Notices by Coralie Mercier (koalie@mastodon.social)

Today I encountered for the first time not far from my house Acacia podalyriifolia, or Pearl acacia – a tree that looks like a hybrid between a regular mimosa tree and a eucalyptus.

> “native to Australia but also naturalised in Malaysia, Africa, India and South America”

AND southeast France! 😁

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

#florespondence #fleuristonfil #mimosa

> “When interacting with someone from another culture, try to watch more, listen more, and speak less. Listen before you speak and learn before you act.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

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> “If you go into every interaction assuming that culture doesn't matter, your default mechanism will be to view others through your own cultural lens and to judge or misjudge them accordingly.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

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> “The same (*) applies to many African cultures, including those found in Kenya and Zimbabwe, and to a lesser degree Latin American cultures (such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina) and Latin European cultures (such as Spain, Italy, Portugal) including France.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

(*) https://mastodon.social/@koalie/113817357304028608

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> “in many Asian cultures, including India, China, Japan, and Indonesia, messages are often conveyed implicitly, requiring the listener to read between the lines. Good communication is subtle, layered, and may depend on copious subtext, with responsibility for transmission of the message shared between the one sending the message and the one receiving it.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

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> “In the United States and other Anglo-Saxon cultures, people are trained (mostly subconsciously) to communicate as literally and explicitly as possible. Good communication is all about clarity and explicitness, and accountability for accurate transmission of the message is placed firmly on the communicator:
‘If you don't understand, it's my fault.’”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

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> “every year in Japan there is a vote for the most popular new word. A few years ago, the word of the year was "KY." It stands for kuuki yomenai, which means "one who cannot read the air"—in other words, a person sorely lacking the ability to read between the lines. In Japan if you can't read the air, you are not a good listener.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

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Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?

@dansup 🫶 I’m sorry there are jerks targeting you personally and your work. I hope you take solace in something. Not everyone is an asshole. Thank you for being you and doing what you do.

@slothrop I wrote up suggestions for a friend a while back (updated the visitor sim card section this year after my last trip). I didn’t include budget aspects so much though (Japan is expensive but you can get by.)
I recommend!
Japan is splendid, elegant, safe, peculiar, and the Japanese are nice.

https://blog.koalie.net/2015/03/07/vacationing-tips-and-suggestions-for-japan/

#wrapstodon

> the “lurker” is someone who posts, replies, and boosts less than a certain amount a year
> the “cool-hunter” is someone who boosts more than twice what they post
> the “pollster” is someone whose posts are at least 10% polls
> the “social butterfly” is someone who replies more than they post themselves
> the “oracle” is a person that does not fall into any of these categories

cf. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32709#issuecomment-2470024713

#InspirationalQuoteNOT
> "when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agenda or knowledgeably question those in authority; when […] our critical faculties [are] in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness."

~ Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1995

@slothrop schnee? Nein, Schni!
…
… Schni - schna -schnappi! Schnappi schnappi schnap!
(Entschuldigung)

#autumn 🍂

Brown, yellow and green ferns catching the late afternoon sunlight through pine trees.

#photography #iPhonePhotography #esterel #forest

Today I enjoyed an easy ride on my #eMTB in the #esterel as it was a lovely #autumn day ☺️

I put my 20 photos in a 71-second musical slideshow.

↔️ 32 km, ⏱️ 1:58, ↗️ 470 m, 🚴♀️💨 16 km/h

Home -> Maure vieil, Cadière, Notre-Dame, Grues, Monges, La Rague -> home
https://www.sports-tracker.com/workout/coraliemercier/67322c7fc25a651012594783

#BikeTooter #vttae #vtt06 #vtt83 #DailyExercise

#caturday

What’s the first thing that came to your mind?

#cat #CatsOfMastodon #siberiancat #MickeyRaccoon

@joachim (pourtant j’ai pas l’habitude de souhaiter la mort des gens !)

@joachim 🙋

@purr dans leur communication aux clients, #FreeFr a indiqué avoir déjà fait la déclaration auprès de la CNIL. Qu’est-ce que la procédure dont vous parlez fait de différent ?

cc: @ap10336

@purr 👍@ap10336