Candace Robb
@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
Slips between medieval York & the Pacific NW without warning. Writer. Owen Archer & Kate Clifford mysteries. Rep'd by @JVNLA Owned by The Maggie. Talks to trees. Reveres crows & owls. Seattle Insight Meditation she/her www.candacerobbbooks.com
All this 'oh you must use AI, it's the second coming' has me scratching my head. I LOVE everything about researching & writing my books. I love that the work drives me crazy, invades my dreams, interrupts my walks. I love the challenge. This is living! Pity they've given up on themselves.
Hahahahahaha I wanted to type something here but I'm laughing too hard "could you still get through an entire workday" what the fuck, man, you just sharpied "I am incompetent" on your forehead.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 15h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Something fun on a smoky morning. Also, while watering the garden I met a sweet English sheepdog named Charlie. He's a leaner. Now my joggers smell of DOG. Maggie is not amused. 🙀
Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 3d agoA lovely little bit of physics that you might have spotted if you ever play with a slinky. We should all play more, because we should all embrace our curiosity. And finding out how the physical world works is fun!
Love this. It's so true, that when we have studied a field we know what we don't yet know.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2d agoIt requires expertise to be able to say, “I do not know the answer to that question, and that is becauae thus far scholarly consensus is that we do not have the knowledge needed at this time to answer that question.” Sometimes “I don’t know” is a far more rigorous answer than people might think.
The berating of Fauci this past week has brought back memories of early COVID days. I want to shout out to @spl.org for the creative ways you devised for us to borrow books, the surprise sacks of books for children. You came through for us when we hungered for stories & information! ❤️👏 #libraries
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoPlease stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. -W. H. Auden
Yesterday's wild winds were strong enough to shake my husband's hearing aid out of the tree he lost it in while pruning a few days ago. Thank you, wind. 🍃Thank you, tree. 🌳 Lesson learned: don't wear hearing aids when climbing in trees.
We spent early July watching Graham Platner's campaign implode because of abuse; now it's a Republican's turn. Let all this be a reminder of how pervasive violence against women and children is across the political spectrum.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d agoAfter Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.
The world may be falling apart, but I am embarking on a month of practicing Shibashi Qi Gong every day. Balancing my chi, remembering for a half hour every day that we're all energy, and, who knows, balancing my chi may make a difference to someone I encounter, just when they need it. 🙏🎐☮️
Three months til deadline. First movement of the climax satisfies me. Now the rest of the trouble to face. Moments of angst, but sure beats reading the news. Write on, friends! Celebrate your imaginations!
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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“Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out.” ― Robert Graves, I, Claudius I thought we were there in 2016, but boy howdy, look at us now.
THE REVIEW. I printed it out to savor it over and over. @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social slays with the pen. The language, the rhetorical flourishes (ex. the three 'yet agains'). I bow to this brilliance. These are the heights to which we aspire. (No AI could do this.) FUND THE HUMANITIES.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last wk.Content will never make you feel as alive as does this holy trinity of “yet agains”
Always appreciate @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's comments on language choices in historical storytelling.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
What's it like living in your head?
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat's it like living in your head?
So... I am energized by all this. Remember the crisis inducer in The Hitchhiker's Guide? Yeah. Exploding head is the way I get psyched to race to the end. And then sanity returns.* I revise. *A little sanity. Not too much.
Candace Robb@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social · 2w agoI've found a sort of compromise that's even better. ☺️
I love Emily's threads. I always learn something--today, that I need another edition of her translation. ;)
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w agoNow that many people are buying my 2017 metrical verse translation of the Odyssey in great numbers (thank you, Mr Nolan!), or at least, gazing at it and wondering whether to buy it, I thought I should share some thoughts on the cover design.
