johnraff
@johnraff.bsky.social
Nagoya layabout. Master of nothing in particular. Linux (@bunsenlabslinux.bsky.social), food (元ラッフルズ), languages, gardening, music 第8旅団 ( daihachiryodan.com ) のジョンです。Lot of politics recently...
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johnraff
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· Nov 19
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Warms your heart, doesn't it?
Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Warms your heart, doesn't it?
If you're near #nagoya the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Matsuzakaya Museum is pretty good.
On till 17th Nov.
www.matsuzakaya.co.jp.e.me.hp.transer.com/nagoya/museu...
On till 17th Nov.
www.matsuzakaya.co.jp.e.me.hp.transer.com/nagoya/museu...
World - repetition and increase - | of Matsumoto City Museum of Art possession Yayoi Kusama Woodblock Prints of the 90th anniversary of the Asahi Shimbun Nagoya head office publication MatsuzakayaMuse...
It is world - repetition of Matsumoto City Museum of Art possession Yayoi Kusama Woodblock Prints of the 90th anniversary of the Asahi Shimbun Nagoya head office publication and exhibition details pag...
www.matsuzakaya.co.jp.e.me.hp.transer.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you're near #nagoya the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Matsuzakaya Museum is pretty good.
On till 17th Nov.
www.matsuzakaya.co.jp.e.me.hp.transer.com/nagoya/museu...
On till 17th Nov.
www.matsuzakaya.co.jp.e.me.hp.transer.com/nagoya/museu...
I love SE #asianmusic, and a 1989 article that fell out of an old book led me to John Clewley, from there to Rasmee Isan Soul and this wonderful track:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6Q...
Rasmee Isan Soul - มายา (Maya)-Rasmee Isan Soul EP【LIVE OFFICIAL MV】
YouTube video by Rasmee Isan Soul
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I love SE #asianmusic, and a 1989 article that fell out of an old book led me to John Clewley, from there to Rasmee Isan Soul and this wonderful track:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6Q...
Sorry, American friends, but I have to agree.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Sorry, American friends, but I have to agree.
What? A good side to AI?
lol.
Amazon is grump that agentic AI just buys what the customer wants & doesn’t respond to advertising or upselling, & sidesteps their efforts to deceptively subscribe people to Prime
ground.news/article/sour...
Amazon is grump that agentic AI just buys what the customer wants & doesn’t respond to advertising or upselling, & sidesteps their efforts to deceptively subscribe people to Prime
ground.news/article/sour...
Amazon sues Perplexity over 'agentic' shopping tool
Perplexity AI said on Tuesday it has received a legal threat from Amazon.com demanding that the startup block the AI agent on its Comet browser from shopping on the e-commerce giant's platform on a us...
ground.news
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
What? A good side to AI?
Supreme Court justices sharply question Trump tariffs in hearing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Supreme Court justices sharply question Trump tariffs in hearing
If the court rules against Trump's tariffs, it could force the US to refund some of the billions it has collected.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Supreme Court justices sharply question Trump tariffs in hearing www.bbc.com/news/article...
> The rules are vague, the enforcement arbitrary, and the goal unmistakable: fear. Platforms now scramble to delete anything that might be interpreted as “gloomy.” Influencers second-guess every word.
‘Influencers with millions of followers were shut down not for criticizing the Communist Party—but for failing to praise it’.
“Three Closures in a Row”: Applauding the Party Becomes Mandatory in China
Influencers with millions of followers were shut down not for criticizing the Communist Party—but for failing to praise it.
bitterwinter.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
> The rules are vague, the enforcement arbitrary, and the goal unmistakable: fear. Platforms now scramble to delete anything that might be interpreted as “gloomy.” Influencers second-guess every word.
"And with a nation full of Charlie Kirk acolytes looking to take their anger out on anyone who doesn’t treat him like a minor deity, there will be more of this in the future."
"The man who made millions by denigrating anyone who wasn’t as white, straight, and “Christian” as he was is apparently above reproach now that he’s been murdered ": Man Arrested By Charlie Kirk Fan/Sheriff For Directly Quoting Donald Trump
Man Arrested By Charlie Kirk Fan/Sheriff For Directly Quoting Donald Trump
We know there’s a concerted effort to punish anyone who dares to show anything but complete, unqualified reverence for Charlie Kirk’s corpse. The man who made millions by denigrating an…
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"And with a nation full of Charlie Kirk acolytes looking to take their anger out on anyone who doesn’t treat him like a minor deity, there will be more of this in the future."
Sorry, I never liked rap.
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sorry, I never liked rap.
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#londonmetropolitanpolice #CrownProsecutionService Elon Musk’s post urging “the English to ally with hard men like Tommy Robinson and fight for their survival” appears to constitute incitement to violence and racial hatred under the Public Order Act 1986 and Serious Crime Act 2007. Please review.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#londonmetropolitanpolice #CrownProsecutionService Elon Musk’s post urging “the English to ally with hard men like Tommy Robinson and fight for their survival” appears to constitute incitement to violence and racial hatred under the Public Order Act 1986 and Serious Crime Act 2007. Please review.
"Due to being imprisoned for more than a month, Bushart reportedly lost his job in medical transport."
Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Tennessee man has charges are dropped over Trump meme relating to Charlie Kirk vigil
Charges have been dropped against a Tennessee man who has been behind bars for more than a month after posting a meme featuring Donald Trump in a group setup as a memorial for slain right-wing activis...
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Due to being imprisoned for more than a month, Bushart reportedly lost his job in medical transport."
Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Reagan and Trump both increased the national debt, both cut social schemes, both reacted badly to a global pandemic. Reagan was too religious, Trump pretends. Reagan waged a pointless racist war on drugs, Trump pretends to have a war on drugs and is murdering people. Both became demented.
