Katrin Gygax
@katgax.bsky.social
Writer. DE/FR->EN Translator. Author. Rail-rider. Cyclist.
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
“Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof." ETH Zurich hosted another compelling #ETHGlobalLecture with Ballett Zürich and meteorologist David N. Bresch on creating science-guided dance performance.
Read my take below
@ethzurich.bsky.social
Read my take below
@ethzurich.bsky.social
The Butterfly Effect - ETH Ambassadors
“Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof.
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
February 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof." ETH Zurich hosted another compelling #ETHGlobalLecture with Ballett Zürich and meteorologist David N. Bresch on creating science-guided dance performance.
Read my take below
@ethzurich.bsky.social
Read my take below
@ethzurich.bsky.social
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
February 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
As AI chips away at my writing career, it's good to see areas where the news is good
Faster diagnosis of endometriosis with AI
ETH spin-off Scanvio is developing an algorithm that can be used to analyse ultrasound images of the womb on an automated basis. This should enable doctors to diagnose endometriosis more quickly in th...
ethz.ch
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As AI chips away at my writing career, it's good to see areas where the news is good
How should we approach #exploration in the 21st century? ETH Zürich hosted a discussion at #WEF as part of its #rETHink series with explorer Bertrand Piccard, @thenewschool.bsky.social historian Amanda Bellows and @ethzurich.bsky.social #astrophysicist Sascha Quanz. Read my take on it below
RETHINKING Exploration
“Right now, Earth is the only place in the cosmos where we know that life exists – I checked again this morning to make sure that statement is still true.” - Sascha Quanz, Professor of Exoplanets and ...
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
February 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
How should we approach #exploration in the 21st century? ETH Zürich hosted a discussion at #WEF as part of its #rETHink series with explorer Bertrand Piccard, @thenewschool.bsky.social historian Amanda Bellows and @ethzurich.bsky.social #astrophysicist Sascha Quanz. Read my take on it below
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‘Women who write about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less serious, less “universal”, than men who write about men drinking and writing and sleeping around.’
@torilmoi.bsky.social on Vigdis Hjorth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@torilmoi.bsky.social on Vigdis Hjorth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Toril Moi · I must divorce! On Vigdis Hjorth
Women who write about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
‘Women who write about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less serious, less “universal”, than men who write about men drinking and writing and sleeping around.’
@torilmoi.bsky.social on Vigdis Hjorth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@torilmoi.bsky.social on Vigdis Hjorth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The lesbians will be so fed.
Isabelle Huppert as vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory traveling through Vienna with her maid, a vegetarian vampire + his therapist, and two vampirologists so yes basically we are ready to give her the Oscar:
reactormag.com/isabelle-hup...
reactormag.com/isabelle-hup...
Isabelle Huppert Will Play a Vampire in a Movie Co-Written by Nobel Prize Winner Elfriede Jelinek - Reactor
Isabelle Huppert should star in everything.
reactormag.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The lesbians will be so fed.
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This is also where we are in book publishing. www.theverge.com/news/602918/...
Books written by humans are getting their own certification
Making it easier to avoid AI-generated slop.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is also where we are in book publishing. www.theverge.com/news/602918/...
Who's learning German on Duolingo right now? The ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series sat down with co-founder Severin Hacker (awesome name for a tech entrepreneur)
Here's my take
@ethzurich.bsky.social
#Duolingo #Entrepreneurship #GlobalLectureSeries #ETHZurich #ETHEntrepreneurship
Here's my take
@ethzurich.bsky.social
#Duolingo #Entrepreneurship #GlobalLectureSeries #ETHZurich #ETHEntrepreneurship
The Duolingo Journey
“I want Swiss German to remain that secret language you can't learn anywhere.” - Severin Hacker, Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Who's learning German on Duolingo right now? The ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series sat down with co-founder Severin Hacker (awesome name for a tech entrepreneur)
Here's my take
@ethzurich.bsky.social
#Duolingo #Entrepreneurship #GlobalLectureSeries #ETHZurich #ETHEntrepreneurship
Here's my take
@ethzurich.bsky.social
#Duolingo #Entrepreneurship #GlobalLectureSeries #ETHZurich #ETHEntrepreneurship
💕 and 😘
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
3/20
#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
3/20
#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
January 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
💕 and 😘
Who owns the moon? Everyone? No one? The debate is worth having, with both nations and private companies eyeing the resources they plan to mine on the moon.
