Agissons pour le #Loup ! Vous avez jusqu’au 19/12 pour donner votre avis sur la consultation publique dédiée au nouvel arrêté proposé par l’État, amenuisant toujours plus la protection réelle de l’espèce en France. Plus d’informations sur le site de nos amis de #Ferus : www.ferus.fr/actualite/le...

En partageant cette vidéo, c'est pas 10 minutes de votre temps que je demande, mais 2h20! Toutefois, je pense que ça les vaut. Peut-être une des meilleures explications des enjeux (climatiques, sociaux, économiques, etc) des prochaines années. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ply... #climat #société

Sometimes I think about the fact that an individual (or a small group of individuals) actually invented the wheel, or agriculture, or melting metal to make objects with it, etc and it's one of the most mind-blowing thing... Another beyond mind-blowing (but this one is highly hypothetical) […]

Looking out over Kotohira 琴平町 from the steps that lead to Konpira こんぴらさん. Nov. 2025. #Japan #Kagawa #Shikoku #Shrine #Shinto @bskyphotos.bsky.social

I "love" how all those travel sites and whatnot "sell" Naoshima and Teshima. Being alone on Naoshima... 🙄 That would be awesome, indeed. We'll need another pandemic for it to happen again, but y'all won't be able to experience it.

A Bald Eagle gives me a look as he/she passes by and heads out to the lake, perhaps to do some fishing or duck hunting.

Back streets at night in #Osaka #Japan -- #exploring #streetphotography #nightphotography

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

Tom Stoppard has died. 😢 I'd lie if I said I read a lot from him, but in college I fell in love with his play Arcadia, to the point that I spent several weeks translating it, just because (the things we'd do before the internet and social media). Of course, it was officially translated shortly […]

Remember "The Line" in Saudi Arabia? Yes, I too had forgotten about it. Well. We can now safely completely forget about it after filing it under "another absurd failed idea from the oligarchy and its hubris." #Capitalism #SaudiArabia #Hubris

In the company of giants.

Des dizaines de hérissons en détresse à cause d'un automne trop doux Les perturbations climatiques ont des effet sur les hérissons qui devraient déjà être en train d'hiberner. Trop maigres, malades ou encore déshydratés, beaucoup sont trop fragiles pour le […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Asked a scientist friend how work was and he just groaned and said that "every single day, A.I. was crawling up his butt." It's not a pleasant image. But it tracks.

No tourists! I went to Naoshima with my daughter and we basically had all the museums for ourselves. I had to go to Kyoto one day (I'm sad it was only a day trip) and it was magical. I could experience the historical part of the city the way people only fantasize about it.

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you

In which I republish and comment on some of the numbers recently published in a "report" about this year's Setouchi Triennale. #art #Japan #SetouchiTriennale

Death rates soar among farmed oysters around Seto Inland Sea [Japan] An official said the prevailing theory is that “oysters simultaneously exposed to high water temperatures and high salinity environments have suffered physiological disorders.” The death rate this year has reached 60 to 90 […]

More than 700,000 homes across the ten English councils now governed by Reform UK are projected to face medium or higher flood risk by the middle of the century... That is roughly one in five households in the party’s local strongholds.

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Teshima. 2019. #Kagawa #SetoInlandSea #Setouchi

Seto Inland Sea, near Takamatsu. 2019. #seascape #BlueskyArt #photography #Japan @bskyphotos.bsky.social#seascape

Alerte publi #CorneillesParis : l'oléorésine de poivre noir est un répulsif efficace de semences pour limiter les dégâts sur les cultures par les corvidés, par Amal Chantoufi, bientôt docteure en écologie @cesco-lab.bsky.social @recherche.mnhn.fr scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?

Do like a good cityscape. Takamatsu, from Mt Yashima.

Deadly H5 bird flu detected on remote Australian island. The deadly H5 strain has been found on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, officials say, though it doesn’t “substantially” raise the risk to Australia. Heard Island sits over 4,000 km southwest of Perth and 1,700 km north of Antarctica.

A Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides) from NE Louisiana. These small (<24in) kingsnakes are mimics of the venomous Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) and a joy to photograph. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿

Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test. youtu.be/J_RTnd3Smy8?...

Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.

Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date

A fascist happy to meet another fascist.

Walking home after a long day reminds me how much I enjoy living in Tokyo. My daily 10,000 steps let me feel the city’s ever-changing rhythms. Its resilience comes from its adaptability and flexible planning rules that foster innovation and experimentation.

Now that I'm done overthinking about my computers installations, I'm back at overthinking whether I should merge my Mastodon accounts into one, and whether I should do the same with most of my blogs? (the original plans were no and yes, but now I'm second guessing myself)

Ladies and gentlemen, The world may be ending, but my new primary computer now runs Linux. I thought the people here would appreciate. (Now I need to install it on my old desktop - which I also need to physically install in my office downstairs - but that will be for another day).

African buffalo are one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. They can way 900 kg and are apparently considered grumpy. I’d be grumpy too if I had to carry a bunch of yelling red-billed oxpeckers around all the time! This bull was slowly eating his way down the Sabi River in Kruger Park, SA

The fact that you can’t turn off AI search summaries is such a red flag. Doesn’t seem like a normal and non-desperate way to roll out an experimental feature.

Maybe you don't realize it if you live in Europe because the decline is gradual. But going there only every few years, it shocked me. When I compare the number of dead bugs on my car when driving the exact same route at the same exact same time of the day/night and of the year every few years ⤵️

My wife is obsessed with donuts. My son is obsessed with Pokémon. Mr Donuts took note. #japan #donuts #Pokémon

Japanese inflation/shrinkflation is even hitting office calendars! I bought the one for next year, and it's smaller than last year's for the same price. If I wanted the same size, I'd be 300 yen more (this has nothing to do with the difference in model […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Japan's fight FOR global warming is quite a sight. A sad one. https://climatenetwork.org/resource/fossil-of-the-day-japan/ #japan #climateemergency #climatechange

Marugame. Seto Inland Sea. 2025. #seascape #BlueSkyMonday #BlueSkyArt #photography #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

I saw a very healthy-looking coyote this afternoon.

Watch out 😯

What the fuck does that even mean? This government's xenophobia is so idiotic. Especially this new minister, her face screams "I'm a moron who doesn't know anything about anything."

China’s response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s lack of ambiguity on Taiwan has been immediate and extreme, and it is threatening to turn a diplomatic spat into a regional crisis. Our latest on the Japan-China tensions: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Good evening. #japan #seascape #evening #setoinlandsea

Lorsque, sur Terre, nous nous extasions de la beauté des aurores (qu'on peut parfois même observer depuis l'Hexagone), au même moment, dans l'espace, les capteurs des satellites scientifiques (ici EUCLID) sont saturés de particules solaires. Aïe ! 😣

I prioritise BOTH. And you? Because if you're foolish enough to think it's one or the other, you should understand that killing off nature will be the death of us too.

Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”