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Magda Birkmann
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"Books, she thought, grew of themselves. She never had time to read them." (V. Woolf, To the Lighthouse)
magdarine.substack.com.
Cis (she/her). DE/EN.
Portfolio: www.magdarine.com
Insta: magelankaminbrand
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Having first journeyed through Tolkien fan art - for reasons that are Mysterious - I have graduated to music, and have spent today listening to various fan version of "Old Tom Bombadil". Join me in a journey through my discoveries!
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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In der Zeit, in der ich hier nicht sehr aktiv bin, schreibe ich immer wieder mal über dies und das.

Zuletzt für one and only @vliestext.cc über die wirklich sehr gute Show und Premiere der literarischen Girlband NO SCRIBES: vliestext.cc/texte/no-scr...
Tanzbare Kulturanalyse – ein Abend mit der literarischen Girlband NO SCRIBES
Die Schriftstellerinnen Alisha Gamisch, Raphaëlle Red und Paula Fürstenberg haben eine Band gegründet. Als NO SCRIBES blicken sie kritisch, aber liebevoll auf die Zeit der „Girl Power“ in den 90ern un...
vliestext.cc
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Hier bin ich Mensch – hier kauf ich NICHT mehr ein:

Der Geschäftsführer von #dm hat die Mitgliedschaft bei „ #DieFamilienunternehmer “ öffentlich bestätigt und verteidigt die Öffnung des Verbands hin zur AfD.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Wir haben fast ein ganzes Jahr miteinander Jules Verne gelesen. Nun ist die Reise an ihr Ende gekommen.
Danke, das war richtig schön!
Am Ende unserer Reise
Kapitel 45: Schluß
reisezummittelpunktdererde.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ich hab letzte Nacht geträumt, dass ich in den bloßen Händen einen großen Haufen geriebenen Parmesan durch eine Turnhalle transportieren musste und dabei nicht erwischt werden durfte. Als die Lehrerin kam, hab ich mir alles schnell in den Mund gestopft.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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“In many ways, understanding how things work is the antithesis of generative AI.”

New post about preparing for the post-bubble-era: fmarx.com/journal/the-...
The magic is coming from inside the house | Frederic Marx, Front-End Developer
What if we take everything that generative AI asks of us, and do the exact opposite?
fmarx.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ich hatte nie wirklich das Bedürfnis, Walter Scott zu lesen, bis ich erfahren habe, dass in seinen Waverly Romanen u.a. ein "German conman Dousterswivel" und eine Figur namens Steenie Mucklebackit vorkommen.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Herzlich willkommen zum #litgangwichteln!

In diesem Thread erfährst Du alles für das diesjährige #litgangwichteln.
In aller Kürze: Wir überraschen und erfreuen uns gegenseitig mit einem Buchgeschenk per Post – und die zu beschenkenden Menschen werden dafür zugelost.

1/21
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Mr. Beast Literaturpreis wann
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We protect children by letting them play safely & maintaining that community boundary around them. Whether it is a literal fence around a school playground or a boundary made up of clear social norms & mores that is discursively maintained, this is the adult’s job in a healthy society. 5/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Snatching teens from the social-emotional playground to make them your personal plaything in the adult world is as abhorrent as snatching a younger child from a literal playground, & it’s time we fully acknowledged that fact. 4/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A lot of ppl seem to struggle w the idea that we need to allow teenagers space to take risks & make mistakes while also protecting them, but it is possible & it is our job as the adults. 3/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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as they play at adulthood with *one another,* not to jump in & join them on the social-emotional playground, not to yank them out & force them into the adult world, but to ensure that they can play & experiment & practice w one another (as they are wired to do) SAFELY. 2/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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So here is the thing about teenagers: they are children playing at adulthood. That cognitive dissonance is hard for a lot of ppl & doesn’t mesh w a society based on reducing everyone to a consumer demo. Our job as adults, tho, is to provide them w the safety & support networks they need 1/5
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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"When women speak, and tell us of rich and powerful white men’s misdeeds, we not only don’t believe them; we often don’t even bother to listen in the first place."
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"In a desert of boredom, an oasis of cock."
Escape Artists
Romantasy at the End of the World
www.thedriftmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Irland führt nach einer dreijährigen Testphase ein bedingungsloses Künstlergrundeinkommen ein, und bedingungslos meint genau das: no strings attached.

Wie das funktioniert, wie viel Geld es gibt und warum diese Nachricht trotzdem nicht durch die Bank positiv ist, erkläre ich im @surplusmagazin.de!
Dank bedingungslosem Grundeinkommen: Irlands Kultur boomt
Dass die irische Literatur- und Kulturszene so stark ist, liegt auch an staatlichen Subventionen. Einen großen Erfolg feiert derzeit das Künstlergrundeinkommen.
www.surplusmagazin.de
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Eines meiner liebsten Beispiele für den Mandela Effect ist, wenn (meist amerikanische) Leute sich zu erinnern glauben, dass schon ihre Oma immer "my sweet summer child" zu ihnen gesagt habe, lange bevor es GoT/ASoIaF überhaupt gab.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM