal, not professional, account. I travel from time to time. They/he. Based in Kyoto.

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Daniel / 妥仁得 @kaihat.su · 13/09/2026
Okinawa's new governor from the LDP is expected to make it easier to potentially develop bases, ports and other infrastructure used by the JSDF and US Army. The previous governor, from All Okinawa, was one of the biggest obstacles to Japan and the United States expanding their military presence.
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沖縄県知事選 高市政権支援の新人、古謝氏が初当選確実 | 毎日新聞
任期満了に伴う沖縄県知事選は13日、投開票され、高市早苗政権が支援した無所属で新人の元那覇市副市長、古謝玄太(こじゃげんた)氏(42)=自民、日本維新の会、国民民主、参政、日本保守、公明県本部推薦=が初当選を確実にした。3選を目指した無所属で現職の玉城(たまき)デニー氏(66)らとの選挙戦を制し、
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(spo)okie 🎃 @okie.gay · 25/08/2026
Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 25/08/2026
RIP DollyParton thank you DollyParton Looking up at the sky, I think of you. love you.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I might be going out on a hunch, but maybe the employer should pay a living wage to their staff.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Sain't Christopher @orionstoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
まめ書房 highlights some interesting works on the civilian side of the Battle of Okinawa. For those interested in approaching this in English, try Descent into Hell, survivor stories in translation. #okinawa #沖縄
Descent into Hell, survivor stories from the Battle of Okinawa
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Jay Dee @jhall2266.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This treasonous, vile piece of shit. Just one slap in the face after another.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TRUMP: "People don't want to have radical lunatics involved in running our country and that's what we have." FACT CHECK: True
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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy Left-handers' Day to everyone who, like me, suffered the indignity of having to write upside down or endure endlessly smudged writing
A smudged sentence reading Happy Left-handers day
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Muslims aren't the United States' biggest threat. Christian nationalists like mean, crazy, and fake-Christian Nancy Mace are. (And Trojan is capitalized, you semi-literate troll.)
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to blusky.
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Absent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Classroom
Alt: Absent in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Classroom
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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Retrospective on the central figures of the Shōjo #Manga Boom in the 1970s (all the childhood favs 😍😍😍) at the National Art Center (Tokyo, October 28, 2026–February 8, 2027) The fact that this isn’t happening over the summer during peak tourist season is CRIMINAL.
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【公式】少女漫画・インフィニティ 萩尾望都×山岸凉子×大和和紀 三人展|国立新美術館(六本木)
少女漫画界のレジェンドである萩尾望都・山岸凉子・大和和紀の画業をたどる展覧会。カラーイラストや原画、貴重な資料を通して、少女漫画の地平を切り拓いた三人の奥深い表現世界に迫ります。
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go.
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The Daily Jaws @thedailyjaws.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Absolutely love this story ❤ #jaws
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Using Water as reflection in Photography
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Someone spray-painted a swastika on the statue of the great medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides in Córdoba, his place of birth. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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Rambam statue vandalized with swastika graffiti in Cordoba, Spain | The Jerusalem Post
The graffiti was painted over the base of the statue, located in the heart of the Jewish quarters of Cordoba, in the Tiberiades plaza, with local authorities condemning the antisemitic attack.
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SoraNews24 @soranews24.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Watch the final performance of the Princess Mononoke stage adaptation streamed live!
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Live-action Princess Mononoke is coming to streaming as a live event, previews look amazing [Video]
Kabuki adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece will be shown online, but you’ll need to mark the date on your calendar.
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Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
People still think of Sweden as this sexually liberated place, but the reality is you're not even allowed to fuck inside the giant taxidermied Blue Whale anymore. Place has really changed.
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Sain't Christopher @orionstoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"To get meaning and feeling" 👏
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Dr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Part of why LLMs will always give wrong information is because they do not *know* anything. They only put out a highly probable string of words, so they will always be susceptible to probability. So it will probably write 2+2=4, but there will never be a non-zero chance of spitting out 2+2=5.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 27/07/2026
A draft of tough new measures for acquiring permanent residency in Japan has triggered concern among some potential applicants, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls.
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Tough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in Japan
The draft guidelines would introduce clearer income, pension, language and integration requirements, as the government seeks to tighten immigration controls.
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What's your sign?
Don't tell at me. Space between daily tea time.
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
TIL that even though the terminals, train stations, Google Map address, and most other ways you'd typically interact with Osaka Itami Airport are in Osaka prefecture, Itami City (which is where the runways and most of the total land area of the airport are) is part of Hyogo, not Osaka.
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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If you’re wondering about the history of female emperors in Japan, I wrote about it for @nursingclio.bsky.social! Women were emperors in the past (and very powerful ones too!). But like most things, men in the 19th century ruined it for everyone. nursingclio.org/2019/04/30/j...
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Japan’s Once and Future Female Emperors
With the abdication today of the Japanese emperor, Akihito, and the passage of the throne to his son, talk has emerged yet again about the future of Japan’s imperial family and its insistence on ma…
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The adventures of the wonderfully multilingual and diverse, complex, world we live in. Today, I was reminded that Toma Jugo (当間重剛, Tōma Jūgō), head of the Gov't of the Ryukyu Islands 1956-1959, is also Spanish for "drink juice."
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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"A London Trans+ Pride organiser has claimed a planned BBC interview was dropped after [the organiser] refused to describe the annual march as a 'celebration' rather than a protest."
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London Trans+ Pride organiser claims BBC dropped interview over 'celebration' wording (EXCLUSIVE)
According to EM Williams, the interview was set to go ahead until the BBC's description of the event became a sticking point.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Amethyst Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) [📹safari_davis247] Original post
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning
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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A Prime Minister who brags (?) about how she tends to sleep between 0 and 3 hours. Strikes me as worrying rather than awe-inspiring.
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Having a surprisingly hard time finding any articles (academic or otherwise) on digital archives of Okinawan music. Anyone have any suggestions? (Articles in English or Japanese, from academic journals, popular magazines, or elsewhere) ゆたしくうにげーさびら!! 🙏
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NEVER FORGET the debt we all owe to the Miccosukee Tribe, without whom it would still be open. And never forget that Indigenous sovereignty and all our safety and flourishing are forever intertwined.
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“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the Everglades
The controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and ...
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The states where mothers die most have banned or restricted abortion. That's no coincidence. Bans drive OB-GYNs out & force docs to delay care during miscarriages. CDC says >80% of these deaths are preventable. GOP calls this pro life. For women in these states pregnancy is terrifying. #ProudBlue
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/07/2026
PSA this auction ends in 13 hours and many of the posters have zero bids still movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...
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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Interested in the intersection of public history and pedagogy? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Alan Christy (UCSC History) on The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international project on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A section of social media reflexively blames foreigners for fires at temples and shrines, suspecting a conspiracy against Japanese culture and heritage. Turns out the one last week at Entsuji Temple in Imari was started by a disaffected monk. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crim...
Trainee Monk Arrested over Temple Fire in Japan’s Saga Prefecture

