@antonomasia.bsky.social
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social Your 2 new Remigiusz Mróz translations need to be easier to find. As a fan of the C4 Chyłka /The Defence TV series, who has been contemplating getting a couple of the books in Polish for a while, I only discovered they were now in English by stumbling on them on eBay today.
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@zaffrebooks.bsky.social Your 2 new Remigiusz Mróz translations need to be easier to find. As a fan of the C4 Chyłka /The Defence TV series, who has been contemplating getting a couple of the books in Polish for a while, I only discovered they were now in English by stumbling on them on eBay today.
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social & others who may know:
Why are there no decent, cheaper editions of Gildas and Nennius, when other British and West European early medieval chroniclers, have their Penguin Classics?
It's not as if Two Lives of Charlemagne is a riveting read for the average punter.
Why are there no decent, cheaper editions of Gildas and Nennius, when other British and West European early medieval chroniclers, have their Penguin Classics?
It's not as if Two Lives of Charlemagne is a riveting read for the average punter.
January 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social & others who may know:
Why are there no decent, cheaper editions of Gildas and Nennius, when other British and West European early medieval chroniclers, have their Penguin Classics?
It's not as if Two Lives of Charlemagne is a riveting read for the average punter.
Why are there no decent, cheaper editions of Gildas and Nennius, when other British and West European early medieval chroniclers, have their Penguin Classics?
It's not as if Two Lives of Charlemagne is a riveting read for the average punter.
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Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
December 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
Oh dear, this is so rich, I'm still going to be eating it on Boxing Day, aren't I? So much for Christmas cake.
(recipe from One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones)
That and the banana bread to use up the rest of the bananas.
www.rnz.co.nz/collections/...
(recipe from One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones)
That and the banana bread to use up the rest of the bananas.
www.rnz.co.nz/collections/...
Miso & caramelised banana rice pudding | RNZ Recipes
Recipe by Anna Jones as heard on Afternoons, Monday 22 March 2021
www.rnz.co.nz
December 23, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Oh dear, this is so rich, I'm still going to be eating it on Boxing Day, aren't I? So much for Christmas cake.
(recipe from One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones)
That and the banana bread to use up the rest of the bananas.
www.rnz.co.nz/collections/...
(recipe from One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones)
That and the banana bread to use up the rest of the bananas.
www.rnz.co.nz/collections/...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Letterboxd is not new; it's been around for 12 years. If you are publishing a lede that's out of touch even to well -informed over 45s, what hope of keeping up with actual young people, or seeming like decent reporting of them? "Growth of" + rewrite?
Letterboxd is not new; it's been around for 12 years. If you are publishing a lede that's out of touch even to well -informed over 45s, what hope of keeping up with actual young people, or seeming like decent reporting of them? "Growth of" + rewrite?
Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and Gen Z save cinephilia?
Sites such as film discovery platform Letterboxd promote a new way of film-viewing, eschewing sneering gatekeepers for a more open-minded and eclectic experience
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Letterboxd is not new; it's been around for 12 years. If you are publishing a lede that's out of touch even to well -informed over 45s, what hope of keeping up with actual young people, or seeming like decent reporting of them? "Growth of" + rewrite?
Letterboxd is not new; it's been around for 12 years. If you are publishing a lede that's out of touch even to well -informed over 45s, what hope of keeping up with actual young people, or seeming like decent reporting of them? "Growth of" + rewrite?
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One thing you learn from watching old cooking shows, whether it's Julia Child in black and white or early Food Network shows from the '90s, is that *no one* considered it a priority for home cooks to produce food or baked goods that looked even vaguely professional until like 2010.
December 23, 2024 at 12:26 AM
One thing you learn from watching old cooking shows, whether it's Julia Child in black and white or early Food Network shows from the '90s, is that *no one* considered it a priority for home cooks to produce food or baked goods that looked even vaguely professional until like 2010.
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My daughter was asking me if Santa had permission to make Bluey toys, and and I am surprised there hasn't been an IP-lawsuit-against-Santa Christmas movie yet.
December 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM
My daughter was asking me if Santa had permission to make Bluey toys, and and I am surprised there hasn't been an IP-lawsuit-against-Santa Christmas movie yet.
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Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.
December 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.
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Apropos of nothing, here's a church wall I photographed in Wiltshire where they occasionally logged the price of bread over 200 years
December 14, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Apropos of nothing, here's a church wall I photographed in Wiltshire where they occasionally logged the price of bread over 200 years
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More than 90% of fossil fuel emissions occurred since my parents were born.
Over 80% since I was born.
Over 30% since my children were born.
And well over 50% since the world agreed at the Rio Earth Summit to prevent dangerous climate change. And I thought: „At last!“
Over 80% since I was born.
Over 30% since my children were born.
And well over 50% since the world agreed at the Rio Earth Summit to prevent dangerous climate change. And I thought: „At last!“
December 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
More than 90% of fossil fuel emissions occurred since my parents were born.
Over 80% since I was born.
Over 30% since my children were born.
And well over 50% since the world agreed at the Rio Earth Summit to prevent dangerous climate change. And I thought: „At last!“
Over 80% since I was born.
Over 30% since my children were born.
