Learning languages for fun, drawing, photography and lots of training. Nothing super original, unfortunately. I’d love to learn how to whittle.

Laurie! Live!@laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 4h ago

inspired by this, poll: what is your favorite "extracurricular" activity you've picked up as an adult?

"corporate leadership is starting from the premise that AI has (or will) radically change the business, and they're working backwards from that premise to find the evidence to support this article of faith."

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Wollt ihr wissen, was in Sachsen-Anhalt und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern so geht, dann schaut euch diese Seite an und teilt sie so weit es geht. Alle großen Accounts bitte teilen. Hier ist ganz vieles zentralisiert und es kann hinzugefügt werden. buendnisost.de/events

Another #witmonth -appropriate old podcast episode finally has a transcript! Post-bubble Japan. The history of socially-conscious Japanese literature. Yu Miri and her novel Tokyo Ueno Station (trans Morgan Giles).

Free #witmonth story via Monkey: "The Smartphones Aren't There Yet" by Kaori Fujino (translated by Laurel Taylor) “I had important plans that afternoon, so I took the train. I don’t normally take that line, though I’d ridden it several times before."

Toshiko Tamura was an actress and early feminist novelist. In 1911, her husband successfully pressured her to publish a short story in a competition—she won first prize and gave up her acting career to write. When she died, she left her royalties to establish a prize for women writers. #witmonth

Read Japanese Literature@readjapaneseliterature.com · 5d ago

#womenintranslationmonth begins August 1, and RJL is psyched! Every day in August, we'll be posting a short bio of a Japanese woman writer* who takes up feminist themes in her stories. Stay tuned for an August episode on Japanese Women Writers.* readjapaneseliterature.com/Book+lists/J...

August is Women in Translation Month so obviously I'm out here waving the HORROR FICTION flag for book recommendations!

Throughout Women in Translation Month, we'll be celebrating the brilliant translators behind Charco Press books, sharing their thoughts on translation, the books they love and why bringing stories across languages matters. Our series begins with Alison, co-translator of I'm Still Here.

#womenintranslationmonth begins August 1, and RJL is psyched! Every day in August, we'll be posting a short bio of a Japanese woman writer* who takes up feminist themes in her stories. Stay tuned for an August episode on Japanese Women Writers.* readjapaneseliterature.com/Book+lists/J...

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Hank Jones, Jazz Pianist, Arranger, Composer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Gasometer in Schöneberg https://www.wikiart.org/en/ernst-ludwig-kirchner/gasometer-in-schöneberg

now that the odyssey is a hit can someone green light my Trial and Death of Socrates

1/5. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960) is among the films I have watched most often in a cinema. But yesterday, I saw something that I hadn’t noticed before. The family’s name in the film is Parondi. Rocco (Alain Delon) becomes a successful boxer and we see his hame everywhere.

Mehr Haft, weniger Jugendstrafrecht und verfassungswidrige Ausbürgerungen verhindern keine Radikalisierung und keine Straftaten. Statt dessen gäbe es empirisch erwiesen wirksame Präventionsprojekte - genau diesen streicht die Regierung indes gerade die Mittel. www.lto.de/recht/nachri...

Nach CSD-Anschlag: Kein Jugendstrafrecht mehr für Gefährder?

Vorschlag aus der Union: Radikalisierte Islamisten zwischen 18 und 21 sollten nur nach Erwachsenenstrafrecht bestraft werden. Strafrechtler lehnen das ab.

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While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.

Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen

The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones

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Wie sich Böcke homophober Ressentimentpflege jetzt zu Gärtnern sexueller Diversität gegen "den Islam" aufspielen - das hat schon was sehr Unappetitliches. #Heuchler

let’s drink shame upon all cowards! I name no names. Shame upon them!

Kurz vorm Berliner CSD hat die Morgenpost über die Bezirksstadträtin Mal­gor­zata Sij­bran­dij berichtet, die 2 Drag-Lesungen in der Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek absagen ließ. (Mit Bibliotheksausweis kostenlos zu lesen) pressreader.com/article/2818...

I’m going to reread this now. And watch the 1979 movie again. And set a reminder for the Netflix 6 part adaptation coming August 13. Yes, I am a fan. Exciting times.

🍉WATERMELON DAY🥤 Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀屋良長) adorable 'hito-suzumi' (ひと涼み 'cooling off') are the perfect treat for July 27th's 'Suika-no-hi' (スイカの日)!🥳🍉🙌 #wagashi #和菓子 #suikanohi #スイカの日 #watermelonday #Japan #Kyoto #京都

Wo sind queere Schutzräume? Wo sind Schutzräume für gewaltbetroffene Frauen? Wo sind die Mittel, um die Demokratie zu stärken?Ich finde, das sind doch gute Fragen für die nächsten Leitinterviews oder Talkshowrunden.

Hannes Leitlein@leitleinkultur.bsky.social · 2w ago

„Grüne fordern nach Anschlag auf CSD mehr Befugnisse für Behörden“ – wozu Opposition? Als wäre das nicht, was Schwarz-rot jetzt eh umsetzt. Wieso nicht jetzt lautstark Unterstützung queerer Schutzräume einfordern?

Learn about Japanese authors and their love of cats with RJL! (Scroll through the thread for Junichiro Tanizaki showing some cat love.)

Episode 18—Cats in Japanese Literature - Read Japanese Literature

Today, we’re going to look at cats in Japanese literature. We’ll start with the history of cats in Japan. We’ll move on to cats in Japanese folklore and fiction, including the work of Haruki Murakami…

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Marina Sofia@marinasofia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Really recommend his novella A Cat, a Man and Two Women. He clearly had huge empathy for cats findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/j...

Really recommend his novella A Cat, a Man and Two Women. He clearly had huge empathy for cats findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/j...

#JanuaryInJapan: A Cat, a Man and Two Women

Tanizaki Junichirō: A Cat, a Man and Two Women, trans. Paul McCarthy, Daunt Books, 2017. Tanizaki Junichirō (I’m sorry, I just can’t cope any more with the Western habit of reversing Ja…

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Story Group@storygroup.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki #Caturday

Das sind die Charakterruinen, die Friedrich Merz zum Messias der deutschen Wirtschaftsweise hochgejazzed haben, und in gewisser Weise haben sie ja auch recht. Merz ist dieser Charakter zur vollkommenen Kenntlichkeit entstellt.

„…deutet sich hier ein radikaler Staatsumbau in DOGE-Manier an…zwei Maßnahmen versprechen dabei einen tiefgreifenden Umbau…: eine pauschale Abschaffung aller Berichts- und Dokumentationspflichten sowie eine Personalkürzung von 8 Prozent bei Bundesbehörden, jede 12. Stelle soll gestrichen werden. 👇

taz@taz.de · 2w ago

Bei der Kritik am Reformpaket der Bundesregierung wird der radikale Bürokratieabbau leicht übersehen. Dabei steckt hier drin viel Sprengstoff.

Now 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.

1/x Über Leihmutterschaft - insbesondere als kommerzielles Modell wie in den USA - wurde die letzten Tage viel diskutiert. Aus Sicht als Arzt ein Thread zum Zusammenspiel von medizinischen, juristischen und ethischen Implikationen.

Carved head of a beast. From the #VikingAge Oseberg ship burial of two women. It is one of five unique carved animal heads from the womens’ richly-furnished ship grave. AD 834. Norway. 📷 by me #Archaeology