Though I am not here to talk about Ukraine and the unprovoked Russian invasion, I want to repeat what I have always believed: Canada should support Ukraine unequivocally. Because they deserve our help in defending their sovereignty and those who want to erase democracies will not stop at Ukraine.
Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.
Doug Ford is destroying Ontario to make himself rich and all his developer buddies.
Ontario's growing environmental crisis: how two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/ontario...
A young boy is crouched down painting a cat onto a screen on which many other cats are already painted. A lot of black paint is beside him.
One of my favourite fairy tales is 'The Boy Who Drew Cats.' It is a Japanese tale about a boy who was compelled to draw cats everywhere. He initially got into trouble but his hobby paid off because one day the cats he drew saved him from a giant rat goblin.
#FairyTaleTuesday #JapaneseFolklore
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NEW: In response to orders by the Trump admin, the CDC has taken down the Household Pulse Survey, one of the biggest and most important sources of Long COVID data in the world.
The US government is literally erasing the existence of Long COVID.
Statue of Abe no Seimei sitting (my photograph)
Abe no Seimei was a famous onmyoji, a Japanese magician and diviner for the imperial court in the Heian period. He was able to predict the gender of unborn babies, locate lost items, summon spirits, conduct exorcisms, and command oni to do his bidding.
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
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Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37360
Flowers from Philipp Hainhofer's Große Stammbuch (1596-1633) @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
An early modern anti-multi-tasking emblem and slogan...
“We cannot all do everything”
Jacob Hoefnagel, 1634
(British Museum)
So this is very exciting! We have 16 places on our AHRC-funded Print Matters Summer School. There is no course fee, and applicants get 4 nights B&B accommodation and a travel bursary of up to £100. The Summer School is open to all disciplines and career stages.
www.thinicepress.org/events/print...
‘Libertinism, by parading its heterodoxy, its independence of the rules, risks being just a parade: a firework display that fizzles into nothing.’
Clare Bucknell on the Earl of Rochester and the pursuit of pleasure:
Start your week off with this moving post by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social on an early modern female owner of Donne's Poems https://buff.ly/4gK8Vkk #HerBook #EarlyModern @tarallyons.bsky.social @michelinewhite.bsky.social @memps2.bsky.social @erinannmcc.bsky.social
No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2
Shelves full of white maneki neko statues with red ears, red collars and bell. A tree on the left.
Maneki Neko at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo.
#Caturday #Japan #cats
Today I’ll be reading “Narcissus” by Osamu Dazai (trans. Ralph McCarthy), compliments of @wwborders.bsky.social. Join me! ☺️
My latest blog post about #birding -- in #Japan! #birds #birdwatching #travel yuliaryzhik.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/b...
@footnotesman.bsky.social Great to connect with you! I'll be giving a talk at Meiji University on December 13, on Japanese translation(s) of Milton's Paradise Lost. Perhaps see you there?