And well over 50% since the world agreed at the Rio Earth Summit to prevent dangerous climate change. And I thought: „At last!“
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.
December 13, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.
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Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
December 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
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The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
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What he finds is that the radiocarbon dates do seem to be accurate. What needed modification was the archaeological understanding of when & where cultural change was happening as post-Roman society adjusted to a changing environment. Simply brilliant work! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dating the Justinianic Plague in England: integrating historical and archaeological data on the early Cambridgeshire region
Archaeogenetic analysis has retrieved evidence of the presence of Yersinia pestis, the pathogen of bubonic plague, from graves in the Early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Edix Hill, Cambridgeshire. Associ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:02 AM
What he finds is that the radiocarbon dates do seem to be accurate. What needed modification was the archaeological understanding of when & where cultural change was happening as post-Roman society adjusted to a changing environment. Simply brilliant work! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Year-old red Sentia non-alcoholic spirit smells like an Aveda product from the 00s. This is fine really. Except, as soon as I poured the glass I walked towards the bathroom because of the scent-induced subconscious category confusion
November 30, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Year-old red Sentia non-alcoholic spirit smells like an Aveda product from the 00s. This is fine really. Except, as soon as I poured the glass I walked towards the bathroom because of the scent-induced subconscious category confusion
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Robert Jenrick is speaking but I don't see any reason to inflict it on you. Watching him grapple with issues of moral importance is like watching a mop try to use Windows 95.
November 29, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Robert Jenrick is speaking but I don't see any reason to inflict it on you. Watching him grapple with issues of moral importance is like watching a mop try to use Windows 95.
This sometimes goes round my head for what seems like hours, especially when I'm tired at the end of a long walk. Like an only-mildly-achy version of the Boney M track in Touching the Void.
youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?...
youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?...
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
This sometimes goes round my head for what seems like hours, especially when I'm tired at the end of a long walk. Like an only-mildly-achy version of the Boney M track in Touching the Void.
youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?...
youtu.be/qqCZe3WA-zE?...
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Tesco has rediscovered Chesterton’s Fence in the form of a 30cm long card cylinder in the centre of a roll of foil.
Tesco recently removed the cardboard inner tube from their kitchen foil. How's that going down with customers?
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Tesco has rediscovered Chesterton’s Fence in the form of a 30cm long card cylinder in the centre of a roll of foil.
Few classics covers seem satisfactory when you've read the book before. IMO Tom Jones needs C18th landscape with something like a Benny Hill chase scene incl many characters. (If any other ageing Brits here to know the reference.) I find these the least-worst/relatively evocative #acontinuation25
November 28, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Few classics covers seem satisfactory when you've read the book before. IMO Tom Jones needs C18th landscape with something like a Benny Hill chase scene incl many characters. (If any other ageing Brits here to know the reference.) I find these the least-worst/relatively evocative #acontinuation25
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Thinking about the senses in Anglo-Saxon England - what could be heard, what did they smell, what textures were familiar... anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-...
The Senses in Anglo-Saxon England
A friend told me once that he had been reading about the Roman occupation of Britain and he asked me why, when the abandoned towns and villa...
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Thinking about the senses in Anglo-Saxon England - what could be heard, what did they smell, what textures were familiar... anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-...
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Ok, we just tabularised the @spiegel.de literary canon 1924–2024 & enriched it with #Wikidata, #Goodreads, GND IDs for authors and works. Feel free to toy around with it. More to follow soonish…
GitHub repo:
github.com/temporal-com...
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #EXC2020 "Temporal Communities"
GitHub repo:
github.com/temporal-com...
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #EXC2020 "Temporal Communities"
November 27, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Ok, we just tabularised the @spiegel.de literary canon 1924–2024 & enriched it with #Wikidata, #Goodreads, GND IDs for authors and works. Feel free to toy around with it. More to follow soonish…
GitHub repo:
github.com/temporal-com...
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #EXC2020 "Temporal Communities"
GitHub repo:
github.com/temporal-com...
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #EXC2020 "Temporal Communities"
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If we know each other from elsewhere, and you followed me back here, could you also follow me (back) on Letterboxd when you're next on there?
It's the one social media site I'm sure about continuing with next year, as it's non-US HQ'd and owned.
Apologies if any of the (old) reviews are cringe
It's the one social media site I'm sure about continuing with next year, as it's non-US HQ'd and owned.
Apologies if any of the (old) reviews are cringe
November 24, 2024 at 12:01 PM
If we know each other from elsewhere, and you followed me back here, could you also follow me (back) on Letterboxd when you're next on there?
It's the one social media site I'm sure about continuing with next year, as it's non-US HQ'd and owned.
Apologies if any of the (old) reviews are cringe
It's the one social media site I'm sure about continuing with next year, as it's non-US HQ'd and owned.
Apologies if any of the (old) reviews are cringe
Yeah, this is now Old Twitter. I can do a search when wondering what's happening with a supposedly upcoming TV series I was looking forward to, and get not only an answer but a link to a trailer
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Yeah, this is now Old Twitter. I can do a search when wondering what's happening with a supposedly upcoming TV series I was looking forward to, and get not only an answer but a link to a trailer