Peter Winslow
@pwinslow.bsky.social
New Englander in Niedersachsen | sworn translator | vereidigter Übersetzer für die englische Sprache/Hamburg | #KarlKraus | #LudwigWittgenstein
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Peter Winslow
@pwinslow.bsky.social
· Feb 1
My copy finally arrived yesterday. A handsome little volume.
My translation of "Language" by #KarlKraus, complete with a brief introduction.
My translation of "Language" by #KarlKraus, complete with a brief introduction.
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Holt euch dieses Farbexplosion für eure Wand! Hier könnt ihr eine von 20 handgezeichneten Reproduktionen erwerben: buff.ly/GwpmMDN
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Holt euch dieses Farbexplosion für eure Wand! Hier könnt ihr eine von 20 handgezeichneten Reproduktionen erwerben: buff.ly/GwpmMDN
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
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Fain am I to stagger to this emprise under the weightiest words of the dictionary.
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Fain am I to stagger to this emprise under the weightiest words of the dictionary.
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just wow - meine kraus-biographie gehört für die @faznet.bsky.social zu den wichtigsten sachbüchern des herbstes. 🍂🍁🍐 ich freu mich so, dass ich gelesen und verstanden werd!
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Das sind die wichtigsten Sachbücher des Herbstes
Eva Illouz, Ulrich Raulff, Annekathrin Kohout, Heike Behrend oder Hanns Zischler: Unsere Sachbuchbeilage zur Frankfurter Buchmesse versammelt 14 Rezensionen bemerkenswerter Titel. Die Übersicht.
www.faz.net
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
just wow - meine kraus-biographie gehört für die @faznet.bsky.social zu den wichtigsten sachbüchern des herbstes. 🍂🍁🍐 ich freu mich so, dass ich gelesen und verstanden werd!
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Das neue #KarlKraus Buch von @kathiprager.bsky.social wurde in der @faznet.bsky.social besprochen!
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
October 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Das neue #KarlKraus Buch von @kathiprager.bsky.social wurde in der @faznet.bsky.social besprochen!
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Ich freu mich so, dass das Buch über #KarlKraus von @kathiprager.bsky.social erschienen ist. Am 8.10. gibt es in Wien eine Buchpräsentation: 18.30 Uhr, Wienbibliothek im Rathaus und online: www.wienbibliothek.at/besuchen-ent...
„Ein Spiel, gesinnungslos wie die Liebe.“ Das Leben des Satirikers Karl Kraus | 08.10.2025 | Wienbibliothek im Rathaus
www.wienbibliothek.at
October 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Ich freu mich so, dass das Buch über #KarlKraus von @kathiprager.bsky.social erschienen ist. Am 8.10. gibt es in Wien eine Buchpräsentation: 18.30 Uhr, Wienbibliothek im Rathaus und online: www.wienbibliothek.at/besuchen-ent...
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I know it sounds mad but if you had regular exposure to trees and sunlight and started reading again for pleasure, it would heal you.
September 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I know it sounds mad but if you had regular exposure to trees and sunlight and started reading again for pleasure, it would heal you.
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Habe gerade darüber nachgedacht, was genau Spar- Gelernte sind.
Spargelernte.
Aaah
Spargelernte.
Aaah
April 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Habe gerade darüber nachgedacht, was genau Spar- Gelernte sind.
Spargelernte.
Aaah
Spargelernte.
Aaah
April 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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"[At 3C of global heating] capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable... This is about saving the conditions under which markets, finance, and civilisation itself can continue to operate.”
Doesn't this seem like a story that merits wider coverage?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Doesn't this seem like a story that merits wider coverage?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"[At 3C of global heating] capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable... This is about saving the conditions under which markets, finance, and civilisation itself can continue to operate.”
Doesn't this seem like a story that merits wider coverage?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Doesn't this seem like a story that merits wider coverage?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How do we turn off the year? 2025 needs to stop
April 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
How do we turn off the year? 2025 needs to stop
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yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
April 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
Yea, this is wild
This thread is WILD. It appears as though the tattoos pictured in Trump’s Tren de Aragua checklist for deportation were all lifted from UK tattoo artists’ Instagram pages. Not a single one is from an actual gang member.
