also I feel like a dumdum because I read my second Russian work in translation recently (I read Crime and Punishment a while ago and just finished Anna Karenina) and it only JUST occurred to me that maybe they are hard to follow because the translations I'm reading are bad

is this not like legitimately an English dissertation project

you nailed it!

^^^ this!

This is a Die Schöne Müllerin reference

oh hey! I didn't even realize it's right here hahaha

a choice quote from the SMT plenary session: "Gossip is a form of research"

OOF

her applause at the business meeting was so long I thought we were about to call for an encore (an encore of what, I don't know, but an encore)

why does AMS keep fumbling so hard though for real

UGH why did we never get a chance to hang out at SMT.

I mean it is really hard not to just react like 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

we accept refugees, welcome to the cool kids club (lmao)

if they flee, can I have their brownstone