Jim from Indiana
@jdotham.bsky.social
The same bike-riding, freaky-dancing, shul-going, Cymrophilic librarian you knew from Twitter. Rhymes "Bluesky" with "brewski".
I've read a few of Robin Myers's translations (with more on my to-read stack!). She's good.
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s We Are Green and Trembling, translated by Robin Myers, wins the National Book Award for Translated Literature!
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I've read a few of Robin Myers's translations (with more on my to-read stack!). She's good.
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![Mordechai said to relay to Esther, "Do not think that you will escape [the fate of] all the Jews by being in the king's palace. 14 For if you will remain silent at this time, relief and salvation will come to the Jews from another source, and you and the house of your father will be lost.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ukhaigpilraq5laa2pdmrwph/bafkreifgf4af4ipgptt2bxyzr44ft2msyzlxddxihjuzcuzkwh2hjure6m@jpeg)
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The Hebrew word for a man is “eesh” and I think that’s beautiful.
December 5, 2024 at 10:09 PM
The Hebrew word for a man is “eesh” and I think that’s beautiful.
I'm trying to decide which of the excellent-looking books by @alinaetc.bsky.social to give myself for my birthday next month. #booksky www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/anthologies
alina stefanescu, writer
www.alinastefanescuwriter.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM
I'm trying to decide which of the excellent-looking books by @alinaetc.bsky.social to give myself for my birthday next month. #booksky www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/anthologies
Read the thread and also the full article linked at the end.
You can’t fight for democracy if you don’t know what democracy is. And if you think democracy is simply the ability to vote in a fair election, you know the absolute minimum of what democracy needs to be.
Part of why this matters is realizing we were in a broken/dying democracy well before Trump.
Part of why this matters is realizing we were in a broken/dying democracy well before Trump.
November 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Read the thread and also the full article linked at the end.
I've more than doubled my follower count on Bluesky in November -- from 4 to 9!
November 27, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I've more than doubled my follower count on Bluesky in November -- from 4 to 9!
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the left: 'people are vulnerable, we should protect them.'
the right: 'people are vulnerable, we should exploit them.'
any questions?
the right: 'people are vulnerable, we should exploit them.'
any questions?
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
the left: 'people are vulnerable, we should protect them.'
the right: 'people are vulnerable, we should exploit them.'
any questions?
the right: 'people are vulnerable, we should exploit them.'
any questions?
Family members could die, but I'm all in for the hilarity.
don’t think people really understand how bad RFK jr. leading the HHS will actually be but unfortunately it will also be hilarious. like imagine a clown in your living room honking his nose, then dumping your grandma’s ashes on the carpet
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Family members could die, but I'm all in for the hilarity.