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Reagan and Trump both increased the national debt, both cut social schemes, both reacted badly to a global pandemic. Reagan was too religious, Trump pretends. Reagan waged a pointless racist war on drugs, Trump pretends to have a war on drugs and is murdering people. Both became demented.
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JCP sticking up for foreign residents of Japan
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
JCP sticking up for foreign residents of Japan
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#climatechange
"The destruction to lives and livelihoods will continue to escalate until we end our fossil fuel addiction”.
in-cyprus.philenews.com/internationa...
"The destruction to lives and livelihoods will continue to escalate until we end our fossil fuel addiction”.
in-cyprus.philenews.com/internationa...
Heat from climate crisis now killing one person every minute, global report reveals
A comprehensive report reveals that climate change is now killing one person per minute worldwide, with fossil fuel addiction causing toxic air pollution and spreading diseases.
in-cyprus.philenews.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
#climatechange
"The destruction to lives and livelihoods will continue to escalate until we end our fossil fuel addiction”.
in-cyprus.philenews.com/internationa...
"The destruction to lives and livelihoods will continue to escalate until we end our fossil fuel addiction”.
in-cyprus.philenews.com/internationa...
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"When you paste and press Enter, you’ve just executed whatever the attacker put on your clipboard—often a PowerShell or shell command that downloads and runs additional malware": This new malware attack just wont go away
This new malware attack just wont go away
It's responsible for more attacks than ever, and shows no sign of slowing down.
ift.tt
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"When you paste and press Enter, you’ve just executed whatever the attacker put on your clipboard—often a PowerShell or shell command that downloads and runs additional malware": This new malware attack just wont go away
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Really hoping to hear from a Korea expert about the layers of message in gifting Trump a “replica gold crown from the ancient Korean kingdom Silla”.
www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...
www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...
Apec Summit: Anthony Albanese rubs shoulders with Donald Trump and other leaders as Xi Jinping meeting awaits
Anthony Albanese joined Donald Trump for a dinner in South Korea with a handful of other leaders, but it is Trump’s meeting with Xi on Thursday that is the blockbuster.
www.smh.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Really hoping to hear from a Korea expert about the layers of message in gifting Trump a “replica gold crown from the ancient Korean kingdom Silla”.
www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...
www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...
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The thing these guys don’t get about net zero is that it’s not just a race against physics, it’s a race against other countries to win the post carbon business opportunities.
Clinging to a dying growth model means missing the emerging one
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Clinging to a dying growth model means missing the emerging one
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Net zero by 2050 ‘just ideology’: Scott Morrison
The former prime minister, who signed the Coalition up to net zero by 2050, has now declared the promise bad policy, giving Opposition Leader Sussan Ley internal cover to ditch the pledge.
www.smh.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The thing these guys don’t get about net zero is that it’s not just a race against physics, it’s a race against other countries to win the post carbon business opportunities.
Clinging to a dying growth model means missing the emerging one
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Clinging to a dying growth model means missing the emerging one
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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"The White House says Takaichi told Trump that she’s nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Why not nominate him for the Nobels in literature and physics? He deserves them about as much as he does the Peace Prize.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Why not nominate him for the Nobels in literature and physics? He deserves them about as much as he does the Peace Prize.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Trump meets with newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Japan’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest days of his Asia trip.
www.asahi.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"The White House says Takaichi told Trump that she’s nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Why not nominate him for the Nobels in literature and physics? He deserves them about as much as he does the Peace Prize.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Why not nominate him for the Nobels in literature and physics? He deserves them about as much as he does the Peace Prize.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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It is hard to comprehend a worldview which doesn’t place the blame for an entirely unnecessary invasion and subsequent slaughter solely at the door of the invader.
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour
Trump's closest ally in Europe will head to Washington in the midst of a disagreement over Russian oil.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is hard to comprehend a worldview which doesn’t place the blame for an entirely unnecessary invasion and subsequent slaughter solely at the door of the invader.
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Just published on FOSS Force: RSS, Not Algorithms: How Open Source Tech Can Reclaim Reliable News fossforce.com/2025/10/rss-...
RSS, Not Algorithms: How Open Source Tech Can Reclaim Reliable News - FOSS Force
When news disappears from search results and social media favors polarization, RSS keeps you in touch with news sources you trust.
fossforce.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Just published on FOSS Force: RSS, Not Algorithms: How Open Source Tech Can Reclaim Reliable News fossforce.com/2025/10/rss-...
"to the degree that firms operate and invest according to Trump’s political diktats rather than normal economic considerations, US productivity will suffer by an amount impossible to calculate"
richardkatz.substack.com/p/the-mussol...
richardkatz.substack.com/p/the-mussol...
The “Mussolini Corporatism” Behind Trump’s Demand For $800 Billion From Japan and Korea
Trump Wants Cash To Buy Shares in Key US Companies and Dictate To Them
richardkatz.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"to the degree that firms operate and invest according to Trump’s political diktats rather than normal economic considerations, US productivity will suffer by an amount impossible to calculate"
richardkatz.substack.com/p/the-mussol...
richardkatz.substack.com/p/the-mussol...
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Notable that, while Japan-Russia relations are already in the deep freeze, Japanese officials are still anxious to prevent a further deterioration. I imagine they fear a further increase in Russian military provocations close to Japanese shores.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Notable that, while Japan-Russia relations are already in the deep freeze, Japanese officials are still anxious to prevent a further deterioration. I imagine they fear a further increase in Russian military provocations close to Japanese shores.
“We all know what the lobbyists want. It’s to increase their profits, with the price being paid by humankind.”
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“We all know what the lobbyists want. It’s to increase their profits, with the price being paid by humankind.”