David Billa (in Setouchi)
@davidbilla.online
Blogger, Teacher, Father, Immigrant, Friend of Crows, Gallivants around Japan's Art Islands.
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https://davidbilla.net
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One thing that's missing here are #introduction posts for newcomers or welcoming them. I'll start: I'm #French, settled in #Japan. I mostly post about #nature (the good and the bad), my corner of Japan (the one with the #art #islands), #crows and sometimes #English #education in the country.
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A year ago today DAVID LYNCH passed away. One of the most outstanding directors in history, a superlative artist. A unique, extraordinary and timeless cultural figure. Forever in our memory, forever in our hearts. Long live The Greatest.
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A year ago today DAVID LYNCH passed away. One of the most outstanding directors in history, a superlative artist. A unique, extraordinary and timeless cultural figure. Forever in our memory, forever in our hearts. Long live The Greatest.
Most people seem to have forgotten about Covid. Guess what?Covid hasn't forgotten about people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#Covid #PublicHealth
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#Covid #PublicHealth
Public health collapsing as COVID pandemic enters its 7th year
The systematic dismantling of public health services in the United States, including childhood vaccinations that have saved millions of lives, is a historic crime committed by the US ruling elite.
www.wsws.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Most people seem to have forgotten about Covid. Guess what?Covid hasn't forgotten about people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#Covid #PublicHealth
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#Covid #PublicHealth
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After seeing the US invade Venezuela, I knew I had to take an episode to break down why digital sovereignty is even more essential.
But also how working to get off US tech myself has led me to question whether I really need all this tech in the first place.
But also how working to get off US tech myself has led me to question whether I really need all this tech in the first place.
Tech Won’t Save Us is back from a holiday break — and that means it’s time to set the stage for the year ahead!
This week @parismarx.com lays out his big focuses for this year: digital sovereignty and rethinking the tech we personally depend on.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/311_...
This week @parismarx.com lays out his big focuses for this year: digital sovereignty and rethinking the tech we personally depend on.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/311_...
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
After seeing the US invade Venezuela, I knew I had to take an episode to break down why digital sovereignty is even more essential.
But also how working to get off US tech myself has led me to question whether I really need all this tech in the first place.
But also how working to get off US tech myself has led me to question whether I really need all this tech in the first place.
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Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
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January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It was kind of a secret, but now that's it's time for such reveals, it turns out that Obama gave me his Nobel Peace Prize. Malala wanted to give me hers too, but I politely declined, I thought it would have made people jealous if they found out I had two of those. (in additions to the three Oscars)
Most people don’t know this because we didn’t make a big deal of it, but Marie Curie gave me her Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She just said my chemistry was next level. Those were her words. “Next level.”
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
It was kind of a secret, but now that's it's time for such reveals, it turns out that Obama gave me his Nobel Peace Prize. Malala wanted to give me hers too, but I politely declined, I thought it would have made people jealous if they found out I had two of those. (in additions to the three Oscars)
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Arrived in Mikasa. -5C currently. Not much wind. So, happy days.
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Arrived in Mikasa. -5C currently. Not much wind. So, happy days.
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Sensationalized news coverage and inflammatory social media posts are making the Japanese more fearful than they need to be.
Japan is safe. Why do the Japanese feel unsafe?
Crime is low but anxiety is rising, fueled by demographics, social media and perception gaps shaping how safety is felt.
ebx.sh
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Sensationalized news coverage and inflammatory social media posts are making the Japanese more fearful than they need to be.
Time for some music and today I'm going to surprise a few of you with some... mainstream Japanese music! Yes, you heard me right, these past couple of months, I stumbled upon a #Jpop singer that doesn't make me irrationally angry but quite the contrary.
davidbilla.net/aina-the-end...
#music #Japan
davidbilla.net/aina-the-end...
#music #Japan
Aina The End - Kakumei Dōchū / On the Way
An unexpected song in "Music for the Next Generation" today, as it is truly music FROM the next generation.
davidbilla.net
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Time for some music and today I'm going to surprise a few of you with some... mainstream Japanese music! Yes, you heard me right, these past couple of months, I stumbled upon a #Jpop singer that doesn't make me irrationally angry but quite the contrary.
davidbilla.net/aina-the-end...
#music #Japan
davidbilla.net/aina-the-end...
#music #Japan
I don't know how I escaped it for so many years, but that's it. It has happened! I can check it off my "Japan Bucket List".
