counterclockwise

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European with an interest in American culture. An incomplete list of what I’ve been and in some cases still am: punk rocker, depressed, amateur photographer, obsessed with quantum mechanics without having any basic notion of mathematics, researcher, expat, daughter, crazy cat lady, happily married, Romance philologist, bad bass player, wannabe writer, podcast enthusiast, language teacher, self-taught piano enthusiast, avid reader, non-driving person, hiker, somewhat erratic
counterclockwiseJan 12, 2023
Jane Johnson (books)Jan 11, 2023
In Poland, waxwing birds love to eat fermented fruit, get drunk and then lie insensible on the pavement.
People collect them and put them in a safe place until they sober up... #OurBeautifulWorld
Thanks to @StateofPoland for the photo.
counterclockwiseJan 3, 2023
@RLCaputi glad to be of help 🙂
counterclockwiseJan 3, 2023
@RLCaputi It’s not wrong at all, they’re both correct forms (but “lazzarone” acquired a metaphorical meaning in modern Italian, which misled me)
counterclockwiseJan 3, 2023
@RLCaputi About the Italian feminist movement, there’s “Il movimento femminista in Italia. Esperienze, storie, memorie” by Fiamma Lussana (it’s a book, but you might choose some parts and/or find useful bibliographic references)
counterclockwiseJan 3, 2023
@RLCaputi Ok, I get it — you’re talking about what I know as “lazzari” in the context of the history of Naples and the Spanish rule of Southern Italy, and I have to admit the topic is somewhat obscure to me (I’m from Genoa and, as you know, the North-South divide deeply influences our own perception of Italian culture and history). I thought you were using the term “lazzarone” with the modern meaning of “scoundrel” or “slacker”, which puzzled me — my bad 😅
counterclockwiseJan 2, 2023
@RLCaputi I’m not an Italianist (my background is in Romance philology), but I’m Italian and I’m curious: what do you mean by “i lazzaroni”? I do understand the meaning of the word of course, but I’d like to know exactly what kind of concept/phenomenon it refers to in the context of your course. Same for “arrangiarsi”’— l’arte di arrangiarsi as a strategy for survival, maybe?
counterclockwiseJan 1, 2023
Chad Jan 1, 2023
counterclockwiseDec 29, 2022
PepsiloraDec 29, 2022

I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.

When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.

I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps.

EDIT: Replies tell me that this doesn't function in the UK without a VPN.

counterclockwiseDec 23, 2022
counterclockwiseDec 21, 2022
Paul RobichaudDec 21, 2022

Winter solstice at Newgrange, Ireland. Dating from c. 3,200 BC, its central passage is illuminated by sunlight on the morning of the the shortest day of the year. Light pierces the world of darkness, prefiguring the return of life in spring. #WinterSolstice

📷Ken Williams