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since a lot of people have been responding to this, i thought i'd share with folks an especially bad example of mistranslations coming from not understanding the language properly (this is a really dated translation of a poem by Qiu Jin that i have also translated)

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Countries are over relying on tree planting to meet emission targets, meaning there may not be enough land to sustainably balance emissions from hard to decarbonise sectors, like aviation and steel production, a new study from Imperial's @joerirogelj.bsky.social warns ⬇️

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

This is good. Our current world runs on 'basic' infrastructure that's invisible to most people, but so important for us to know some of.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"but it's a transition fuel..."

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Guys I cannot right now. Requesting anybody send me happy things if you can. Thank you.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

submitted 8 days ago • 32 comments

Does anybody have a number for a good cat exorcist?

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I have this jigsaw puzzle which I thought was really beautiful but it... It's hard. it's been sitting partly done for over a year now and I just decided, you know what, I'm just gonna try every brown thorny piece in every possible direction and voilaaaaa

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Happy Lantern Festival/Yuanxiao! Today marks the last day of Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) celebrations. Traditionally, people gather to look at gorgeous lanterns and answer various riddles which are often written in lyrical lines and verses.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Put my big girl pants on and did a Big Scary Thing today. It threw my whole day off and quite possibly tomorrow too, given it's past 2am right now. Which is silly to say because this is meant to be a month of couch potatoing so all the things I thought I should do are things I shouldn't do.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The Sploot at the Bottom of the Stairs

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Damn. My mom just informed me that the Meteor Garden girl died. I used to watch Meteor Garden to improve my mandarin. RIP Barbie Hsu.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Guys I fiiiinalllyyyyy mopped my floor - 3 weeks after getting back from 3 months away. In fairness to me, I started, decided I needed to vacuum first, then promptly got sick for 2 weeks. The rest is just procrastination. Anyway, my floor feels amazing now!!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Yo wtf is going on in the US????

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Did I have stuff to do today? Yes. Did I abandon it all because it was hot and I saw a fun way to make money? Yes. Did I decide to start doing things now but then am abandoning it all again because a friend offered to feed me? Also yes. Is any of this a problem? Actually no.

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Freakin' JEFF BUCKLEY on Malaysian radio. ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you @bfmradio.bsky.social

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“They have failed to get the support they need on the outside, and prison is used as a convenient way to lock them out of sight.” This was worth reading this morning. I have huge respect for these people campaigning to make government do more about climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 29 days ago • 9 comments

“Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even.” HAHAHAHAHA

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

She thought. Indian food. Was supposed to be. BROWN. www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comm...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Google Play won't let me purchase things because they say my country is wrong. It is right. They won't even tell me what country they think I'm in so I can falsely change it to that country just so I can buy something. I can't guess because I'm only allowed to change country once a year.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

dee and I got our free hpv vaccines at the national cancer center (3993 people vaccinated!) and there was a cat

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

At that stage in life where I don't take teenage rudeness or anger personally. If possible, just try to guide them. There's a lot of bad influences out there these days

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I seem to be coming down with a third awful cold in the same amount of months. What I realised during my second one was that miso soup can be very easily made in a mug and enjoyed to replenish salts, boost probiotics and soothe your throat.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Watched Eat, Pray, Love and it was boringly ok until her to-be lover starts trying to coerce her into a spontaneous unplanned trip with him and mansplaining her own feelings to her. She rightfully pushes back but then it gets truly terrible when she goes back to him at the end.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

“When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression”

submitted 37 days ago • 14 comments

Back when Indonesia and Malaysia were fighting… The Indonesian line on this old passport says "Valid for all parts of the world except: Taiwan, Israel and that thing called 'Malaysia'." Source: https://museummiliterku.blogspot.com/2017/02/paspor-dan-kebijakan-luar-negeri.html?m=1

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

After months in countries where walking is a valid + comfortable form of transportation & with my car out of commission I decided to walk the 3.5km back to my place after an appointment. Within 50m of starting out I was quickly reminded why I don't walk here. I doubled back and got a cab. #Malaysia

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

This is the first time I've heard of bloodletting being promoted as a treatment for pollution www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Me: feeling slightly bad I didn't bring gifts for cats Cats: OMFG A PAPER BAG

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

What a way to welcome me to my 40s.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Go learn something you've always wanted to learn, it's not too late! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

This was just lucky! Wordle 1,301 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue.bsky.social. Top stories in the screenshot. With all the LA fires, an important reminder: respirators protect you from all sorts of crap in the air. Read (always free)/share/support (join the Patreon): www.patreon.com/posts/119618...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments