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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 12h

We did this.

https://www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/slender-billed-curlew-officially-declared-extinct-wake-call-migratory-bird-conservation

#nature #extinction #collapse

Slender-billed Curlew Officially Declared Extinct: A Wake-Up Call for Migratory Bird Conservation | AEWA

Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. The last confirmed sighting of the species was at Merja Zerga, Morocco, just over thirty years ago, on 25 February 1995.

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 13h

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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 […]

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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 :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 18h

LOL. So apparently, the Komeito didn't leave its alliance with the LDP directly because of Takaichi, but because of Taro Aso who's been an idiotic jerk again.

You gotta give it to him, this Century, every time the LDP lost power, it was because of him […]

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 19h

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. At the top, you have the people who think that the triennale is only on Naoshima (nope it's the island to avoid during the Triennale) and then many […]

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

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

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

Wait a minute?!

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

Right? Right?

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1d

What if you could pay the same for media but have the money only go directly to the creators whose work you spent the most time with? That should be possible with decentralized social media and a protocol for bank to bank fiat transfers.

#socialweb #webmonetization #publicpatron

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Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Also, I tried my hand at a WTN-related meme.

Murderbot: "These humans still don't know what the fediverse is..."

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

That's it, I ordered a mini PC. To replace my old desktop, instead of buying a new 100,000 yen one, I'm gonna try this. It's not like I really play games on my PC anyway, and I still have my laptop gathering a bit of dust (I really dislike laptops for some reason: the screen is always too small […]

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 1d

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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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

@jannem Sanseito doesn't have enough MPs to form a majority.

David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

Some good news from Japan? The Komeito (basically the Buddhist party) who has been allied with the LDP for years is very probably ending the coalition. And the DPP who was thinking about an alliance with the LDP is now saying that they won't. This leaves the LDP weaker than ever. That'll teach […]

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

Wow. A lot of single women looking for "partnership" in my new follows recently. Unusual for this place.

Are they part of the Russian bot wave?
(hoping some men follow them back and then the profile starts spewing propaganda of some sort?)

Also, sign of the times, the pics seem AI generated […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

We're excited to announce that @altstore has joined the fediverse! Their innovative implementation of ActivityPub allows you to follow updates from your favorite apps, demonstrating a new way to bring more apps to the open social web.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude for their generous […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This article by two astronomers details many of the points I just talked about and more, and just came out in The Conversation Australia, perfect timing: https://theconversation.com/a-us-startup-plans-to-deliver-sunlight-on-demand-after-dark-can-it-work-and-would-we-want-it-to-264323

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1d

@sundogplanets In the notification settings. They're not in the regular settings, but in the notification section.

David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 2d

@cheeaun Second line doesn't work.

David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 2d

@Corax42 No problem. I tried to squeeze everything in one post, and I wasn't too clear.

David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 2d

@Corax42 Thanks, but sorry, I wasn't clear. I don't want to install Linux on the mini PC, at least not in the foreseeable future. I meant that because I don't feel ready to install Linux on my old Win 10 PC, I need a Win 11 desktop, but they cost an arm nowadays. So I was wondering if a much […]

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David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 2d

@sister_ratched Nice.

David :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 3d

Alright, Windows 10 is dying in a couple of weeks. I'm tiptoeing around Linux, but it'll take some time before I make the full jump. Desktops have become crazy expensive since the last time I bought one (probably because of the yen having become worthless in the meantime).

However, I recently […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

We’re thrilled to be bringing you a upcoming feature to help you find your people on Mastodon: Packs. (Or something… we’re still figuring out the name.)
As always, we want to build this important feature for the community WITH the community.
Read this blog post about our approach and let us know […]

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

TIL: apparently one of the main technical hurdles for universities to run their own #mastodon instances is to make the instance work with the institution's SSO (most often Shibboleth). It seems there would be a huge opportunity to facilitate the entrance of such major multiplicators into the […]

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