Yanko Tsvetkov

An old self-portrait, posing with Luigi Serafini’s Codex Seraphinianus, which is one of my favorite books ever. Don’t try this at home, I’m a trained Reading Yoga professional. #ReversePrayerPose

#chrinostober Day 20: Howl Time was up, the Wolves were gonna reclaim what was theirs. One last collective Howl, to awaken the slumbering God inside the moon. The wealthiest humans managed to escape, the ones left, well, they were in for a couple changes. For @ulfhednar793.bsky.social #furry

When humans fail at writing sensible rules: “If you don’t speak English, you need to find a different community. We cannot distinguish between AI-written and AI-translated. Since you don’t speak English, you can’t even verify yourself if it translated correctly.” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Every book needs a poster. Mine needs two because it's special. If you're into fairy tales for adults, check out the official Patreon announcement (free access): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/new-co... #AdultFairyTales #FolkTales #BookSky #Folklore #Mythology

“Let’s say that Albert Speer, while leafing through a book on Gaudi, swallowed an overgenerous dose of LSD and began to build a nuptial catacomb for Liza Minnelli…” —Umberto Eco, “Travels in Hyper Reality” #NowReading #NonFiction #BookSky

“They are more than fantasy, more than fiction, shimmering with a surreality so saturated that it becomes a mirror for what is realest in us, what we are often yet to see.”

Every book needs a poster. Mine needs two because it's special. If you're into fairy tales for adults, check out the official Patreon announcement (free access): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/new-co... #AdultFairyTales #FolkTales #BookSky #Folklore #Mythology

“We also sell poetry so bad it could only have been written by people.”

A woman brags about having a perfect marriage after she overhears her neighbors fighting. Her claim is immediately tested. Download the DRM-free ebook single from Patreon (subscribers only): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/ebook-... #BookSky #FolkTale #Folklore

”I am anxious, insecure, and always afraid of being wrong. What is worse, I am always afraid that the person who says I am wrong is better than I am.” —Umberto Eco, preface to the American edition of “Travels in Hyper Reality” #NowReading #NonFiction #BookSky

A woman brags about having a perfect marriage after she overhears her neighbors fighting. Her claim is immediately tested. Download the DRM-free ebook single from Patreon (subscribers only): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/ebook-... #BookSky #FolkTale #Folklore

Fionna with Tigers. Private collection

New paperback just arrived. It’s hard to take a color-accurate photo that does justice to its glorious blend of deep blacks, washed-out gold, and velvety navy blue! But don’t take my word for it! Snatch a copy and see for yourself: www.amazon.com/dp/8409915316

Illuminations by Evrard d'Espinque for a circa 1480 French translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus' 13th-century De Proprietatibus Rerum. More marvellous maps from the manuscript here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/despinque-anglicus-illuminations

New paperback just arrived. It’s hard to take a color-accurate photo that does justice to its glorious blend of deep blacks, washed-out gold, and velvety navy blue! But don’t take my word for it! Snatch a copy and see for yourself: www.amazon.com/dp/8409915316

To save a lazy man from hunger, God sends him a heavenly bull. Alas, the blessing has a peculiar defect. Download the DRM-free ebook single from Patreon (subscribers only): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/ebook-... #BookSky #FolkTale #Folklore

Dive into a whimsical universe of dysfunctional deities who refuse to take responsibility for their flawed creations, abandoning them to the whims of chance and the most powerful of all fundamental forces, Chronic Dissatisfaction. yankotsvetkov.com/posts/new-co... #BookSky #Folklore #Mythology

80s Mike Oldfield channeling 90s Björk through a rupture in spacetime open.spotify.com/track/4mbsyf...

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A priest’s refusal to grant a dignified burial to a beloved village idiot triggers a religious war whose only survivors are timid conformists. Read on Patreon (subscribers only): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/ebook-... #BookSky #folklore #MedievalSky #MedievalHumor

I’ve been updating all Apophenia editions for the last 2 months and I’m so burned out, I got stuck on the cover of the new omnibus since the beginning of October! And then @chrinos.art suggested I should crop the bull and suddenly, it all fell into place. Few tweaks aside, I’m almost done!

A priest’s refusal to grant a dignified burial to a beloved village idiot triggers a religious war whose only survivors are timid conformists. Read on Patreon (subscribers only): yankotsvetkov.com/posts/ebook-... #BookSky #folklore #MedievalSky #MedievalHumor

By Luce Bahzi

The biggest, most important question here: what’s the difference between computation and ingenuity and, provided there is one, should the human brain be bothered with it or should we use it for something else? Like, I don’t know… poetry, perhaps… www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

“Carry the onion to your counter. Do not allow yourself to think. Stay calm and do not cry.”

"This groundbreaking hardcover book will appeal to many, including white Christian straight men, their white Christian straight wives, and all white Christian straight children before they develop critical thinking skills." buff.ly/2Rbqt3u

On a personal level, I feel honored that I've met Carson. On a different personal level, I'm glad that the Nobel is celebrating someone shy, peculiar, intense. May all the weird/funny/creative/dark/introverted people of the world live long and prosper.

“Penalty larger for abstain or hallucinate? Autollm or autop? If we deploy user forgive, but high likely not deploy because real user never ask. But user could test. But illusion user possible. Stop.” www.lesswrong.com/posts/vzKWsE...

I wrote a book about this. Check it out: alphadesigner.com/books/saint-...

Japanese poster for the lost American synchronized sound drama 4 DEVILS (1928) Directed by F.W. Murnau Starring Janet Gaynor - BOTD in 1906

Scott’s decision to self-publish could be seen as a protest against her ex-husband’s company—or as a sign of how profoundly it’s altered the publishing landscape. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

“I'm a small student. I carry my backpack to school I’m not afraid of the sun. I’m also not afraid of the wind or the rain. I'm only afraid that my teacher would scold me for being lazy…” That’s practically how I was raised. I’m still recovering lol www.lesswrong.com/posts/b5cSYh...

#chrinostober Day 1: Gnoll The creature reached for the sky, the smell of flowers pungent in the night, covering that of the beast. Everything was a new experience, everything begged to be smelled, tasted, bitten, ravaged... #chrinosart #furry

"You dream about buying a second home, but that would require owning a first. Instead, you spend three weeks designing and building a 'luxury' treehouse in the park across from your apartment. The city declares it a threat to public safety, tears it down, and fines you."

“Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness? A: Reading.” David Bowie answers the Proust Questionnaire www.themarginalian.org/2014/07/10/d...

“We experience writing as a way of transmitting an author’s state of mind, or set of emotions, to our own,” Louis Menand writes. But, today, digital systems can generate replicas of sentences that sound just like the authors we love. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hpX6tQ

‘Various nations have claimed to be its leader – France, Britain, the United States – but the central drama of the West has been its diet: which nations it has chosen to keep out, and which it has swallowed whole.’ Thomas Meaney on the West. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Q: What’s the biggest mistake people make with potato salad? A: It’s never about potato salad. You think your great-aunt gives a fuck about the mustard-to-raisins ratio? No. This is about her mother and about why Aunt Deborah got to take the stuffed pheasant when Pop Pop died.

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Gossip girls

In a gluttonous fit, a pregnant woman strips an olive tree of its fruit. The tree retaliates. Read for free: alphadesigner.com/blog/the-oli... #BookSky #folklore #MedievalSky #FolkTale

A ghostly dust cloud descends upon the village of Caudilla, causing an apocalyptic dance mania. Read for free: alphadesigner.com/blog/the-dan... #BookSky #DancingPlague #folklore #MedievalSky

“It would be a fascinating philosophical debate, if not for the fact that companies like Apple, Meta, and Flock have already had the debate without us and created the tech anyway — consequences and all.” www.theverge.com/tech/999889/...

terminei meu pôster de The Summer Hikaru Died pra ccxis 🥀 vou testar efeito metálico no vermelho !!

Uma mulher rica, embarca em uma busca obstinada para beber até o esquecimento, bebendo conhaques aparentemente intermináveis usando alta costura enquanto passa por uma Berlim carnavalesca. A obra-prima de Ulrike Ottinger Assista "Retrato De Uma Bêbada" na FILMICCA

I’ve made Ulrike Ottinger’s acquaintance and I’m a little head over heels. Ticket of No Return (1979), while inseparable from West Bloc queer counterculture (and therefore existing, or resisting, Fassbinderisms), drifts like a Rivette and Tati slow dance costumed by Demy. Completely in love.

“Kindly tell the gentleman from Dartmouth or the Carolinas, or wherever they make men with loud thoughts, he’s missing the point. And what’s at stake is always life, or beauty, you’re not sure yet.”