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Replying to @nosword
It would be freighter travel for sure. About 17 days from Yokohama to Vancouver and the prices are quite a bit less than an airplane ride. I would feel more comfortable on a big bulk carrier than on a little sailing boat like how Greta travels!
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Replying to @chadkoh
Another thing I appreciate about this article is that it points out that there are different options for different countries. Consider your location and country’s state of industrial development in your climate change choices is important. 👍
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Same same http://chadkohalyk.com/2016/06/29/6-months-meat-free/
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Replying to @chadkoh
Top options on that chart:
🙅👶 have fewer children
🙅🚗 living car-free
🙅🛫 avoiding air travel
🙅🍖 eating vegetarianToo late for the kids, but Dec 28 is my 5yr anniversary of going veg 🥗, never owned a car… and we are seriously considering taking a ship back to Canada.
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Replying to @chadkoh
Here is the data from the original article https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/meta
This can be helpful in setting some priorities, Eg knowing that going vegetarian is 8x more effective than upgrading lightbulbs.
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This article had a stimulating little quiz which demonstrates just how off our judgements are on climate choices. Yes we are not rational calculating machines, but we should have a better sense of these tradeoffs. Like literacy and numeracy… climatacy? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/30/climate/climate-footprint-quiz.html?referringSource=articleShare
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@bdjoetsu Checking in on the kids paper and just had to share with you. 😂 「まらんまらん」had my head on the kotatsu 🤦♂️
(I realize the irony of me sharing this on Twitter. Don’t see why a 君子 cannot recognize a good-bad joke!)
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Replying to @AsiaMattersPod
Been listening and enjoying since the beginning. Keep doing the good work and bringing on great guests! 👍
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I’m currently reading “In the Dragon’s Shadow” so timely (and info packed!) pod. @ponopticon has some insights regarding late-comer ASEAN states and Japan that I found interesting. https://twitter.com/AsiaMattersPod/status/1340817826139934720
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RT @chadkoh: One of the best books I read this year. Very engaging and provocative! http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/12/21/from-the-ruins-of-empire/
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Replying to @jppietrzak
Wow check out some of the others from further down the thread.
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One of the best books I read this year. Very engaging and provocative! http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/12/21/from-the-ruins-of-empire/
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RT @MohammadHussain: Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roomma…
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Perfect Xmas shirt https://twitter.com/AfroInJapan/status/1340287436245495810
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I was up on the cliff and by chance caught the evening jetfoil coming and going. As it comes in and is up on its skis you can see right under it! When it goes out it kicks up a spray as it builds speed
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Favreau and crew know how to tweak the nostalgia strings of our young selves while simultaneously kicking us straight in the Dads and I am HERE FOR IT!
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Replying to @wesinjapan
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Replying to @nosword
👏 👏 👏 ナイス！😉
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Jinmenseki-kun is all Xmas’d up at the museum today. The 人面石 is a small stone worked into a face dug up at Haranotsuji here on #ikijima #壱岐 It dates back about 2000 years and is thought to be used in the religious ceremonies of the Yayoi. Really nice view from the roof!
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama
https://www.theonion.com/cool-dad-raising-daughter-on-media-that-will-put-her-en-1819572981
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Replying to @dwvcd
The Great Lakes are filled with beer and everyone in Canada changes class to Barbarian!? Gulf of Hate is pretty stark. Wow
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Replying to @w00kie
Post credit scene was bad ass too. Wonder where THAT storyline is going!
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Replying to @w00kie
Oh man when he did the thing to the look him in the eyes!! So many heartstrings tugged!!
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Replying to @OffbeatJapan
Gorgeous photo!
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @jljzen and @nosword
Yeah I think I would agree with that. Even though it is Sony and only done in ✌️partnership✌️ with Marvel
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Replying to @jljzen and @nosword
It’s definitely the best one. Also, the soundtrack is bangin! Can’t wait for the sequel!
