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Unvandalism – #SolutionsWatch

Join James for this week’s edition of #SolutionsWatch as he explains unvandalism and how this seemingly trivial activity can have very large consequences.

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Your Guide To A World On Fire (2025 Edition)

Your Guide To A World On Fire (2025 Edition)

If you've been paying any attention at all to world events, you'll have noticed something remarkable recently. Fiery, youth-led protests are threatening the government in country after country. Identified as "Gen Z Protests," these youth uprisings have been sweeping...

October Open Thread and Subscriber Exclusive Video (2025)

October Open Thread and Subscriber Exclusive Video (2025)

Is it October already? Hold on, let me check the calendar. . . . Why, yes! The piece of paper on the wall (not to mention the gradually falling temperatures here in the sweltering climes of western Japan) tells me that it is indeed the tenth month of the year! Tempus...

If At First You Don’t Succeed . . .

If At First You Don’t Succeed . . .

Bad news, my liege. It seems the plebs are growing wise. You know the whole "global warming" thing? Let's just say that agenda is . . . not going well for us. Even our reliable mockingbirds at The New York Times are starting to admit that that particular fairy tale is...

Bitcoin $100,000: What Does It Mean?

Bitcoin $100,000: What Does It Mean?

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day, everybody! . . . You do know about Bitcoin Pizza Day, don't you? On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer from Florida, paid 10,000 bitcoins for two Papa John's pizzas—the first recorded bitcoin transaction in history. Now, May 22 is...

May Open Thread (2025)

May Open Thread (2025)

Happy May, everyone! It's a busy month here in Japan as I prepare for the REPORTAGE book launch in Osaka on May 10. As you know, Broc West will be flying in from Vietnam for the event and assistant Shaun will be there as well, so if you're looking for a signed,...

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