Nazi violence against leftists, migrants and counterculture youth in rural parts of East Germany is remarkably commonplace. Met a young punk just the other day who was run over by a neo-Nazi in his home village and then forced to move to Leipzig at age 16 for his own safety
Another interpretation could be "a way may behave like a way would or should." But some may object, because the "general wisdom" is that the verb after 可 should refer to an action conducted against or on the element stated before 可 (in this case "the way"), i.e., it must be passive in meaning.2/2
A bit of "hineininterpretieren" cannot be avoided. The 道 after 可 must be a verb (since it is right after that character). As such it may be interpreted putatively "The way can be considered the way" (no need for a relative pronoun, here). 1/2
A Moldovan court has sentenced oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison. It's easy to forget how tight his grip was on Moldova in the 2010s, so, as an example, here's a video of the type of propaganda you'd see on major media outlets constantly (youtube.com/watch?v=joqD...) ...
The US mobsters visit the Russian mob - all part of the worldwide mob regime we currently face supoorted by billionaires and wannabees
bsky.app/profile/iopo...
My God, the device of having one character tell his story to an unnamed third-party (that Teleny (1893), among other works, employs flawlessly) is so absolutely effective at making a work real, I think I'm going to rewrite something I've been working on to achieve this effect
Le Carré was a good writer. I suppose you could call him pompous in his prose here and there, and sometimes that does not sit entirely well with me, personally. But this writer's panning of the man reeks of jealous spite and a midlife-crisis-fueled yearning for Hegseth-esque "aesthetics."
AI as anti-archive
Das ist witzig, weil es schon ewig lange Studien z.B. zu Callcentern gibt. In England werden/wurden die beispielsweise extra im Norden gebaut, weil die Akzente dort mit Arbeiter*innen verbunden werden und Anrufer*innen das sympathisch finden. Aber klar, ohne Menschen wird's dann besser 🙄
page in Gurmukhi script
One of the challenges of my job is occasionally having to catalogue things I can't read and have no info on! Here we have a manuscript in Gurmukhi script - which I'm guessing is Sikh in content, but getting beyond that is today's task! (So if anyone has any ideas...)
We're delighted to be hosting an intro workshop on Judeo-Persian with Prof. Ludwig Paul in early May:
www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
Goes to show that the collapse of the Atlantic current could be quite consequential for the climate of the land mass to the east of that ocean, I guess.
Heh... All things are relative. But as for healthcare, NL would not be among the best performing countries in Europe, not by a long shot.
People in the NE of the US should be aware that the country of The Netherlands is located further up north (more so than, for instance, Montreal), and therefore you will have to deal with larger year-round fluctuations of the lengths of days... and nights (to say nothing of Scandinavia!).
The people there think of themselves as the "Absolute Elite," there are stuck up vibes over there. My experience.
“Wall Street ensures the efficient allocation of capital.”
A) "Noedel" of C) "sliert."
Politicians in our society view universities less as places of learning for the young and more as sites of cathexis for soaking up the unresolved resentments of the old.
That reminds me, will have to convert some earnings in USD into the local currency, think I'll do that today...
They didn't realize how anything Trump-related is c00ked, and well, he is kind of the President of that country, so...
Invitation to launch of volume" Bernhard Stolz, Un boem la București Reportaje dintr‑o lume în tranziție. Cu scrisori inedite de la Dora Stolz și surorile ei (1840–1845), traduse, editate și comentate de Alex Drace-Francis (Editura Humanitas), with speakers Ioana Parvulescu, Alina Pavelescu, Dennis Deletant. Wed 22 April, 7pm, Humanitas Bookshop Cismigiu, Bucharest
Bucharesters - if you're in town on Weds 22 April, I will be presenting the book "A Bohemian in Bucharest" at 7pm at Humanitas Bookshop Cișmigiu. Huge thanks in advance to Ioana Pârvulescu, Alina Pavelescu and Dennis Deletant for agreeing to speak about it. All welcome!
eventbook.ro/other/bilete...
Globe showing the Atlantic Ocean with arrows depicting the AMOC circulation: warm surface currents (pink/red) flowing northward from the tropics toward the Arctic, and cold deep return currents (blue/purple) flowing southward. The background shows sea surface temperature trends, with a prominent blue cold patch, the "cold blob", south of Greenland, contrasting with warming (orange/red) across the rest of the ocean.
1/ There's a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that shapes Europe's #climate, drives monsoons, and keeps sea levels stable along the US coast.
In the last 5 years, the scientific evidence that it could collapse has shifted dramatically.
Most people have no idea. 🧵
Imagine if this guy showed up at your front door and said, “I’m here to collect all of your personal information and while I’m doing that I’m going to clear up some misconceptions about the Nazis.”
My rabbi is fond of saying that you can learn from everything in the Torah, but much of it is an example of what NOT to do.
how is this literally happening in real life
That term makes Rick Beato sad (and that is why one should keep using #YachtRock anyway ^^). Come on guys: It's completely understandable why a more slickly produced rock produced in the late 70's with successful, wealthy stars in their late 20's / early 30's got labelled "yacht rock."
github.com/chiaweilinun...
I'm compiling a digital corpus of Tangut texts. The first batch of texts is extracted from academic publications in open-access journals and Academia.edu. If you'd like to join our transcription project, don't hesitate to send me a message :)
Link to the first song in the playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c814...
Just an album recommendation from moi. For those who like progressive rock/jazz/obscure folk/...: Leb i Sol (Yugoslavia [Socialist Republic of Macedonia] 1977 [not 1978!], eponymous). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa7Z...
