Nicola Bianco
@nicolabi.bsky.social
Cultural Anthropology, Buddhology, Japan, Linguistics, Media, Folklore, Western Alps, Autism
Libro sempre consigliato, ma rigorosamente l'ultima edizione valida, 1975.
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Libro sempre consigliato, ma rigorosamente l'ultima edizione valida, 1975.
They send little spies to watch me
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
They send little spies to watch me
Heretic (2024) è un film con problemi strutturali troppo grossi per poter essere salvato da Grant o da una ridda di teorie da Reddit. La vera ordalia è che per larga parte è soporifero.
February 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Heretic (2024) è un film con problemi strutturali troppo grossi per poter essere salvato da Grant o da una ridda di teorie da Reddit. La vera ordalia è che per larga parte è soporifero.
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14/ We think of 你 as modern and 爾 as archaic, but in fact the pronunciation "nǐ" preserves the ancient Chinese pronunciation, while "ěr" is a recently developed sound in the history of Chinese. (I made a little video of that development: youtu.be/OOQFcr5FHww .)
The evolving pronunciations of Chinese 爾 over time
YouTube video by Zev Handel
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 5:33 AM
14/ We think of 你 as modern and 爾 as archaic, but in fact the pronunciation "nǐ" preserves the ancient Chinese pronunciation, while "ěr" is a recently developed sound in the history of Chinese. (I made a little video of that development: youtu.be/OOQFcr5FHww .)
Questa volta sarà dura tutelare gli autovelox da attacchi missilistici.
November 21, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Questa volta sarà dura tutelare gli autovelox da attacchi missilistici.
Le mine intelligenti
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Le mine intelligenti
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Desperately trying to teach the algorithm not to show me total randos and boring selfies in discover tab
November 16, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Desperately trying to teach the algorithm not to show me total randos and boring selfies in discover tab
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In 1649, while traveling from Nagasaki to Edo (modern Tokyo), the visiting Dutch Embassy made an obligatory stop in Kyoto where they saw the Great Buddha of Hōkō-ji.
The Great Buddha stood nearly 60 feet tall and was completed in 1612, replacing an older destroyed icon. /🧵
#skystorians 🗃
The Great Buddha stood nearly 60 feet tall and was completed in 1612, replacing an older destroyed icon. /🧵
#skystorians 🗃
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
In 1649, while traveling from Nagasaki to Edo (modern Tokyo), the visiting Dutch Embassy made an obligatory stop in Kyoto where they saw the Great Buddha of Hōkō-ji.
The Great Buddha stood nearly 60 feet tall and was completed in 1612, replacing an older destroyed icon. /🧵
#skystorians 🗃
The Great Buddha stood nearly 60 feet tall and was completed in 1612, replacing an older destroyed icon. /🧵
#skystorians 🗃
That would be like 婆蘭伊
"Polanyi" seems like the name of some deva or dhāraṇī, transliterated into a Chinese Buddhist scripture in the 7th c, and transcribed in Roman pinyin in the 21st. But to me, he's just Karl.
November 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
That would be like 婆蘭伊
Veillane, Turin - Lac de Saint-Barthélemy
November 14, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Veillane, Turin - Lac de Saint-Barthélemy
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青鳥已死
The Azure bird is dead
蒼天當立
The Blue Sky is now established
歲在甲辰
When the year is Jia-Chen
天下大喜
GREAT JOY UNDER HEAVEN
The Azure bird is dead
蒼天當立
The Blue Sky is now established
歲在甲辰
When the year is Jia-Chen
天下大喜
GREAT JOY UNDER HEAVEN
November 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
青鳥已死
The Azure bird is dead
蒼天當立
The Blue Sky is now established
歲在甲辰
When the year is Jia-Chen
天下大喜
GREAT JOY UNDER HEAVEN
The Azure bird is dead
蒼天當立
The Blue Sky is now established
歲在甲辰
When the year is Jia-Chen
天下大喜
GREAT JOY UNDER HEAVEN
Reposted by Nicola Bianco
A Buddhist Studies Starter Pack is up and running! Envisioned as primarily academic, it’s also a place for librarians, publishers, and professional societies that work with Buddhist Studies to connect.
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
November 9, 2024 at 4:28 AM
A Buddhist Studies Starter Pack is up and running! Envisioned as primarily academic, it’s also a place for librarians, publishers, and professional societies that work with Buddhist Studies to connect.
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
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