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LaCinetek @lacinetek.bsky.social · 2d

✨ Jacques Audiard sera au LaCinetek Film Festival !

Le cinéaste viendra présenter “New York - Miami” le vendredi 14 novembre à 12h au cinéma Le Méliès de Montreuil. Le film de Frank Capra fait partie de la liste de ses 50 films préférés, à retrouver sur LaCinetek.

📸 : © LOIC VENANCE / AFP

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

“But you are making plans / without a future and my now / is twisted into your crying.” Read “Entanglements,” a poem by Ursula K. Le Guin about cats.

A Poem by Ursula K. Le Guin About Cats

“Entanglements” March 28 Black cat, amiable visitor, let’s give each other all the pleasure we can, quick, yes, sitting on each other in the sunlight and stroking each other with our hands and face…

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

@annanorth.bsky.social explores literature of the Roman Empire (and how learning Latin can help untangle history from the present).

Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

My father does not like to give unsolicited advice, and when I was going off to college, he gave me no warnings about drugs, drinking, or boys. He did, however, give me one tip: “Don’t study Latin.…

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Ghost of Berlin @polyhedronerbium.bsky.social · 5d

Nice one. Found a good spot on the hornwort.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 11d

Talk show hosts.

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Ghost of Berlin @polyhedronerbium.bsky.social · 14d

Die Maus.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 15d

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 18d

Need help identifying AI-generated text? The Wikimedia Foundation has a handy guide.

Here’s a handy guide to help you spot AI writing.

Source image from Wikimedia Foundation It’s always a bit surprising to me how trusted Wikipedia has become, since I spent my entire childhood being told by adults to never, ever, trust it. But the …

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LaCinetek @lacinetek.bsky.social · Sep 12

💿 Il y a 50 ans aujourd’hui sortait "Wish You Were Here" de Pink Floyd.

David Gilmour ft. Maurice Pialat, avouez que vous ne l’aviez pas vu venir celui-là.

🟣 « Passe ton bac d’abord” du cinéaste français est sur LaCinetek : bit.ly/4gveZ0L

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 22d

A human in a maroon shirt and a cat appearing to watch or help them measure something.

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Ghost of Berlin @polyhedronerbium.bsky.social · 25d

Same here, I feel lonely without 'em. I forgot to add the coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum) this Spring. Frogs love it.

Ghost of Berlin @polyhedronerbium.bsky.social · Sep 11

There have been some surprising announcements been made in the past, so I think we can be hopeful that one day .... He doesn't seem to be in a rush though.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Signs your cleaner is done for the day.

A black and white cat covered in thick cobwebs.

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Ghost of Berlin @polyhedronerbium.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wow! Love it.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · Aug 24

Black cats waiting to be auditioned for a horror movie, 1961.

Black and white photo of black cats on leashes waiting outside a building.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · Aug 15

A small cat looks up at you over some maths homework.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Aug 7

🆕 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image shows our latest unexpected interstellar visitor, now called Comet 3I/ATLAS. The comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust around its solid icy nucleus, with size estimated up to 5 km across🧪🔭

esahubble.org/news/heic2509/ @science.esa.int @stsci.edu

At the centre of the image is a comet that appears with a teardrop-shaped bluish cocoon of dust coming off the solid, icy nucleus and seen against a black background. The comet appears to be heading to the bottom left corner of the image. About a dozen short, light blue diagonal streaks are seen scattered across the image, which are from background stars that appeared to move during the exposure because the telescope was tracking the moving comet.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · Aug 5

Anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Japan MUST know about their relations to ghosts.

This is a lesson learned by many long-time residents of Japan, including Lafcadio Hearn who called this "The Rule of the Dead."

Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · Aug 4

August is ghost month here in Japan, when the walls between the living and the dead become slim. Obon, the Festival of the Dead, is the most important Japanese holiday.

Understanding the history, religion, and culture of yurei--Japanese ghosts--is vital to knowing Japan.

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