I'm watching For All Mankind season 5. I'm a few episodes behind, and what happened in episode 3 surprised me. I mean, not that it happened, but the fact that it happened so early in the season. Beautiful episode, though. ⤵️ #forallmankind

This awkward moment when you want to take a nap, but you have a class in 15 minutes. Why do they schedule classes during nap-time, I'm asking you? This is so inconsiderate.

RE: https://famichiki.jp/@unseenjapan/116451284255133416 I blame Takaichi for this.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@selfcaregentle/116451278652942071 Even better on the Fediverse, you can craft your own social media experience to protect yourself from all the shit from the news that some people feel compelled to share.

RE: https://toot.community/@openculture/116451105098139797 I've been fascinated by those symbols for years. Since first seeing them in the French caves, I've been convinced that they "had to" be symbols and a precursor of writing. The paleontologist with whom I discussed this - as a good […]

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Me this morning in class: "How do you find information on the internet?" Most of the class: "with Google" Only one kid: "with AI." I was gladly surprised (but they were law students, answers would have been different with some other majors." Me: "Let's practice searching in English without […]

The U.K. is to ban smoking for anyone born after 2008. A final draft of legislation making it illegal for shops to sell tobacco to anyone born after Jan. 1 2009 is ready for royal assent. Ministers will also have new powers to regulate tobacco, vaping and nicotine products. Here's more from […]

In which I argue that "AI" as we understand it today is a structurally fascist artifact. https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

We all already knew that the US was racist as fuck, but the internalized racism that never stops blowing me away is how everyone, especially "progressives" have embraced the term "people of color" when it's truly the most racist way you can call a non-white person. #unitedstates #racism

Silicon Valley Bros are not like us. And this is why they don't want us to have nice things and why we need to stop them […]

Mais qui est donc cette Fabienne ? https://metaphorismes.com/fabienne/ #cartespostales

#CrowUpdate I spent a few minutes with Mr Crow this morning. I assume that his damaged wings make him tired. He came, ate one peanut, hid the other one, and went on his merry way, not caring about me anymore after that (usually he hangs out). But I assume he […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

Of *course* I’m a GenXer

RE: https://mastodon.social/@madduci/116437669181277009 Hoping my phone lasts one more year (and that plane tickets don't cost two arms and two legs anymore) so I can buy one there next year. Or even better, hoping that it forces phone companies to just change the design of their phones […]

A thing that many people don't want to see and admit is that Japan is in fact quite ugly... https://glitched.earth/ugly-japan/ #japan #lifeinjapan #urbanism

I solved the daily #cluesbysam, Apr 20th 2026 (Easy), in 05:16 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

Traffic on my WordPress sites is insane right now. My Setouchi site got 400 visitors yesterday (those are numbers at the height of the Triennale, not off-season numbers). One site that never reached 100 views a day when it was active is reaching them daily right now (despite being inactive). But […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/116430668280697051 I guess there's a positive point to this war?

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Seto Inland Sea in the Spring. #japan #Seascape #SetoInlandSea #spring

#crowupdate I saw Mr Crow a couple of times yesterday (just not close nor in the park, as it was full of screaming children, including my son's friend - that kid is loud). He can fly, but barely (mostly downward). This morning Ms Crow was moving quite a bit in the nest, which could indicate that […]

Best version of Heresy I've ever heard! #NineInchNails #NineInchNoize #Coachella #Coachella2026

If you like amazing music the Nine Inch Noize set is about to start! It's on the "Sahara Stage" live on YouTube (#coachella channel) #music #coachella2026 #nineinchnails

The guy DJing before NIN is kind of shit. (that set is not live but recorded earlier, his name is Teed) I don't totally get the concept of a DJ concert. #coachella

Note to self: double check and triple check what time Nine Inch Nails is playing at Coachella today (Japan time) so that I don't miss them like last week. #music #nineinchnails #coachella

