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PhD candidate at Leiden University. Editor at Tokyo Review. Freelance journalist & translator. Volunteer lexicographer. 研究者。記者。編者。翻訳者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。

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Today marks ten years since Shibuya and Setagaya became Japan's first two municipalities recognizing the relationships of LGBTQ+ couples with local policies that would end up contributing to nationwide change. My latest for @TokyoReview: tokyoreview.net/2025/11/a-de…

A decade of LGBT partnership systems in Japan

Ten years ago, two municipalities in Tokyo wrote history by commencing Japan’s first so-called “partnership systems” (パートナーシップ制度) to recognize LGBTQ+ couples’ relationships. In the years that...

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これもちょっと感動的。「私が変われば世界が変わる」のだ。あまりにも日常がソーシャルメディアに乗っ取られつつあるから、日常の身体を乗っ取り返しに行く、みたいな感じで好き。いやーまだまだやれることあるね。
戦争反対@mitsuiro_12h
聞いて！ ブラジルの天使たちは時間ごとに電車乗り込んで、ガンガン選挙のお喋りして、ほかのお客さんも巻き込んだんだって　天才すぎない？やばない？ 日本でもチーム声デカは戦略的にやれそう、少なくともあちこちで不特定多数が圧倒的に話題にしてたら「なんか今そうなのかな？」って空気になりそう
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Chat, I can choose between watching House (1977) and Confessions (2010) at a Halloween movie night. Which one should I pick?
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wait what
Stacy Cay
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We tricked Fukuyama into doing the 2 dumb bitches podcast @ContraPoints Premieres at 3
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This changes everything
Luna@lunachainsaw14h
Replying to @regularaugust
30 is already the new 15 rn so the way things are going i think 50 will be like 12 equivalent then so we'll be fine
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Alonso Gurmendi@Alonso_GD10h
Lula surrendered to justice, faced his accusers, went to jail on tampered evidence, proved his innocence and then won 2 elections in a row. Flavio fled a day after he won 60 million votes and a congressional majority.
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A PhD student from China asked me if I have a Japanese name and I was like "oh, uh, I guess my Japanese name is the same as my Dutch and English name, so still Emily 😀", as my mind was flashbanged with visions of online discourse relating to white people choosing Japanese names.
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Part of the reason I initially decided to use Emily as a name was precisely the fact that it works so well in English, Dutch, and Japanese contexts. No one ever mispronounces it and it is universally understood as feminine.
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パンパン　パパパン　パンパン　パパパン パンパン　パパパン　パン　パパパン パンパン　パパパン　パンパン　パパパン 1　2　3　4　Pang Pang Pang 1　2　3　4　Pang Pang Pang
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Latest Kyary Pamyu Pamyu song is such a banger what the hell
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chloe@chlorbeeOct 26
i like the idea of twitter no longer being a platform but a concept, shattered across time and space
Tommy Siegel
@TommySiegelOct 25
a guide to the many twitters
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Lmao Flavio Bolsonaro has been without Parliamentary immunity for all of 24 hours and he has so many criminal cases going into gear that the police is already asking he surrenders his passport to avoid him fleeing corruption charges
Jornal O Globo
@JornalOGloboOct 26
Flávio é intimado pela PF para entregar passaporte oglobo.globo.com/politica/el…

Flávio é intimado pela PF para entregar passaporte

Flávio é intimado pela PF para entregar passaporte

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cash@cash__brownsOct 26
Nancy 10/25/26
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On the one hand, there is value in the process of learning a language. On the other hand, I'd love to be able to stick a USB-C cable into a port on the back of my neck, go to sleep, and wake up the next morning with a solid understanding of Chinese installed firmly into my brain.
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That having been said, I imagine that it would not be a good idea to download a language into your brain. To a certain extent that would mean letting someone else decide for you how you process language, and, by extension the world. Better to form your own neural pathways.
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This book has 22 citations in Google Scholar, but I can't find any digital copies whatsoever, nor can I find webpages to buy a copy, and there are no Dutch libraries that have it 😭
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Recently, I was talking with three women in Japanese about my love life, while three men talked in Dutch about fishing equipment (?) on the other side of the living room. "What are you guys talking about?" asks one of the men in English. "Girl stuff", responds his wife.
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Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff
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Shady stuff happening in Brazil’s election, with certain pro-Lula areas experiencing public officials refusing to release 100% of bus fleets, meaning people can’t get to vote in time. Many domestic flights to Lula’s northeast bastions have been cancelled too.
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