Kasper
@kasperdijk.bsky.social
Reading books. Riding bicycles. Learning Japanese. Food markets and cemeteries. Life Sciences translator.
"Wir wissen, was wir wissen, wir habens teuer bezahlen müssen." - Alfred Döblin
"Wir wissen, was wir wissen, wir habens teuer bezahlen müssen." - Alfred Döblin
Congrats to László K and his fearless translator troops, also including Mari Alföldy, Hans Skirecki, and more
Shout out to LK's various translators including George Szirtes, Ottilie Mulzet, and John Batki
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Congrats to László K and his fearless translator troops, also including Mari Alföldy, Hans Skirecki, and more
Peter Matthiessen
Vladimir Sorokin
Clemens J. Setz
Yoko Tawada
Jaroslav Rudiš
Bohumil Hrabal
Johan Harstad
Olga Tokarczuk
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
Vladimir Sorokin
Clemens J. Setz
Yoko Tawada
Jaroslav Rudiš
Bohumil Hrabal
Johan Harstad
Olga Tokarczuk
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
Having consulted my shelves:
Banana Yoshimoto
Yasunari Kawabata
Yan Lianke
Kenzaburo Oe
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
Dasa Drndic
Thomas Hardy
Richard Ford
Annie Proulx
Banana Yoshimoto
Yasunari Kawabata
Yan Lianke
Kenzaburo Oe
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
Dasa Drndic
Thomas Hardy
Richard Ford
Annie Proulx
Ten writers by whom I've read more than 5 books:
Georges Simenon
Geoff Dyer
Iris Murdoch
Brigid Brophy
Roberto Bolaño
Javier Marías
Elena Ferrante
David Foster Wallace
Tessa Hadley
Muriel Spark
Georges Simenon
Geoff Dyer
Iris Murdoch
Brigid Brophy
Roberto Bolaño
Javier Marías
Elena Ferrante
David Foster Wallace
Tessa Hadley
Muriel Spark
June 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Peter Matthiessen
Vladimir Sorokin
Clemens J. Setz
Yoko Tawada
Jaroslav Rudiš
Bohumil Hrabal
Johan Harstad
Olga Tokarczuk
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
Vladimir Sorokin
Clemens J. Setz
Yoko Tawada
Jaroslav Rudiš
Bohumil Hrabal
Johan Harstad
Olga Tokarczuk
Mathias Énard
Jon Fosse
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If AI were plagiarising Disney, Warners, etc, it would have been shut down. But it plagiarises freelance writers & artists. Publishers response? Tumbleweed…PRH’s anti-scraping line is belied by its intention to “use generative AI tools […] where we see a clear case that they can advance our goals.”
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If AI were plagiarising Disney, Warners, etc, it would have been shut down. But it plagiarises freelance writers & artists. Publishers response? Tumbleweed…PRH’s anti-scraping line is belied by its intention to “use generative AI tools […] where we see a clear case that they can advance our goals.”
February. It is the cruelest month.
Whole 'nother Story - February
YouTube video by KMOX1120
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January 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
February. It is the cruelest month.
Got me something special today. Thanks to the always well-stocked Grober Umfug comics store in Berlin.
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Got me something special today. Thanks to the always well-stocked Grober Umfug comics store in Berlin.
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You need about 85 7M dollars if u want to build a new American casino
You'd need 1,400 7M dollars, to build a new American data center
To power the genAI
Like China released to everyone
For free
That it spent $7M to build
That is about as good
As the genAI they
Build the data centers
For
You'd need 1,400 7M dollars, to build a new American data center
To power the genAI
Like China released to everyone
For free
That it spent $7M to build
That is about as good
As the genAI they
Build the data centers
For
January 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You need about 85 7M dollars if u want to build a new American casino
You'd need 1,400 7M dollars, to build a new American data center
To power the genAI
Like China released to everyone
For free
That it spent $7M to build
That is about as good
As the genAI they
Build the data centers
For
You'd need 1,400 7M dollars, to build a new American data center
To power the genAI
Like China released to everyone
For free
That it spent $7M to build
That is about as good
As the genAI they
Build the data centers
For
Brick
Alle paar Jahre schlägt ein Meteor ein: Lexikonformat, Bibelpapier, ein Babel aus Fiktionen: Alan Moores Jerusalem. MoE, Joyce, alles mit einem Schlag Phantastik, mehr Danielewski als Abend mit Goldrand. Übersetzt (u.a.) und verlegt von Hannes Rüffel im Carcosa Verlag. Schlagt auf und wundert Euch!
January 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Brick
We all see it
this is gonna be the way things work over the next few years- the admin getting like 1% of what it wants and losing almost every negotiation while the lapdog press spins every loss as a huge historic win, it's literally the modi model
Let me get this straight. Petro calls for dignified transit. Trump threatens tariffs. Petro smacks Trump in a post threatening his own higher tariffs. And Trump agrees to what Petro asked for. And yet NYT is calling this *Petro* backing down?
