「晩年の荷風はどうもオシャレなさすぎる。歯が抜けたならば、これを写真にうつして見せるまえに、さっさと歯医者に行くべし。」石川淳「敗荷落日」。"in his later years Kafū was no stylish dandy. old dog gone in the teeth he should have visited dentist before smiling for mag" Ishikawa Jun

Very important book publishing next month: "The Light of Tabor: Toward a Monistic Christology" by David Bentley Hart undpress.nd.edu/9780268210410/…

Schubert "Wohin?" from Die schone Mullerin

The No Kings people were the Capos of the Covid crackdowns and the cultic devotees of Herr Doktor. I find them a blend of farcical and sinister as they posture as freedom fighters. That this cohort might rise again to hold significant influence is my most vivid social fear.

いくつかの不正確な箇所を発見しこの数か月ずっと石川淳の難解極まる名評論「祈祷と祝詞の散文」（1942）の英訳を推敲していて今は完璧な状況となっています。完成に近い拙著の352ー370頁に当たるものです。読みたい人はDMして下さい（専門家限定）。

Excellent interview here with Seijiro Takeshita on the BBC, pushing back against the convenient media shorthand on PM Takaichi

I reject the ❨presumptuous ＆ paternalistic❩ notion of "false consciousness"ーexcept when it is applied to no-kings pmc libs. They live in fantasy land, forever tilting at windmills, unaware that capital ＆ a global bureaucratic elite ❨not kings❩ rule everything around us.

How can the people know what they want, when they don't even know what they have?

(𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫) 𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐱 🍂 I'm here for it. Hooray for motherhood, for natality, for babies, for heteronormativity!

Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド Never heard of this Professor Takeshita, but I like what I am seeing. Seems eminently reasonable, in sharp contrast to Sophia U's Nakano and his ilk. May more figures like him emerge.

OK, here's the Schubert lied we are currently working on. I just started learning it yesterday, so it's still sloppy & not up to speed. "Wohin" from *Die schöne Müllerin* (1823). My fav recording of it: Philippe Sly & Adam Cicchillitti (on guitar) youtu.be/eS8K-y7mD6s?si…

Estimated number of illegal migrants in US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan (via my good friend DΞΞP in JΛPΛN ♨️). Japan around 70K; US around 14 million.

Japanese word of the day: *jizonsei* 自存性. This is a modern neologism coined to express the philosophical concept of "aseity," which comes from the Latin *a se* meaning "from oneself." Often used in theological writings, e.g., "the aseity of God" (神の自存性).

Next time I miss a faculty meeting I'm going to use the old "my mind is ordered in Kairos time rather than Chronos time" excuse.