Congratulations to Anne Carson for winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature! Well deserved.

If you want to read her work and are wondering where to start, I really enjoyed "Autobiography of Red" and its sequel(ish) "Red doc>" as well as the beautifully illustrated "Antigonick".

And here's a short essay by her from 2024 where she talks about her Parkinson's diagnosis:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240811122929/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n16/anne-carson/gloves-on

#poetry #womenInLiterature #mustRead #nobelPrize #bookstodon #parkinson

On my walk today, I found some Forbidden Tribbles. Was able to extract chestnuts with minimal blood loss.

#chestnuts #fall #autumn

From my walk today: #fungiFriends galore. #mushtodon and some #mosstodon

from my walk today: tiny white parasol-like fungi between leaves, and a chunkier one in the grass.

#mushtodon #autumn #pilze #fungi

Du bist oder kennst eine Emmeline / Emmelyne K., der in Bochum heute oder kürzlich das Portmonnaie geklaut wurde? Das hab ich vorhin gefunden und beim Fundbüro abgegeben. Bankkarten und Krankenkassenkarte waren noch drin.

(hab gesucht, aber keinen online Kontakt gefunden)

#bochum #fundbüro

I am currently reading (and really enjoying) The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry. I found the book in one of my local free little libraries and am very grateful to whoever put it there. Thank you, stranger!

What are you reading? And where / how did you find the book?

#bookstodon #amReading #leseratte #bücherwurm #books #FreeLittleLibrary

Mal was neues für die Ohren? Auf dem Album ZhengxPhon (Qin Tang & Claudius Reimann) treffen Instrumente aufeinander, die man selten zusammen hört: die Guyzheng trifft auf Kontrabassklarinette und Sopranosaxophon.

"Xi Yu":
https://musiccloud.io/qSOmVEpv

"Die Überwindung":
https://musiccloud.io/HZKBqHyO

Eine Kollaboration, die sich in der Bochumer Kleinkunstszene gefunden hat.

#MastoMusic #Bochum #Musik #Guzeng #musicdiscovery #MusikEntdecken #instrumental #indie

A very good (insert appropriate time of day here) to you! Here's the 3 minutes of can't-help-but-tap-my-feet-and/or-sing-along you didn't ask for today:

Leo Sayer, "You make me feel like dancing" (1976)

https://musiccloud.io/XJVsezcE

#guiltyPleasure #70sMusic #BlastFromThePast #palateCleanser

RE: https://vis.social/@lia_pas/116920216340348395

This looks promising --

Sharing / reposting this piece by @jake4480 on the small web - which includes links to lots of resources - I'll go back to it for sure to see how I can make my online time more enjoyable / find more non-monetized, non-corporate, non-AI stuff.

https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/the-small-real-original-web

Will I ever learn to wait until the cheese on the pizza is no longer the temperature of molten lava?

No. No I won't.

#pizza #BadHabits

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nicolasgouny/116945393379542507

...timeline cleanser: can you spot the kitty among the dinosaurs?

An almost blown poppy and the promise of a sunflower. #bloomscrolling #flora #flower

Went for a little walk, so have some cool morning moss, plus some flowers

#mosstodon #bochum #bloomscrolling

p.s. this better not have been an important message or something, because I had it for breakfast.

I encountered a #Mystery! This apple looked normal / unblemished until after I cut it in half, when these odd markings appeared. As you can see, they are only surface-deep, the inside is not affected. Of course apples get brown spots now and then, but this... looks so intentional? Aliens?!

#everydayMystery #mandelbrot #apple #weird #foodScience #pleaseExplain #isItAliens #agriculture #farming

Stumbled across some dead man's fingers this weekend! (well, not literally)

about dead man's fingers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylaria_polymorpha

#mosstodon #fungiFriends #fungi #naturephotography #closeup

If you're looking for articles to read for Pride Month or about queerness in general, in its many forms, JSTOR Daily has put together a bunch of interesting pieces (with accessible research sources).

https://daily.jstor.org/lgbtq-pride-month-editors-picks/

#prideMonth #queer #queerAcademia

RE: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116656527925433021

This.

There's one song that immediately comes to mind when I hear the prompt for this #FortnightFridayMusic is 'red', and it's "Little Red" by Kate Nash. I love the song for how pared down it is, the storytelling, the glue, -

https://musiccloud.io/vMMlq

#music #kateNash #red