Kanye tweets he’s running for presidentThe Hill. Predicted by Sturgill Simpson on the Trillbillies back in February.
Billionaires are spending more on political contributions, here are the three biggest spenders CNBC
‘Translationese’ — What Japan’s Most Important Modern Novelists Have In Common
Haruki Murakami famously wrote his first novel in English and then translated it into his mother tongue himself, resulting in a plainspoken, “neutral” (his word) style far removed from standard literary Japanese. Several critics referred to that style as “translationese.” Masatsugu Ono (both a translator and a novelist himself) makes the case that Murakami, Kenzaburo Oe, Yoko Tawada, Minae Mizumura all write in other languages and translate foreign literature into Japanese, and that this is what has made their work so distinctive. – The Paris Review
Czech Republic scraps face mask rule as Prague hosts outdoor party Guardian (resilc). Hope vlade will pipe up.
