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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On my bike route, a little tribute.

A pillar underneath the train line with graffiti on it. In pink, “RIP DOLLY”.

MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Someone who likes books always gets more books, and if the shelf is full the additional books go in front of what's already there.

An image of director Paul Greengrass from a Simon Mayo interview. He's doing a little hand-talking explaining things. He's in front of a fairly plain white bookshelf which holds books relatively neatly, but the shelves are deep, and he wants more books than the shelves can hold, so here and there are rows of books in front of other books.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Idioms from web.archive.org/web/20170402...

A page from a scholarly work, starting at the data analysis section:

3.1 Data Analysis
As it is stated in literature review above, formal equivalence is the closest match in terms of form and content.This ,of course, will not be useful in the translation of texts, which are loaded with cultural signs, such as, idioms, metaphors, proverbs, etc. This is because, formal equivalence calls for the „match‟ just in terms of „form‟ and „content‟ only. If we apply this notion to the expressions that say:

- It warmed my heart!
- Shall I compare thee with a summer’s day!
- Lamb of God!
They will distort the meaning of the message that these expressions intended to convey. It will provide nonsense translations for Arabs as follows

- قد أدفأ صدري
- وهل لي مقارنتكي بيوم صيفي
- خروف الاله
The above translations show that formal equivalence is illogical for the target Arab readers for two reasons: first, it is because that Arabic and English are remotely unrelated in terms of cultures, and ecology. Secondly, formal equivalence conveys only the form and content but not the „intended meaning‟, which is most important. If we see the

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translations of „it warmed my heart‟ into Arabic, „ادفأ صدري ‟, „shall I compare thee with a summer’s day‟ as „وهل لي مقارنتكي بيوم صيفي , and, „lamb of God’, as „خروف الاله ’. This will give bad impression for the target Arab readers because, Arabs, unlike English, live in a very hot areas. The expressions, „warmed my heart‟ refers to hearing very good news that charming the hearers. However, if we say, „ادفأ صدري ‟ for the Arabreader, expectedly, given that the Arabs have the extreme heat of the climate, this will be giving a bad response to them. Therefore, the solution would be to use a term that has the closest result to that of the meaning, replacing „warmed‟ with „frozen‟. The idiomatic expression would then be: ‘it frozen my heart’ because this will make more logic given the context. The same problem that faces formal equivalence in translation would be in Shakespeare‟s sonnet,
Shall I compare thee with a summer’s day!
As it is said above, environment can play a significant role in the translation procedure. A translation is further effective if translators consider the environment of the target culture when rendering the meaning of the source language culture. When an Arabic girl is flirted with the above Sonnet, her immediate response will be very bad. This is because, since Arab girls live in a hot country, the sonnet will not give comfort and this may refers to that she is „ugly‟. Consequently, the solution would be to use a term that has the closest effect to that of the Western girls, who live in very cold countries, experienced. This will be done by substituting the word, „summer‟ with a season that is welcomed in Arab areas, „Spring‟. The Shakespeare‟s sonnet translation would then be:
Shall I compare thee with spring’s day!
Which can be rendered into Arabic as,
وهل لي مقارنتكي بيوم ربيعي
The same Bible verses,
‘Lamb of God’.
Nida faced problems when he was a „missionary‟. He faced difficulties when he attempted to translate the Bible

attempted to render the form and content of the verses, as, „خروف الله ‟, it gave nonsense to them. Nida then, tried to substitute the word, „lamb‟ into an animal, which is very common to them like, „seal‟ i.e. he applied the dynamic equivalence approach, which calls for, „naturalness‟. The translation will be then like,
‘Seal of God’.
Which can be translated into Arabic as
فقمة الاله
Snell-Hornby (1995:19) comments on Nida‟s explanation in dealing with this case:
A literal translation (“formal equivalence”) would create problems in a culture, such as that of Eskimos, where the lamb is an unfamiliar animal and symbolizes nothing. The “dynamic equivalent” in this case would be “Seal of God”, the seal being naturally associated with innocence in the Eskimo culture.
In addition, Nida and Taber (1982: 201) accept that the formal equivalence distorts the sense of the Source language. In this regard they state, “Formal correspondence distorts the grammatical and stylistic patterns of the receptor language, and hence distorts the message, so as to cause the receptor to misunderstand or to labour unduly hard”.
Whereas dynamic, which is more workable tan formal in translating such expressions, calls for the closest match between the source language and target language in terms of, „effectiveness‟ commenting:
This type of definition contains three essential terms: (1) equivalent, which points toward the S-L message, (2) natural, which points toward the receptor language, and (3) closest, which binds the two orientations together on the basis of the highest degree of approximation (1964:166).

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're not so different, you and I. ecfr.eu/publication/...

