Tim Shorrock
@timshorrock.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, musician, DC since 1982. Living with grief since losing my daughter Roxanne in March 2024. Writing on Korea, Japan, Cold War, Capitalism. Crazy Bob Dylan fan. Author of SPIES FOR HIRE. Now on Substack at EMPIRE BLUES.
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Tim Shorrock
@timshorrock.bsky.social
· Oct 23
How I went from being an antiwar hippy on the road in Oregon to breaking a major story on US complicity in the ROK Army's suppression of the Gwangju Uprising. The story of my life in journalism. timshorrock.substack.com/p/dmz-empire...
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Some savvy weed grower better have a strain named Cranberry Sauce with this ad on the bottle.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Note that the dismissal is "without prejudice". That doesn't mean the case is over, there is a savings provision giving the government a period of time to resubmit it properly even though the statute of limitations has run.
BREAKING: Lindsey Halligan's purported appointment as interim U.S. attorney was invalid and she "had no lawful authority to present the indictment" against James Comey.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Note that the dismissal is "without prejudice". That doesn't mean the case is over, there is a savings provision giving the government a period of time to resubmit it properly even though the statute of limitations has run.
Look what I just found in my local "little library"! Maybe I should send it to Mayor-elect Mamdani. After all, Trump doesn't read lol.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Look what I just found in my local "little library"! Maybe I should send it to Mayor-elect Mamdani. After all, Trump doesn't read lol.
Whoa. "Ukraine-born Aonishiki wins sumo tournament, 1st from war-torn country." asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sp...
Ukraine-born Aonishiki wins sumo tournament, 1st from war-torn country
Wrestler expected to receive promotion to ozeki, the 2nd-highest rank
asia.nikkei.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Whoa. "Ukraine-born Aonishiki wins sumo tournament, 1st from war-torn country." asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sp...
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I snapped this one at sunset tonight from Figueroa Mountain Road in Santa Barbara County looking towards the Gaviota Coast. The distance between me and the boat is shockingly well over 30 miles! #Photography
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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It’s Murder Most Foul day.
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It’s Murder Most Foul day.
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New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.
Re Nuzzi - this excerpt nails it.
This is the sharpest analysis of the Olivia Nuzzi saga.
As institutional journalism has collapsed, individual journalists have basically had two paths for scraping by: a "prestige play" (hounding for prizes) or an "attention play" (social media celebrity).
Both are corrupt in different ways.
As institutional journalism has collapsed, individual journalists have basically had two paths for scraping by: a "prestige play" (hounding for prizes) or an "attention play" (social media celebrity).
Both are corrupt in different ways.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Re Nuzzi - this excerpt nails it.
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Everyone's horrified by RFK's revolting sex life but can we please not let that overshadow the fact that he's now changed the CDC website to include language that seriously endangers children. He is a threat to public health & safety and should be immediately [redacted] www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Everyone's horrified by RFK's revolting sex life but can we please not let that overshadow the fact that he's now changed the CDC website to include language that seriously endangers children. He is a threat to public health & safety and should be immediately [redacted] www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Re the latest "scandal" involving Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair: She may not stop sleeping with her sources but she will soon be sleeping with the fishes, career-wise. Celebrity journalism is DEAD. We can only hope.
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Re the latest "scandal" involving Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair: She may not stop sleeping with her sources but she will soon be sleeping with the fishes, career-wise. Celebrity journalism is DEAD. We can only hope.
True. Schumer and Jeffries look petulant, jealous, and stupid in comparison.
Trump is being nicer to Mamdani than Democratic leadership was lol
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
True. Schumer and Jeffries look petulant, jealous, and stupid in comparison.
RIP Todd Snider.
Here's footage of what turned out to be Todd Snider's final show ever at the Gothic on 10/30/25. Here's him telling a story abt John Prine then singing his tribute to him Handsome John.
youtu.be/Dc175BogFT4?...
youtu.be/Dc175BogFT4?...
Todd Snider, Gothic Theater 10/30/25 , Handsome John
YouTube video by Surrounded by Squirrels with Brian Mobley
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
RIP Todd Snider.
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Excellent.
Send this to friends who want to know what's happening in Japan.
