Brett Fujioka
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this is exactly why Mark Kelly et al did that spot telling military and intelligence officers they can refuse illegal orders — there's no way Hegseth or Trump will EVER accept blame for them
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
this is exactly why Mark Kelly et al did that spot telling military and intelligence officers they can refuse illegal orders — there's no way Hegseth or Trump will EVER accept blame for them
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Indian speculative fiction evolved through Bengali "kalpavigyan" and post-Independence "scientifiction." Today, as this piece shows, Indian SF is finding its voice anew—bridging caste, gender, and global imagination with universal storytelling.
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Indian speculative fiction evolved through Bengali "kalpavigyan" and post-Independence "scientifiction." Today, as this piece shows, Indian SF is finding its voice anew—bridging caste, gender, and global imagination with universal storytelling.
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
The portrayal of the United States in both Godzilla Minus One and Shin Gojira was...almost generous in retrospect.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
Or It feels like watching Godzilla rampaging toward Taiwan while the U.S. president is standing on the beach doing a product placement ad for Iowa soybeans.
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The portrayal of the United States in both Godzilla Minus One and Shin Gojira was...almost generous in retrospect.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
At least compared to how the country's reputation stands right now.
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Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Right before I left Twitter, technical discussions about AI were already beginning to collapse into Ilya/Sutton/Karpathy/… exegesis and obligatory mentions of information theory, thermodynamics, cybernetics, and Kolmogorov complexity with all the sophistication of a LW post. It’s happening here now.
I'm fairly certain that tee vee tropes dot com feeds some sort of generative ai out there.
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm fairly certain that tee vee tropes dot com feeds some sort of generative ai out there.
A good way to make Millenials commit mass suicide is to tell them that angry birds is now retro
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A good way to make Millenials commit mass suicide is to tell them that angry birds is now retro
Every time I see a Golden Retriever or Bernese Mountain Dog out in the wild, my day gets better.
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every time I see a Golden Retriever or Bernese Mountain Dog out in the wild, my day gets better.
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
The cyber truck is the opposit of that
I would shake my head. But this is also what happened with the GOP and its current iteration. And I don’t think even MAGA is prepared for when America is no longer an attractive destination for work
Aside from the obvious populist scapegoating, a striking thing about the government’s stance here is how utterly incoherent it is with the past decade of LDP policy - including that of Takaichi’s icon Abe, who squarely aimed migration policy at shoring up the country’s dwindling workforce.
In Japan they are considering increasing the cost for applying for a permanent visa to around 1900 USD because "other countries charge more than Japan".
It costs 50 USD in Spain, just say clearly that you want all foreigners out of the country, Japanese government.
It costs 50 USD in Spain, just say clearly that you want all foreigners out of the country, Japanese government.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I would shake my head. But this is also what happened with the GOP and its current iteration. And I don’t think even MAGA is prepared for when America is no longer an attractive destination for work
Hey, Grok. Something’s strange. Enhance.
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hey, Grok. Something’s strange. Enhance.
Trying to figure out what Reiwa Humanism is and why it’s blowing up on J-Theory Twitter
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trying to figure out what Reiwa Humanism is and why it’s blowing up on J-Theory Twitter
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German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
Silent Hill 2 is Memento for gamers
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Silent Hill 2 is Memento for gamers
I’m getting a lecture on the Lakota language…from the Lakota on Thanksgiving. This is awesome.
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m getting a lecture on the Lakota language…from the Lakota on Thanksgiving. This is awesome.
It was always difficult for me to imagine anyone more unethical than Jake Adelstein but Olivia Nuzzi managed to pull it off.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It was always difficult for me to imagine anyone more unethical than Jake Adelstein but Olivia Nuzzi managed to pull it off.
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a 🤝 between all types of very online people, both left and right alike, is that “you have no idea what’s coming” usually portends that the thing they’re talking about is not, in fact, coming
by all indications “literally all of society mildly likes this abominable scam homunculus” is much closer to the truth. I don’t see how you can win if you are actively in denial about the reality you’re resisting
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
a 🤝 between all types of very online people, both left and right alike, is that “you have no idea what’s coming” usually portends that the thing they’re talking about is not, in fact, coming
Looks like Heath is getting attention on J-Twitter @jandrewpotter.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Looks like Heath is getting attention on J-Twitter @jandrewpotter.bsky.social
Onii-Chan Notices you. (He’s just called “Big Brother” as a loan word, I think).
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Onii-Chan Notices you. (He’s just called “Big Brother” as a loan word, I think).
Converts who gravitate towards faith for aesthetics are little more than Nihilists.
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Converts who gravitate towards faith for aesthetics are little more than Nihilists.
I think my policy on this is that I’m strictly monogamous for someone with my politics. And I also don’t care what other people do in their private lives so long as they don’t post about it on my timeline.
look, polyamory is extremely not for me but I have a ton of friends who it works great for, so obviously I disagree with him here
but I always find it very funny when you get a bunch of outraged posts about the Pope being Catholic
even if he’s pretty cool for a Pope he is, you know, the Pope
but I always find it very funny when you get a bunch of outraged posts about the Pope being Catholic
even if he’s pretty cool for a Pope he is, you know, the Pope
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I think my policy on this is that I’m strictly monogamous for someone with my politics. And I also don’t care what other people do in their private lives so long as they don’t post about it on my timeline.
Microdosing makes you believe and do weird things.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Microdosing makes you believe and do weird things.
I really have no opinion to offer other than I’ve grown to appreciate Nexon’s posts and articles about IR as far back as…I think it was in the late 2010s when he wrote a piece on a Progressive Vision for Foreign Policy. It…made me hopeful but unfortunately the moment to realize that goal has passed.
1 Can't emphasize this enough. EU is home to multiple "second-tier" great powers — who are only "second-tier" because they chose not to make large investments in military capabilities — and is itself an economic & diplomatic great power. NATO is the most powerful security confederation in history.
It sure seems like Vance leads a faction that is enamored of 🇷🇺's cultivated cultural conservative "soft power", reflexively anti-Atlanticist, and stupid enough to think that wedging 🇷🇺-🇨🇳 is a) realistic and b) worth trashing our relationship with the world's third largest economy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I really have no opinion to offer other than I’ve grown to appreciate Nexon’s posts and articles about IR as far back as…I think it was in the late 2010s when he wrote a piece on a Progressive Vision for Foreign Policy. It…made me hopeful but unfortunately the moment to realize that goal has passed.
Sioux City reminds me a lot of Urbana-Champaign. I don’t think I could ever live here’s but I like it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sioux City reminds me a lot of Urbana-Champaign. I don’t think I could ever live here’s but I like it.
Never thought I’d ever be stranded in Sioux City, Iowa of all places during the holiday season. But here we are.
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Never thought I’d ever be stranded in Sioux City, Iowa of all places during the holiday season. But here we are.
HHhH by Binet Laurent about the assassination of Heydrich.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
HHhH by Binet Laurent about the assassination of Heydrich.