Dark Machine
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EN/JP 英・日
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People when you say a city needs more garbage cans: Yeah sounds fair would probably help
People when you say Japanese cities need more garbage cans: WHY DO YOU HATE JAPAN HAULING YOUR OWN TRASH IS AN ANCIENT JAPANESE CUSTOM*
(*circa 1996)
People when you say Japanese cities need more garbage cans: WHY DO YOU HATE JAPAN HAULING YOUR OWN TRASH IS AN ANCIENT JAPANESE CUSTOM*
(*circa 1996)
The news is sure to rekindle arguments about garbage cans in Japan. Most cities have few public garbage cans, having removed them after the 1995 sarin attack. But studies suggest that having public receptacles reduces littering.
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Does Japan Need More Garbage Cans - or Fewer Trashy Tourists? - Unseen Japan
Would more garbage cans help Japan's growing trash problem? It might - but there may also be other solutions.
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September 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
People when you say a city needs more garbage cans: Yeah sounds fair would probably help
People when you say Japanese cities need more garbage cans: WHY DO YOU HATE JAPAN HAULING YOUR OWN TRASH IS AN ANCIENT JAPANESE CUSTOM*
(*circa 1996)
People when you say Japanese cities need more garbage cans: WHY DO YOU HATE JAPAN HAULING YOUR OWN TRASH IS AN ANCIENT JAPANESE CUSTOM*
(*circa 1996)
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The thing about trying not to pick a side is that the nazis *instantly recognize* which side you picked. They immediately identify you as an ally. They know exactly what side you're on.
It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
Ed Sheeran's agent: Ok fuck me that was a wild few days. Still we should be over the worst of it now...
September 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The thing about trying not to pick a side is that the nazis *instantly recognize* which side you picked. They immediately identify you as an ally. They know exactly what side you're on.
It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
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Always brings a bit of perspective tomkinstimes.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
Liverpool Have The Players. Now They Need Time (Free Read)
“Time is the one thing that money cannot buy” – The Beatles (kinda)
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September 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Always brings a bit of perspective tomkinstimes.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
#LFC fans just slaughtering Wirtz constantly and I'm like... what do you want? He's running, pressing, winning the ball and creating chances.
I think too many people are caught up with the price tag and expecting him to be Messi. He's a great young player who's had struggles, but he will come good.
I think too many people are caught up with the price tag and expecting him to be Messi. He's a great young player who's had struggles, but he will come good.
September 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
#LFC fans just slaughtering Wirtz constantly and I'm like... what do you want? He's running, pressing, winning the ball and creating chances.
I think too many people are caught up with the price tag and expecting him to be Messi. He's a great young player who's had struggles, but he will come good.
I think too many people are caught up with the price tag and expecting him to be Messi. He's a great young player who's had struggles, but he will come good.
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Fourth game on the bounce now that Wirtz has covered the most ground. £116m marathon man because the midfield don't have the profiles/brains for a double pivot.
September 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Fourth game on the bounce now that Wirtz has covered the most ground. £116m marathon man because the midfield don't have the profiles/brains for a double pivot.
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More like Masafumi GOAToh amirite???
Gotoh Masafumi of Asian Kung-Fu Generation put ¥75.6 million in crowdfunding and donations into turning a 130-year-old tea storehouse in Shizuoka into a recording studio. It's run by an NPO that rents to struggling artists at half the normal rates so bands can afford to fail.
September 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
More like Masafumi GOAToh amirite???
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Enjoyed reading about how Richard Hughes wanted Nuno Mendes and that but would be nice if The Athletic could do one of those deep dives into why he thought it was best for business to give Grav and Dom new, improved deals.
September 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Enjoyed reading about how Richard Hughes wanted Nuno Mendes and that but would be nice if The Athletic could do one of those deep dives into why he thought it was best for business to give Grav and Dom new, improved deals.
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One of my favourite bits of his is admitting that yes, workers are exploited - but it's okay because capital makes everyone's lives better
A lot of what Marx does is following up on this a generation or three later, going "Does it though?"
A lot of what Marx does is following up on this a generation or three later, going "Does it though?"
September 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
One of my favourite bits of his is admitting that yes, workers are exploited - but it's okay because capital makes everyone's lives better
A lot of what Marx does is following up on this a generation or three later, going "Does it though?"
A lot of what Marx does is following up on this a generation or three later, going "Does it though?"
