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Italian-born, raised all over the place, wound up in London for better or worse. Also: 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 translator & writer, hobby photographer, cat person, here for books & food. She / her.
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Translation Tuesday: “Good Girls” by Olga Campofreda - Asymptote Blog
That ... is how snakes leave their old skins behind: they crawl out of their nest and keep rubbing against the ground, until they’re finally free.
www.asymptotejournal.com
Today is for good (no, great) writing news: the opening of Olga Campofreda's Ragazze Perbene, my first book-length translation project, is on the Asymptote blog. I'd love for the full novel to reach English-speaking readers, so if you enjoy this, tell your publisher friends!
Do we think she knows about the knot of stress I've had in my stomach all week, and how if I could choose just one thing to do this morning, it would be sitting right here listening to her purr?
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Do we think she knows about the knot of stress I've had in my stomach all week, and how if I could choose just one thing to do this morning, it would be sitting right here listening to her purr?
There's no way you'd have found a single homemade treat in the house I grew up in. On the other hand, I eagerly waited for November every year of the '90s, because it was when the fun fair hit town, and I'd get the rare chance to stuff myself with ludicrously blue jelly dolphins and cola fizz candy.
A friend showed me this screenshot and I started cackling, I was staining my tongue three different colors with OtterPops in 1998 are you fucking kidding me
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There's no way you'd have found a single homemade treat in the house I grew up in. On the other hand, I eagerly waited for November every year of the '90s, because it was when the fun fair hit town, and I'd get the rare chance to stuff myself with ludicrously blue jelly dolphins and cola fizz candy.
On a long train journey home, I felt like music with "evenings getting darker" vibes, and landed on Muse's Origin of Symmetry, which I hadn't played in ages but still believe to be one of the best albums ever made. Funny it had to be right now: 22 years from this gig, almost to the day.
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On a long train journey home, I felt like music with "evenings getting darker" vibes, and landed on Muse's Origin of Symmetry, which I hadn't played in ages but still believe to be one of the best albums ever made. Funny it had to be right now: 22 years from this gig, almost to the day.
If I ever become the president of something, make sure the Honey & Co. Baking Book is the holy book I get sworn in with.
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If I ever become the president of something, make sure the Honey & Co. Baking Book is the holy book I get sworn in with.
October reads on @thestorygraph.com, picking up right where I left off last month (i.e. books that made me unspeakably sad). I turned to mysteries for a palate cleanser, and The Missing Cryptoqueen was just as good as I'd hoped from listening to the podcast.
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
October reads on @thestorygraph.com, picking up right where I left off last month (i.e. books that made me unspeakably sad). I turned to mysteries for a palate cleanser, and The Missing Cryptoqueen was just as good as I'd hoped from listening to the podcast.
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New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
In July I got Anna Jones's A Modern Way to Eat for £2 at a local library used book sale. It's been the gift that keeps on giving. The other day we made the loveliest red lentil dal with sweet potato and coconut; this morning it's maple and blueberry ricotta pancakes. In this house, we eat well.
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In July I got Anna Jones's A Modern Way to Eat for £2 at a local library used book sale. It's been the gift that keeps on giving. The other day we made the loveliest red lentil dal with sweet potato and coconut; this morning it's maple and blueberry ricotta pancakes. In this house, we eat well.
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are you okay babe you’ve barely touched the novel your author bio says you’ve been working on for years
October 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
are you okay babe you’ve barely touched the novel your author bio says you’ve been working on for years
Breakfast in the morning. Black coffee straight out the moka pot within minutes of getting out of bed; food I enjoy made just the way I like it; happy cats in the sunny spot on the floor; a chat with my partner or a book for company when I'm on my own.
4. What is a tiny, everyday thing that never fails to make you feel like life is worth living?
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Breakfast in the morning. Black coffee straight out the moka pot within minutes of getting out of bed; food I enjoy made just the way I like it; happy cats in the sunny spot on the floor; a chat with my partner or a book for company when I'm on my own.
Heading to the office with one defined goal for my morning, which is not to figure a way out of my current Serious Work Predicament, and is, in fact, getting Rilo Kiley tickets in the presale.
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Heading to the office with one defined goal for my morning, which is not to figure a way out of my current Serious Work Predicament, and is, in fact, getting Rilo Kiley tickets in the presale.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
They think they're getting treats. Instead, we're playing a Conor Oberst album from start to end while I make dinner. This is going to be our routine for the entire next week, they just don't know it yet.
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They think they're getting treats. Instead, we're playing a Conor Oberst album from start to end while I make dinner. This is going to be our routine for the entire next week, they just don't know it yet.
Today's challenge: reading this beautiful novel that sounds just like what I want mine to be, and thinking "if they could do it, so can I" instead of "shit, I could never".
That, plus cracking the "15-minute homemade Nutella" recipe that is taking 1h and counting and looks nothing like the photos.
That, plus cracking the "15-minute homemade Nutella" recipe that is taking 1h and counting and looks nothing like the photos.
October 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today's challenge: reading this beautiful novel that sounds just like what I want mine to be, and thinking "if they could do it, so can I" instead of "shit, I could never".
That, plus cracking the "15-minute homemade Nutella" recipe that is taking 1h and counting and looks nothing like the photos.
That, plus cracking the "15-minute homemade Nutella" recipe that is taking 1h and counting and looks nothing like the photos.
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People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.
