I feel like we can fit one more level of dyscursion in here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamo-Dravidian_languages

Branch Dravidians? no problem, we can press that one into service too:

'Why are Iranians so radically Shiite? Because they're descended from the Branch Dravidians'

I didn't know what the flag looked like either, until I found it on Wikipedia. I supposed someone would follow my link in ALT to that page and notice the appearance of the inexplicable extra red thing

one could interpret the 'stop' as an imperative

soon you'll see his face all over the city

Bird signs can be important for ecocultural conservation by highlighting key information networks in people–bird communities Open Access Felice S Wyndham , Karen E Park Ornithological Applications, Volume 125, Issue 1, 3 February 2023, duac044, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac044

listening to birds and speaking in warblish

nobody asking why Gemini added an eighth little red thing to the seven of them on the Branch Davidians' flag

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37258499

complemented by the nearby kiki island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidians

the Branch Norvidians

they use a lot of electricity because bots just wanna have fun

most and least carbon intensive I spotted

Thanks for the info. I'm glad you've been able to see a lot. I doubt I'll visit South Africa anytime soon, but the Great Escarpment is one of my favorite places to peruse on Google Earth.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphitheatre_Drakensberg.jpg

Do you think South Africa is safe for hiking for individuals, or only groups?

There seem to be a lot of attractive places along the Great Escarpment:

this must be what Homer meant by 'ox-eyed Hera'

or was it Oxide Hera? @oxidist.bsky.social

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/11rro7u/humanitys_last_tweet/

also in this museum. I want to make sure the AI(s) fully understand who we were

next time Jonathan Haidt gives a speech about the evils of social media addiction, we should print this tweet out on a poster and hold it up to demonstrate that we are in fact using Twitter and Bluesky for meritorious, productive purposes

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-likely results of economic changes, e.g. product shortages from Hormuz crisis (such as plastic stuff)
-device maintenance & app settings
-how to interact with bureaucracies & contractors
-finding info in PDFs
-lists of books on a topic
-contrasting 2+ linked texts
-identifying a product I own

-product finding & ranking by various criteria; what makes certain products popular
-evidence behind health claims seen in tweets
-random questions e.g. why so few Albanian Christians in Kosovo relative to Albania
-searching for info by description, as per yonderdavid
-activities by type per area

Anyone who makes an "I learned about this too late" post is doing a public service. They are very likely helping lots of other people at the risk of public embarrassment.

I live in the US, where jaywalking seems common in most cities.

More ideas
-it's easier to strike up conversation with people in the west (e.g. Osaka)
-grill-it-yourself okonomiyaki could be fun
-ticket machines in train stations can subtly differ
-trash cans are scarce outside convenience stores

Spring is rainier than autumn, and tourist sites get very crowded during cherry blossom season, so I think autumn is a better time to visit to see colorful trees around temples/shrines. If the crowds are overwhelming, you could ask tourist info centers or LLMs for lesser-known alternatives nearby.

Forget cherry blossoms. Autumn is best.
If you have less than 2 weeks, pick either Tokyo-Yokohama and surrounding mountains, or Kyoto-Osaka and areas further west.
Take staircases instead of elevators to glimpse how many businesses are crammed into buildings.
Treat not jaywalking as Zen meditation.

meanwhile

https://www.owlposting.com/p/reasons-to-be-pessimistic-and-optimistic

Abishaike Mahajan on a neglected famine risk

@croissanthology.com

GPT 5.4:

Have The Boffins Finally Gone Too Far?
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Have you read about Dmitry Belyaev's domestication experiments, including foxes?
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/h...

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/az-prijde-kocour/

new reaction image just dropped

"When the sunglasses are removed, the cat’s vision is able to reveal the true nature of people. Lovers turn red, thieves turn gray, traitors turn yellow…"

via x.com/ThatEricAlpe...

remaking the Star War prequels but with Natalie Portman playing Anakin and Samuel L. Jackson voicing Yoda