Serafina Bersonsage
@serafinabersonsage.bsky.social
I began writing fiction as a graduate student at the University of Rochester, where I received a PhD in English. "Radoret" in LCRW 47. More things at serafinabersonsage.com.
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ATTN NEW YORKERS The NY Public Library has a plea out for signatures to push the city not to cut their budget and force them to reduce collections, end services, reduce maintenance, and close 2 days a week.
It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY
It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY
www.nypl.org
April 25, 2024 at 8:13 PM
ATTN NEW YORKERS The NY Public Library has a plea out for signatures to push the city not to cut their budget and force them to reduce collections, end services, reduce maintenance, and close 2 days a week.
It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY
It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY
Not entirely sure how I feel about my husband's declaration that my charoset is more mortar-like than most.
April 23, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Not entirely sure how I feel about my husband's declaration that my charoset is more mortar-like than most.
For any other vegans out there who find cashews annoyingly expensive/prone to make their significant others break out in hives:
veganonboard.com/sunflower-se...
veganonboard.com/sunflower-se...
Vegan Parmesan Cheese (Nut Free and Budget Friendly!) - Vegan on Board
Vegan parmesan cheese that’s nut free, planet friendly, and cheap to make at home! You'll love this easy and quick recipe.
veganonboard.com
April 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
For any other vegans out there who find cashews annoyingly expensive/prone to make their significant others break out in hives:
veganonboard.com/sunflower-se...
veganonboard.com/sunflower-se...
Though deeply concerned that I may start a blog, I trust in wine to suppress the urge.
March 29, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Though deeply concerned that I may start a blog, I trust in wine to suppress the urge.
I have hands again!
March 5, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I have hands again!
Lovely words from Paula Guran on Radoret, my story in LCRW 47!
Paula Guran Reviews Weird Horror, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Summer, and Uncanny locusmag.com/2024/01...
Paula Guran Reviews Weird Horror, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Summer, and Uncanny
Weird Horror Fall ’23 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Summer ’23 Uncanny 9-10/23 With its seventh issue, Weird Horror (Fall 2023) has finally hit its stride. All 11 stories are effective, and sev…
locusmag.com
January 16, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Lovely words from Paula Guran on Radoret, my story in LCRW 47!
I have only just realized the vital importance of matching t-shirts to the workout buddy system.
January 3, 2024 at 3:46 AM
I have only just realized the vital importance of matching t-shirts to the workout buddy system.
Awesome (and slightly terrifying!) lecture on karst and cave formations, from an Earth Systems course
at Rutgers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6iJ...
at Rutgers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6iJ...
Karst Part 1
This is part 1 of the first lecture for week 4 of Rutgers Geography Department course 450:101 Earth Systems. The lecture covers concepts around karst topogra...
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December 4, 2023 at 6:40 PM
Awesome (and slightly terrifying!) lecture on karst and cave formations, from an Earth Systems course
at Rutgers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6iJ...
at Rutgers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6iJ...
Receiving a book that I had totally forgotten that I pre-ordered is always a happy surprise, but opening the package to discover @mollymcghee.bsky.social's Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind has 100% made my week!
October 24, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Receiving a book that I had totally forgotten that I pre-ordered is always a happy surprise, but opening the package to discover @mollymcghee.bsky.social's Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind has 100% made my week!
Ancient Roman travel times (for anyone else who has had a minor breakdown after realizing that they severely miscalculated travel times in their fantasy novel):
orbis.stanford.edu#rivertransport
orbis.stanford.edu#rivertransport
ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
orbis.stanford.edu
October 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Ancient Roman travel times (for anyone else who has had a minor breakdown after realizing that they severely miscalculated travel times in their fantasy novel):
orbis.stanford.edu#rivertransport
orbis.stanford.edu#rivertransport
"The American dream has been sold and replaced with a Ponzi scheme meant to benefit the investor class."
Well said, Molly McGhee. As a fellow former Pell Grant recipient, I couldn't agree more.
www.theguardian.com/money/2023/o...
Well said, Molly McGhee. As a fellow former Pell Grant recipient, I couldn't agree more.
www.theguardian.com/money/2023/o...
Born poor, stay poor: what my $120,000 student debt says about class in the US
I was the first in my family to go to college and I teach at an Ivy League school. I’m still broke – and I probably always will be
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2023 at 10:53 PM
"The American dream has been sold and replaced with a Ponzi scheme meant to benefit the investor class."
Well said, Molly McGhee. As a fellow former Pell Grant recipient, I couldn't agree more.
www.theguardian.com/money/2023/o...
Well said, Molly McGhee. As a fellow former Pell Grant recipient, I couldn't agree more.
www.theguardian.com/money/2023/o...
A delightful take on what I perceived for years as a particularly delicious Latin word salad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuM...
Enya's DARK Song!? Tempus Vernum ~ Latin study
There are some problems with the common internet translation of this Latin. Here is a more in-depth translation and study of Enya's "Tempus Vernum". please d...
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October 6, 2023 at 7:46 PM
A delightful take on what I perceived for years as a particularly delicious Latin word salad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuM...