September reads on @thestorygraph.com. A month of big emotions I tried to sum up in the alt text. One of these books drained my heart of all hope and filled it with despair, and it's not the one about the IRA (that was no piece of cake either, but it's also the best book I've read this year so far).
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
September reads on @thestorygraph.com. A month of big emotions I tried to sum up in the alt text. One of these books drained my heart of all hope and filled it with despair, and it's not the one about the IRA (that was no piece of cake either, but it's also the best book I've read this year so far).
Your Italian friend is back to remind you that you should never underestimate the power of a cup of espresso and a little treat from the bakery.
The power multiplies tenfold if the treat is a custard bun from Tetote Factory. This is the rule, which I just made up and completely stand by.
The power multiplies tenfold if the treat is a custard bun from Tetote Factory. This is the rule, which I just made up and completely stand by.
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Your Italian friend is back to remind you that you should never underestimate the power of a cup of espresso and a little treat from the bakery.
The power multiplies tenfold if the treat is a custard bun from Tetote Factory. This is the rule, which I just made up and completely stand by.
The power multiplies tenfold if the treat is a custard bun from Tetote Factory. This is the rule, which I just made up and completely stand by.
Always a joyous day at work when I have to send a Slack message with the @ channel tag, several bolded sentences, and a flashing siren emoji that means YOUR COMMENTS NOW (which I'm ready to bet people will either not read or take a week to reply to).
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Always a joyous day at work when I have to send a Slack message with the @ channel tag, several bolded sentences, and a flashing siren emoji that means YOUR COMMENTS NOW (which I'm ready to bet people will either not read or take a week to reply to).
My mum's dubbed cassette of Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park, which somehow was in his car while they were separated.
He won't remember the rainy night he was driving me home from Germany and we got lost on Austrian back roads, but I do - it's when I heard The Boxer for the first time.
He won't remember the rainy night he was driving me home from Germany and we got lost on Austrian back roads, but I do - it's when I heard The Boxer for the first time.
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My mum's dubbed cassette of Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park, which somehow was in his car while they were separated.
He won't remember the rainy night he was driving me home from Germany and we got lost on Austrian back roads, but I do - it's when I heard The Boxer for the first time.
He won't remember the rainy night he was driving me home from Germany and we got lost on Austrian back roads, but I do - it's when I heard The Boxer for the first time.
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How is it possible that feeling bad makes me want a little treat but also feeling good makes me want a little treat this is rigged
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How is it possible that feeling bad makes me want a little treat but also feeling good makes me want a little treat this is rigged
More shots from my Possibly Cursed Film Roll, because my week's shaping up to be a wreck, and I want to remember I'm capable of making stuff I like. Vibe: the long peaceful park walk I wish I could have today.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
📍Giardini di Boboli, Firenze, Italy
#believeinfilm
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
📍Giardini di Boboli, Firenze, Italy
#believeinfilm
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
More shots from my Possibly Cursed Film Roll, because my week's shaping up to be a wreck, and I want to remember I'm capable of making stuff I like. Vibe: the long peaceful park walk I wish I could have today.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
📍Giardini di Boboli, Firenze, Italy
#believeinfilm
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
📍Giardini di Boboli, Firenze, Italy
#believeinfilm
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Man I am really going through it (a monday) right now (a monday)
September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Man I am really going through it (a monday) right now (a monday)
So much kept going wrong with my B&W film roll, I thought it might be cursed.
The scans came back, and the only thing that's haunting is the "deserted 1900s buildings in the Italian countryside" vibe. Which luckily is what I was going for.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
#believeinfilm
The scans came back, and the only thing that's haunting is the "deserted 1900s buildings in the Italian countryside" vibe. Which luckily is what I was going for.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
#believeinfilm
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So much kept going wrong with my B&W film roll, I thought it might be cursed.
The scans came back, and the only thing that's haunting is the "deserted 1900s buildings in the Italian countryside" vibe. Which luckily is what I was going for.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
#believeinfilm
The scans came back, and the only thing that's haunting is the "deserted 1900s buildings in the Italian countryside" vibe. Which luckily is what I was going for.
📷 Pentax Spotmatic F
🎞️ Kodak T-MAX 100
#believeinfilm
Easy @thecatreviewer.bsky.social 10/10 to the tuxedo beauty who brightened yesterday's walk. Perfect Poirot moustache, friendly head bumps, what's not to love. Also 10/10 to its long-haired pal that arrived out of the blue, because what's better than a new cat friend if not two cat friends at once?
September 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Easy @thecatreviewer.bsky.social 10/10 to the tuxedo beauty who brightened yesterday's walk. Perfect Poirot moustache, friendly head bumps, what's not to love. Also 10/10 to its long-haired pal that arrived out of the blue, because what's better than a new cat friend if not two cat friends at once?
There's a yearly artist open studio week in my area, and when I go, I'm in awe of so many people who make art alongside a day job and show it so proudly.
And I think, what if I tried selling some photos one year. Then I see the sign-up fee and my brain goes "quite the price to likely sell nothing".
And I think, what if I tried selling some photos one year. Then I see the sign-up fee and my brain goes "quite the price to likely sell nothing".
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's a yearly artist open studio week in my area, and when I go, I'm in awe of so many people who make art alongside a day job and show it so proudly.
And I think, what if I tried selling some photos one year. Then I see the sign-up fee and my brain goes "quite the price to likely sell nothing".
And I think, what if I tried selling some photos one year. Then I see the sign-up fee and my brain goes "quite the price to likely sell nothing".