Graham Oliver

@grahammoliver.bsky.social

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Teacher Writer Editor in Taipei, Taiwan 台灣台北市. Currently at NTU/AWEC 台大/寫作教學中心. For Mandarin posts - 中文貼文：@oumoran.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/grahamiam

DAVID BRANCACCIO: There's a little sweet moment, I've got to say, in a very intense book — your latest — in which you're heading out the door and your wife says what are you doing? I think you say — I'm getting — I'm going to buy an envelope. KURT VONNEGUT: Yeah. DAVID BRANCACCIO: What happens then? KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know… And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.
the top search result for wintermute, which shows the website "wintermute.com" which is "A leading algorithmic trading firm, focused on harnessing the chaos of digital assets into liquid and efficient markets."
Screenshot from Wikipedia: "On April 20, 2018, SmugMug acquired Flickr from Yahoo (while it was briefly known as Oath.)[5] SmugMug and Flickr are certified benefit corporations committed to preserving photographic history."
A photo of a Hi-Life convenience store on the side of the road with a disturbingly large spider hanging mid air between the camera and the store
A screenshot from Sandfall Interactive's LinkedIn page, with a bilingual post saying: "From Expeditioners to Knights! We were received yesterday at the Ministry of Culture to celebrate our game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. As such, the members of Sandfall Interactive were awarded the Order of Arts and Letters. This distinction honors us, and our deepest thanks go especially to our team who shaped this world and to the millions of players who have brought it to life. We hope that our journey will inspire all those who wish to take the plunge and create their own work." Below is a picture of the developers who received the award. It's about 30 people, mostly white men with short facial hair.
In the background, a column has two taped signs saying not to park there. Between the column and the camera, in a small space, are jammed about five motorcycles and seven bicycles