Read my report on the discussion hosted by the ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series
Read my report on the discussion hosted by the ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series
Who Owns the Moon?
“It's scary if we blow up half of the moon, but we don't want to get there.” - Rodrigo Polanco
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
January 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Who owns the moon? Everyone? No one? The debate is worth having, with both nations and private companies eyeing the resources they plan to mine on the moon.
Read my report on the discussion hosted by the ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series
Read my report on the discussion hosted by the ETH Zürich Global Lecture Series
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Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
A big bucket of thanks to my friend @sherylmcdougald.bsky.social who makes the most beautiful sketch calendars of the #sunshinecoast #britishcolumbia (wild)life around her — and ships them as gorgeous packages anywhere in the world
January 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A big bucket of thanks to my friend @sherylmcdougald.bsky.social who makes the most beautiful sketch calendars of the #sunshinecoast #britishcolumbia (wild)life around her — and ships them as gorgeous packages anywhere in the world
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Calling AGENTS who represent illustrators or writer-illustrators: pls take a few mins to answer an anonymous short survey re: how you find illustrators? art-agents.paperform.co
Researching for my @scbwi.bsky.social wkshop at #scbwiNY25 + will share aggregate results publicly.
Pls share, thanks!
Researching for my @scbwi.bsky.social wkshop at #scbwiNY25 + will share aggregate results publicly.
Pls share, thanks!
December 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Calling AGENTS who represent illustrators or writer-illustrators: pls take a few mins to answer an anonymous short survey re: how you find illustrators? art-agents.paperform.co
Researching for my @scbwi.bsky.social wkshop at #scbwiNY25 + will share aggregate results publicly.
Pls share, thanks!
Researching for my @scbwi.bsky.social wkshop at #scbwiNY25 + will share aggregate results publicly.
Pls share, thanks!
AI-generated text and translations has had a radical affect on my profession, so it’s good to see that Switzerland’s educators are thinking about this in a nuanced way. It’s a matter of recognizing bad AI copy, as the very last sentence makes clear
Swiss educators rethink foreign language teaching because of AI
Swiss educators argue foreign language teaching needs to be rethought in light of artificial intelligence.
www.swissinfo.ch
December 23, 2024 at 9:45 PM
AI-generated text and translations has had a radical affect on my profession, so it’s good to see that Switzerland’s educators are thinking about this in a nuanced way. It’s a matter of recognizing bad AI copy, as the very last sentence makes clear
Popped into a bookstore while I waited for the bus home. No art books at all, but they do have a nice big section on angels, so there’s that
December 6, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Popped into a bookstore while I waited for the bus home. No art books at all, but they do have a nice big section on angels, so there’s that
Highly recommend this book of essays by Johannes Binotto @sennahojottonib.bsky.social for anyone who’s ever been to the movies. ”Wahrnehmung stören. Essays zu Film und Kino“ pulls you right in and points things out from your favourite movies that you hadn’t thought of before
December 2, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Highly recommend this book of essays by Johannes Binotto @sennahojottonib.bsky.social for anyone who’s ever been to the movies. ”Wahrnehmung stören. Essays zu Film und Kino“ pulls you right in and points things out from your favourite movies that you hadn’t thought of before
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Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...
Editor Vs AI: Can Grammarly edit itself? – Right Angels and Polo Bears
scieditor.ca
November 25, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Grammarly is more likely to add errors than to detect them. See the analysis in my latest addition to the Editor Vs AI series: scieditor.ca/2024/11/edit...
I wrote a bit on Cybathlon, the ETH Zurich-supported games based on need-driven research. It motivates teams from all over the world to develop assistive technologies suitable for everyday use with and for people with impairments.
CYBATHLON 2024 in Kloten: The Games for Technologies that Enable Inclusion
“Teams do not compete against each other but all together against disability.” - Dr. Tristan Vouga, EPFL
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
November 21, 2024 at 9:15 AM
I wrote a bit on Cybathlon, the ETH Zurich-supported games based on need-driven research. It motivates teams from all over the world to develop assistive technologies suitable for everyday use with and for people with impairments.
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This is the content that makes journalism great
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 PM
This is the content that makes journalism great
Let's start with some cowbells
November 21, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Let's start with some cowbells