David in Setouchi
@david.setouchi.social
- Frenchman teaching English at a Japanese university by the Seto Inland Sea's art islands
- Friend of crows
https://davidbilla.net
#Takamatsu #SetouchiTriennale
- Friend of crows
https://davidbilla.net
#Takamatsu #SetouchiTriennale
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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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Seasonal Red #1. みたままつりor the Banto Mitama Festival. Kagawa. Shikoku.
#OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Seasonal Red #1. みたままつりor the Banto Mitama Festival. Kagawa. Shikoku.
#OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
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Vous savez que les corneilles sont des grocervos, mais à quel point ? Venez découvrir avec moi les HPI des piafs 🧠 🐦⬛
« Malin comme une corneille », présenté par : moi-même 🤓
📆 mardi 13/01 à 14h30
📍 Maison de l'Animal à Paris (parc de Bercy)
💶 gratuit (résa conseillée)
www.paris.fr/evenements/m...
« Malin comme une corneille », présenté par : moi-même 🤓
📆 mardi 13/01 à 14h30
📍 Maison de l'Animal à Paris (parc de Bercy)
💶 gratuit (résa conseillée)
www.paris.fr/evenements/m...
Malin comme une corneille
Une conférence sur l'intelligence des corneilles et les découvertes récentes sur cet oiseau de nos villes.
www.paris.fr
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Vous savez que les corneilles sont des grocervos, mais à quel point ? Venez découvrir avec moi les HPI des piafs 🧠 🐦⬛
« Malin comme une corneille », présenté par : moi-même 🤓
📆 mardi 13/01 à 14h30
📍 Maison de l'Animal à Paris (parc de Bercy)
💶 gratuit (résa conseillée)
www.paris.fr/evenements/m...
« Malin comme une corneille », présenté par : moi-même 🤓
📆 mardi 13/01 à 14h30
📍 Maison de l'Animal à Paris (parc de Bercy)
💶 gratuit (résa conseillée)
www.paris.fr/evenements/m...
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Can the elites, just unexist? I'd rather them trade incredibly ugly ape JPEGs over shared natural heritage.
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Can the elites, just unexist? I'd rather them trade incredibly ugly ape JPEGs over shared natural heritage.
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Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
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"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
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Did nobody ask how I learned to use a camera? Well I’ll tell you anyway. This guy!
Are you in or visiting the greater Tokyo area? Do you want to learn more about photography? Would you like me to help you see better & get more from your camera?
Find our more, below, about my photography lessons & courses.
Looking forward to helping you!
www.alfiegoodrich.com/photography-...
Find our more, below, about my photography lessons & courses.
Looking forward to helping you!
www.alfiegoodrich.com/photography-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Did nobody ask how I learned to use a camera? Well I’ll tell you anyway. This guy!
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Not funny... (I don't mean, the video, the video is hilarious)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdI21F9Vhk&lc=UgyuWOLdGu02qfANy4d4AaABAg
#japan #lifeinjapan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdI21F9Vhk&lc=UgyuWOLdGu02qfANy4d4AaABAg
#japan #lifeinjapan
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Not funny... (I don't mean, the video, the video is hilarious)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdI21F9Vhk&lc=UgyuWOLdGu02qfANy4d4AaABAg
#japan #lifeinjapan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdI21F9Vhk&lc=UgyuWOLdGu02qfANy4d4AaABAg
#japan #lifeinjapan
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Fantastic news for so many students 🇬🇧🇪🇺 as Erasmus really brings people closer💫
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Fantastic news for so many students 🇬🇧🇪🇺 as Erasmus really brings people closer💫
Happy to learn that such things are happening on Naoshima.
Participants emerge from the conference room into the bright sunlight of Naoshima Island in CCII's first international symposium on Cancer, Metabolism, and Immunity.
CCII sponsored this small, intimate meeting where participants freely shared and discussed ideas & data in a beautiful setting.
CCII sponsored this small, intimate meeting where participants freely shared and discussed ideas & data in a beautiful setting.
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Happy to learn that such things are happening on Naoshima.
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I get it, Instagram is where the followers are, do what you need to do. But then please, *please* do something else, too. Don't make it so that people have to give Zuckerberg all their personal data just to even see what cool things you're up to!
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I get it, Instagram is where the followers are, do what you need to do. But then please, *please* do something else, too. Don't make it so that people have to give Zuckerberg all their personal data just to even see what cool things you're up to!
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Yes, we have donkeys. Four years ago, we welcomed Edward, Muffin, Dolce and Nutmeg. It was a truly special day.
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yes, we have donkeys. Four years ago, we welcomed Edward, Muffin, Dolce and Nutmeg. It was a truly special day.