The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:40 JST, July 6, 2026

SAGA — A 28-year-old trainee Buddhist monk was arrested Monday on suspicion of arson at the temple where he resides and practices in Imari, Saga Prefecture.

According to the Saga prefectural police, the suspect set fire to Entsuji temple in Imari at about 3:30 a.m. on June 30. The fire destroyed the main building and monks’ residence. The police quoted him as saying, “I am fed up with everything in my life.”

Three people live at the temple, but the head priest was not present at the time of the fire.
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T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 05/07/2026
ICE flights. Saturday, July 4, 2026. At least 85 flights on 28 planes. At least 12 removal flights, 6 to Mexico alone. One year ago today, ICE sent 8 men to South Sudan. Only 3 have been released. Still jailed: Enrique Arias-Hierro, Kyaw Mya, Nyo Myint, Thongxay Nilakout & José Rodriguez-Quiñones.
An ADSBx map of the Americas showing 28 planes doing dozens of flights branching out from Louisiana and Texas toward northern cities (round-up flights), Central America (removal flights), and going between ICE detention hubs (shuffle flights).
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CedarBough T. Saeji @thekpopprof.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My article on rental #hanbok has finally come out-- you can find it here. #한복 muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...
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Froward Jason @jason.jagaimo.com · 04/07/2026
Our insurance doesn't cover that
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is the best of who we are and what we represent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)
At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I’ve been thinking about the America I’m proud of and that I want to celebrate tomorrow, and it’s things like hip-hop and blue jeans and sending a man to the moon and this.
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