Dear friends and contacts whose Japanese is much better than mine. I'm starting to see a flourish of "news" articles saying that Japan will now call days with more than 40°C "cruelly hot day" and seeing how all "news" site repeat the same thing, I assume they're just all using each other as a […]

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Star Wars (1977): Early French advertisement in Le Film Français, in 1976 So early that the official French title "La Guerre des étoiles" doesn't even exist yet.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought #climate #climateemergency

Je continue de nettoyer mes archives (comprendre : recycler de vieux posts dans mon nouveau blog/newsletter auquel je vous conseille de vous abonner) aujourd'hui Byodo-in. https://metaphorismes.com/byodo-in-a-uji-pres-de-kyoto/ #japon #kyoto #uji

Nagano? You okay? #japan #earthquake

I'm going to sound like an old guy with "back in my days" and such, but I've been watching Coachella, and I'm saddened by the lack of stage presence of most younger performers. Some gimmicks, but no stage presence... #coachella #music

Ready to be musically blown away? https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_me_hi8rI6FJwm60hgzWHBgV34phZSgCxg #music #nineinchnails #nineinchnoize

Dear friends and contacts whose Japanese is much better than mine. I'm starting to see a flourish of "news" articles saying that Japan will now call days with more than 40°C "cruelly hot day" and seeing how all "news" site repeat the same thing, I assume they're just all using each other as a […]

Hmmm.... 🤔 Do I expect it to be a good movie ? No. But I find the trailer intriguing, as if it had the potential to be a good surprise. Why do I even care? It turns out I played this game quite a lot in high school, and well, nostalgia, I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VURvt9blMuE […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@nationalgeographic/animals-et7cccbnz/-/a-myFjW0T6S3Kej9FHr3dtnQ%3Aa%3A3199501-%2F0 And this is because of headlines like this that people misunderstand evolution. No animal evolve to do anything. Animals (and plants) mutate. Mutations are random. Most mutations do […]

#CrowUpdate I know, I'm not posting many of those at the moment. Ms. Crow spends her days in the nest. I don't think the eggs have hatched yet, but it could happen soon. And I don't see Mr. Crow much. I'm afraid that once again, he can't fly anymore. I never […] [Original post on setouchi.social]

"Sam Altman calls for calmer AI debate after home attack." I've said it for years, the only way for the oligarchy to listen to us is to make them fear for their lives. It's a sad state of affairs, but it's a fact.

Coming soon!!! (and it seems that my boy Zeb is going to make more than just a cameo in this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwild1rw7Aw #movies #starwars #themandalorian

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#bluesky right now "We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos" It's always regino

Oh jeez, a new track from Massive Attack! https://youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE Tom Waits' voice perfect for this, to my mind. And that's the percussion from Earth Died Screaming, too, unless I'm mistaken? And good grief that's some great photography by thefinaleye in the video, too. #music

https://leonid-tishkov.blogspot.com/2026/03/dark-side-od-moon.html #art #moon #leonidtishkov

Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos. For the record, I don't generally sell my photos, here or anywhere else. But even if I did, I fail to see why that would be a problem. Preventing artists from making a living is a strange hill to want to die on.

Finally, the crew of the Susan Constant has landed on Mars!!! https://glitched.earth/is-there-life-on-mars-part-nine/ The final act of the story is for subscribers-only. Sorry about that (and blame AI bots and scrapers who are ruining the free web for this) but honestly, if you already follow […]

I got some bittersweet news. Watering my Tillandsia this morning, I noticed that one of them (one of my oldest ones - I've had it for 4-5 years, I believe) is about to bloom. "Bittersweet" because tillandsia are those kinds of plants that only bloom once in […] [Original post on gram.social]

RE: https://famichiki.jp/@mainichi/116411262712631847 Fun fact: The Japanese Alps is one of the places with the most snowfall in the world. #japan

I can't wait to hear and watch the entire set of Nine Inch Noize at Coachella. Next weekend if I time it right? Maybe? https://davidbilla.net/nine-inch-noize-heresy-coachella-2026/ #music #nineinchnails #nineinchnoize #coachella