Not so happy. Financially, 2025 was probably the worst year I had since I started translating for a living. I lost most of my long time clients - retirement, sickness etc. - and new ones are hard to find.
So I am on self promotion now - anyone here who wants his English book translated into German? No option for you? Talk to me. Most of my authors are glad for the additional income.
References on my blog - see profile.
#translations #books #writing #author
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I’m currently reading “Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Tortue,” by Angela Davis. If I used a highlighter in this book, about 90% of it would be yellow.
#Books #Reading #AngelaDavis #Abolition #Democracy #SystemicRacism #PrisonIndustrialComplex
I do approve of Alan Moore's dedication in his upcoming novel :
"For Volodymr Zelenskyy and anti- fascists everywhere. Ils ne passeront pas"
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I do approve of Alan Moore's dedication in his upcoming novel :
"For Volodymr Zelenskyy and anti- fascists everywhere. Ils ne passeront pas"
.
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. It lets people keep track of their books, publish reviews and discover new titles. Find out more about BookWyrm at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
There's a list of servers you can sign up on at:
➡️ https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances
(The flagship is overcrowded, you might want to use a different server.)
You can import your data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre:
BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. It lets people keep track of their books, publish reviews and discover new titles. Find out more about BookWyrm at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
There's a list of servers you can sign up on at:
➡️ https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances
(The flagship is overcrowded, you might want to use a different server.)
You can import your data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre:
Break out the calculators: November 23 is Fibonacci Sequence Day
The cornerstone of modern math wouldn’t be possible without the Hindu-Arabic numerical system.
by Andrew Paul
https://www.popsci.com/science/fibonacci-sequence-day-2025/
Fibonacci at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=fibonacci
Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables
Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.
by Jennifer Ouellette
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/
Original article:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039
Detail from a page of Dufour’s *Usage du Caphé, du Thé, et du Chocolate* (1688) by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, from Usage du caphé, du thé, et du chocolate
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Source: Wellcome Collection
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b4cdb4cc-c07d-48db-8bfe-2aaba3677bfb
#chocolate #books #dufour #mesoamerica #mexico #cacao #colmenero #cocoa #wadsworth #colonialism #art #publicdomain
Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector
by Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/pennsylvania-historic-latin-music
The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy
Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México (the Maya Codex of Mexico) is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.
https://aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy
