Chris Brockett

江戸後期の大型のぼり発見／弘前・三日月神社｜文化・歴史｜青森ニュース｜Web東奥 青森県弘前市津賀野の三日月神社（工藤敏市総代長）で、江戸時代後期に作られたとみられる全長約10メートルの大型のぼりが見つかった。1日、同地区の静修（せいしゅう）会館で取材に応じた工藤総代長は「地域の宝として大切に保存したい」と喜びを語った。同神社では毎年、8月3日に大祭を行っており、のぼりは大祭など神社の行事に合わせて参道の前に立てている。昨年までは1924（大正13）年に作られたとみられるのぼり...

江戸後期の大型のぼり発見／弘前・三日月神社｜文化・歴史｜青森ニュース｜Web東奥 www.toonippo.co.jp/articles/-/2...

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We have read a preprint article about extended usage of Aozora Bunko markup for describing and analyzing Kanbun Kundoku (漢文訓読): doi.org/10.51094/jxi...

青空文庫注記を活用した漢文訓読文テキスト作成と分析についてのプレプリント論文とのこと。当文庫では返点などに簡便なマークアップを採用していますが、その拡張利用の例としてたいへん興味深いです。

Search and replace FTW!

"There is no index of linguistic forms cited; but since so many of these are incorrect anyway, this is probably a good thing." 🔥

Senate confirms former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia The vote was along party lines, with all present Democrats voting against Pirro's confirmation.

Back when I was a teenager I watched a play titled "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade". For some reason, Trump's appointments have reminded me of it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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according to roberts, the 2024 presidential election represented an expression of some rousseauean general will, embodied in the person of donald trump. as such, any political unit which deviates from that will is illegitimate and must be disciplined.

Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.

The Interior Department released a new order Friday saying it may no longer issue any permits to a solar or wind project on federal lands unless the agency believes it will generate as much energy per acre as a coal, gas or or nuclear energy. via @jael.bsky.social
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A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for

That Kamala interview was heart breaking because it's one of the few times that I've ever seen a national political figure say the system is broken and that trying to work within it to change things probably wont work.

Pete Hegseth's younger brother is laying out a strategy to use the military for domestic law enforcement. Perfectly authoritarian brand of nepotism and democratic backsliding.

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

None of the blatant evil from Trump, the GOP and MAGA has surprised me. What’s surprised me most is the lack of fight, the belly-showing, the outright cowardice, from so much of American society. Boy did the myth of American strength oversell itself.

Don’t like what I’m saying? Prove me wrong.

a thing I think about, from reading about Chile, is that getting rid of an authoritarian who imposes draconian libertarian austerity is one thing, but building back the things that said authoritarian destroyed, after the fact, is a second and distinct thing and doesn't naturally flow from the first

Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

Commentary: The health crisis in the USSR: looking behind the facade My first visit to the USSR was in February 1981, by coincidence at exactly the same time that Nick Eberstadt published a commentary on ‘The health crisis i

In a strange circularity, it seems that all the work I was doing in the early 1990s on concealment/distortion of statistics by USSR & DDR is becoming very relevant now

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Ugh!

History will record that it was not a depression, it was the greatest economic boom ever. This will be demonstrated by the official statistics. That starvation you see in the streets is just because some people are too lazy to work.

Elizabeth Spiers with the crystal ball, from three months ago...

The first rule of submarines is that you don't talk about where the submarines are.
If you want to make a visible statement, you use surface ships. It should be *assumed* that submarines are *always* in place to handle any issues with Russia.

If we are going to try conclusions with Russia using nuclear submarines, shouldn't we also be beefing up FEMA to pick up the pieces when it is over? You know, that thing that used to be called Civil Defense.

You ever think about how the Great Famine in China was in large part a data manipulation problem created to please an authoritarian leader that led to the deaths of tens of millions of people?

Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie

Someone should do a simulation of how Donald Trump would have handled the Cuban Missile Crisis

Terrible, but sadly, expected — and the latest remark in an Orwellian laundry list that suggests the president views gov economic data as a source of propaganda to make him look good, not to guide policy for the best interest of all Americans. Facts don’t matter, only Trump does.

Trump redeploys nuclear submarines after ex-Russia leader’s menacing tweet Order suggests president might be ready to launch nuclear strike against Russia as tensions rise over Ukraine war

Oh great. I didn't need this news today. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Shit!