Send this to friends who want to know what's happening in Japan.
The Lemonade Stand podcast interviewed me for their Japan episode!
We spoke about Prime Minister Takaichi, immigration, Sanseito, historical revisionism, territorial disputes, conspiracy theories, and a whole lot of other stuff!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc0z...
We spoke about Prime Minister Takaichi, immigration, Sanseito, historical revisionism, territorial disputes, conspiracy theories, and a whole lot of other stuff!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc0z...
THE JAPAN EPISODE ft. Prof Jeffrey Hall | Lemonade Stand 🍋
YouTube video by Lemonade Stand
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Excellent.
Send this to friends who want to know what's happening in Japan.
Send this to friends who want to know what's happening in Japan.
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Wonderful photo from my oldest friend Alan G. in Japan.
"Hiking a couple days ago on a mountain north of Tokyo named Dai-bosatsu, great bodhisattva! Kerouac would love it…"
"Hiking a couple days ago on a mountain north of Tokyo named Dai-bosatsu, great bodhisattva! Kerouac would love it…"
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wonderful photo from my oldest friend Alan G. in Japan.
"Hiking a couple days ago on a mountain north of Tokyo named Dai-bosatsu, great bodhisattva! Kerouac would love it…"
"Hiking a couple days ago on a mountain north of Tokyo named Dai-bosatsu, great bodhisattva! Kerouac would love it…"
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A barber shop stands amidst the ruins of Sumida ward, May 27, 1945
September 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A barber shop stands amidst the ruins of Sumida ward, May 27, 1945
JFC. "Quiet, Piggy."
As a woman it's crazy how you have to run the most insanely elite gauntlet of ivy league, networking, good family etc just so you can swallow your tongue when the president calls you a pig. Because if this happened to me then there's a non-zero someone gets off the plane in a body bag.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
JFC. "Quiet, Piggy."
"Come you Masters of War..."
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s drug enforcement intentions in South America. apnews.com/article/airc...
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power. The presence of the USS Gerald R.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Come you Masters of War..."
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
Really a sad way to go. RIP Todd Snider
Todd Snider, who canceled tour after alleged assault in Utah, dies. Snider, 59, had “an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia,” his record label said online.
www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
Todd Snider, who canceled tour after alleged assault in Utah, dies
The blues and Americana musician died Friday in Nashville.
www.sltrib.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Really a sad way to go. RIP Todd Snider
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Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
The "left" media, with which I have literally decades of experience, is a wreck and a sham, in my opinion. Some of the stories they've rejected or buried over the years would blow your mind (stay tuned). This writer is correct: what's critical is hard news, not a constant fluff of outraged opinion.
MUST READ from @pabloreports.bsky.social on how left media chases after clicks (largely by screaming about the right) while right media chases after policy changes.
When will left funders learn that hard news moved the needles, clickbait just produces retweets
migrantinsider.com/p/clicks-vs-...
When will left funders learn that hard news moved the needles, clickbait just produces retweets
migrantinsider.com/p/clicks-vs-...
Clicks vs. Power: Why Left-Leaning Media Gets Rich But Can't Move Policy
With conservative giants dictating Capitol Hill narratives, progressive outlets rack up likes and dollars but get shut out of the rooms where it happens. A rare media column by me.
migrantinsider.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The "left" media, with which I have literally decades of experience, is a wreck and a sham, in my opinion. Some of the stories they've rejected or buried over the years would blow your mind (stay tuned). This writer is correct: what's critical is hard news, not a constant fluff of outraged opinion.
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The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
Total empathy for Kat.
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Total empathy for Kat.
Irony: there were people just like BARI WEISS saying shit like this about Vietnam. I remember in 1968 bringing the gruesome Ramparts photo issue on "the children of Vietnam" to high school in Japan and brainwashed American kids saying "fake" and "if we leave, there'll be a bloodbath." Sickening.👇
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Irony: there were people just like BARI WEISS saying shit like this about Vietnam. I remember in 1968 bringing the gruesome Ramparts photo issue on "the children of Vietnam" to high school in Japan and brainwashed American kids saying "fake" and "if we leave, there'll be a bloodbath." Sickening.👇