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Nebelkrähe
mit ihrem
Snowboard 🏂
mit ihrem
Snowboard 🏂
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Nebelkrähe
mit ihrem
Snowboard 🏂
mit ihrem
Snowboard 🏂
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There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
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For every 1°C that we heat the atmosphere can hold approximately 7% more water.
Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk.
We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers!
youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs
#ClimateLiteracy
Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk.
We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers!
youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs
#ClimateLiteracy
Flash floods kill dozens in Moroccan town of Safi • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
For every 1°C that we heat the atmosphere can hold approximately 7% more water.
Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk.
We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers!
youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs
#ClimateLiteracy
Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk.
We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers!
youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs
#ClimateLiteracy
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Japan's Seto Inland Sea offers some of the finest architecture in the country – we tour its rich selection of contemporary buildings by some of the industry's biggest names www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Japan's Seto Inland Sea offers some of the finest architecture in the country – we tour its rich selection of contemporary buildings by some of the industry's biggest names www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
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So very sad. But very predictable, unfortunately. This is part of why I am against things like EXPO and the Olympics. The waste. The lack of a post-event plan. The lack of any concept or execution that constitutes real, proper, lasting legacy.
www.dezeen.com/2025/12/11/g...
www.dezeen.com/2025/12/11/g...
Most of world's largest wooden structure The Grand Ring to be burned as "chips for fuel"
The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, its architect Sou Fujimoto has told Dezeen.
www.dezeen.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
So very sad. But very predictable, unfortunately. This is part of why I am against things like EXPO and the Olympics. The waste. The lack of a post-event plan. The lack of any concept or execution that constitutes real, proper, lasting legacy.
www.dezeen.com/2025/12/11/g...
www.dezeen.com/2025/12/11/g...
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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Trying to arrange the furniture in the nest before the arrivals in the New Year but mate is busy eating sushi (duck?) in the kitchen area 🤣🤣🤣
Sat 13 Dec 2025 Delta BC 🇨🇦🦅❤️🦅
I monitor bald eagle nests in the delta area and document the progress on my YouTube and blog 🥰
Sat 13 Dec 2025 Delta BC 🇨🇦🦅❤️🦅
I monitor bald eagle nests in the delta area and document the progress on my YouTube and blog 🥰
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trying to arrange the furniture in the nest before the arrivals in the New Year but mate is busy eating sushi (duck?) in the kitchen area 🤣🤣🤣
Sat 13 Dec 2025 Delta BC 🇨🇦🦅❤️🦅
I monitor bald eagle nests in the delta area and document the progress on my YouTube and blog 🥰
Sat 13 Dec 2025 Delta BC 🇨🇦🦅❤️🦅
I monitor bald eagle nests in the delta area and document the progress on my YouTube and blog 🥰
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I like it when my university is in the news.
Also, TIL that there is a professor in criminal psychology in my uni (I love my uni, but it's very light on the humanities side 😢 )
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251212/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
#japan #psychology
Also, TIL that there is a professor in criminal psychology in my uni (I love my uni, but it's very light on the humanities side 😢 )
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251212/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
#japan #psychology
What simple, effective way to prevent shoplifting has Japan univ. experiment found? - The Mainichi
TAKAMATSU -- The most effective measure against shoplifting is a simple greeting from store staff, according to an experiment conducted by Kagawa Univ
mainichi.jp
December 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I like it when my university is in the news.
Also, TIL that there is a professor in criminal psychology in my uni (I love my uni, but it's very light on the humanities side 😢 )
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251212/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
#japan #psychology
Also, TIL that there is a professor in criminal psychology in my uni (I love my uni, but it's very light on the humanities side 😢 )
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251212/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
#japan #psychology
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A view over the Seto Inland Sea in Japan for #fensterfreitag 🇯🇵
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A view over the Seto Inland Sea in Japan for #fensterfreitag 🇯🇵
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竪型炉の炉底、上手く切断したいですが、大きすぎて、多少破壊せずに、中の鉄を確認するのが難しいかも知れません…😥
Le fond du fourneau vertical. Il est tellement imposant que ça risque d’être difficile de le sectionner convenablement sans le détruire un peu plus pour voir le fer à l’intérieur… 😥
Le fond du fourneau vertical. Il est tellement imposant que ça risque d’être difficile de le sectionner convenablement sans le détruire un peu plus pour voir le fer à l’intérieur… 😥
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
竪型炉の炉底、上手く切断したいですが、大きすぎて、多少破壊せずに、中の鉄を確認するのが難しいかも知れません…😥
Le fond du fourneau vertical. Il est tellement imposant que ça risque d’être difficile de le sectionner convenablement sans le détruire un peu plus pour voir le fer à l’intérieur… 😥
Le fond du fourneau vertical. Il est tellement imposant que ça risque d’être difficile de le sectionner convenablement sans le détruire un peu plus pour voir le fer à l’intérieur… 😥