David in Setouchi

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Blogger, Teacher, Father, Immigrant.

Gallivants on the Seto Inland Sea art islands.
Teaches English at a Japanese university.
Raises two wonderful kids that drive him nuts.
Doesn't read nearly enough these days.
Writes things. Tries to be better at it, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

Homepagehttps://www.davidbilla.net/
Japan, Art & Islandshttps://www.setouchiexplorer.com/
Newsletterhttps://liminalweb.substack.com/
More linkshttps://bio.link/davidbilla
David in SetouchiJan 8, 2023

Alright, it's time to move instances once again (I'll try to not do that every six months now, promise).

Find me @David (if you already follow me, you have nothing to do if all goes well)

David in SetouchiJan 6, 2023
The Mainichi 🤖Jan 6, 2023
Editorial: Japan needs new strategies for sustainable post-COVID tourism growth https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230106/p2a/00m/0op/020000c
Editorial: Japan needs new strategies for sustainable post-COVID tourism growth - The Mainichi

How will Japan rebuild its tourism industry after the blows inflicted on it by the COVID-19 pandemic? Strategies that will lead to stable growth are e

The Mainichi
David in SetouchiJan 6, 2023
The Mainichi 🤖Jan 6, 2023
3 types of Japanese abalone species at risk of extinction: int'l org. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230106/p2g/00m/0sc/021000c
3 types of Japanese abalone species at risk of extinction: int'l org. - The Mainichi

MONTREAL (Kyodo) -- Twenty species of abalone shellfish are threatened with extinction, including three found off Japan, according to an international

The Mainichi
David in SetouchiJan 6, 2023

Saga Manholes

https://www.ojisanjake.com/2023/01/saga-manholes.html

#Japan #manhole #Saga

Saga Manholes

A series of decorative manhole covers from Saga City

David in SetouchiJan 5, 2023

Why does Japan hate trees so much?

https://www.liminalweb.site/japan-hates-trees/

#Japan #trees

Japan hates trees - liminal web

Why does Japan hate trees so much?

liminal web
David in SetouchiJan 5, 2023

Alright, when I started becoming active on Mastodon, I created a few different accounts (to see how the whole thing works, to test several instances, etc). Time to merge a few.

I think I'll still keep two English accounts (one more serious - this one - one less - the one @zirk.us). I will probably move this one to my account at spore.social. Any reason why I should keep it on this instance? I don't dislike it, far from it, but choices need to be made.

David in SetouchiJan 4, 2023

What kind of rabbit hole am I getting into this morning instead of getting ready for work? You may be wondering.

Oh, nothing, just discussing French grammatical gender with some English speakers... And my coffee is getting cold again (this has become the sign I need to pay attention to for spending too much time on social media in the morning)

#French #English #grammar #languages

David in SetouchiJan 4, 2023
JonathanJan 4, 2023
The Shawnee shipwreck just south of Sandwich Harbour. The ship ran aground under mysterious circumstances in 1976. Skeleton Coast, #Namibia. @Lizet_Grobbelaar
David in SetouchiJan 4, 2023
Carl T. BergstromJan 4, 2023

There's a "gotcha" meme going around. It asks you to "divide 20 by half and add 10", and then mocks those who answer 20 instead of 50 for their poor math skills.

This is silly. It has nothing to do with math skills, and everything to do with how people choose to interpret ungrammatical English expression for a mathematical operation.

The key observation is that we don't say "divide by half." We say "divide IN half" or "divide by ONE half".

David in SetouchiJan 4, 2023

That one time I visited the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

https://www.liminalweb.site/french-ministry-for-europe-and-foreign-affairs-in-paris/

#Paris #France

French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris - liminal web

This post is about a short visit I made to the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the late 2000s.

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