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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 1h

@sisterratched This drives me nuts. Why are English speakers so afraid or saying "death" or "dead"?

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This truck was probably a Shindo 3... WTF was a truck going so fast and was so loud in my street at 10pm???

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David Dufresne @davduf.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Place de la Bastille, à l’instant. Manif sauvage. Les automobilistes klaxonnent d’encouragement. #Lycees

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

The "the" craziness is out of control!!! After adding to brand names and Japanese words, they're adding it too... French words!!!! Was it too difficult to just call it "La Galette"? I guess "The" is in and "La" is out at the moment. #Japan #LifeInJapan #Marketing #TheJapan

Boxes of Japanese cookies called "The Galette"

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

A few days ago, in the supermarket, I broke the well-Ordered and harmonious coexistence by taking pictures. But that was for you all, to report on the latest trends. First, Calbee's publicity stunt is slowly ending, colors are returning on the potato chips […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Two Calbee potato chips bags in a supermarket shelf. A black and white one, and a colorful one.

Many Calbee potato chips bags on supermarket shelves. Only two black and white bags can be seen all the other ones are colorful.

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

Meanwhile, in the Seto Inland Sea, it's time to prepare the seaweed fields. My neighbor is one of the people on the small boats. I happened to be awake at 4am, and he was loading his truck and preparing to leave. #Japan #seascape #SetoInlandSea #autumn

The Seto Inland Sea. Megijima in the background, many tiny boats are on the sea, all of them carrying 5-6 people who are preparing the seaweed fields.

The Seto Inland Sea. A close-u of the previous picture. Megijima in the background, many tiny boats are on the sea, all of them carrying 5-6 people who are preparing the seaweed fields.

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

On a side note, the other mikan tree that I planted about three years ago is doing well, it's starting to look like a tree and not a big sapling anymore. However, it only produced two mikan so far (two years ago, zero last year) and they were not really good at all.

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

Last Spring I planted a tiny peach tree in my garden. It suffered a lot during the heat of the summer, but a few days ago, one unique flower bloomed. It made me excited at first but... that's not the season for this right? (I remember planting a small mikan […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

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

@sisterratched Jon Stewart may be the best English-speaking journalist alive today (and he's not even "really" a journalist).

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

As I walked closer to my house, I once again spotted both species of crows, but strangely, they didn't seem aggressive to each other. One large-billed crow had a large twig in its beak (this is not nesting season? Probably a juvenile with a "treasure" it found) and it seemed to know me and was […]

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

Not just in the "by the sea" territory (I spotted two more carrion crows, but they could be the ones from earlier, are they the "crows by the sea"?) but only in and around my park. It sounded like the entire neighborhood was a crow battlefield. There even […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Black kite on a pole, looking at me (it was looking in the direction of the crow noises before noticing me)

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

When I went for a walk, there were crow in the "park by the sea." I counted five. Both carrion crows and large-billed crows, and that clearly was a territory fight. I tried to take pictures, but either they were perched on cables too far, or moved too fast in the air as they were attacking each […]

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

All the pics above are from yesterday, but this one is from today. It's still Mr Crow, just before I went for a walk, and I don't know if you can see, but his broken primary feathers are "curled." I assume they're drying out and about to fall, at last!!! […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Mr Crow eating on the ground. His broken primary feathers look like two curved strings.

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

The other strange thing was that Ms Crow made it clear that she wanted peanuts despite the intruder (however she landed in the park on the opposite side from where it was, and she wouldn't come closer, so I did). Mr Crow didn't come down then, but when I […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Mr Crow eating peanuts, we see his primary feathers being a complete mess. (this picture is also from yesterday)

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

This morning it was crow chaos in the neighborhood. Before I brought my son to school, I heard some large-billed crow cawing too close. And one was on a pole nearby (not next to the park, but in Mr and Ms Crow's territory). However, Mr and Ms Crow were on […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Pic from yesterday: Mr Crow eating in the background. A crow (I can't remember if it's Ms Crow or Junior, and the picture is not that good) closer to me is watching me as s/he's about to grab some peanuts on the ground.

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

#CrowUpdate Well, it's molting season, as you can see on the picture. Nope, this is not a zombie crow, this is just Mr. Crow losing his old feathers (with the new ones ready to grow underneath). That was yesterday morning, when the whole family was there. I […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

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

I rarely have writer's block, but... Today was bad. I was alone at home all day and was planning on writing a blog post, or that new idea that I had for my kind-of-novel, but... I didn't write a single word. Not one. I rarely wasted a day like I did today (okay, it was not entirely wasted, I […]

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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 14h

Voici les premières images diffusées par l'ESA de la mission européenne/chinoise SMILE. Ce satellite est le premier depuis 2008 à capturer l'intégralité de l'anneau d'aurores boréales autour du pôle Nord terrestre en lumière ultraviolette, ici pendant une durée record de 45 heures d'affilée.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 15h

Remember when I half-joked that robot waiters in Japan have cute faces on their screens to that we lower our guard for when the robot uprising arrives, like some sort of Trojan Cute Catface? Well, Meta just released their AI Mascot... #Meta #AI #Dystopia

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 15h

You have to watch this interview of the "AI whistleblower" by Jon Stewart. I admit, many times I thought "fuck, what if this was all actually true?" and then Jon destroys the whole thing, with one final question, and the kid fell in the trap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnLDjXy2kRA #AI […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17h

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 17h

Not bad. Fun fact: I made a stupid mistake on the fourth one, but lucked out on the fifth. So, I guess it evens out. www.maptap.gg October 6 99🔥 96🔥 100🎯 93🏆 100🎯 Final score: 974

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

If I only share pretty pictures of the sky will that make the satellites go away? (I know the answer to this question... back to work...)

