President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

In my Italian discussion group last night I learned the saying "erba cattiva non muore mai." Roughly translated: Bad grass (a weed) never dies. In other words, those people and things that you just wish would go away forever never seem to do so. I wish this didn't feel so relevant . . .

F*ck. A brave artist who had a huge effect on me. RIP.

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

Slow but rewarding progress …

Hwæt! Just finished this wonderful modern translation by @mariadahvana.bsky.social - a fabulously bubbling, frothing mere of words