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Nick Kapur

@nick_kapur

Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only tweet extremely interesting things.

Also on bluesky - search for my name.

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linkhttp://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984424 calendar_today06-02-2010 02:34:40

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From the 1930s through the 1960s, a common sight in Tokyo was delivery men bicycling through busy streets with massive stacks of soba noodles on their shoulders

From the 1930s through the 1960s, a common sight in Tokyo was delivery men bicycling through busy streets with massive stacks of soba noodles on their shoulders
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University admins claim to be "data-driven" and "run universities like a business," but when study after study finds liberal arts majors get good outcomes, are cheap to run, and are in fact profit centers, admins cut them anyway for ideological reasons. ncnewsline.com/2023/11/16/new…

University admins claim to be "data-driven" and "run universities like a business," but when study after study finds liberal arts majors get good outcomes, are cheap to run, and are in fact profit centers, admins cut them anyway for ideological reasons.

ncnewsline.com/2023/11/16/new…
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Higher education is one of the last industries where the US still has a massive competitive advantage. Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.

Higher education is one of the last industries where the US still has a massive competitive advantage.

Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.
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Japanese netizens are shocked by a post from the US Embassy declaring that Japanese people applying for non-immigrant visas must provide information on all social media accounts they have used in the last 5 years [or their visas could be rejected].

Japanese netizens are shocked by a post from the US Embassy declaring that Japanese people applying for non-immigrant visas must provide information on all social media accounts they have used in the last 5 years [or their visas could be rejected].
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Chubby♨️ This is completely wrong and backwards. A real education will be worth even more than ever. If all you know how to do is prompt an AI, you will be a minimum wage worker and entirely interchangeable with anyone else who can type in a prompt.

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The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation but doesn’t realize it yet. Around April 10th China to USA trade shut down. It takes ~30 days for containers to go from China to LA. 45 to Houston by sea, 45 to Chicago by train. 55 to New York by sea. That

The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation but doesn’t realize it yet.

Around April 10th China to USA trade shut down.

It takes ~30 days for containers to go from China to LA.

45 to Houston by sea, 45 to Chicago by train.

55 to New York by sea.

That
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"It's so confusing isn't it? So much going on, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single

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In 2019, it seemed like humanity was finally getting serious about fighting climate change. Then came the pandemic, the Ukraine War, inflation, and Trump and everyone just sort of...gave up. nytimes.com/2025/04/23/opi…

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"Defense secretary deliberately has completely unsecured public internet line set up in his office in order to bypass Pentagon security to share highly classified military secrets with his family members" - how is this not an instant firing, not to mention criminal charges???

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DOGE's ham-fisted cuts to the federal government are rapidly creating new expenses that will cost taxpayers at least $135 billion this year, exponentially more than any purported savings.

DOGE's ham-fisted cuts to the federal government are rapidly creating new expenses that will cost taxpayers at least $135 billion this year, exponentially more than any purported savings.
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Man, we seem to be going backwards on a lot of efficiency fronts. I get the personal choice angle but this goes beyond that and is removing a program that does good. "The EPA told staff this week that the division that oversees the Energy Star efficiency certification program