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Britain, a land where you are forever on the hook for binmen not picking up rubbish for a fortnight, years before you were born, and your leaders pretend they didn’t spend the entire 21st century getting every major decision catastrophically wrong with devastating consequences.
September 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Britain, a land where you are forever on the hook for binmen not picking up rubbish for a fortnight, years before you were born, and your leaders pretend they didn’t spend the entire 21st century getting every major decision catastrophically wrong with devastating consequences.
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You’ll notice that as ever, the annoying dirty hippies called the War On Terror correctly and all the smart, Sensible important people dived into it with both hands giving everyone the finger and screaming insults, and now it’s just another One Of Those Weird Things That Happened.
September 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
You’ll notice that as ever, the annoying dirty hippies called the War On Terror correctly and all the smart, Sensible important people dived into it with both hands giving everyone the finger and screaming insults, and now it’s just another One Of Those Weird Things That Happened.
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An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich
September 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich
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September 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"
September 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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I think about this cartoon a lot 😂
September 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I think about this cartoon a lot 😂
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Meet the new season, same as the old season.
Nottingham Forest should not have been awarded a penalty at Liverpool for Alisson's challenge on Neco Williams, the KMI Panel has said.
But the KMI Panel also added that it did not reach the threshold for the VAR to overturn the on-field decision.
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But the KMI Panel also added that it did not reach the threshold for the VAR to overturn the on-field decision.
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Nottingham Forest penalty at Liverpool wrong - but not for VAR
Nottingham Forest should not have been awarded a penalty at Liverpool for Alisson's challenge on Neco Williams, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel has said.
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September 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Meet the new season, same as the old season.
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For me Justin Webb is the voice of the BBC across the last ten years. The tone, the content, the essence of the BBC in its political coverage is captured in his whine, his inability to deal with the world as it is now.
September 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
For me Justin Webb is the voice of the BBC across the last ten years. The tone, the content, the essence of the BBC in its political coverage is captured in his whine, his inability to deal with the world as it is now.
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Oh look, it turns out that successive British governments have been “feigning helplessness” over Israel’s criminality and have merely been “paying lip service” to a peaceful resolution. Exactly like we’ve been saying they were for years. And all it took to notice was the government doing something.
September 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Oh look, it turns out that successive British governments have been “feigning helplessness” over Israel’s criminality and have merely been “paying lip service” to a peaceful resolution. Exactly like we’ve been saying they were for years. And all it took to notice was the government doing something.
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Friday magazine has a lengthy piece on tightening visa requirements. There are sympathetic interviews with a couple of foreigners who own restaurants with business visa status, and also a Japanese immigration paralegal. friday.kodansha.co.jp/article/479952
ビザ厳格化で「もう日本はムリ」…真面目な外国人を追い出し中国資本がすり抜ける「理不尽」 | FRIDAYデジタル
在留資格の要件厳格化により、資本金3000万円の壁に真面目な外国人飲食店主らが悲鳴を上げる。一方、資金力のある中国資本は抜け道を利用。排外的な政策が招く日本の介護崩壊の危機に迫る。
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September 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Friday magazine has a lengthy piece on tightening visa requirements. There are sympathetic interviews with a couple of foreigners who own restaurants with business visa status, and also a Japanese immigration paralegal. friday.kodansha.co.jp/article/479952
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Great article and very much worth a read.
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Build A Statue of Richard Hughes [Free Read]
Why Liverpool’s ex-Director of Football’s work may be viewed differently in the future
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September 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Great article and very much worth a read.
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SV Hamburger’s tifo in memory of Kevin Keegan. #legend #kevinkeegan
September 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
SV Hamburger’s tifo in memory of Kevin Keegan. #legend #kevinkeegan
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this got turbocharged after corbyn's victory spooked them and they took a few bounds to the right in response. the rich as a class would rather see the whole of society including themselves fed into a woodchipper to avoid a 5% tax raise. this is not hyperbole
September 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
this got turbocharged after corbyn's victory spooked them and they took a few bounds to the right in response. the rich as a class would rather see the whole of society including themselves fed into a woodchipper to avoid a 5% tax raise. this is not hyperbole
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the UK is in such a dire situation because for decades every government we've had has blamed the failings of neoliberalism & austerity on migrants, & the entirety of the mainstream press is happy to play along
September 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
the UK is in such a dire situation because for decades every government we've had has blamed the failings of neoliberalism & austerity on migrants, & the entirety of the mainstream press is happy to play along