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Michael Fitzpatrick

Michael Fitzpatrick

@fitzp

Freelance journalist. i news, BBC, NYTs, Guardian, Fortune, Tgraph, FT and many more. Prof. journalism, Vienna. Mostly Tokyo based now.

Lustkandl alley, obviously Entrou em Aralık 2007
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@CleansedTweets You in the UK are ripe for this type of surveillance. I saw mission creep every time I visited over the last 3O years. Japan's NEC supplies your police facial recognition system. How long before that is required everywhere. Tread carefully, please.
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Miss Money Penny (AKA British Miss)
Miss Money Penny (AKA British Miss)@CleansedTweets·
I recorded this while flying over Beijing. Notice the flashes? These are everywhere in China. They photograph every passing car, capturing the license plate, front of the vehicle, and the driver's face through the windshield. The bright white flash lights up the car's interior so the driver is clearly visible, even at night. They're used for security, catching wanted people or stolen vehicles, verifying the licensed driver, automatically detecting violations (no seatbelt, phone use, unlicensed driving), and matching faces against the national database for warrants. Results are instant.
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@MerrynSW Estimated £24.1 billion in income-related benefits & social tariffs goes unclaimed in the UK each year. Includes around £8 billion in Universal Credit + over £3 billion in council tax support, millions of households. Many benefits are missed owing to complex application processes
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Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
For those who can't quite believe the income numbers for those on benefits you see on social media (and I can see why...) play about with this website a bit and you will get the idea. Note even the name suggests maybe the wrong thing... ("entitled to"). entitledto.co.uk
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@rieglobe Bit of free advice after visiting your website. Japanese journos may be OK with form-filing, but what us Anglo hacks respond to is a webpage link to a real person via email.
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Rie Yano やのりえ
Rie Yano やのりえ@rieglobe·
So contrarian of us to be Englishmaxxing when everyone else is Japanmaxxing. Reach out if this is you, Coral is hiring👇🏼
James Riney🐠Coral Capital@james_riney

We're hiring our first dedicated English content lead at Coral Capital. The role: build our international media presence from the ground up. YouTube, podcast, events, editorial. Full ownership. Japan is rearming, reindustrializing, and becoming the West's most important industrial partner in Asia. Trillions in capital, world-class manufacturing in robotics and semiconductors, deep alignment with the US. It's arguably the most under-told story in global tech right now. We've spent a decade building the network and thesis to tell this story with authority. We have 100,000+ subscribers on YouTube (the largest tech-focused channel in Japan), a portfolio that includes companies like SmartHR, Kyoto Fusioneering, and GITAI, and direct relationships across Japan's startup ecosystem, LP community, and industrial base. What we don't have yet is someone dedicated to making the English-language version of this story as strong as the Japanese one. The right person is a strong English speaker with real Japanese ability, has editorial instinct and ideally production experience (writing, video, podcasts), is comfortable in rooms with founders and LPs, and finds the Japan story genuinely compelling. Not a marketing hire. A content leader. Based in Tokyo 🗼 Details in the replies 👇

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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@wonderparlour And maybe with that added strengh, help us wrentch the Wirral and Liverpool back from the perfidious Welsh (according to your map). Perhaps we could also get The Isle of Man back from the marauding Scots? Hope you make scones better than your maps.
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ワンダーパーラー　クラシカルメイド®
ワンダーパーラー　クラシカルメイド®@wonderparlour·
At this time of year, a round trip to London costs around £1,400–£1,500 (¥300,000), and the thought of hotel prices there is enough to make one look away. So when British guests come to my café, it fills me with a particular kind of happiness. For a small independent café owner like myself, their visit keeps the feeling of Britain gently alive in my heart, and with it, the will to carry on.
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@lcmporter Compounded by working with the flaky younger generation of editors. It is now a game absolutely unworthy of the meagre candle.
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Lizzie Porterلِيزي بورتر
Lizzie Porterلِيزي بورتر@lcmporter·
I was freelance for four years and i think things have only deteriorated since. People who don't work in this field are often shocked when you tell them how low the wages are. How long you wait to get paid and how much you have to beat down accounting departments' doors to get money you are owed for work you did months ago. How little support there is from media outlets who themselves are all stretched. How some editors (not all) can just change their minds half way through an assignment and decide that they don't want your work anymore (ie, you don't get paid, or get paid a fraction of the original agreed sum), or decide that they are going to get a staffer to do the job instead.
Lizzie Porterلِيزي بورتر@lcmporter