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Replying to @bdjoetsu and @EasternSmooth
I find this raw take quite fishy
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RT @hojoki_book: Chad Kohalyk wrote a beautifully sympathetic essay about his reading of Hojoki. It’s moving to hear how the verse evoked p…
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Replying to @thaqafatalhind
All three appear in Mishra’s bibliography. Excellent. I will follow up with these, thank you!
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Replying to @thaqafatalhind
Recently read Pankaj Mishra’s “From the Ruins of Empire.” Found it fascinating. Would you have any recommended English-language resources to follow that up with? Especially Pan-Asian that include East Asian thinkers North and South.
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Replying to @Thommunist
I never get tired of looking at the ocean. The school is a couple minutes walk from here, but I always swing by on a nice day if I can.
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Replying to @chadkoh
Above was after school drop-off. Below is after school pickup. Still looks freezing! But the air was so cool and clear today, you can see the Kyushu mainland fairly easily. #ikijima #壱岐
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Replying to @Dp_welch
Lovely cloud colours!
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Those waves usually look so inviting… but not when it is -1!
#ikijima #壱岐
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Who else is going? https://twitter.com/PaulaKolata/status/1339172401939144706
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Replying to @stuartcw
Wow! 😂 🤡 🚗
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Replying to @bull_japanese and @jppietrzak
On Canada’s census there is a spot where you write down the languages your household speaks at home. I have never done the Japanese census. Do they have anything like this? Canada has some pretty complex language and immigration politics so, it might be a special case.
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Replying to @bull_japanese and @jppietrzak
Good point on residents ≠ immigrants.
The other approach is to find heritage language schools, but I can imagine many of these are informal and not necessarily tabulated anywhere.
Wonder if there is a specialist out there researching heritage language education in Japan?
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Replying to @bull_japanese and @jppietrzak
Where would I find this data? I looked around on http://stats.go.jp but only found general population info. Ideally I would like to find ethic info like Ainu, Ryukyu, Zainichi, then naturalized, then residents.
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I am going to be picking up that @TeruClavel book for sure. Comparative education has been my life for the last few years and she literally wrote a book on it. Very curious as to her insights. Thanks for the recommendation Renae! https://twitter.com/RenaeLucasHall/status/1338450764994392064
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Check and mate! ♟️ https://twitter.com/tombutton/status/1338412983102316545
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Replying to @alexanderlee1
Thanks mate! 🙇♂️
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Replying to @PPmasato
Can you open your DMs so people can contact? Or put an email or something in your profile. 🙏
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Nice message from the author of a book I recently “reviewed”. 🙇♂️
Hōjōki has the admirable qualities of being both ruminative AND short, so it makes it easy to come back to when a new translation appears. Read my full take here: https://www.writersinkyoto.com/2020/12/hojoki-a-personal-response/ https://twitter.com/matthew_stavros/status/1338018307740291072
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Trying to come up with a list of top immigrant heritage language groups in Japan, but having a tough time finding a list by country of Japan’s 2.3m+ international migrant population. http://Stats.go.jp doesn’t seem to have anything. Anyone know where I can find such info? 🙏
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Replying to @PaulJNadeau and @David_Leheny
The TV series was great. I had seen it well before the film (obviously) so I think it made the film more followable.
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Replying to @chadkoh
It was a good year for Asia books. Pretty difficult to pick just a few, but these ones made me really think. If want to see more check my Goodreads shelf for everything else I read this year https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/20853138
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Of the Asia books I read this year my tops included @annafifield, @Matt_Alt, Pankaj Mishra, and of course Haruki Murakami. See the whole list from the BoA crew below 👇 https://twitter.com/BooksOnAsia/status/1338284460932964353
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Came to Bentenzaki Park with the kids. Realized that we were here almost exactly one year ago when we first visited Iki, back when we made the decision to relocate here! I took a photo in pretty much the exact spot as last Jan. What a 2020 we’ve had… https://flic.kr/p/2idHHNB
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Wrote some thoughts on @matthew_stavros’s new translation of a classic Japanese text. Come join me in this 3m square hut to contemplate living the good life! #writersinkyoto
https://www.writersinkyoto.com/2020/12/hojoki-a-personal-response/
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