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David in Setouchi

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- Frenchman teaching English at a Japanese university by the Seto Inland Sea's art islands - Friend of crows https://japanartislands.com/ The rest is on my other account @DavidBHimself.online #Takamatsu #SetouchiTriennale

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · Nov 9

One thing that's missing here are #introduction posts for newcomers or welcoming them. I'll start: I'm #French, settled in #Japan. I mostly post about #nature (the good and the bad), my corner of Japan (the one with the #art #islands), #crows and sometimes #English #education in the country.

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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 6h

We killed them all. Every last one of them. And now they will never be again.

They lived their Curlew lives, migrated, cared for their young, and had every right to be here - as much as ourselves. And they did us no harm.

And we killed them all.

International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 9h

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Still warm from the kiln, covered in warm earth tones—I’m so relieved this piece came out successfully on the other side of firing. I worked on it over the course of a month and remembered to document moments of process which I think I’ll share in a thread […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Me standing in my back yard holding a large pot in front of me with both hands. It borrows its spherical form from Nigerian water vessels and has a short, flared neck. It is about 16” (40cm) in diameter and 14” (36cm) in height.

The pot has been divided laterally into six parts and each section has been decorated with carved lines in alternating patterns: a symmetrical abstract leaf motif and a large double diamond pattern. The colors are dark brick red, olive green, dark purplish brown, dusky pink and aqua. The interior is glazed glossy aqua to reference the water this form would historically have contained.

Behind me is dense foliage and small blue patch of sky. I am smiling and wearing a black and white top and red paints, only partially visible from behind the large pot.

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 2h

Nope. Ever heard of US defaultism? 😉

David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 2h

Is "firm views" the new way to say "xenophobic"?

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 3h

"Firm views"

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 2h

I was mentally prepared for the darkest timeline. I feel I prepared for it my whole life. But the stupidest timeline? It took me by surprise, I must admit.

David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 2h

To be fair, I have no idea who she is, and the only BP I know is the British Petroleum.

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David B. Himself @davidbhimself.online · 3h

I'm hearing that a lot of people are FINALLY moving to the Fediverse, and as far as I know, none of my followers here are.

What are you waiting? Seriously?

#Bluesky #Fediverse #Mastodon and also #fuckaas too apparently.

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 3h

People have become so stupid.

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 3h

Breaking News: American police now arrests three-armed women in the streets!!!!

(people stop sharing shocking things just because they're shocking, that's how everyone is getting manipulated and that's why we can't have nice things)

#Murica #UnitedStates #AI

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 5h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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David B. Himself @davidbhimself.online · 6h

Your regular reminder to bridge your account to the Fediverse.

fed.brid.gy

(and tell me if you've done it and we're mutuals, so that I can follow you from there - it's my main online home, not here)

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #BlueSky

Bridgy Fed

Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.

fed.brid.gy

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 6h

There's more, but I said mini-threads.

And I assume, it's not specific to my corner of the world.

I guess this is another symptoms of people thinking "doing research" means watching two Youtube videos and ask ChatGPT.

🤦

#Travel

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 6h

Then, even people who only visit Naoshima don't research the island and are not sure how to get around and many don't know you're supposed to make a reservation to the main museums (and they've been booked for months).

#Naoshima

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 6h

At the top, you have the people who think that the triennale is only on Naoshima (and the island is sinking under the mass of tourists right now) Nope, it's actually the island to avoid during the Triennale.

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 6h

Following a bunch of things related to the Setouchi Triennale, I'm always dumbfounded by the people who don't research their trips before going.

(mini thread)

#travel #trips #Japan #SetouchiTriennale

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 16h

https://www.artasiapacific.com/people/stillness-in-motion-interview-with-teamlabs-takashi-kudo/

#japan #art #teamlab

Stillness in Motion: Interview with teamLab’s Takashi Kudo

As teamLab prepares to open their latest museum, teamLab Biovortex Kyoto, its member Takashi Kudo spoke to ArtAsiaPacific about their work, which challenges us to see ourselves not as isolated, passive observers, but as integral to the art itself. ELAINE W. NG

www.artasiapacific.com

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16h

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 16h

Wait a minute?!

As the Komeito just said f'you to the LDP and the DPP is not going to bed with them either, it means... that Takaichi may not even become Prime Minister at all? She won't get enough votes for this.

Right? Right? (happy dance???)

#Japan

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 17h

I think the banter heuristic says that Ishiba now has to call a snap election for the sake of maximum chaos.

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David B. Himself @davidbhimself.online · 18h

Sinon, les gens, le Fediverse, toujours pas ? Ça vous fait vraiment chier à ce point de devoir apprendre une nouvelle façon (plus saine) de faire du social media ? Vous préférez toujours les trucs américains qui vous suspendent pour un oui ou pour un non ?

batmansocio.bsky.social @batmansocio.bsky.social · 20h

Hey, je suis le compte de secours de @uneheuredepeine.bsky.social que BlueSky a suspendu parce que j’ai eu le culot de reprendre un inoffensif message de @bouletcorp.bsky.social

A Bluesky account you control
(@uneheuredepeine.bsky.social) posted:
"On veut des funérailles de Viking pour Bayrou !" "Je sais qu'on va probablement avoir aussi mauvais voire pire apès lui, mais je me régale quand même de cet enterrement symbolique de Bayrou aujourd 'hui. Quand sa voiture s'éloignera ce soir je propose qu'on tire une flèche enflammée dessus, façon funérailles viking."
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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 18h

Une mauvaise traduction?
C'est certainement pour YouTubeMusic.

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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JapanPhotography @japanphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Ferry at Enoura, Sanuki Hiroshima. Shiwaku Islands 塩飽諸島, Shiwaku-shotō.
#SetoInlandSea #sea #photography #setouchi #Kagawa #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social

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JapanPhotography @japanphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Seto Inland Sea at Shamijima 沙弥島. One of the Shiwaku Islands 塩飽諸島, Shiwaku-shotō.
#Setouchi #Kagawa #sea #seascape
@bskyphotos.bsky.social

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ambientexploration @ambientexploration.bsky.social · 1d

Mitarai, once a bustling harbor town with teahouses and entertainment, is now a quiet little village on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea in Kure, Japan. The country's oldest clock shop still operates on the village's main street, and many other buildings are well preserved

#setouchi #mitarai #japan

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 2d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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