Roxana C.
@roxchir.bsky.social
Disillusioned with the world, but probably still slipping friends pages of a novel.
Also, if you don't know something from lived experience, it can be hard to tell how it would affect your life. Do Americans not like walkable cities, or would they just hate being carless in something not that different from their current city?
It’s almost impossible to measure what people prefer in an environment where all kinds of factors influence where and how people live. There’s also an obvious absence of choice in most of the country. I’d warn against saying any evidence is all-caps overwhelming one way or the other.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Also, if you don't know something from lived experience, it can be hard to tell how it would affect your life. Do Americans not like walkable cities, or would they just hate being carless in something not that different from their current city?
Not to brag, but I'm one of the top translators from English into Romanian for software and games. How I ended up in localization is a bit of an accident, but it turned out I was very well-suited for the job, and any project I got sent a test for, I got. I translated. I reviewed. I led teams.
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Not to brag, but I'm one of the top translators from English into Romanian for software and games. How I ended up in localization is a bit of an accident, but it turned out I was very well-suited for the job, and any project I got sent a test for, I got. I translated. I reviewed. I led teams.
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Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
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OK- here we go. Sorry for the delay, I was not prepared for the exertion required in the thrill-a-minute adventure that is… CACAO FERMENTATION.
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
November 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM
OK- here we go. Sorry for the delay, I was not prepared for the exertion required in the thrill-a-minute adventure that is… CACAO FERMENTATION.
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
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SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
May 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
It's not just grammar and context - it's the whole millieu of what phrasing we use when. Sarcasm, cultural references, indicators of class or age, pompousness or openness, curtness or friendliness - they can depend on the synonyms used.
Translation isn’t simply plugging words into a dictionary and spitting out the “same” word in a different language. It requires knowledge of grammar and context. It’s a skill that AI simply cannot replicate because a good translation drips with humanity.
As a translator and writer, I need authors to be standing in solidarity with translators.
I will boycott and call out authors who support AI translation of literary works in any capacity.
I will boycott and call out authors who support AI translation of literary works in any capacity.
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's not just grammar and context - it's the whole millieu of what phrasing we use when. Sarcasm, cultural references, indicators of class or age, pompousness or openness, curtness or friendliness - they can depend on the synonyms used.
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The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison
I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
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I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
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Chinese police target writers of gay erotica with prison terms and heavy fines
The crackdown in Anhui has triggered debates about possible abuses of power and whether the law itself is too heavy-handed.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison
I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...
I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.
Trump is a child playing at being the chief of America, not understanding everyone else isn't playing make believe with him.
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Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has 'gone crazy'
A Ukrainian official says Russia has launched the biggest drone attack on Ukraine in the more than three-year war.
apnews.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump is a child playing at being the chief of America, not understanding everyone else isn't playing make believe with him.
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apnews.com/article/russ...
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Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
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Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
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“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have…
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
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I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
April 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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gonna just start posting commissions i've been commissioned for periodically to fill this feed up #calligraphy
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 AM
gonna just start posting commissions i've been commissioned for periodically to fill this feed up #calligraphy
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
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Despre conspirații, cu Natalie Wynn - merită urmărit cap-coadă www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqk...
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March 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Despre conspirații, cu Natalie Wynn - merită urmărit cap-coadă www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqk...
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You guys what if it wasn’t a coincidence that they only ever complained about the ‘cancellation’ of climate deniers, misogynists and race-science freaks
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You guys what if it wasn’t a coincidence that they only ever complained about the ‘cancellation’ of climate deniers, misogynists and race-science freaks
It's like stereograms. If I defocus a bit, I can read French. Handy.
March 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's like stereograms. If I defocus a bit, I can read French. Handy.
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Meanwhile, right wing clergy commit almost 40% of outside the home Child Sexual Assaults. Only cops--who are between 85 and 90% Republican--commit more.
Specifically, *right-wing white evangelicals* have been fed decades of lies by a hyperorganized apparatus of political organizations, churches, televangelists, and related organizations and influencers that a liberal, pluralistic, diverse democracy is in direct conflict with their religious freedom.
No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
March 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Meanwhile, right wing clergy commit almost 40% of outside the home Child Sexual Assaults. Only cops--who are between 85 and 90% Republican--commit more.
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I'm sorry what in the actual fuck
In non-legislative news, a murder conviction in Taos was just overturned because the prosecutor accused the defendant of witchcraft.
February 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm sorry what in the actual fuck
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Windshield wipers. Flu vaccines. Sunscreen. Water fountains. Power cables that snap off easily so you don't trip. Dead man's brakes on trains. An entire local department dedicated to putting out a fire if one starts in your home.
Progress is the work of God done by the hands of the unthanked.
Progress is the work of God done by the hands of the unthanked.
February 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Windshield wipers. Flu vaccines. Sunscreen. Water fountains. Power cables that snap off easily so you don't trip. Dead man's brakes on trains. An entire local department dedicated to putting out a fire if one starts in your home.
Progress is the work of God done by the hands of the unthanked.
Progress is the work of God done by the hands of the unthanked.
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The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.
After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.
De ce vrea Trump Europa slăbită? dorinlazar.ro/250220-trump...
De ce vrea Trump Europa slăbită?
Atacul la adresa democrației în România pare nejustificat dacă ne uităm la această întrebare de la Vali. Îi înțeleg nedumerirea, mai jos explicația.
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February 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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