January 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We all see it
If you lose, just say you win - that's Trump in a nutshell. Great post by Petro.
Let me get this straight. Petro calls for dignified transit. Trump threatens tariffs. Petro smacks Trump in a post threatening his own higher tariffs. And Trump agrees to what Petro asked for. And yet NYT is calling this *Petro* backing down?
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you lose, just say you win - that's Trump in a nutshell. Great post by Petro.
Re China crushing billions of US AI investments
There’s the old urban legend about NASA spending millions to develop a pen that works in zero gravity and the Russians just used a pencil instead.
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Re China crushing billions of US AI investments
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Elon Musk zeigt bei der Amtseinführung von Trump den, wie Alice Weidel sagen würde, berühmten kommunistischen Gruß!
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Elon Musk zeigt bei der Amtseinführung von Trump den, wie Alice Weidel sagen würde, berühmten kommunistischen Gruß!
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In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
January 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
If you're looking for a crime psycho romp of a novel outside the dime-a-dozen police procedure avalanche, John Burnside's GLISTER (2008) is your thing. Leave David Lynch in a disused chemical plant and this is what you get. Thanks to SherdsTube channel for putting it on my radar.
January 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
If you're looking for a crime psycho romp of a novel outside the dime-a-dozen police procedure avalanche, John Burnside's GLISTER (2008) is your thing. Leave David Lynch in a disused chemical plant and this is what you get. Thanks to SherdsTube channel for putting it on my radar.
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The Flann O'Brien article also brought to mind this animated film of An Béal Bocht/The Poor Mouth. In Irish with (fortunately for me) English subtitles, as otherwise my limited abilities would have made it very absurd indeed...
An Béal Bocht/The Poor Mouth
YouTube video by rawnervefilms
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January 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Flann O'Brien article also brought to mind this animated film of An Béal Bocht/The Poor Mouth. In Irish with (fortunately for me) English subtitles, as otherwise my limited abilities would have made it very absurd indeed...
Must be a good man.
For 50 years Luigi Lineri has collected stones from his local river near Verona.
luigilineri.it/english/
medium.com/@roy.smitty/...
He categorises them into like shapes; animal heads, tools etc. This is his house.
luigilineri.it/english/
medium.com/@roy.smitty/...
He categorises them into like shapes; animal heads, tools etc. This is his house.
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Must be a good man.
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social Thank you for connecting - I have plans
January 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social Thank you for connecting - I have plans
Looking for new mindbogglers - first ones: Jodorowsky (Albino), Steven Dunn (Potted Meat), Strugatsky's (Roadside Picnic), Blake Butler (Molly, Void Corp), Lital Khaikin (Flight), Juliet Escoria (Juliet the Maniac)
January 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Looking for new mindbogglers - first ones: Jodorowsky (Albino), Steven Dunn (Potted Meat), Strugatsky's (Roadside Picnic), Blake Butler (Molly, Void Corp), Lital Khaikin (Flight), Juliet Escoria (Juliet the Maniac)
Never so depressed as during Christmas, the Mandatory Celebration
December 24, 2023 at 11:28 AM
Never so depressed as during Christmas, the Mandatory Celebration
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Whether you've seen this, or not, it is a thing of real magic.
December 24, 2023 at 6:15 AM
Whether you've seen this, or not, it is a thing of real magic.
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Eind oktober besliste de Italiaanse premier Giorgia Meloni om grenscontroles uit te voeren aan de Italiaans-Sloveense grens.
Dat gebeurt o.a. vlakbij de afgelegen havenstad Triëst, die nooit aan de grillen van de geschiedenis is ontsnapt.
Voor de liefhebbers, een kerstessay.
Dat gebeurt o.a. vlakbij de afgelegen havenstad Triëst, die nooit aan de grillen van de geschiedenis is ontsnapt.
Voor de liefhebbers, een kerstessay.
Terug naar Triëst
Een potentieel risico op terroristische aanslagen. Dat vormen volgens de Italiaanse premier Giorgia Meloni vluchtelingen die via de Balkanroute West-Europa proberen te bereiken. Sinds eind oktober voe...
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December 21, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Eind oktober besliste de Italiaanse premier Giorgia Meloni om grenscontroles uit te voeren aan de Italiaans-Sloveense grens.
Dat gebeurt o.a. vlakbij de afgelegen havenstad Triëst, die nooit aan de grillen van de geschiedenis is ontsnapt.
Voor de liefhebbers, een kerstessay.
Dat gebeurt o.a. vlakbij de afgelegen havenstad Triëst, die nooit aan de grillen van de geschiedenis is ontsnapt.
Voor de liefhebbers, een kerstessay.