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Replying to @suchibu
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Replying to @benjaminchait
👋 Stay healthy bruv! Been cloudy for the past couple of days, but here is a picture from day before yesterday for ya.
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Replying to @benjaminchait
I just had my afternoon tea, so I was thinking about going for a nap… but you convinced me to get back to reading more Twitter 👍
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Replying to @bdjoetsu
Really enjoying this series. You have done well — really put your stamp on it.
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Replying to @bdjoetsu
I will be waiting for you at the bottom! 👍 Keep sending them!
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RT @SunTzuSec: In modern cyberwarfare, the most powerful force is the one with the most K-pop followers.
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Replying to @bryandaniellowe
Talk about leading the reader by the nose!
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Replying to @jackmtchia, @daigengna and @NewBooksEAsia
Usually we think of Japan as the last stop for Buddhism in Asia, the end of the line, and not really contributing in the other direction.
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Replying to @jackmtchia and @daigengna
Hmmm… I know that Japan was looked to by mainland Asia, especially by anti colonialist and nationalist thinkers, as an example of “modernization”, but I didn’t know it was regarded a center for Buddhism…
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We should all cyberpunk ✊🦾 https://twitter.com/JesseHeinig/status/1336913378564919297
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Replying to @jackmtchia and @daigengna
(I realize it is a long shot but this is a selfish question as I try to link my interests in Japan-SE Asia relations and Buddhism. 🙇 🙇 🙇)
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Replying to @jackmtchia, @daigengna and @NewBooksEAsia
Fascinating interview. Have you ever come across Buddhist thinkers from Japan interacting with S. China Sea Buddhism? Wondering if there are any connections in the post or even pre-colonial eras. For example, cultural contacts above and beyond economic/development relations?
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Replying to @chadkoh
A long time ago, I was about 40kms away from the village depicted in this film. I recall the azure sky, the sharp sunlight and dark shadows of the Pamirs. It was breathtaking (see some of my photos). In grad school I covered Tajikistan for my regional studies class. Fascinating.
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Beautifully shot film about ingenuity in post-Soviet Tajikistan. Totally inspired by Raïmberdi!
(h/t @recurrie) https://twitter.com/edentravels/status/1333535205659963394
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Replying to @camcavers
Wink wink nudge nudge! Stay tuned mate!
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Replying to @camcavers
Good point. Insta definitely seems the place for products in general.
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Replying to @camcavers
I thought the same… but nobody is reacting to this so 🤷♂️
I certainly went wild!
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson, @psephy and @nosword
But no fancy archives, or rockstar shakuhachi players, or intellectual salons to discuss politics in the colonies or anything like that. Lots of fishing tho (I don’t fish). Sunrises, sunsets, and ocean views can’t be beat tho!
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson, @psephy and @nosword
Sounds heavenly mate!
Once we get back to Kyoto I look forward to being able to access a bunch more stuff. Archives and the like a few and far between here on Iki. We have a nice museum (which I started volunteering at) and I can request books from the prefectural library…
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson, @psephy and @nosword
Once my kids grow up I am DEFINITELY not going to be the type of person that feels lost and ends up sitting on the couch all day watching game shows. However, despite all the extra time I am certain I will DEFINITELY be procrastinating on my pile of unwritten projects. 👍
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Replying to @psephy, @Nevin_Thompson and @nosword
Isn’t it just typical for a writer to be spending time pining about doing a bunch of things that are absolutely NOT writing? 😂
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson, @nosword and @psephy
Whoa! That sounds cool!
I suppose “research” is another possible hobby. People read/write books in their spare time. I have met many secret history nerds. But I do that all day (at least, right NOW I do) — except when I am on Twitter! 😉
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@nosword btw, I am still up for an online reading club of Piranesi whenever you are! I have not forgotten. 👌
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Replying to @nosword and @psephy
Teacher is key. Maybe that is why nothing has clicked yet, I haven’t met the person who makes me think 弟子になりたい！
Such a good point.
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Replying to @nosword, @psephy and @Nevin_Thompson
I suppose when it comes down to it, I want to be a total NERD for something, but I don’t want it to be about Marvel movies or Dungeons & Dragons (not that there is anything wrong with that, those are MY nerds, but I want something with a bit more… legacy?).