Adding more context: these examples were stolen from Instagram Pages of actual Tattoo Artist in The UK…
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yea, this is wild
Best analogy to capture this moment
Writing is thinking. We get students to write so that they learn how to think and use their brains. Using LLMs to do your work is like trying to be an athlete by getting someone else to do your training for you.
What is the point of what we do if the interactions are not authentic? It is evident that students are increasingly turning to LLMs to "help" them do their work, with such dreary results - from handwaving generalizations that are rhetorically fluent but vacuous to outright hallucinations.
March 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Best analogy to capture this moment
Things I remain highly skeptical of despite having lived in Germany for over ten years:
– that the next pizza just might be good
– dining rooms in living rooms
– teensy weensy tea spoons
– that "Kreislauf" is really a thing
– "Es zieht"
– that pepper is spicy
– that the next pizza just might be good
– dining rooms in living rooms
– teensy weensy tea spoons
– that "Kreislauf" is really a thing
– "Es zieht"
– that pepper is spicy
Things I remain highly skeptical of despite having lived in Germany for over ten years:
- Plug sockets in the bathroom
- Giant pillows
- Drinking hot beverages from a glass using a straw
- Markus Lanz
- The possibility that this week's Tatort might be good
- Plug sockets in the bathroom
- Giant pillows
- Drinking hot beverages from a glass using a straw
- Markus Lanz
- The possibility that this week's Tatort might be good
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Things I remain highly skeptical of despite having lived in Germany for over ten years:
– that the next pizza just might be good
– dining rooms in living rooms
– teensy weensy tea spoons
– that "Kreislauf" is really a thing
– "Es zieht"
– that pepper is spicy
– that the next pizza just might be good
– dining rooms in living rooms
– teensy weensy tea spoons
– that "Kreislauf" is really a thing
– "Es zieht"
– that pepper is spicy
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Am 23. Februar 2025 wurde der ›Brief an den Vater‹ von Franz Kafka feierlich im Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach übergeben. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung konnten in kurzen Gesprächen mit den Förderern O-Töne gesammelt werden. Nachzuhören jetzt im blog.dla-marbach.de
March 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Am 23. Februar 2025 wurde der ›Brief an den Vater‹ von Franz Kafka feierlich im Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach übergeben. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung konnten in kurzen Gesprächen mit den Förderern O-Töne gesammelt werden. Nachzuhören jetzt im blog.dla-marbach.de
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Remember that Musk is self policing his many conflicts of interest.
Elon Musk’s company is set to see billions in new federal contracts, benefiting in part from his role in the White House and President Trump’s policies. nyti.ms/4c3oUsk
March 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Remember that Musk is self policing his many conflicts of interest.
This!
A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This!
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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On ep 233, we welcome @csandis.bsky.social to discuss the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, his preoccupation with the question of understanding others, the social consequences of misunderstanding others, and Wittgenstein’s struggles with misunderstanding.
Full ep: youtu.be/Xfz-HijT6ik
Full ep: youtu.be/Xfz-HijT6ik
Constantine Sandis - Did Wittgenstein Believe We Could Understand Each Other? | STM Podcast #233
YouTube video by Seize the Moment Podcast
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March 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On ep 233, we welcome @csandis.bsky.social to discuss the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, his preoccupation with the question of understanding others, the social consequences of misunderstanding others, and Wittgenstein’s struggles with misunderstanding.
Full ep: youtu.be/Xfz-HijT6ik
Full ep: youtu.be/Xfz-HijT6ik
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We hope you enjoyed watching our rocket explode. May we interest you in an electric vehicle that may also explode?
March 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We hope you enjoyed watching our rocket explode. May we interest you in an electric vehicle that may also explode?
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Trump has introduced the "nano-tariff:" a hefty tax imposed for a few hours, then lifted after shattering business confidence.
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump has introduced the "nano-tariff:" a hefty tax imposed for a few hours, then lifted after shattering business confidence.