Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

We are so, so small. #Artemis

What a quarter!

I moved to Japan last week 🇯🇵

Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Ren

youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc?...

Oh, that is a good idea!

I only learned today that this language exists.

Today I discovered Toki Pona — a minimalist constructed language with ~140 words.
No verb tenses, no inflections, meaning built through context and simple combinations.
Less about efficiency, more about slowing down how you think.
Kind of fascinating.

What a year!

But somehow, all this transparency weakens his acting 🎭
Also, I looked into the director, Omer Aloni: the color work is pleasant, but he fails to elevate the song’s originality, turning the clip into something entirely clichéd.

He wrote the song himself—and it’s beautifully written. Intelligent.
The rhythms are very well chosen. Strong musical ear.
Highly aware. Sensitive.
Able to accept the flow. Brave.

Asaf Avidan - The Call of the Flow (Official Video) YouTube video by Asaf Avidan

youtu.be/xvQ6DZMXxiE?...

My red flags are red fractals.

If you’re looking for the great writers of our time, they’re in SOFTWARE. Whittaker, that metaphor hit hard...

Whoever does not care about the source of knowledge, should not care about the knowledge itself either.

Productive day

I am a pro hard-way-chooser

1日:

未 not yet
末 the end of
艹 grass
⺃ is a abbr of 乙

-12日:

月 moon, month, organ
占 fortune telling
口 mouth
舌 tongue
大 oo
朋 companion
卓 table
品 goods

All numbers

-11日:

貝 seashell
真 true
旧 olden times
旦 daybreak
昌 prosperous
冒 risk
肖 resemblance
頁 page
工 craft
古 old
只 tada

-8日:

刃 blade
丸 round
凡 mediocre
力 or 刂 power
可 perhaps
句 phrase
少 sukunai
小 chiisai
専 specialty

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勺 18 ml shaku
合 180 ml gou
升 1.8 L shou
斗 18L to
石 180L koku

-7日2:

己 (ki) — oneself (Yin Earth)
庚 (kō) — hard metal (Yang Metal)
辛 (shin) — bitter, blade (Yin Metal)
壬 (jin) — water, deep flow (Yang Water)
癸 (ki) — last, small drop of water (Yin Water)

-7日1:

丁 street
了 complete
子 child
夕 evening
有 possess
白 white

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甲 (kō) — armor, wood (Yang Wood)
乙 (otsu) — second, slender branch (Yin Wood)
丙 (hei) — third, fire (Yang Fire)
丁 (tei) — nail, small fire (Yin Fire)
戊 (bo) — earthen mound (Yang Earth)

-6日:

亘 span
向 compass
原 meadow
願 onegaishimasu

-5日:

女 women
男 man
奇 strange

-4日:

石 stone
光 hikari (light, ray)
太 fat
兄 ani
況して still more, not to mention

-3日:

水 or 氵 mizu
同 same

-2日:

土 soil
里 ri 厘 rin
圧 pressure

-1日:

火 fire
灬 oven
黒 black

日:

宀 ie (house)
尚 nao (still)
木 tree
卆 90, soldier: ishi -> smash & tree -> frame

I will expose a kanji tree in this thread.

But since today is not my first day I will use a symbolism. 日 is today, -2日 is 2 days ago and 5日 is 5 days later. I will start from today and when I remember past days I will add them, too.

-3日,-2日,-1日,日,1日,2日,3日, ... will be the timeline.