Maíra Mendes Galvão

Barcelona = Figuig

I knew it!

congrats from a stranger! on tenure & the lovely moment with the therapist. I get an extra kick when my therapist celebrates my (so far, not so big, but still) successes with me.

That looks incredible! Food in Mexico City is so, so good. In all price points, too.

We are definitely not meant for this. And our nervous systems aren’t meant to be constantly exposed to global trauma, violence, and grief, either.

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thank you qobuz, now I also know there’s a new gwenno album and it is indeed divine as well

When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.

million things to do but they’ll wait – I’m drinking spearmint tea and listening to the new cate le bon album and it’s exquisite.

we’re experimenters!

thank you for talking about her, marisa. I’m not sharing because I’m also a brazilian living in the US, so I don’t feel free to post what I want. but I appreciate all the work you do, and I’m glad you’re getting the word out about her (although this shouldn’t be happening to anyone, obvi).

even though I am an out of work translator, I will never not be be a translator, I will always think about translation, and I know that she will deliver

Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead:

#academicsky

I like it when people post very short, 3-4 word things and for a second I don’t know what the post’s language is. this is not sarcastic: I enjoy reading them in a tentative nothing and everything imaginary accent a few times until I land on the intended language.

same!

This was great fun and a privilege to be part of. And doing it with one of my closest friends was the icing on the cake.

Goes live tomorrow and I’ll share the link.

Interviewer: Can you explain that gap in your resume?
Translation Studies: The gap is not an accident, it’s a feature — without it, there is no translation to be studied.

exquisite! bravissimi :)

amazing piece; gorgeous performance!

Large Language Muddle | The Editors The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

"Our final defenses are more diffuse, working at a level of norms and attitudes. Stigmatization is a powerful force, and disgust and shame are among our greatest tools. Put plainly, you should feel bad for using AI." (finally reading this)

been watching hamish macbeth and it is so sad that the captions say [speaking foreign language] when they’re speaking gàidhlig. there should be a translation following something like [in gaelic].

The Magdeburg Unicorn, a truly ludicrous "reconstruction" with two legs, no torso or neck, and one enormous horn projecting from its horse-like skull.

Reconstructing animals from their fossilized remains requires meticulous artistry and scientific rigour.

What was done to bones partly of a woolly rhinoceros discovered in Germany in 1663 arguably involved neither.

Behold the 'Magdeburg Unicorn' in all its tea-spitting glory.

(Yes, it's real.)

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Thank you!

as a consummate sinner, I don’t think my swollen lymph nodes, dizziness, and unpleasant sinter are signs of rapture. thankfully, it isn’t covid either.

From one PhD candidate to another: I’m sorry this was done to you. Your work sounds fascinating! Here’s wishing you all the best!

For every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return The net cost of the BIA pilot went from €105m to under €72m due to tax generated and savings on social welfare payments

It also finds that recipients’ arts-related income increased by over €500 per month on average, while their income from non-arts work decreased by around €280. Dependence on social protection declined, with recipients receiving €100 less per month on average, and 38 percentage points less likely to receive Jobseeker’s payments.

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare

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as in right now

Roman mosaic in House of the Fountains (Casa dos Repuxos) from the 1st Century (or 2nd, when the house was renovated). It belongs to the Conímbriga arachaeological site near Coimbra, in Portugal. The mosaic features geometric motifs, interlaced frames, and circular elements depicting fishes, as well as a central cartouche depicting water creatures such as merfolk).

detail from the house of the fountains (1st-2nd C.) in the ruins of conimbriga roman archaeological site near coimbra, in portugal. taken by me in august this year. #MosaicMonday

Dis/ability: The Complex Search for Voices in the Pre-Modern Era Public Disability History is a blog journal and a forum for exchange between the diverse actors involved and invested in issues regarding disability.

Dear #skystorians, do you sometimes struggle to bring those historical voices that were silenced and unheard until now to life? I've been ruminating on #earlymodern voices and #disability history. You can read more here:
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