If anyone has any interest in learning Russian or Chinese, I have a friend looking for students. She's a native Russian speaker who teaches English in Russia. She's fluent in both English and Chinese, having lived in China for an extended period. Highly recommended.

One of the printers I work with thought I was interesting enough to talk to. The main interview is pretty long and gets kinda boring in the middle when we talk about print industry stuff, but the clip below it on the right is a nice snippet. seawayprinting.com/communication-…

publishing twitter! i’m the marketing director for Pub Club at emerson, and we’re looking to host a Q&A with publishing professionals this spring! would anyone be interested in being on the panel? (RTS super appreciated!) 💞

I love that "de-Nazarbayevification" is a word I just read. In related news, yes, I care far more about Kazakhstan than anyone else you know.

I never ever ever click on "What's happening" on Twitter. But when Brandon Roy is trending you're damn right I'm clicking.

I'm a little concerned for Kirk Henderson's safety after Mary's last tweet.

Ally Sheedy announced that she's secretly a book editor. No, I'm not actually Ally Sheedy.

The closest I own to green is an old Bad Brains t-shirt. I'm not wearing it today.

My relationship with the Korean language remains contentious. That's being kind. (It hates me.)

This past Saturday was #IndependentBookstoreDay. I documented my bookstore crawl (#chilovebooks) over on my IG (instagram.com/akita93/). Should've done so here since a lot of my followers are book people.

In my #chilovebooks posts I featured as many booksellers as I could. Unsung heroes in the book ecosystem.

My final #IndependentBookstoreDay haul. #chilovebooks

I'm embarrassed that yesterday Spotify stumped me at the "guess what language this song is in" game. Particularly embarrassed as I was playing my "Liked Songs" playlist. It was Persian, for those keeping score.

No, YOU considered dropping $150 on an online course to learn Pashto.

Slowly spoken German weirds me out.

Saw a Max Scherzer-related RT. Thought "this HAS to be @russbengtson. Outside chance of Charity." I find comfort in some predictability in these unpredictable times.

Now back to my history reading, Hosking's "Russia and the Russians." Which makes other world happenings feel sadly predictable.

If I don't post about Riot Fest did I even go to #RiotFest2022?

All languages are beautiful. Each structure in each language contributes to the wondrous diversity of the human condition. That said, Russian future tense prefixes can go piss up a rope.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT (if you're me) I've started my own publishing company, Unsung Voices Books (unsungvoicesbooks.com). We're publishing stories from people and places that are underrepresented in the current book landscape. More to follow about our 1st title soon!