Nick Kapur

@nick_kapur

Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only tweet extremely interesting things. Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press.

Vrijeme pridruživanja: veljača 2010.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. prije 9 sati

    German performance artist generates imaginary traffic jams on Google Maps by pulling a kids toy wagon full of smartphones 😂

  2. 30. sij

    Half of Americans spend more money each month than they earn

  3. 28. sij

    Thrilled, honored, and humbled to receive this very generous review of my book "Japan at the Crossroads" from Simon Avenell in the Journal of Japanese Studies!

  4. 24. sij

    The average temperature of the human body has fallen by more than 1 degree over the past 150 years since the 98.6-degree standard was established, likely because people 150 years were riddled with low-grade infections.

  5. 24. sij

    One of my favorite Japanese expressions it the one used to mean a "last ditch effort." Itachi no saigoppe (鼬の最後っ屁) literally means: "the last fart of a weasel."

  6. 24. sij

    Guy takes a photograph of himself every single day for 20 years

  7. 24. sij

    Teaching a Modern Japan course this semester. So excited to catch up on some recent research on Japan, including books by , , and !

  8. 23. sij

    Animal shelter waives adoption fees for "world's worst cat." "We thought she was sick, turns out she's just a jerk." 😂

  9. 22. sij

    A map showing which New Jerseyans call it "pork roll," and which call it "Taylor ham"

  10. 22. sij

    Every state's most hated other state. According to an unscientific poll of Instagram users, but pretty accurate, I must say!

  11. 21. sij

    Incredibly excited to finally get my hands on this collection of fascinating essays, including pieces by (among many others!) , , and ! So much amazing scholarship in here...

  12. 21. sij

    I just discovered a sport called "Teqball" that only started in 2014 but is gaining in popularity. It is pretty much ping pong, except it is played with a soccer ball and you can't use your hands.

  13. 14. sij
  14. 14. sij

    This organic grocery near my house is totally ready for the dietary requirements of our grim climate change future

  15. 10. sij

    Using guitars to imitate other instruments:

  16. 8. sij

    Almost all US states have slashed public higher ed funding on an inflation-adjusted basis over the past 10 years. This is already leading to even more massive student debt loads, falling enrollments, lower graduation rates, and college closings that shatter local economies.

  17. 7. sij

    Dumplings!!! A map showing their spread across Eurasia. From Rachel Laudan, Cuisine and Empire, p. 239.

  18. 6. sij

    Chinese paddlefish declared extinct. One of the largest freshwater fish known, it grew up to 7 meters (23 feet) long, and had survived 15 million years. Once so common that 25 tons/year were caught in the 1970s, he last living fish had been seen in 2003.

  19. 6. sij

    Lego machine that automatically folds and launches paper airplanes

  20. 6. sij

    Population increase (or decrease) in US counties from 2010 to 2018

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