Note, like thesis, arsis pluralizes with an ”e”. Your author’s poetic analyses have not taken a vulgar about-turn, even when four arses pop up in a sentence. You’re welcome #amediting
www.britannica.com/art/arsis
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Note, like thesis, arsis pluralizes with an ”e”. Your author’s poetic analyses have not taken a vulgar about-turn, even when four arses pop up in a sentence. You’re welcome #amediting
www.britannica.com/art/arsis
Maybe a plant waterer can do a portrait — I’d say flowering is guaranteed
16.02.2026 16:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Iloitsin niin suuresti kun näin tätä 1. kertaa! Sitä lisää!
16.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can you install a webcam?
16.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Reeds, lake, snow, sun
Helmikuu — the pearl of months #stetwalk
06.02.2026 13:57 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ja vain täällä on sisäilma. Kuten vain saksalisilla on Kreislauf.
13.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Mulla on ne keittiössä ja tuoksu ulottuu sopivasti sieltä olohuoneeseen. Mutta myös koska minulla on joulukuusi vielä kynttiläpäivän asti ja eivät mielestäni voi olla samassa huoneessa. Lasitetulle parvekkeelle voisiko laittaa?
13.01.2026 05:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Niin on! Larppaan mukaan, ei ole miekkaa mutta on hupullinen tunika tänään päällä, tuli vasta nyt mieleen. Pitää keksiä sopiva menyy lounaalle…
12.01.2026 09:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Parts of a sword, from seven swords but Wikipedia has the same image
You know it’s going to be a fun #xl8 week when the first thing you have to search is names of parts of a sword (#archeology museum, since you asked, and yes we do already have objects for “possible religious or ritual use”)
12.01.2026 09:02 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Säynätsalo Town Hall between snowy pines
Well it’s a winter wonderland now alright. Photo taken this morning. Still time to join us for two days of writing jn Säynätsalo Town Hall 22-23.1. Booking closes next week www.eventbrite.fi/e/writing-in... #writingtretreat
08.01.2026 07:31 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Gerne — aber ich bin erst am 7.1. wieder am Schreibtisch! 🎄
28.12.2025 06:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My Christmas tree waits outside the open balcony door, still in that netting they use for oranges.
Joulu on (parvekkeen) ovella
16.12.2025 06:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Jos ette ole vielä lukenut hänen kirjansa Sofia Tawastin kanssa, suosittelen vahvasti, on hienoja tiivistelmiä selkosuomeksi www.tammi.fi/kirjat/suuri...
11.12.2025 06:43 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Tämä on niin raivostuttavaa!
11.12.2025 06:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0‘I often think that the first dictionary a child in Gaza carries is invisible and heavy. Before they learn the names of distant animals or the months of the year, they learn to point at the sky and say زنانة “drone.”’
11.12.2025 06:08 — 👍 18 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0Still not sure what a certain person (you included) might want for Christmas? How about two whole days writing with a dozen other lovely people, in a winter wonderland? Book now for 22-23.1. #writingretreat on my home island 📝💛☃️
10.12.2025 06:34 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Glass birds on winter branches at Valo hotel reception, steps up to the coworking space, deep blue sky out the window
Just finished another lovely #writingretreat at Valo Helsinki. As we finished up, the Christmas decorations went up. The energy of a dozen women in a room, all writing, is amazing!
05.12.2025 14:44 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wavered but I went for the one I felt sums up the feel of this year…
26.11.2025 09:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I voted, have you?
26.11.2025 07:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oxford Word of the Year 2025. Voting Now Open
The shortlist for Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is here! 🥳
Which word do you think defined the year?
Vote now to have your say: oxford.ly/3Xc0ypJ
#OxfordWOTY
Hope we get your translation soon! @skhistoria.bsky.social thank you for all your help with getting this text right 🩷
21.11.2025 09:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wales, place of good news 🏴❤️
21.11.2025 09:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just asked Cornell for a review copy and got a PDF so please do try to get hold of it and share. Many of the authors have written articles elsewhere but it’s much better having them together like this…
21.11.2025 09:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@cornellupress.bsky.social thank you again for the review copy!
21.11.2025 07:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trans Day of Remembrance was yesterday, when my review of this fascinating book on early #trans history was published by the Friends of #QueerHistory. Coming soon, there’ll be a Finnish translation (of the review, could you translate the whole book?) sateenkaarihistoria.fi/trans-histor...
21.11.2025 07:53 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1Next #bookclub is 16 Dec, back at Villa Rana with Polish scifi and we will choose books for the new year. Dear people of #Jyväskylä, do join us! As ever we read in any language and discuss in English.
www.villarana.fi/tapahtuma/th...
My favourite fiction on this is the Revenge of the Translator, in which war is waged in the footnotes: store.deepvellum.org/products/rev...
15.11.2025 06:54 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I throughly enjoyed this over breakfast (in Finland) and might use it for an eVent* with NEaT.🗡️
How do we get dagger symbols on our phones without resorting to emojis?
* electronic vent, an online video conversation
🗡️Nordic Editors and Translators
That emergency sign is great! This is gorgeous (buy it for yourself and all children in your radius if you haven’t already) www.thelostwords.org/lostwordsbook/
15.11.2025 06:42 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Based on this I don’t advise it :-) www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
14.11.2025 13:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0