Truth about the reference letter requirement—and a shame that more haven’t followed MacDowell in suspending it
Your reminder that @politico.com is owned by Germany’s largest far-right media company, Axel Springer
Politico@politico.com · 11h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
In D wird viel — zu viel — geredet, obs nun Faschismus ist oder was Faschismus ist, während die hartrechte Regierung und die größte “Oppositionspartei” (die die Richtung vorgibt) die Demokratie untergraben. Dieses Buch ist schlau und machts alles ganz klar.
A Russian drone completely burned down the Holy Protection Church (Sviato-Vvedenska) in Boryslav, Kherson region, built in 1726. The church was an architectural monument of national significance and one of the few surviving examples of Cossack wooden sacral architecture.
They’ll screw this site up, won’t they? I mean it has its flaws, but those are not the ones these people want to fix.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
my drafts folder looking at my newly minted post "miso soup with tofu is just one bean soup"
Das @zeit.de interview mit Thilo Sarrazin als Demo
democ@democ.de · 3d agoRund 400 Teilnehmende zogen beim ersten Auftritt der AfD-Jugend „Generation Deutschland“ durch Schwerin. Mit Parolen wie „Send them back“ und „Wer Deutschland nicht liebt, soll Deutschland verlassen“ erinnerte der Aufzug mehr an die „Identitäre Bewegung“ oder Neonazi-Szene.
Please welcome Rocky, a new addition to the family. Rocky is a senior cat, adopted from the shelter in Springfield.
Every time I across one of these I watch the entire thing three times in a row
Die großen deutschen Medien wissen, dass AfD and der Macht kommt (ob nun pur oder “bürgerlich” verpackt [Spahn] ist egal), und nun bereiten sie sich vor. Anders ist das nicht mehr erklärbar.
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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“Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their financial reporting look healthier than it actually is — often a glaring sign that something is deeply amiss behind the scenes.”
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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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They're really going all in on the cultural vandalism and deserve to be shunned forever and ever.
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 7d agoDystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
The oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s “personal”. You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong! But it’s not “personal” to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than “Hurray!” or “Hiss!”
"Ihr habt uns nicht verdient, die Millionen von Immigranten, die Deutschland zu ihrer Heimat gemacht haben."
Nabard Faiz@nabardfaiz.bsky.social · last wk.„Es liegt an der Unehrlichkeit und dem Selbstbetrug der übrigen deutschen Gesellschaft, die sich für progressiv und liberal hält.“ 🎯
I think part of people’s reaction is based on the fact that actual, serious criticism has become so rare/niche. And by “serious” I don’t mean the intent, I mean actually doing it by pointing out shortcomings the way Wilson does.
Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · last wk.I think it's absolutely good & fine for people to disagree with the essay's points but it is baffling to see complaints like "Wilson doesn't get that an adaptation makes changes" or "Wilson doesn't get cinema" or "Wilson should be more polite & gracious," like come on friends what are we doing here!
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Very ambitious and compelling photographic storytelling: the story behind the cheap vegetables in Europe's supermarkets
Plastic Sea
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Nun wird sich die ohnehin schon hartrechte deutsche Regierung noch weiter nach rechts bewegen. Die, die gestern nacht angegriffen wurden, werden am meisten darunter zu leiden haben. Das zweite deutsche Demokratieexperiment hat länger gehalten, geht aber aus den gleichen Gründen wie das erste unter.