The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

Answering a question about Sumo+Sushi plus a little gem I found while researching the "both hands down" rule. Apparently, Prof. Ishii at Nittaidai asserts there's a tonne of force applied vs roughly half as much if they don't touch the ground. tachiai.org/2025/07/05/sum…

大栄翔休場も　右腓腹筋負傷　追手風親方「またやったら来場所もできなくなる」遠藤はひざ手術へ #大相撲 #sumo 記事はこちら▼ hochi.news/articles/20250…

Varangians on guard at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

Let’s celebrate Kotoshoho’s hiramaku yusho by remembering Kotonishiki, the only rikishi in history to win two Makuuchi championships from the Maegashira ranks, who also hailed from Sadogatake stable.

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本日7月30日、令和7年九月場所の番付編成会議を開き、以下の通り決定しました。 ＜新十両＞ 旭海雄（大島） 石崎改め朝翠龍（あさすいりゅう）（高砂） 朝白龍（高砂） 西ノ龍（境川） ＜再十両＞ 朝乃山（高砂） #sumo #相撲 #九月場所 #秋場所

日本相撲協会は引退力士を８名発表　藤の谷、銀星山、琴太成、若箭原、内海、中家、橋本、藤原 #大相撲 #sumo 記事はこちら▼ hochi.news/articles/20250…

Aki 2025: Juryo Promotions Announced tachiai.org/2025/07/30/aki…

【1日1グラフ】対戦が多い取組をグラフ化してみました。最も多いのは琴奨菊ー稀勢の里。グラフは双方の勝利数がわかる形にしております。#sumo #相撲グラフ

again, there are so many people who believe being fat is evil, and fat people are evil, and they must repent by losing weight in a way that is most painful and arduous for them. (note how we got from "patients don't know risks" to "just eat salad."

...now she was avenging, not, as a queen of glorious ancestry, her ravished realm and power, but, as a woman of the people, her liberty lost, her body tortured by the lash, the tarnished honour of her daughters. -Tacitus

While we're on banzuke watch -- Shin Makushita Aki 2025: Muhōmatsu takes a look at another group of likely Makushita promotees. tachiai.org/2025/08/31/shi…

Gerontocracy

Military personnel ARE NOT required to follow ILLEGAL ORDERS. Here's a plaque displayed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point explaining what separates our military from others. Please read it and live by what it says after Kegseth demands your loyalty to Trump. This is

Kyushu 2025: Justin takes a look at this tournament's small class of likely Shin-Makushita. tachiai.org/2025/10/25/kyu…

Could mean the end of Endō

大の里が休場。 nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/ne…

such an iconic family guy scene