Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

In a new strategy, the European Commission is calling upon Europeans to enhance the stockpiling of critical equipment and maintain at least 72 hours worth of supplies in case of emergencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/world/society/eu-72-hours-emergency-supplies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #europe #eu #disasterpreparedness #terrorism #cybersecurity #europeancommission #ursulavonderleyen

A Sudanese paramilitary force locked in a war with the army has placed new constraints on aid deliveries to territories where it is seeking to cement its control, humanitarian workers say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/world/society/sudan-rsf-relief-supplies-famine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #sudan #famine #africa

Until the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, women were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in crucial cash. But a ban last year has forced women to brave punishment by covertly trading hair. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/world/society/afghan-women-taliban-hair-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #afghanistan #women039sissues #humanrights #taliban

Pigeons might seem harmless at first, but their droppings pose serious health risks to humans and the birds can be extremely difficult to manage once they settle in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/society/pigeon-droppings-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #animals

Shoko Kanazawa, a renowned Japanese calligrapher with Down syndrome, has found a new avenue of bringing energy and happiness to the community — through a cafe she opened with her mother in Tokyo's Ota Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/society/down-syndrome-calligrapher-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #calligraphy #cafes #disability #tokyo

MOBILITY. The mob: a sort of opposite to nobility.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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The land ministry has selected 26 model projects nationwide to promote a lifestyle in which people divide their time between rural and urban areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/japan/society/projects-dual-habitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mlit #shinkansen #jreast #ana

I just published a blog essay, Games Billionaires Play, responding to Howard Lutnick's recent callous mulling about stopping Social Security payments to see who makes noise.

I make some counter-proposals about other games we could play.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2025/03/games-billionaires-play.html

China has announced measures to simplify the marriage registration process and lessen the financial burden on couples — the latest initiative by Beijing to boost births. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/asia-pacific/society/china-simplified-marriage-process/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #marriage

Obama was the last true president of the United States. The presidency stopped being a legitimate position after Trump interfered to win his first election, and Americans did nothing about it.

America itself has been collapsing since 9/11. Bin Laden and Al Qaeda won the War on Terror.

As the market for "femtech" products and services designed to address women's health concerns continues to expand, its male counterpart — "mentech" — is beginning to take shape in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/society/men-health-products/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #men039sissues #health

For the first time, the government has released specific guidelines on how people should act in the event of an eruption of Mount Fuji, recommending residents stay at home to prevent panic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/society/mount-fuji-evacuation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mountfuji #tokyo

Pregnant women and mothers with infants in the Gaza Strip are relying on health handbooks promoted by Japan for vital information on child care. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/society/gaza-japan-backed-maternal-handbooks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #pregnancy #aid #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #health #children #women039sissues

"One of the appeals of far right radicalism can be its dramatic promise to break the shackles of mediocre mass #society, and offer a spectacular politics of antagonistic speed, cosmic struggle, and of course #violence." (from 2021) https://www.liberalcurrents.com/carl-schmitts-critique-of-liberal-democracy/

"Arnade only makes this claim about other #men, never himself. Does he find himself unable to choose his #life path, unable to make decisions, unable even to know how to present himself to others, without a stronger guiding hand from #society? He never says, but one suspects not." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/most-men-dont-want-to-be-heroes-and-thats-okay/

#americans are fucking stupid

they treat #voting as a joke

americans are removed from the consequences of living under #autocracy and #fascism, unlike other places that understand the stakes

#alienated and #entitled on a topic that will *personally* harm them, no need for glorious appeals to #society and #responsibility

they need to learn to fucking #vote

or not vote for their own impoverishment and rights removal under #bigotry and #plutocracy

they will learn

the hard way

fucking morons

SECRET. He has been let into the secret: he has been cheated at gaming or horse-racing. He or she is in the grand secret, i.e. dead.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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