From the link: What everyone feels and complains about is inflation. In some focus groups, long and emotional discussions take place about the cost of living; about how young people in particular are unable to get an apartment. But they do not blame the war for these problems. Even if they make the connection on some level, it does not induce them to oppose the war. Instead, people accept they simply need to put up with things. “Need to work more and spend less”, says one man. “I think—in winter skis, in the summer—mountains and sea, but all other times—alcohol”, says another, when asked how to manage.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Does nobody think of the sheer amount of fermented golfers required to produce this?

A bottle of “Golf Liquor” in a golf-ball textured white bottle topped with a golden golf ball. Pictured are armadillos. No, golfers.

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PRODUCE OF KWEICHOW MOUTAI CO. LTD.
GOLF LIQUOR
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TAX & DEP TOTAL
$362.35
$315.00

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The walk by the Cargill plant in North Van.

Paved trail leads to heavenly industrial plant in the sun.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe some fog later, like yesterday.

Downtown Vancouver from North Van. There’s a little haze on top of the water.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m in sympathy with your sign, shirtless aging Jesus, but really a nicer outfit would help.

Shirtless guy with beard and long grey hair wearing grey shorts and a red backpack carries a yellow sign with an Aldous Huxley quote:

"People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think."

He is on the way somewhere.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My 82-0 team without Wilt or Oscar Robertson. I’m a little sentimental about Webber, so have a fantasy ring.

My 82-0 basketball team. The short version:

20s Lakers Luka Doncic
00s Cleveland Lebron
20s Brooklyn Kevin Durant
70s Houston Elvin Hayes
00s Sacramento Chris Webber

• 82-0.com
HOME
82-0
Can you go 82-0?
82 - 0
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LAL • 20's

30.9
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8.0
APG
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0.5
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SG
LeBron James
CLE • 00's

27.5
7.0
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RPG
6.7
APG
1.8
SPG
0.8
BPG
SF
Kevin Durant
BKN • 20'S

28.4
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6.0
APG
0.8
SPG
1.1
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PF
Elvin Hayes

27.1
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2.5
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BPG

Chris Webber
SAC • 00's

23.9
10.3
PPG
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4.8
APG
1.5
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1.4
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28.0
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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't think it's just Twitter. Something at Google is scrambling results. In this case it's fortunately trivial, but it still makes everything look less reliable.

Wikipedia article for Persuasion:

Persuasion is the last novel completed by the English author Jane Austen. It was published on 20 December 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, six months after her death, although the title page is dated 1818.

Google summary of Wikipedia result:

Persuasion is the last novel completed by the English author Jane Austen. It was published on 20 December 1817, along six months after her death,

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wow, being near a person could be pretty damning if you were actually near them!

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Such a weird computing era, in which progress makes things worse.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm wrong! He beat a guy who apparently doesn't rate a Wikipedia entry, but was a Nazi aspirant.

The result of the Republican primary was Vivek 82.4%, and a guy with the improbable last name of Putsch, 17.6%.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pretty sure his darlinghood has been tested only once, where he polled under Uncommitted.

Screenshot of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries#Results

Uncommited gets 0.70% and Ramaswamy, sixth, gets 0.44%

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What is the extent to which he has been any voter’s darling? The only test that I can find is the Republican presidential primary, where he got 0.44% of the vote. That’s sub-darling territory.

Screenshot:

The Bulwark•
@thebulwark... • 4h
© Bluesky Elder
"When you narrow the focus groups to Trump voters in Ohio....Ramaswamy has a major problem."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
explains why in The Focus Group:
Why Vivek Ramaswamy's Star Is
Falling in Ohio
He's been a darling of Trump voters around the country. In Ohio, not so...
©Ink.thebulwark.com

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We’re all looking for the guy who spilled these Legos.

A pile of Lego pieces with a hot dog guy in the middle. #lego #hotdogguy #photography

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This was a while ago, not sure if the businesses to the right are still there.

A Fatburger on the left, Mushroom Dispensary in the middle, drug testing on the right (to see if your drugs are sufficiently druggy for ingesting)

Text capture:

FATBURGER
The Last Great Hamburger Stand®
MUSHROOM DISPENSARY
• SHROOMS • LSD • DHT • KRAZOL COCA• PEYOTE. BOOKS • AR
GET YOUR DRÜGS TESTEl
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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

By a strange coincidence I walked by this today.

A car with a customised license plate:

MEOWDY

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Whatever this thing is, it sure was red.

A flower I don’t know the name of that’s a ball of dozens of curled red petals.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The most entertaining part of the PISA results is of course the country chart that helps you brag or wail as you desire. #pisa #pisa2025 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

The big PISA chart, which is painful to do alt text for on the phone, so top ten countries:

Part of China
Singapore
Macao
Taiwan
Japan
Estonia
Korea
UK
Canada
New Zealand

Text capture follows:

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today's sincere on-the-job attempt at getting Co-Pilot to do something. I try once in a while and this shit is just not worth it after waiting for a minute. The process I'm going to succeed with is a little more complicated, but it will work, unlike #microsoft #copilot. #ai

Image of the Co-Pilot interface. A PDF has been uploaded.

