Two masters degrees in English and I only knew this answer because of Urianger from Final Fantasy XIV.
Graham Oliver
@grahammoliver.bsky.social
Teacher Writer Editor in Taipei, Taiwan 台灣台北市. Currently at NTU/AWEC 台大/寫作教學中心. For Mandarin posts - 中文貼文：@oumoran.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/grahamiam
Niche post: Blue Prince is truly one of the most extraordinary gaming experiences I've ever had.
I'll tell you something else deeply meaningful to me today: @archipelagobooks.bsky.social is publishing Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It's the first translation I've sponsored, something I've wanted to do for a long time. When I read Soysal's "Dawn," I knew I wanted to see her other work in print.
doing my first replay of ELDEN RING, this time with the DLC~ let's see how much I forgot in the last four years.
this reminds me that "bury me at makeout creek" is the best album title of all time
The Onion@theonion.com · 2d ago“Generations of us have enjoyed driving out to this secluded little perch for sucking face, and now this giant corporation wants to make it some sort of growth investment,” said longtime Fredericktown resident Diane Moseley
During my bluesky blackout I wrote about the topic everyone has been waiting for: getting a colonscopy in Taiwan. buttondown.com/telegraham/a...
Preventative Maintenance - My Taiwanese Colonoscopy
What does it mean? Friends, The above double rainbow is maybe the third I’ve seen in my life, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen the rainbow come down in...
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Reading my first full Wendell Berry book (which I'm ashamed to admit as a Kentuckian) and it's super inconsistent (mostly good + almost exceeds agrarian romanticization + weird chapter on sexual fidelity's connection to agriculture) but I loved this quote:
For some reason, our refrigerator and freezer don't come back on after a power outage correctly, so I just dealt with a freezer full of food that had unthawed for a week or two. It was horrific. (Usually a friend would handle this while we're traveling but they had to travel too unexpectedly.)
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
Made it back to Taiwan! Now to spend a few days fighting jetlag.
Well, they blocked me for a while, but now it's unblocked. Idk. I missed you all. Headed back to Taiwan tomorrow! Also Taiwan has decided green 乖乖 are too powerful to export; Austin only had yellow and red.
Graham Oliver@grahammoliver.bsky.social · 4w agoAlso Texas won't let me use BlueSky on my laptop without verifying my age, which I'm not going to do, but for some reason my cellphone is fine. If the cellphone gets blocked I'll see you all next month
Cleaning a hard water victim showerhead can have the same satisfaction as a particularly good zit pop send tweet
Been in Texas about 44 hours and I've already eaten a dozen tortillas
Award-Winning Author Yu Miri Harassed Online After Criticizing Japanese Government Yu Miri, an award-winning author of Zainichi Korean heritage, criticized recent anti-foreigner political rhetoric in Japan, warning against the growing normalization of exclusionary attitudes.
Award-Winning Author Yu Miri Harassed Online After Criticizing Japanese Government - Unseen Japan
Yu Miri is one of Japan's most celebrated authors. Yet some feel that, due to her background, she has no right to criticize the country.
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My friend @janerosenzweig.bsky.social alerted me to this Anthropic job listing for a head of content, curriculum, and education, and I defy anyone to read this thing and tell me what the person with this job will actually do. job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo...
Head of Content & Curriculum, Education
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
job-boards.greenhouse.io
Official stills from the crew of the Avatar Aang movie, releasing July 25th on Paramount+!!
growing up in western kentucky, never saw a single armadillo. this short trip back I've seen 2-3 dead ones on the side of the road per day, + one live one. yay climate change.
Wow the one week a year I listen to Morning Edition they had a Persona 5 song as part of a bridge
Shout out to Ginny Stroud from Dazed and Confused this Fourth of July and 250th birthday celebration.
I have discovered mahjong is having a moment in Western Kentucky
Saw lots of recommendations for BALLxPIT as a next step after BROTATO and I've gotta say I don't think it has the same juice
Obviously to fully comprehend America you have to look in from the outside, so EARTHBOUND is the correct answer
Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · last mo.What is the definitive game about America?
Has anyone run the numbers on the relative value of investing a decade into kids’ club sports minus likely athletic scholarship haul vs. simply tucking that cash into a 529
Tim Carvell@timcarvell.bsky.social · last mo.There’s obviously a lot that’s wrong here but one major component here is the delusion among a surprisingly large portion of parents that their kid is gonna get an athletic scholarship and go to the Olympics, and a truly courageous public official _might_ find a way to break the bad news to them.
I don't have full text access, but here's yet more "water is wet" findings: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Data from 52 countries/regions (N = 384,061 students), no harm in use of social media and a small beneficial effect
Does Social Media Use Really Matter for Students’ Well-Being? The Cross-Cultural Generalizability Across 52 Societies - Journal of Happiness Studies
The prevalent engagement of adolescents with social media has prompted speculation regarding its potential impact on well-being. However, existing empirical evidence on the relationship between social...
link.springer.com
Research I most often share with parents: reduce your child's anxiety by letting the make decisions. adaa.org/learn-from-u...
Why Letting Your Child Do Things on Their Own Really Matters
ADAA members Drs Burch and Ortiz explain how independence-focused therapy empowers kids through choice-driven challenges, fostering confidence, problem-solving, and resilience, while simultaneously re...
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