David Fedman
@dfeds.bsky.social
historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
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My reach on socials doesn't = Ryan's, but I feel need to continue drumbeat. THESE WERE ALREADY ILLEGAL strikes. The doubletap makes it MORE OBVIOUS, not MORE ILLEGAL. (ok. it's a bit more illegal; since it opens a whole new category of illegal).
(we tried people at Nuremburg for crimes like this).
(we tried people at Nuremburg for crimes like this).
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My reach on socials doesn't = Ryan's, but I feel need to continue drumbeat. THESE WERE ALREADY ILLEGAL strikes. The doubletap makes it MORE OBVIOUS, not MORE ILLEGAL. (ok. it's a bit more illegal; since it opens a whole new category of illegal).
(we tried people at Nuremburg for crimes like this).
(we tried people at Nuremburg for crimes like this).
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A running theme of Trump II is cautious, level-headed, mainstream, career professional experts sounding existential alarms about how we aren't panicking nearly enough.
I know you already know, but for other folks who don't, Goldsmith was previously head of OLC, is a genuinely brilliant mind on executive authority and separation of powers, and is usually very cautious about making claims this unqualified and direct. That he is saying it so starkly is v significant
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A running theme of Trump II is cautious, level-headed, mainstream, career professional experts sounding existential alarms about how we aren't panicking nearly enough.
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it’s vitally important for the future of this country that this wildly unpopular administration is tied directly to its enablers in congress and the courts and used to discredit the entire conservative movement
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
it’s vitally important for the future of this country that this wildly unpopular administration is tied directly to its enablers in congress and the courts and used to discredit the entire conservative movement
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Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
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Cardiff University has done a short piece about the work that my PhD student, Emily Bush, is doing. The research explores ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives.
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
Exploring ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives
PhD student Emily Bush is exploring ecocritical perspectives in media about historical Japanese disasters.
www.cardiff.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Cardiff University has done a short piece about the work that my PhD student, Emily Bush, is doing. The research explores ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives.
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
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In Canada, the realization that, with Trump at the helm, America is an enemy, not an ally, is slowly setting in.
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
In Canada, the realization that, with Trump at the helm, America is an enemy, not an ally, is slowly setting in.
A map of every "pumpkin bomb" dropped on Japan -- ie, conventional bombs developed by the Manhattan Project to train the 509th Composite Group in the delivery of Fat Man on target
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A map of every "pumpkin bomb" dropped on Japan -- ie, conventional bombs developed by the Manhattan Project to train the 509th Composite Group in the delivery of Fat Man on target
Maestro Roosevelt conducts cacophony across the Asia-Pacific
(From Kokumin Boku, Sept 1943)
(From Kokumin Boku, Sept 1943)
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Maestro Roosevelt conducts cacophony across the Asia-Pacific
(From Kokumin Boku, Sept 1943)
(From Kokumin Boku, Sept 1943)
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
Also, this detail was entirely new to me:
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Also, this detail was entirely new to me:
John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
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Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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It sucks that the people on X the Everything Site don’t realize that this is what being on X the Everything Site does to their brains
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It sucks that the people on X the Everything Site don’t realize that this is what being on X the Everything Site does to their brains
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A full-page ad placed by the Japan “Peace for Vietnam!” Committee (aka ベ平連) in the NYT in November 1965.
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A full-page ad placed by the Japan “Peace for Vietnam!” Committee (aka ベ平連) in the NYT in November 1965.
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
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I referenced Anjali Nath's work in my redaction project a few years ago. I see that her book — A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic Life of War — is out this month!
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I referenced Anjali Nath's work in my redaction project a few years ago. I see that her book — A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic Life of War — is out this month!
A full-page ad placed by the Japan “Peace for Vietnam!” Committee (aka ベ平連) in the NYT in November 1965.
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A full-page ad placed by the Japan “Peace for Vietnam!” Committee (aka ベ平連) in the NYT in November 1965.
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
When the Asahi's New York correspondent showed the ad to a reporter colleague, he reportedly responded, “It's a Pearl Harbor on the New York Times!”
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.