What am I talking about?
Having to fill up an administrative document on... Excel...
#Japan #LifeInJapan
What am I talking about?
Having to fill up an administrative document on... Excel...
#Japan #LifeInJapan
January 15, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I don't know how I escaped it for so many years, but that's it. It has happened! I can check it off my "Japan Bucket List".
What am I talking about?
Having to fill up an administrative document on... Excel...
#Japan #LifeInJapan
What am I talking about?
Having to fill up an administrative document on... Excel...
#Japan #LifeInJapan
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Organized Chaos ~ 📷 ~ Antje Woolum
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Organized Chaos ~ 📷 ~ Antje Woolum
Antidepressants or Tolkien characters?
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app
My score: 21/24.
I blame some Gondorian names, I was thinking too much in Elvish.
#Tolkien #medicine
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app
My score: 21/24.
I blame some Gondorian names, I was thinking too much in Elvish.
#Tolkien #medicine
Antidepressants or Tolkien's character?
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Antidepressants or Tolkien characters?
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app
My score: 21/24.
I blame some Gondorian names, I was thinking too much in Elvish.
#Tolkien #medicine
antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app
My score: 21/24.
I blame some Gondorian names, I was thinking too much in Elvish.
#Tolkien #medicine
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A short, transcribed article on the 88 Henro pilgrimage on Shikoku, and other pilgrimages in Japan, dating from 1956. grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/a...
A glimpse of the Shikoku pilgrimage in the early 1950s; and a summary of other pilgrimages that are still extant.
One of my research sources that I’ve collected for constant reference are the This Is Japan annuals that were published from 1954 to 1971 by the Asahi Shimbun and edited by Torao Sato. In 195…
grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
A short, transcribed article on the 88 Henro pilgrimage on Shikoku, and other pilgrimages in Japan, dating from 1956. grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/a...
In case you're still wondering which side they're on.
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...
#EU #Google #Microsoft #FarRight
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...
#EU #Google #Microsoft #FarRight
US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
www.brusselstimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In case you're still wondering which side they're on.
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...
#EU #Google #Microsoft #FarRight
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...
#EU #Google #Microsoft #FarRight
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Incroyable, quand on prive des espèces de leur nourriture et des milieux où elles vivent, elles disparaissent.
Là où les pesticides sont le plus vendus, les oiseaux reculent
Là où les pesticides sont le plus vendus, les oiseaux reculent
En croisant deux bases de données, portant sur la commercialisation de pesticides en France et le suivi des oiseaux communs, une étude publiée mercredi mesure le rôle des produits phytosanitaires dans l’effondrement de la biodiversité.
www.lemonde.fr
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Incroyable, quand on prive des espèces de leur nourriture et des milieux où elles vivent, elles disparaissent.
So, snap elections it is.
Will it be a good thing? (LDP loses its majority even more and goodbye Takaichi) or will it be a very bad thing? (the LDP regains an actual majority and we're stuck with her for many years, and... well, she'll actually become the Japanese Thatcher)
#Japan #JapanPolitics
Will it be a good thing? (LDP loses its majority even more and goodbye Takaichi) or will it be a very bad thing? (the LDP regains an actual majority and we're stuck with her for many years, and... well, she'll actually become the Japanese Thatcher)
#Japan #JapanPolitics
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
So, snap elections it is.
Will it be a good thing? (LDP loses its majority even more and goodbye Takaichi) or will it be a very bad thing? (the LDP regains an actual majority and we're stuck with her for many years, and... well, she'll actually become the Japanese Thatcher)
#Japan #JapanPolitics
Will it be a good thing? (LDP loses its majority even more and goodbye Takaichi) or will it be a very bad thing? (the LDP regains an actual majority and we're stuck with her for many years, and... well, she'll actually become the Japanese Thatcher)
#Japan #JapanPolitics
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love this for Warhammer, James Workshop has done it again
frvr.com/blog/warhamm...
frvr.com/blog/warhamm...
Warhammer company Games Workshop bans Generative AI for all content to “respect our human creators”
Games Workshop has banned the use of Generative AI for future Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 content as the studio strives to protect artists.
frvr.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
love this for Warhammer, James Workshop has done it again
frvr.com/blog/warhamm...
frvr.com/blog/warhamm...
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Also, report it for... well, you have many options: violence, racism, hate speech and whatnot.
January 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Also, report it for... well, you have many options: violence, racism, hate speech and whatnot.