Paul Nadeau
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Paul Nadeau
@pauljnadeau.bsky.social
Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Adjunct associate professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics/Asia Pacific Initiative, should be GM of the Quebec Nordiques. Usual disclaimers.
Actually no I probably still wouldn't get an Apple Watch
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Also you don't need to let a guy with 30 followers ruin your timeline
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's the Japanese equivalent of a land acknowledgement
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My only-sorta-chauvinistic theory of why the internet sucks as much as it does is because it's governed under U.S. regulatory models and largely relies on the English language for discourse, giving anglosphere pathologies an express ticket through the world's brains
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
(I'll also add that he was always pretty bad at producing takes on his favorite country, Japan, so from my perspective there's a lot here that's just escaped containment)
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
From what I've understood, you might be more literally right than you realize, but even if that's the case he needs wise counsel to step back a bit, not to tweet harder
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM