Oren Isaac Watson

Sunt quidam qui me dicant non esse poetam; sed qui me vendit bibliopola putat. There are some who say I am not a poet; but the bookseller who sells mine believes in me. -- Martial Epigrams 14.194

Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

It does actually call into question whether previous games translated by the same group had similar strange errors and it simply wasn't noticed because they didn't have english text with japanese VO which was how this one was spotted. I know I spot bad subtitles fairly often (esp socalled dubtitles)

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

KIRYU-CHAN! 🔪✨ #yakuza

Wow. They literally don't know English grammar at the NYT anymore.

Do you think when they invented Acheulean stone tools, the cavemen who specialized in making Oldowan tools were upset and tried to hinder the new industry to maintain dominance?

Ireland closes it's last coal power station. www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/i...

9 years since the Brexit referendum disaster and the public is clear they're sick of Brexit Rejoin 56% Stay out 34% 10% DK

Des Canadiens coincés en Iran et en Israël appellent à l’aide

Just so he can put a tariff on our great Canadian asbestos, from Asbestos, QC?!

For all you Terry Pratchett fans! Every Discworld book from The Colour of Magic to The Shepard's Crown!

Announcement: A new variant of my custom designed terminal font "Neoletters" is released on my website! As has been requested by many over the years, the new variant has more traditional-looking glyphs for 'a' and 'e' and variants thereof. orenwatson.be/fontdemo.htm

quī lacerat violat ve rapit prēsēns epitoma who tears, violates, or steals the present book hunc laceretque voret Cerberus absque morā. may Cerberus tear and devour him without delay -- John Skelton, distych book curse.

Caecilie, te in libris Cantabrigiensis vidi villam nunc in Pompeiis quoque

I have a question about this. In Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall, chapter 6, he says that on his way to war against the Caledonians, Severus "passed the walls of Hadrian and Antoninus". This was printed 1783, long before 1840.

Videos of Mark Carney dancing to Down With Webster after his win has me 😲😳😍 m.youtube.com/watch?v=BszU...

I don't like this "here's how..." cliché. It's annoying and sounds vaguely ungrammatical. "This is how..." or just "How..." please.

If you write a nuanced and thoughtful article with a big dumb headline that makes news consumers mad, it’s not the news consumers’ fault

Looking forward to a reasonable reaction from the White House to the long-previewed news that Canada is changing prime ministers, based on even a basic understanding of Westminster systems and a vague awareness of Canadian news.

The praetorian guard must be scaled back. I have offered every member of the praetorian guard a very good deal to quit immediately. I am immune to knives by the way.

Our hearts are with Ismaili Muslims in BC and around the world today, at the news that His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has died in Lisbon, surrounded by family. The Aga Khan dedicated his life to peace and human rights. Together, we honour his legacy and leadership.

in blavum coelum veni

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