David Humphrey

@hagured.bsky.social

Japanese media studies, digital studies, and STS. Author, ‘The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan’ (UMich, 2023) http://press.umich.edu/12233973. Motivational speaker on dystopias and the end of days. Opinions my own

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

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Reporting on Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire should be done with the same general tone as a lethal virus escaping containment, not as an awesome achievement.

Japan: We’re going to die off as a country because of population decline… 😭 Immigrants: Can we stay here, integrate, and continue to be valuable members of society? Japan: Haha. No. Moms: Can I have the support and benefits when I have a child? Japan: HAHAHA. No.

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com · 2mo ago

Japan’s youngest female mayor, Kawata Shōko, says she’ll take maternity leave. She’s the first sitting female mayor in Japan to do so. Some of the old guard, including an ex-military chief, said she shouldn’t have run for office. Online, most Japanese rushed to defend her.

New issue of Popeye, a Japanese menswear mag, looks great. It's a rare all-English edition and looks at how people from 18 different countries dress. Very aligned with my view of style: diversity and differences are good, and dress is a form of social language. Avail at Kinokuniya.

East Asian Studies is being gutted at Sheffield - all staff at risk with 8.6 FTE proposed to go (a third of us). Biggest cuts in Chinese and Japanese Studies. We’ll be taking a few days to process. Solidarity to Materials and Chemistry colleagues who are also dealing with similarly bad news.

Reporter: Why didn't you notify Japan that you were going to attack Iran? Trump next to the Japanese PM: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour? You believe in surprise I think much more so than us."

あーやっぱりこうなったか。 日本人のエプスタイン文書登場者、伊藤穰一(千葉工業大学学長)がNY timesで記事に “エプスタインの側近が日本でキャリアの再生を掴んだ経緯 日本の政府高官らは伊藤穰一氏が率いる技術・起業イニシアチブを支援しているが、同氏のジェフリー・エプスタイン氏との関わりが、このプロジェクト立ち上げの取り組みを危うくする可能性がある。” 2026年2月26日 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan

nytimes.com

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

pcgamer.com

今回ばかりはいくら考えても批判めいたものしか浮かばず(まあそれだけ現状がひどいんですが)選挙に行くことを勧めることにも躊躇するような事案も多々あり、選挙絵は描くまいかとも思ったんですが、やはりそれでもみんなには選挙に行ってほしいなと思い直し、批判は捨ててまずこういう世界にしたいなというのを描きました。まあインフルエンサーでも何でもないんで自己満足ですが・・・ 排外主義をはじめとするあらゆる差別に反対します。弱者を切り捨てる政策には賛同しません。戦争につながる外交の放棄にも反対します。文化や教育、科学技術をおろそかにする政策にも反対します。 #投票に行こう

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この記事にもあるけど、高市政権の成長戦略の重点分野の一つに「防災・国土強靭化」がある。 災害激甚化や公共インフラ老朽化を考えれば、間違いなくやるべきことなんだけど、一方で排外主義を煽る中で、「誰がその仕事するの?〈日本人〉だけでできるの?」という疑問がある。 農業もそうだが、建設の現場は外国人労働者なしでは回らなくなってるのが現状。おまけに建設資材の高騰で、新宿駅南西口再開発計画のように、建設予算が足りず、施工会社が見つからないなんてことも起きてる。 要するに、日本の産業経済の現状と政策が乖離してるし、とくに外国人政策と農業・インフラ政策とで、政策同士も矛盾してるのが気がかりすぎる。

H. Hirakawa@hirakawah.bsky.social · 6mo ago

こんな「公約」、真に受ける人なんているのかね?ハッタリにしても荒唐無稽すぎるし、相変わらず口が軽いともいえる。 まぁ、「目指す」だけなら、達成不可能な目標でもできるか。 「食料安全保障は、食糧自給率100%を目指す。日本の食品をどんどん海外にも輸出する」と強調した。 www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/1...

To all the non-academics who don't understand the point of academic freedom and don't care to learn about it, let me give you a factor you might care about: Tenure is the biggest reason you get my services at a steep discount over my private sector value.

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴@wamsleylab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

No Tenure for Oklahoma. Instead, faculty will be on "renewable contracts “tied to teaching effectiveness, student completion, job placement, and economic alignment.” #academicsky