Ricardo Vacapinta
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Mexican-American in Amsterdam. Citizen of the world. Ex Astrophysics student. Mostly talk about books, art, culture, language and living in Amsterdam. Speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch and Japanese - in order of proficiency. Mefite. Partner of [email protected]
Rachel FrickMoving my account soon as I want to be on a server in Europe. Feel more comfortable with my data here. Thinking either mastodon.world or mastodon.coffee. Both based here in the Netherlands.
Flew to Portugal and back to see family. We were the only ones wearing masks on both plane trips. Seems like such a small thing to do. But now, we are the rebels in society it seems.
InhaeThis year, I started the project to read the winners of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, a prize that honours the best in crime fiction.
I managed to read 18 books, mostly from the 60s and 70s.
I didn’t like all of them, but overall it’s a very good experience. The ones that really stand out to me are the first two winners for long fiction:
- 本陣殺人事件 (honjin satsujin jiken) by Seishi Yokomizo (横溝正史).
- 不連続殺人事件 (furenzoku satsujin jiken) by Ango Sakaguchi (坂口安吾).
The city of Amsterdam announcement of upcoming changes for 2023 includes this tidbit:
"Amsterdam will put its own Mastodon server live in January. This means that Amsterdammers, and the rest of the world, can follow the city's news via social media without being dependent on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram."
#Amsterdam
https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/verandert-2023/
"Amsterdam will put its own Mastodon server live in January. This means that Amsterdammers, and the rest of the world, can follow the city's news via social media without being dependent on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram."
#Amsterdam
https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/verandert-2023/
Kit YatesQ. Why do mathematicians confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A. Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
Happy Christmas.
I am in the Portuguese town of Alcutim. The Spanish town of San Lucar sits across the river. They are in different timezones. I am thinking of staying here an extra week, celebrating the New Year across the river and then ferrying back to celebrate it again an hour later! #portugal #españa #guadiana #timezones #newyear
Ignacio Sanchez PradoXmas reading: a novel by a Congolese writer which I think is not yet available in English but Mexican independent press Elefanta brought to us in Spanish.
Went to see the 5000 year old standing stones of Lavajo in Portugal. They stand on a hill in a rural location accessible via a rough dirt road. The quiet was only interrupted by a herd of goats, their bells ringing as they passed. #lavajo #portugal #lichens #LichenSubscribe #menhir #standingstone #megalith
I might have known that chameleons made it as far north as southern Portugal but this sign still surprised me. They are hard to see, for obvious reasons. #chameleons #reptiles #lizards #portugal #algarve