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Most features of my personal identity and biography are largely irrelevant for my work as a scholar and translator, beyond that I'm a serious scholar & translator. I've been reading and thinking about ancient texts for over 35 years. I love Homer. I love truth.
September 29, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Most features of my personal identity and biography are largely irrelevant for my work as a scholar and translator, beyond that I'm a serious scholar & translator. I've been reading and thinking about ancient texts for over 35 years. I love Homer. I love truth.
V. sad to hear the news about Michael Gambon:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50r...
In noctem - Dumbledore's Tribute
Tema genial del soundtrack de Harry Potter 6 el cual no se utilizo mucho en la pelicula, por lo que decidi en darle honor y hacer este video con la letra de ...
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September 30, 2023 at 2:54 AM
V. sad to hear the news about Michael Gambon:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50r...
I recently finished Batja Mesquita’s BETWEEN US: HOW CULTURES CREATE EMOTIONS, and would highly recommend it for worldbuilding purposes (as well as for anyone writing fiction set in non-Western cultures).
Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions a book by Batja Mesquita
"How are you feeling today?" We may think of emotions as universal responses, felt inside, but in Between Us, acclaimed psychologist Batja Mesquita asks us to reconsider them through the lens of what ...
bookshop.org
September 28, 2023 at 7:59 PM
I recently finished Batja Mesquita’s BETWEEN US: HOW CULTURES CREATE EMOTIONS, and would highly recommend it for worldbuilding purposes (as well as for anyone writing fiction set in non-Western cultures).
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for those of you who could use a boost this morning:
know there is now a wholesome trend of people installing disco balls inside of their chicken coops, for the sole purpose of “chicken enrichment”
& these chickens are LOVING it, producing more eggs, which is a sign they’re much happier ✨
know there is now a wholesome trend of people installing disco balls inside of their chicken coops, for the sole purpose of “chicken enrichment”
& these chickens are LOVING it, producing more eggs, which is a sign they’re much happier ✨
September 26, 2023 at 1:11 PM
for those of you who could use a boost this morning:
know there is now a wholesome trend of people installing disco balls inside of their chicken coops, for the sole purpose of “chicken enrichment”
& these chickens are LOVING it, producing more eggs, which is a sign they’re much happier ✨
know there is now a wholesome trend of people installing disco balls inside of their chicken coops, for the sole purpose of “chicken enrichment”
& these chickens are LOVING it, producing more eggs, which is a sign they’re much happier ✨
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Sometimes I wonder bleakly whether my work has any real "impact" beyond the academy. But I got an email from a company planning to manufacture A DEODORANT INSPIRED BY MY HOMERIC TRANSLATIONS. My life has not lacked purpose.
September 21, 2023 at 7:26 PM
Sometimes I wonder bleakly whether my work has any real "impact" beyond the academy. But I got an email from a company planning to manufacture A DEODORANT INSPIRED BY MY HOMERIC TRANSLATIONS. My life has not lacked purpose.
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⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️
If someone tells you that their name is Nobody, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. They are trying to trick you so they can blind you and steal your sheep at night. Stay safe out there and keep your eye open, everyone x
If someone tells you that their name is Nobody, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. They are trying to trick you so they can blind you and steal your sheep at night. Stay safe out there and keep your eye open, everyone x
September 20, 2023 at 2:25 PM
⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️
If someone tells you that their name is Nobody, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. They are trying to trick you so they can blind you and steal your sheep at night. Stay safe out there and keep your eye open, everyone x
If someone tells you that their name is Nobody, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. They are trying to trick you so they can blind you and steal your sheep at night. Stay safe out there and keep your eye open, everyone x
One of my new favorite things is watching a Geodiode climate video in English, then watching the Spanish version and trying to pick out as much as I can:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96r...
El Clima del Desierto Caliente - Secretos del Clima del Mundo #4
LOS LUGARES MÁS CALIENTES de nuestra tierra. ☀️🔥Los desiertos de las regiones subtropicales. En este video mostramos estas partes del mundo y por qué son as...
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September 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM
One of my new favorite things is watching a Geodiode climate video in English, then watching the Spanish version and trying to pick out as much as I can:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96r...
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Advice from a well-meaning non-creative yesterday was for me to use AI to become the Henry Ford of authors, which isn’t at all why I write books. I don’t want to be the Henry Ford of anything.
September 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Advice from a well-meaning non-creative yesterday was for me to use AI to become the Henry Ford of authors, which isn’t at all why I write books. I don’t want to be the Henry Ford of anything.
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PLEASE RP Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine will be open to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16! WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ YOUR STORIES!!! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
September 21, 2023 at 8:46 PM
PLEASE RP Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine will be open to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16! WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ YOUR STORIES!!! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
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Submissions for Snap Judgment 8 are open to EVERYONE! Send us the first 250 words of your novel or short story 1/2
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/sn...
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/sn...
September 18, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Submissions for Snap Judgment 8 are open to EVERYONE! Send us the first 250 words of your novel or short story 1/2
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/sn...
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/sn...