Matthew McMullen
@mcmullen.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture and editor of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Follow @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social for journal and institute updates.
Whoever wrote this article deserves 5 years hard labor. The editor who approved it gets 3.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Whoever wrote this article deserves 5 years hard labor. The editor who approved it gets 3.
Opera still exists? I was using it 20 years ago but then it wasn’t working so I quit. Didn’t know it was up and running again. It was great back then because it would load video quickly and had no tracking options.
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Opera still exists? I was using it 20 years ago but then it wasn’t working so I quit. Didn’t know it was up and running again. It was great back then because it would load video quickly and had no tracking options.
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🙏🏻 Friday 28.11, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. "Who Owns the Goddess? Pilgrimage-Tourism and Popular Devotion in Twenty-First-Century East Asia." Guest lecture (in English).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🙏🏻 Friday 28.11, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. "Who Owns the Goddess? Pilgrimage-Tourism and Popular Devotion in Twenty-First-Century East Asia." Guest lecture (in English).
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🪷 Friday 21.11, Tohoku University, Sendai. "Lady of the Whales: Comparing Maritime Kannon Worship in Vietnam and Japan." Presentation as part of the workshop "Kannon in Modern Ideology and Popular Practices", with Ayako Kimishima and Clinton Godart (bilingual).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🪷 Friday 21.11, Tohoku University, Sendai. "Lady of the Whales: Comparing Maritime Kannon Worship in Vietnam and Japan." Presentation as part of the workshop "Kannon in Modern Ideology and Popular Practices", with Ayako Kimishima and Clinton Godart (bilingual).
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🐋 Wednesday 19.11, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. 「現代社会における『鯨信仰』―ベトナムと日本の鯨祭祀をくらべて」. Guest lecture (in Japanese).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🐋 Wednesday 19.11, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. 「現代社会における『鯨信仰』―ベトナムと日本の鯨祭祀をくらべて」. Guest lecture (in Japanese).
Is this when you tell an author that their research is interesting but their thesis sucks?
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Is this when you tell an author that their research is interesting but their thesis sucks?
What is developmental editing? Asking as an editor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What is developmental editing? Asking as an editor.
MacRumors comments board currently has 13 pages of complaints under the topic “Mac OS 26 Is Utter Garbage.”
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Mac OS 26 Is Utter Garbage and Apple Has truly lost its way....
It's clear that the next generation of useless engineers are completely taking over those that built the iPhone and OS X, and it's a sad day.
I have never thought I would say I would be installing g...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
MacRumors comments board currently has 13 pages of complaints under the topic “Mac OS 26 Is Utter Garbage.”
forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-...
forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-...
Can’t wait to vote for whoever primaries you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Can’t wait to vote for whoever primaries you.
Dem leadership anytime they face the slightest pressure.
a football player with the number 15 on his jersey throws a pass
ALT: a football player with the number 15 on his jersey throws a pass
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November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Dem leadership anytime they face the slightest pressure.
So many cultures have ancient stories about pestilence that began by disturbing “the world’s biggest spiderweb.”
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So many cultures have ancient stories about pestilence that began by disturbing “the world’s biggest spiderweb.”
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Find an action near you at this link👇
STUDENTS RISE UP: NOVEMBER 7TH DAY OF ACTION
Students and education workers across the US are organizing our schools towards mass non-cooperation on November 7th! Find an action on your campus!
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November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Find an action near you at this link👇