Nevin Thompson
@nevint.bsky.social
I like poetry, photography, languages (esp Japanese), and religion (esp Japanese). And movies (esp Japanese). And Bob Dylan. Epilepsy parent.
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Nevin Thompson
@nevint.bsky.social
· Jan 16
Photographing with intent
The number-one lesson I learned about photography in 2024.
tsunoga.ghost.io
I have a blog now. It's still a little rough around the edges with few posts, but I blog about #photography, the books I read and the movies I watch, #translation (particularly poetry), and stuff that interests me in the news, especially anything related to #japan.
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China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
The US hasn’t just left Ukraine vulnerable; it is also provoking Xi’s intensifying attitude towards what he considers a renegade province, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall
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The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
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I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB
AND THEN I FOUND A JOB
AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
AND THEN I FOUND A JOB
AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB
AND THEN I FOUND A JOB
AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
AND THEN I FOUND A JOB
AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
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For over 130 years, Canadians either loved or hated Cherry Blossoms.
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.
🧵 1/6
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.
🧵 1/6
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For over 130 years, Canadians either loved or hated Cherry Blossoms.
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.
🧵 1/6
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.
🧵 1/6
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Chicago - blizzard of 79
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Chicago - blizzard of 79
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Kinuyo Tanaka in Kenji Mizoguchi's MISS OYU (1951)
She was BOTD in 1909
She was BOTD in 1909
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Kinuyo Tanaka in Kenji Mizoguchi's MISS OYU (1951)
She was BOTD in 1909
She was BOTD in 1909
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new worst sentence in the history of the English language just dropped.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
new worst sentence in the history of the English language just dropped.
Great horned owl spooking the crows and starlings on our main shopping street.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Great horned owl spooking the crows and starlings on our main shopping street.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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Masako Izumi (和泉雅子) and Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in I’ll Never Cry (私は泣かない), 1966, directed by Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Masako Izumi (和泉雅子) and Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in I’ll Never Cry (私は泣かない), 1966, directed by Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Monkeys (very common in the hills of Japan)
Tanuki (ditto)
Foxes (ditto)
Wild boar (ditto)
Chimpanzee (when I was 6 yo, the escaped pet of a movie star made it into my aunt's very large back garden)
Also
Killer whales
Harbour seals
Stellar sea lions
California sea lions
Sea elephants
River otters
Tanuki (ditto)
Foxes (ditto)
Wild boar (ditto)
Chimpanzee (when I was 6 yo, the escaped pet of a movie star made it into my aunt's very large back garden)
Also
Killer whales
Harbour seals
Stellar sea lions
California sea lions
Sea elephants
River otters
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Badgers
Mink
Otter
Stoat
Fox
Badgers
Mink
Otter
Stoat
Fox
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Black bears
Reef shark
Moose
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Crows
Black bears
Reef shark
Moose
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Crows
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Monkeys (very common in the hills of Japan)
Tanuki (ditto)
Foxes (ditto)
Wild boar (ditto)
Chimpanzee (when I was 6 yo, the escaped pet of a movie star made it into my aunt's very large back garden)
Also
Killer whales
Harbour seals
Stellar sea lions
California sea lions
Sea elephants
River otters
Tanuki (ditto)
Foxes (ditto)
Wild boar (ditto)
Chimpanzee (when I was 6 yo, the escaped pet of a movie star made it into my aunt's very large back garden)
Also
Killer whales
Harbour seals
Stellar sea lions
California sea lions
Sea elephants
River otters
The cats in your life also appreciate separated bike lanes and traffic calming measures.
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The cats in your life also appreciate separated bike lanes and traffic calming measures.
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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The Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition has regained its majority in the Lower House, with three lawmakers agreeing to support the passage of key budget bills.
LDP-led coalition regains Lower House majority with three independents' backing
With the three lawmakers in the LDP's in-house group, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be able to pass key budget bills without opposition support.
ebx.sh
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition has regained its majority in the Lower House, with three lawmakers agreeing to support the passage of key budget bills.
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TIL "SCTV" got the ACTUAL voice of HAL 9000 from "2001", Douglas Rain, to reprise his role in a "Merv Griffin Show" parody with Rick Moranis as Merv, John Candy as Orson Welles, Dave Thomas as Steven Spielberg, and Eugene Levy as George Lucas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZTu...
SCTV: the merv griffin show special scifi segment (hal9000 cameo)
YouTube video by Will 🦇
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
TIL "SCTV" got the ACTUAL voice of HAL 9000 from "2001", Douglas Rain, to reprise his role in a "Merv Griffin Show" parody with Rick Moranis as Merv, John Candy as Orson Welles, Dave Thomas as Steven Spielberg, and Eugene Levy as George Lucas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZTu...
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Sorting through the massive hallmark collection I bought and found a wild one.
HAL 9000 freaks me out. Watch with the sound on 😬
HAL 9000 freaks me out. Watch with the sound on 😬
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sorting through the massive hallmark collection I bought and found a wild one.
HAL 9000 freaks me out. Watch with the sound on 😬
HAL 9000 freaks me out. Watch with the sound on 😬
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Doing this in my head after a big meal and too much beer, so I could be off, but I think Voyager 1 will reach one (1) light day from Earth in October or November of next year, and one light day from the Sun in January 2027. 🧪 🔭
Where Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now? - NASA Science
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos.
science.nasa.gov
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Doing this in my head after a big meal and too much beer, so I could be off, but I think Voyager 1 will reach one (1) light day from Earth in October or November of next year, and one light day from the Sun in January 2027. 🧪 🔭
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From Veronika Dornan @dornanv.bsky.social : Like a bouncer at a nightclub, JWST is trying to figure out if some star clusters are really as old as they say they are… ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/25/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/25/s...
Astronomers Hate Them! This Star Formation Ingredient Makes Clusters Look 300 Million Years Older
Like a bouncer at a nightclub, JWST is trying to figure out if some star clusters are really as old as they say they are ...
astrobites.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
From Veronika Dornan @dornanv.bsky.social : Like a bouncer at a nightclub, JWST is trying to figure out if some star clusters are really as old as they say they are… ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/11/25/s...
astrobites.org/2025/11/25/s...
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Sign says "Don't let Muslims in Japan."
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sign says "Don't let Muslims in Japan."
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And for the record, this seems more reasonable to me, as a take. Because I think Carney (and especially Hodgson) are quite fine with dismantling environmental policy, as it stood. bsky.app/profile/sphi...
Giving Alberta an exemption to the Clean Electricity Standard means the policy is DOA.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
Today’s MOU between the federal government and Alberta risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy. Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
And for the record, this seems more reasonable to me, as a take. Because I think Carney (and especially Hodgson) are quite fine with dismantling environmental policy, as it stood. bsky.app/profile/sphi...
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
The mayor (Alto)'s question here about the sequoia in Centennial Square being "juvenile" (it's about a hundred feet tall) is grimy amusing, since there was a successful effort to preserve the tree... with apparently no understanding of how bit it is going to get.
Staff: It's a juvenile species right now. The roots are presently not at a critical point but staff will continue to monitor the utility infrastructure.
Alto: Juvenile?
Staff: It is one of the bigger species on the West Coast. That's why I raise this concern.
Alto: Juvenile?
Staff: It is one of the bigger species on the West Coast. That's why I raise this concern.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The mayor (Alto)'s question here about the sequoia in Centennial Square being "juvenile" (it's about a hundred feet tall) is grimy amusing, since there was a successful effort to preserve the tree... with apparently no understanding of how bit it is going to get.
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