The sky early in the morning before sunrise. The sky is orange on the horizon, and it fades to dark blue way up in the sky, where the crescent moon and Jupiter are hanging out. There's an old barn and some trees silhouetted by the orange part of the sky.

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Erich Zann ⏚ @chuck-carcosa.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

La cruauté sans borne des "honnêtes gens" est toujours aussi sidérante

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

Diderot is not famous enough outside of France. He may be one of the most important figures of the 18th Century.

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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

La jeunesse: On veut étudier ! Le gouvernement: Salopard, prends ça dans la gueule ! Vouloir apprendre était de plus en plus découragé, voire hors-la-loi. Aboutissement logique, c’est désormais réprimé dans la violence.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

Après un petit malentendu sur Eurosky en face: Petit guide pour les gens qui ne me connaissent pas bien : - Si je préconise le bûcher, c'est que je blague. - Si je préconise la guillotine, c'est que je suis sérieux.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

Not today unfortunately. It was not my usual dentist, nor my usual dental hygienist. It was the other dentist (well, I think she's a dentist... maybe?) and she's not used to deal with me (and she's not confident in her English), and I could feel that she was a bit tense. I was too, because she […]

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

Do you sometimes get sleepy at the dentist's, while he's doing unnameable things into your mouth, or am I just a weirdo? (I basically mentally check out to not think about what's happening and if I'm sleepy, I almost fall asleep.)

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

That was easier (only one difficult one - not the one I messed up) 🗺️ October 5, 2026 5/5 countries in 6/13 guesses 🟢🟢🟢🟡🟢 whereabouts.earth/daily #Whereabouts

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Whereabouts Daily

How many of today's five countries can you guess?

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

That was not good... www.maptap.gg October 5 98🔥 99🔥 98🔥 96🏅 69🙃 Final score: 888

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( o Y o ) @coglut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Un art-gland-ciel #rainbow

10 glands en rang, du vert au noir, posés sur une latte en bois

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

"Why does Japan hate trees so much?" is a question I regularly asks myself. I know the answer sadly. Trees don't produce money, so they're a waste of space in the city. Who cares if they're crucial in making cities breathable, and in reducing the temperature in summer (for these last two points […]

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 05/10/2026

I gave a link to a post from my blog to my students. I just realized that the most curious of them may find the link to this account (and as some are IT students they may even know the Fediverse). Does it mean I need to start using my alt-account to start talking about things I don't want my […]

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

It's not rare that they stay there when it rains, but I also think that they wanted me to go out (I did once, but not twice) as they stayed much longer than usual. When it got dark, Ms Crow left (roosting, I think) and Mr Crow left a minute later (to a tree in the park, I think). A few minutes […]

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

as soon as they see me outside, staring at them or walking in their direction (despite the fact that they're perched high) they fly away. Still, I hope they won't come too often, at least not while Mr Crow is not done molting (the South Crows don't seem to be […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Mr and Ms Crow perched on a cable in front of my window.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

I hope he'll be able to grow new primary feathers soon (this week I learned that the big wing feathers that he often breaks are called "primary feathers") and that he'll be able to keep them more than a couple of months this year. He can fly at the moment, but only short distances. On Thursday […]

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

As you can see in the picture above, Junior is still here from time to time (but not every day). It's fascinating how every juvenile acts differently this time of the year (2023 left late July but returned twice, I never saw 2024 and 2025 again, 2026 seemed […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Mr Crow, molting. His feathers are a gigantic mess.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

#CrowUpdate So, I don't see the crows very much at the moment. First, it's autumn, so they're a bit more mobile than in spring and summer. Also, my old neighbor who loves cleaning the street in the morning (understand: remove any kind of vegetation he can […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Mr, Ms and Junior Crow in the park, walking, eating peanuts or both.

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

One of the longest posts I have written on my newsletter (and it's only part one). I'll save you the suspense, the answer of the question is "no, there is the Fediverse". I try to introduce it in plain English. Feedback is welcome, and sharing it with your friends who are not here yet could be […]

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

Wearing long pants and socks in my house for the first time since... April??? Autumn really is here... (and it's been raining all day after the most wonderful Saturday yesterday) (also, the crows look miserable perched in front of my window - sorry guys, I went out once for you, I won't do it […]

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Guillaume Desbrosse @desbrosseg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🛰️ Il y a 69 ans, le 4 octobre 1957, l'URSS lançait Spoutnik 1 : une boule de 58 cm qui faisait « bip-bip ». Ce qu'on sait moins : ce bip est à l'origine de la navigation par satellite, l'ancêtre du GPS de ton téléphone. Une histoire de déjeuner entre physiciens 🧵⬇️ 📷 NASA

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

Saved by the last one. It's a tough one today. www.maptap.gg October 4 96🏅 86🎓 97🔥 90👑 100🎯 Final score: 946

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David B. :SetouchiExplorer: @david.fediverse.setouchi.social · 04/10/2026

RE: toot.community/@openculture/1173636… I never get tired of this video. (and if you never saw on stage afterwards, make sure to check it out)

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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 03/10/2026

"Watching the Galaxy Rise" de Dustin Bischke. 2ème place dans la catégorie "Nighttime Adventures" du concours photo "Capture the Dark 2026". 📌Waterton, Alberta, Canada darksky.org/what-we-do/e...

Composition montrant la Voie Lactée (et un phénomène atmosphérique appelé "Airglow") au-dessus de la ville Waterton, au Canada.

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