kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 03/08/2026For a very readable account of how modern medicine is based on critical thinking and avoidance of “authority:” Helen Pearson’s 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 03/08/2026Korekawa Yu (2025) writes that de Haas et al is the most authoritative text on immigration. Now to read it. 100
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 24/06/2026Typhoon #8 arrives Saturday morning. Typhoon #7 arrives Saturday evening. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 02/04/2026New version of estatjp with tutorial showing how to download and display a dataset from the e-Stat portal. The example results in a graph displaying monthly residential migration between Ibaraki Prefecture and outside Japan. #python #estat doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 06/02/2026AI-generated photo of Centrist Reform Alliance candidate Kamata Sayuri portrays her as flipping the bird when original photo shows her with a raised fist. www.factcheckcenter.jp/content/imag... www.factcheckcenter.jp/fact-check/p... 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 05/02/2026Ad for serotonin supplement cdn.globalso.com/mylandsupple... 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 05/02/2026Sanseito ad on the globalist platform YouTube Caption: We will not give up on Japan! 110
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 31/01/2026Human SOS figure on a lake in Minneapolis 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 24/12/2025Ibaraki quickly modified the title of its 4-year plan to add "orderly" to the title "外国人との秩序ある共生社会 orderly and harmonious society with foreigners." But, hey, this is better than "外国人との秩序ある強制社会 Orderly and forced society with foreigners." www.asahi.com/articles/AST... 010
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 12/10/2025Column from Yomiuri Shimbun, 19 June 1970, p.21 arguing that Komeito would cease to exist within 10 years with its members dividing between LDP and some other party, perhaps the Socialist Party. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 11/10/2025In the April 2023 regional elections, 12 of Komeito's 1555 candidates lost, their worst performance since 1998. To me, that looks like a controlled voting bloc. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 11/10/2025In the April 2023 regional elections, 12 of Komeito's 1555 candidates lost, their worst performance since 1998. To me, that looks like a controlled voting bloc. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 08/10/2025Advertisement for an #antivaccine movie, Hippocrates Blindspot. Showing at the Shinjuku Piccadilly, 10 October Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gma... Asahi Shimbun, 8 October 2025 010
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 22/09/2025Takaichi: “Foreigners are kicking deer in Nara!” - Asahi Shimbun, 23 Sept 2025, p.1 010
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 22/09/2025Hayashi and Motegi have the experience that Koizumi lacks. They get key cabinet posts in exchange for support. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 09/09/2025How does Japan reach 93% collection? Recycle station at my local Japanese supermarket. From left: (see ALT text) 100
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 09/09/2025PET bottle collection and recycle rates in 2019 for US, Europe and Japan: Bottle Collection Recycle US 27.9% 19.7% Europe 57.5% 39.5% Japan 93.0% 85.8% j4ce.env.go.jp/en/casestudy... 100
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 11/08/2025Routledge liked this #antiscience warning. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 09/08/2025Sub-Saharan Africa has surpassed Europe to become the region where the most Christians live www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... 100
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 13/07/2025Japan sees the United States as a bigger threat than Russia. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/... 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 12/07/2025Excellent article by @robfahey.net and @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social The combination of conspiracy theories, strong organization, and funding through tiered membership and expensive seminars leads me to wonder whether Sanseito is a political cult. FYI: @johnraff.bsky.social 110
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 11/07/2025Sanseito Party candidate Sakurai Shoko simply calls for a bureau of foreigner policies. 100
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 11/07/2025This NHK Party candidate is full of Trump. 110
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 23/02/2025Alexandra Stein’s book Terror, Love and Brainwashing is a paradigm shift in Kuhn’s original sense. It’s enabling me to finally put the pieces together. The puzzle isn’t complete yet but Stein brings a lot of it together. @alexandrastein.bsky.social 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 17/02/2025Minnesota kindergarten MMR vaccination rates by county, 2023/2024 compared to Gaines County, Texas #measles #mmr #antivax #vaccination Sources: www.health.state.mn.us/.../stats/sc... www.oaoa.com/.../the-immu... Data and R script: github.com/kijinosu/Vac... 021
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 16/02/2025Alexandra Stein's (@alexandrastein.bsky.social) Terror, Love and Brainwashing Outstanding clarity. 210
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 13/02/2025The names of international bodies of water are decided by the International Hydrographical Organization. iho.int/uploads/user... 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 28/01/2025Time to remind folks that the extremes are untenable. It’s the mix of ideas views that is key. 000
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 20/01/2025For some odd reason, the authors in this compendium included Rabbinical literature and several current Jewish scholarly journals in their resources. 300
kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD) @ttcrossroads.net · 19/01/2025So these Christian scholars’ inclusion of post-Acts Jewish scholarship in their research is a waste of time and energy. 100
