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From the website of the Republican candidate for Philadelphia District Attorney This is...not how math works Wait, wait, wut A young woman died (and was possibly murdered), but the real

Japanese halloween is great for many reasons, but one of the greatest is the annual "mundane halloween" contest hosted by website @dailyportalz, where people dress up like mundane, everyday things.Here

One of the many awesome things about Halloween in Japan is the annual "Mundane Halloween" costume contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz The goal is to dress up like some mundane,

The 2025 Osaka world's fair logo had 5 finalists. Option E was the winner.Its official name is inochi no kagayaki ("brilliance of life"), but Japanese Twitter nicknamed it koroshite-kun ("please

I made a map of the very first thing Japanese people think of for every prefecture in Japan, at least according to Japanese Google autocomplete... Many people outside of Japan

A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861.Here is George Washington (with bow and arrow) pictured alongside the Goddess of America. 1/ Here is Christopher

A thread of Chinese internet nicknames for NBA players.China is crazy for the NBA, but official sources use boring phonetic transcriptions, failing to take advantage of Chinese characters having both

I wish articles like this would also point out that the Republicans have actively been trying to destroy the Postal Service for decades, and directly caused its recent woes.A thread.

A thread of advice and tips for applying to tenure-track academic jobs.Having served on a few search committees now, here are some things I wish I had known.Disclaimers: free advice