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Oliver Plaschka

@rainlights.net

Writer, translator & classically trained hodad (F&SF&everything. PhD from HD, sometimes teaching at HHU. 70s proghead, middle-aged father, decent tour guide, very bad surfer.) GER/ENG ☄️ www.rainlights.net 🖋️ leaflet.rainlights.net

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Oliver Plaschka@rainlights.net · 3h ago

I'm looking for budget over-ear headphones. They don't need to have any special stuff. Probably Bluetooth, but that's about it. I'm tempted to choose a brand I'm familiar with (as opposed to made-up Chinese brands on Amazon) and the choice seems to be JBL vs. Sony. Any thoughts? Other options?

Oliver Plaschka@rainlights.net · 10h ago

Präsidentin des Deutschen Caritasverbands: also die jungen Frauen die freiwillig für lau für uns arbeiten finden wir geil, da wollen wir doch keine männlichen Zwangsdienstleistenden, die am Schluss mehr verdienen

Verhaltene Reaktionen von Sozialverbänden auf Zivildienstpläne

Die Bundesregierung lotet derzeit Pläne für einen Zivildienst aus. Einige Sozialverbände sorgen sich, dass dieser zu Lasten der Freiwilligendienste gehen könnte. Wünsche haben sie auch für die Dauer u...

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Oliver Plaschka@rainlights.net · 4d ago

Me: ok, let's see how far behind your schedule you're actually are, it can't be THAT bad Schedule: could you come a bit closer, it's difficult to talk when you're 11 chapters away

Oliver Plaschka@rainlights.net · 5d ago

Well, then ... when my historical novel comes out next year or so, I guess nobody needs to look up the location of Ceuta any more, right? So that's a ... win?

DLR-next@dlr-next.bsky.social · 5d ago

Spannende Frage! Und nicht ganz einfach zu beantworten. Einerseits: Ja, von den insgesamt über 400 Monden im Sonnensystem sind nur wenige groß genug, um eine totale Sonnenfinsternis auf ihrem Planeten zu erzeugen. Andererseits: Auch auf Gasplaneten kann es - sogar recht oft - dazu kommen.

Alasdair Beckett-King@misterabk.bsky.social · 5d ago

I saw a post saying that any critic would get a backlash after trashing a popular film. And I'm just not sure that should be normal. It's fun when a critic hates something! We should want reviewers with high standards and weird/obtuse opinions. A film isn't a sports team you support!

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

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...

Gregg Levine@greggjlevine.bsky.social · last wk.

E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! Mitch is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired & gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to a pillow 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! …

“Proof of life” photo number two released by the estate of Mitch McConnell shows a seated Mitch in a blue shirt while his wife, the former Sec of Transportation, stands beside him.
Andrea Bonazzi@andreabonazzi.eurosky.social · last wk.

Bout of depression, so I'm posting one of my treasures. Rationally I know I should sell it, but that would be like waving the white flag and giving up on life. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, 1889. Lovecraft’s personal copy, signed, including tiny paper bookmarks with his handwriting.

"A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges" – Revised Standard Edition of 1881, Albert Harkness – New York, Appleton and Company, 1889. H.P. Lovecraft’s personal copy. Frontispiece, with Lovecraft signature and address in front page."A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges" – Revised Standard Edition of 1881, Albert Harkness – New York, Appleton and Company, 1889. H.P. Lovecraft’s personal copy. First page with "H.P. LOVERAFT" handwritten in block letters.Tiny paper bookmarks with Lovecraft's handwriting in pencil (front view), inserted in his personal copy of "A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges" – Revised Standard Edition of 1881, Albert Harkness – New York, Appleton and Company, 1889. Tiny paper bookmarks with Lovecraft's handwriting in pencil (back view), inserted in his personal copy of "A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges" – Revised Standard Edition of 1881, Albert Harkness – New York, Appleton and Company, 1889.