bsmall2 @bsmall2@fedibird.com

Japan as Number One!?!?!
> The Pentagon does not release data on bases. But Vine’s research shows that it has more than 750 overseas US military bases in about 80 countries – more than any empire in world history.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/elephant-in-the-room-the-us-militarys-devastating-carbon-footprint
#DavidVine #BaseNation #USAMIlitaryBases #JapanAsNumber1 #USBasesInJapan

> Via John Gruber, here is a striking series of photographs of workers in toy factories in China...
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2007/10/03/invisible-hands/

> The photographs are the result of visits to 5 factories in mainland China, where 75% of the world's toys are manufactured.
https://imgur.com/a/chinese-factory-workers-toys-they-make-wrIds#Jjg6K

#InvisibleHands #見えざる手
#KieranHealy #JohnGruber #FactoriesInChina #TheInvisibleHand in photos #InvisibleHandPhotos

See how small the difference is between the number of votes for Dem(Democrats) and Rep(Republicans) are. A 5 Million (5M) vote difference seems like a lot, but then compare it with the 108 Million (108M) difference between the Voter Turnout (VTO) and the Voting Age Population (VAP)... The USA's problems with Democracy are deeper than Trump and the Republicans...
Inspiration: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/08/trump-ii-a-pre-mortem/
Figures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Presidential-Election-Results-1788863

#uspol #USAPresidentialElections 2024 #HarrisTRump 2016 #HRCTrump #VoterTurnout #VAPVEPVTO

<いわれなき神>があるかぎり、
<いわれなき死>がある。
---上野英信 (えいしん？)
While there are <unquestioned gods>
there will be <unquestioned deaths>.
As long as there are <unjustifiable gods>
So long there will be <unjustifiable deaths>.
https://codeberg.org/bsmall2/view-tables/src/branch/main/good-lines/UeNo-HideNobu

本：
> 1932年の上海事変に際し、自らの身を散らせた爆弾三勇士。彼らはいかにして神に仕立て上げられたか。天皇をめぐる民衆の心性に迫った記録文学の白眉。
https://www.chuko.co.jp/bunko/2024/11/207580.html

#上野英信 #上野えいしん #記録文学 #CreativeNonFiction #九州記録文学 #天皇陛下萬歳 #爆弾三勇士

温暖化防止のために!!
金融界も変えないといけないかも...

https://350asia.org/yen-for-climate/