Birna Anna Björnsdóttir
@birnaanna.bsky.social
Writer. Icelander in New York.
Ég er að byrja með röð sjálfstæðra þátta á RÁS 1 kl. 10:15 í fyrramálið. Fyrsti þátturinn hefur yfirskriftina „Dæmd í vændishús“ og þar er rakin saga konu sem fæddist í Hafnarstræti í Reykjavík en varð seinna krimmi og njósnari í útlöndum.
“Lipurt spil hjá Fílbeiningum.” Lipurt málfar hjá íþróttafréttamanni @ruv.is 👌🏻🇨🇮⚽️
What does the whale use to write a follow up to his first novel? A sea quill.
A huge congratulations to my sixth cousin @hildur.bsky.social on her new book Dead Weight, out today! 🥳 Translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com
Hildur Knútsdóttir@hildur.bsky.social · 3mo agoDead Weight is out TODAY! 🎉🥳 It's translated by the very talented @maryrobinettekowal.com, it got a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and a bunch of very nice blurbs from people I admire a LOT. It's available wherever books are sold*! (*In the US, UK rights are still up for grabs!)
A common Icelandic saying is hefur marga fjöruna sopið = has sipped many beaches. It refers to someone who’s been through a lot and grown from it. The origin comes from seals: the mother must bring her young to a beach to drink, and the more beaches a baby seal has drunk at the stronger it becomes.
A common Icelandic saying is hefur marga fjöruna sopið = has sipped many beaches. It refers to someone who’s been through a lot and grown from it. The origin comes from seals: the mother must bring her young to a beach to drink, and the more beaches a baby seal has drunk at the stronger it becomes.
quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap
Leah from South Dakota@leahfromsd.bsky.social · 3mo agoquote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap
A huge component of imposter syndrome is overestimating how qualified everyone else is.
We have a word in Icelandic for when someone eats a lot of blueberries and their mouth turns blue. Berjablár or berry blue.
You haven’t lived until a seagull has taken a hot dog, with only one bite taken out of it so far, from your hand and flown away with it.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3mo agoSeagull facts: The record for the largest number of sandwiches stolen by a seagull in one day is 74. The Chinese word for seagull translates as "the beaked horse who stares". The robust digestive system of seagulls allows them to eat many things weaker birds cannot, including multisockets & kettles.
Finnst að það eigi að vera hægt að gera fólki leik rétt eins og óleik.
Líkurnar á því að það verði rok og rigning þegar sólmyrkvinn kemur? 50-50? Meira, minna?
As both a bookseller and a parent of two teenage boys, trust me: if you want your young men to read enormous books with obsessive zeal, buy them the Dungeon Crawler Carl series (or borrow it from the library).
A marvelously succinct articulation @winterjessica.bsky.social “chatbots are manipulative and dangerous, that A.I.-image generators are loosening our collective grip on reality, that large language models are built atop industrial-scale intellectual-property theft.” www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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Grjónagrautur með óþeyttum rjóma út á. Það var ekkert. #matarblogg
The word narwhal is apparently derived from the Icelandic náhvalur. Nár is dead human body, hvalur is whale. It’s said it’s because medieval sources describe náhvalur using their enormous tooth to eat men who had died at sea. Or, that the gray, pasty skin of náhvalur recalls that of a dead body.
Adam Sharp@adamcsharp.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday is Narwhal Appreciation Day so if you haven't already please sign my petition to have their name changed to "tunacorns"
