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I'm willing to sponsor a new Olympic event where contestants have to yeet The Discourse into the sun

"Are earthquake advisories fascist" is the kind of take that keeps me off twitter

Is there any point to coming here besides encountering things designed to set you off?

Possibly the least controversial thing said on Japanese tv

My jetlag face:

phew, just got to see Anthony and Teel's last game in Portland today before their promotion

Economic warfare, meme-ified:

Walz should be commended for spending time in China, not criticized. We need way, way more people going to China to study, to research, to do business, and just to slack around. You want to understand a place, especially one that is a serious rival, you have to see it firsthand.

Hiroshima is one of my favorite cities in the world and the ability of people to pick up the pieces and build back is inspiring. Also, the days after the bombing were a living nightmare. You can ask the people who survived, some of whom are still alive.

A lay of the land on potential candidates for LDP president in the post-Kishida era. (NOTE: This is my personal list of potential candidates I'm tracking and is in no way an indication of who will run or who I think will win)

Kishida lasted pretty long for a Japanese prime minister. He has nothing on Kim Il Song, though. The GOAT of East Asia longevity.

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If you want to know how good Barry Sanders was, don't watch him in the highlights here, but watch the defenders trying to tackle him

Breaking my Twitter silence to share that I'll be hosting Temple University Japan's Election Day Watch Party next week with free donuts, unlimited coffee, and expert guests:

Reminder to those of you in Tokyo: I'll be hosting Temple University Japan Campus's official election watch party with live analysis and expert guests tomorrow:

I attended an election watch party at Temple University Japan Campus hosted by Paul Nadeau (he answered questions for 6 hours!) . Here's my small contribution to the narrative. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/U.S.-… via Nikkei Asia