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson and @nosword
Yeah that’s the appeal to me of shodo. It Venn’s with improving my Japanese as well as Buddhism. I always wanted to do 写経！ Also admire it as an art form. I follow shodoka on Twitter!
Tea also appeals as it overlaps with all of these things. It’s a gateway drug to refinement.
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Replying to @psephy and @nosword
That’s brilliant. I don’t know about clarinet and sax, but shakuhachi appeals to me like tea does… my image is it is 奥深い 🤷♂️ I might be displaying my ignorance. I listen to a lot of jazz which is certainly 奥深い
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Replying to @nosword
Writing and photography are things I am actually trying to improve. And you won’t see things like running, swimming, cycling. I would like to do those things for sure, but something more intellectual would inflame my passions.
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Replying to @nosword
Considerations:
- Tea
- Shodo
- Piano
- Chess (just finished Queen’s Gambit)
- Japanese (lost a lot in my 10 years away)
The last is probably the most practical option. But I think I am looking for something CULTURAL, as opposed to a skill.
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Replying to @nosword
I’m at this middle-aged-crisis crossroad where I’ve been considering learning again, picking up a skill to last into my old age (side note: currently recovering from 2 judo-induced rib injuries). It is the curse of the generalist — the dilettante — to admire the skilled.
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What an emotional rolllercoaster https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1336718540007739392
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Replying to @nosword
Wow! Respekt
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This is the coolest paperless coffee filter. Made of micro-perforated ceramics. See the water go through in this short vid https://youtu.be/FvOv0uDQPE0 and read the story behind it here http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/12/09/ceramic-coffee-filter/
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Replying to @nosword
Does it work? Listening sure relieves stress.
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Replying to @nosword
Very cool! Love the sound of the shakuhachi. Why did you decide to pick this instrument up?
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Replying to @chadkoh
My first attempt at painting ceramics makes a cameo in that video. The sad character painted on the mug is ironic since I always drink coffee out of it! 😜
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Check out the video for a demonstration of this innovative piece of #coffee kit from #Japan http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/12/09/ceramic-coffee-filter/
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RT @cfiesler: Someone on TikTok asked if I could recommend books about tech ethics and I have never been so hyped to create a piece of cont…
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It sits in the dramatically named “Valley of the Temples”, a multifaith cemetery. I made sure to take a 10 yen coin, and was surprised by all the koi and a black swan!
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmSEhG3b https://twitter.com/SD_Tatsushu/status/1336512499449999360
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RT @_matthewhayes_: ‘It’s not weird or foreign’: the Ugandan monk bringing Buddhism to Africa – photo essay https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/07/ugandan-monk-bhante-buddharakkhita-buddism-buddhist-uganda-africa-mindfulness-meditation?CMP=share_btn_tw
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If you are looking for a fairly comprehensive overview of Asian relations since the Cold War, this is a pretty handy book. While reading I kept thinking of how I could build a course on #japan’s foreign policy based on it. https://twitter.com/BooksOnAsia/status/1336173083548381187
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Replying to @camelliakyoto
Take care of yourself!
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RT @Thommunist: A comprehensive collection of historical place names on top of a contemporary map. The geography nerd in me loves this. I l…
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Replying to @meti_kyushu
本当に嬉しいです。読むの楽しみにしています。
いつかデータをcsv等の形式で公開する予定ありますか？お願いします！
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YES! YES! This is the stuff I crave! But WHY is it only in PDF? 😭 Can we get some csv’s to explore? 🙏 https://twitter.com/meti_kyushu/status/1336176520751161344
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RT @BooksOnAsia: Book Review: Japan in Asia: Post-Cold-War Diplomacy published by JPIC @AdamJimenezJPIC Review by @chadkoh #japan #nonficti…
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RT @ShootOsaka: Nobody:
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Replying to @suchibu
😂 😂
Seems like a very 1950s sitcom setup
“What are you building in the backyard honey?”
“A bomb shelter!” 🍻
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Replying to @suchibu
First thing that came to mind was a bomb shelter actually… 🤔 but, considering the materials 🤷♂️
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Replying to @suchibu
What are you making?
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