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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Sep 22

東京国立博物館の運慶展、展覧会の特設ショップにあった図録の写真が特に魅力的で、いつもならカタログなんて素通りしていた自分でも衝動買いしてしまうほどだった。
展覧会もすごく良かったのだけど、人が多すぎたのと、友人と一緒だったのとで、ゆっくりみてられなかった。平日ならゆっくりみられただろうか。
tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/unkei2025/

特別展「運慶祈りの空間―興福寺北円堂」

運慶晩年の最高傑作、東京へ。／2025年9月9日（火）～11月30日（日）／東京国立博物館［上野公園］

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Sep 14

〇「地元の行きつけの喫茶店でコーヒーを飲む。地域でのつながりを求めている」
×「行きつけのSNS(はてなハイク)でハイカー達の足写真を眺める」

「友達がいない？」飲み会に誘われなくなった僕　58歳記者の苦悩 www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

「友達がいない？」飲み会に誘われなくなった僕　58歳記者の苦悩：朝日新聞

「僕には『本当の友達』と呼べる人は、いるのだろうか？」　いま58歳。24歳で朝日新聞に入り、34年間、記者などとして働いてきた。　定年まであと7年。会社にいると同僚や上司と話すことも多く、孤独を感じ…

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Shotaro Tsuda @brighthelmer.bsky.social · Sep 14

この記事。ぼくも友達が少ないので、めちゃくちゃ共感した。何年か前、ツイッターで「今年の目標は友達を作ること」を書いて、結局、うまくいかなかった。

記事の前半の友達を作る努力が空回りする描写も面白いし、後半では中高年男性の交友男性の乏しさについてデータも示されてる。いい記事だなあと思っていたのだが、ツイッターで記事の感想を読んだら「冗長」「エモい」「キモい記事」等、めちゃくちゃに叩かれていた。

ただ、この記事について賛否が割れる理由もわかる。続く。

ということで、プレゼント記事にしてみた。15日午前10時まで。

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「友達がいない？」飲み会に誘われなくなった僕　58歳記者の苦悩：朝日新聞

「僕には『本当の友達』と呼べる人は、いるのだろうか？」　いま58歳。24歳で朝日新聞に入り、34年間、記者などとして働いてきた。　定年まであと7年。会社にいると同僚や上司と話すことも多く、孤独を感じ…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 29

I never appreciated how some people during heated arguments casually make accusations about the other person throwing "word salad". perhaps now the fact should be especially appreciated that that person is an agent with intent to communicate something.

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Word salad may describe a symptom of neurological or psychiatric conditions in which a person attempts to communicate an idea, but words and phrases that may appear to be random and unrelated come out in an incoherent sequence instead. Often, the person is unaware that they did not make sense."

Word salad - Wikipedia

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 29

A word salad is a "confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases" ... The words may or may not be grammatically correct, but they are semantically confused to the point that the listener cannot extract any meaning from them.
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Word salad - Wikipedia

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 29

curiosity got the better of me and I've been trying out ChatGPT for about two weeks. the edges that distinguish what appear to be reliable facts from bullshit seem so thin it often gives me a disoriented feeling like I'm in a room painted corner-to-corner with sharp optical illusions.

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 28

the encounter only feels real, and the more we keep engaging while maintaining awareness of the lack behind everything that is generated by the prompts there is danger of psychotic errancy (les non-dupes errent)

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 28

engagement with the AI chatbot is closer to the order of dreams; as there is no communication proper. in essence there is no meaning transmitted. it has effects in the way dreams have effects: it produces hallucinatory associations, affects, fragments that are interpreted.

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Sakadāgāmī

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Very Angry Against the Machine

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Old Navy Band

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Kilodeath

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Aug 13

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The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TheGapBandVEVO

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 30

it's kind of neat how the NHK news website has, and is now showing, a battery-saving lightweight version for emergency situations

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 30

evacuating to the hills and roofs under near 40C heat does not sound very pleasant

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

I feel holes all over the surface of my thoughts

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 25

‘Japanese First’: breakthrough by rightwing populists sparks fears of anti-foreigner backlash in Japan

Analysts say the Japanese are suffering a crisis of confidence that is feeding xenophobia amid economic insecurity and a record number of foreign residents

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Parilament - Flashlight (12 Inch Extended Version)

YouTube video by soulbrothanumbahone

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

they say sunlight is the best disinfectant but all they had available was limelight

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

the thought often occurs to me that perhaps Stephen Colbert and John Stewart was to Donald Trump's relevance in the world what Friedrich Nietzsche was to Richard Wagner's

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

perhaps this obliviousness, to the fact that they are acting, is baked in as well, to whatever which affords and compels them to point their fingers with such intensity of affect.

bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

what often seem to go unrecognized by the finger-pointing person is that finger-pointing is an act, always with consequences in the world.

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bel @belacquiproquo.bsky.social · Jul 25

finger-pointing gives its owner a sense of security: "look at them, it's them that's evil." what they point at is always absolutely outside where they are, an other. "then look at me with the pointed finger, I am not evil, I am a good person."

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