The grim reality summed up by @liz_cookman : “For freelance foreign correspondents, essentially if you haven’t got the ability to just send yourself somewhere and take the hit of being extremely miserable and uncomfortable, staying in the worst conditions, having no money and basically not getting paid for your work, you’re not going to work.” pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-…

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Law in Japan
Law in Japan@Colin_P_A_Jones·
Japan recently introduced a “digital nomad” visa under which foreign nationals from specific countries (because it involves tax treaties) can work remotely for a foreign country for up to a six months of the year. Must have an income of JPY 20,000,000 or above and have health insurance for the whole period.
出入国在留管理庁（Immigration Services Agency）@MOJ_IMMI

【デジタルノマドの受入れ】 ２０２４年３月から始まった国際的なリモートワーカーのための在留資格です。 最長６か月間、日本で外国の企業との契約等に基づいたリモートワークができます。 条件を満たせば、家族（配偶者と子）の帯同が可能です。 moj.go.jp/isa/applicatio…

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Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸
Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸@mrjeffu·
NEC held a welcoming ceremony for 800 newly-hired employees today. The check-in process was completed using the company's facial recognition technology.
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@Noahpinion·
Yes. So far the pitch has been "You will definitely be obsolete and on welfare, and there's a 10-25% chance you may be exterminated by the product we're building."
Ethan Mollick@emollick

The AI labs have actually done a bad job explaining what the future they are building towards will actually look like for most of us. Even “Machines of Loving Grace” has very few well-articulated visions of what Anthropic hopes life will be like if they succeed at their goals.

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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
One of the most extraordinary things about Japan is how it likes to dwell on recycling. When, in fact, it is no better than its less exacting peers. Thankfully, local startups like @esa_inc_2022 can change all that. (image credit). "Thermal recycling" means burning its rubbish.
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Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@rieglobe Nice, but Japan's global impact is zilch without understanding Anglo comms and an adequate budget for it.
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Rie Yano やのりえ
Rie Yano やのりえ@rieglobe·
love japan? wanna jp/acc with us?
Rie Yano やのりえ@rieglobe

#jpacc Japan has been sleepy when it comes to global acceleration, but it's primed for the third awakening. A thread for all builders, innovators, and investors who love Japan 🧵

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Ciaran
Ciaran@ciaran_regan_·
Getting the chance to work with a professional Communications Manager is also an exciting opportunity for researchers!! Such a big part of research is effective communication of ideas!
Sakana AI@SakanaAILabs

【採用情報】Sakana AIで Communications Manager（広報担当）の募集🐟 #communications-manager" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sakana.ai/careers/#commu… これまで最先端のAI研究成果や社会実装の取り組みを世界に発信してきましたが、グローバルでの成長をさらに加速させるため、専任の広報リードを探しています。 🐙 こんな挑戦が待っています： ・R&D / Appliedチームのトップリサーチャーと連携し、複雑なAI技術を「魅力的なストーリー」へ変換 ・国内外のトップメディアとのリレーション構築と、グローバルなPR戦略の実行 ・急成長スタートアップにおける、技術ブログ、SNS、イベントを通じた包括的なブランド構築 単なるプレスリリースの進行管理ではありません。Sakana AIの最先端の技術革新を世界に広げ、ブランド価値を共に高めていく情熱ある方をお待ちしています！🚀 詳細・ご応募はこちら👇 #communications-manager" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sakana.ai/careers/#commu…

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Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick@fitzp·
@WR4NYGov "Rice polishing removes most impurities linked to hangovers & inflammation" only for the most expensive sake. The rest are polished a little as is expensive to do so. So unless you are rich you will suffer.
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Warren Redlich - Chasing Dreams 🇺🇸
Warren Redlich - Chasing Dreams 🇺🇸@WR4NYGov·
Japanese sake is the least bad alcohol. • Ultra-clean: Rice polishing removes most impurities linked to hangovers & inflammation. • Rich in amino acids supporting muscle repair & blood pressure benefits. • Antioxidants like ferulic acid + peptides for oxidative stress & skin hydration. • Less acidic than wine. Low calorie. • Moderate intake has lower heart risks than abstaining. Kanpai!
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