That'll teach them to always have sugar on hand.

Which reminds me of this ageless chestnut:

Good one! You should submit to Scientific American for their "Meter" section.

Exactly the dynamic you see playing out in von Sydow's character in "Escape to Victory."

That's lovely to hear! I'm guessing, though, that even through my second-rate version you're picking up on the strength of the poem itself. Which was so great that, years after reading it, I found myself looking it up during the first Trump administration (which is when I did this translation).

It's sort of my own translation, though with help. I did it years ago, so I'm not sure, but I think I drew on a combination of Google translate, the anglo-saxons.net line-by-line translation (link below) and what I remember from my graduate Old English courses.

www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=ge...

I'll delete this shortly, but I wanted to point out that you must have your colleague's BlueSky address wrong, since this post came up in my notifications. Sounds like a fascinating session, though!

even columbus

Jibes with this national-level take on 2024: chartingthewayforward.substack.com/p/what-we-kn...

All I know is, your keys are conveniently stored in the refrigerator behind the Chinese food you brought home last night.

Not bought, but checked out. But I'd go with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken (some of her short stories are incredible). Also: Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones.

For example, the Powell memo, which is mostly about how awful it is that college students aren't being taught to love the free enterprise system (sufficiently).

Also, is DHS using the SHIELD logo as an avatar?