The prompt is "I'd like you to do optical character recognition on this PDF, output again to another PDF."

The response is "I'm sorry, I'm having trouble responding to requests right now. Let's try this again in a bit."

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

www.oecd.org/en/publicati... #pisa From the PDF at the link:

In 2025, more than 760 000 students, representing around 33 million 15-year-olds across 91 countries and
economies, participated in the PISA assessment. This cycle focused on science, alongside reading, mathematics
and an innovative assessment of learning in the digital world. An optional assessment of English as a foreign
language was also offered.
The results reveal an uneven picture. Following the unprecedented drop in performance recorded in PISA 2022,
learning outcomes have largely stagnated or continued to decline in many countries.
Science, the main focus of PISA 2025, has been comparatively resilient over the past decade. Average science
scores fell modestly across OECD countries between 2015 and 2025, while remaining broadly stable among
non-OECD participants over the same period.1
The picture is more challenging in mathematics. Across OECD countries, average scores fell by 22 points between
2015 and 2025 - equivalent to just over one year of learning. Among non-OECD participants, mathematics
performance also declined.2
Reading recorded the steepest decline, with scores falling by 28 points across OECD countries and by 16 points
among non-OECD participants between 2015 and 2025.3 This trend is particularly concerning because reading skills
underpin learning across the curriculum and are essential for finding, evaluating, interpreting and reflecting on
information in an increasingly digital world.
Across the OECD, 20% of 15-year-old students are now estimated to be low performers across all three subjects –
up from 16% in 2022. These students lack the foundational skills needed to succeed in further education, employment
and everyday life.
Socio-economic disparities narrowed across OECD countries between 2022 and 2025, driven by declining
performance among advantaged students rather than gains among disadvantaged students.

Last paragraph not alted, but refers to a long trend beginning pre-COVID.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The wording here is maybe not quite right, but the sadder part to me is that the complainers are professors. It should be expected of course, but still... news.az/news/iranian...

Screenshot of the linked article:

Iranian academics protest over unveiled students at meeting with education officials
31 Aug 2026 15:19

Photo: Fars News Agency shows a meeting, a woman in attendance without the chador has her face blurred.

A group of Iranian academics and university lecturers has protested over the presence of female students without Islamic hijab at a meeting attended by senior higher education officials, calling for disciplinary action against those involved.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm sure he has this cheerful image in mind.

Bender from Futurama with robot arms raised saying KILL ALL HUMANS!

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Proportion! I don't think either of these things is wise, but one of these people is in 2000 kilos of hurtling metal.

Two headlines with too much white space between them:

Sleeping Trans-Canada Tesla drivers caught on video, fined $368
The B.C. Highway Patrol says an officer captured video of a man with his eyes closed and hands off the wheel as his Tesla travelled on through Langley.
Canada -British Columbia |
1 hour ago

Man receives $27K fine for feeding dangerous wildlife in West Vancouver
A B.C. man was slapped with a $27,000 penalty after intentionally feeding and attracting dangerous wildlife in West Vancouver in the spring of 2022, according to conservation officers.
Canada -British Columbia |
September 2

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of the common problems with upgrades is that things move around and cost user time to properly sort out. Now that I have an AI assistant to do this in Acrobat, it can't, and doesn't appear to understand that "recognize text" might be a menu item. Rewriting the prompt does not help.

A chat with my fabulous new AI assistant in Acrobat:

Me: Put recognize text back where it was before the upgrade.
Bot: I'm unable to restore recognized text to its original location in a PDF. If you need help with something else, let me know!

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The medical tests indicate that everything is in fact better and not worse, so let’s ruin that.

Four different small beers at the ramen bar which I will drink.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I guess if you identify the text as Greek you want to flatter the Greeks. The pasting here did not work well, but the original language is Arabic. #googletranslate

Screenshot of Google Translate, the gist being that gobbledygook got translated at all, but the language detected was Greek, and the resulting output seems unlikely.

Arabic text is often rendered in funny ways in PDFs, so finding ways to defeat that is required. What was copied from the PDF and pasted on the left is:

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The above was rendered in Greek as:

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Times are a-changin' in Saudi Arabia.

A picture of four deputies in the Saudi education ministry, two men on the left, two women on the right, faces visible and happy.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just how much Wayne Gretzky cream is in that bottle on the right?

Four bottles, two of which are the focus, Mini Donut Carnival Cream Liqueur. The leftward one is Pumpkin Spice Cream Liqueur, the rightward one is Wayne Gretzky Canadian Cream Liquor.

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MicRoh @microh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

But if you look at the Gulf of Mexico you probably see this:

Google labels the Gulf of Mexico as
“Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf of America)”

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