"Lapsed rääkisid lühikeste lausetega, väljendades vahel ainsa sõnaga tervet kujutelmade kompleksi, ilma sellest üksikuid sugemeid eraldamata. Paljud nende sõnad erinesid üldkeelest ja kohalikust murrakust, kuid keeleteadlase kõrvale oli nende algupära tuntav või vähemasti aimatav." […]

Eesti keel on kallis. Palju-palju kallim kui toit Eestis.

Now that it is official US policy to promote regime change in Europe and to dismantle the EU I wonder if we will take sovereignty over tech more seriously

Hadn't heard about the composer and producer #karaliscoverdale . She is Canadian Estonian, has worked extensively with Estonian choral tradition. Collaborated with #timhecker , #howtodresswell , #floatingpoints etc […]

"Kivivalgel „2013-2024” - Iseäraliku maailmanägemisega mehe päevik, samas loed ja imestad, kuidas keegi on täpselt ära sõnastanud seisundid, milles isegi sageli viibid. Segunevad argielamise ja kirjutamise väljad, kujunemised, rahuotsingud, kõik kristalliseerub vaikselt, sümpaatselt palju on […]

Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!

Sümpaatne artikkel. Kahjuks ent näib soovmõtlemisena, või "strateegilise kommunikatsioonina". #Ukraine https:/ /epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120421885/ukraina-pilk-laas-eirab-tegelikkust-meie-rindel-loeme-paevi-vene-impeeriumi-havimiseni

#godflesh artwork sources - mostly films, mostly experimental. For fans of Godflesh and exp films, and also nice example from the good old times when internet was interesting, full of enthusiasm and, er, selfless. https://godflesh.com/artwork/

Hea pealkiri healt kunstnikult https://www.e-kunstisalong.ee/36_Mu_sojatoostuse_tudrukud__14074

What? A 10 500 old human DNA in Estonia? Where the oldest human bones found are 8500 years old? Where did they find it, in Pulli? And not a single piece of news in Estonian? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum

What? A 10 500 old human DNA in Estonia? Where the oldest human bones found are 8500 years old? Where did they find it, in Pulli? And not a single piece of news in Estonian? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum

This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur. heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...

“I think it is only a matter of time before a sitting US president steps to the podium, and tells the world that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, and that the United States government intends to lead in this new chapter by ending the era of secrecy and beginning the era of […]

"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is “a strange road to joy.” " […]

Hea algus raamatuarvustusele, eriti tervitatav, et Kivivalge omale: "Tegelikult vajaks „2013–2024” kasutusjuhendit, mitte arvustust. Ehkki füüsiliselt on see ju raamat ning kindlasti ka kirjandus, toimib see nagu masin." https://keeljakirjandus.ee/ee/archives/39140

I am speechless. How lousy are Halloween costumes compared to this. Estonian traditional mardipäev and kadripäev costumes are no worse than this though. Costumes by #sunn O)))'s Attila Csihar are also reminded. https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann-fr/

It wasn't just the Democrat establishment and its major donors who did everything they could to sink Mamdani. It was also large sections of the "liberal" press. What do we learn from this? That they would rather the Democrats fail than be led by people who want a fairer, kinder, greener society.

Eating by candlelight in the shadow of Ironbridge power station ~ David Bagnall (1972)

I wrote about Bluesky’s moderation tensions and the White House’s threats and the critical need for open networks that can do broad connection and also care for communities at Tech Policy Press […]

Janar Ala arvustas Vikerkaares Kivivalget: "Pealkirjad on tal head, ütlevad palju, võib-olla isegi kõik või peaaegu kõik. Teeks neist top 5: 1) kirjutada, et mitte öelda, mis mul öelda on, 2) hansapanga paroolikaart, 3) elu on müra. pluss midagi, 4) aine must telefon 5) kurat teab mis. Keeruline […]

Kivivalge tekst viimases Vikerkaares: https://www.vikerkaar.ee/kaardid-ja-tsoonid/

Everybody else is a Dark Age hick

"Be cool, be cool when you walk down, but don’t, don’t bop down the stairs. That’s the one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a president, but he would bop down those stairs, I’ve never seen – da da da da da da, bop, bop, bop, he’d go down the stairs, wouldn’t hold on. I said, it’s […]

#godflesh will be performing in Riga next Saturday (11 Oct). This is important. #justinkbroadrick is not just one of the most trailblazing artists in metal, being a vocalist of the first Napalm Death album and starting the genre of industrial metal. But he is true auteur of metal - a world where […]

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

Väikevenna leiva kvaliteet on alla läinud. Ja leivapäts ise väiksemaks. Tegu on kahetsusväärse, et mitte öelda tõsise arenguga meie mikrokliimas. #väikevennaleib

"Why I gave the world wide web away for free" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free Tim Berners-Lee vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for...

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

"[Wilhelm Reich] argued that [orgone] is in the soil and air (indeed, is omnipresent), is blue or blue-grey, and that humanity had divided its knowledge of it in two: aether for the physical aspect and God for the spiritual. The colour of the sky, the northern lights, St Elmo's Fire, and the […]

New album by #paradiselost. First impression: after a couple of very weak albums Paradise Lost have got their mojo back. The last time I remember them having any mojo was 'Tragic Idol' (2012). Good news for a fan of them since 'Gothic' (i.e. me) […]

#bluesky doesn't really plan to federate, right? I.e. join #Fediverse. All this talk some two years ago was just some kind of publicity stunt. This bridging thing clearly doesn't work and they are probably not planning to make it better.

Hea lugu. Meeldiv üllatus Müürilehelt. https://www.muurileht.ee/seltsimees-koppel-sotsiaalse-ebavordsuse-eestvoitleja/

The special edition of the semiotics journal Sign Systems Studies, titled 'Deleuze & Guattary and semiotics' has been published, vol. 53, no 1. It includes my article "Valdur Mikita and the return of the real: In search of any-spaces-whatever in Estonian forests". #deleuze #guattari #mikita […]

Tuleb välja, et sõna "handsa" tuleb (vene keele kaudu) hiina keelest - huang jiu tähendab kollast viina (analoogselt on Huang He kollane jõgi). https://www.emakeeleselts.ee/omakeel/2007_2/OK_2007-2_02.pdf

This!

Etüüde nüüdiskultuurist https://tartu.postimees.ee/8321426/looduse-vingerpuss-puu-ladvast-vorsus-paarimeetrine-paevalill

See, et Eesti ebavõrdsuselt Euroopa tipus on, pole uudis, aga et seal on ka Rootsi ja Taani - see on uudis, mulle vähemalt. Põhjamaade sotsiaaldemokraatia on vahepeal kuskil nurga taga vaikselt maha koksatud, sellal kui maailm mujale vaatas, vms? […]

Yesterday I started hearing pretty loud hissing while pedaling my #Bicycle. I raised speed to reach home before the tire empties completely, but at home I discovered that it was not a tire that was hissing - it was front light. I had never heard of a problem like this and I couldn't even google […]

Swedish "cultural canon" that omits #bathory, #candlemass, #Entombed, #grave, #Dismember & all the classic death metal scene, #opeth ... ridiculous. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/02/outcry-as-swedish-cultural-canon-snubs-abba-and-anything-since-1975

Aga miks? Miks on vaja sporti võtta tõsiselt? Miks see ei võiks olla lihtsalt lõbus, mõnus ja kasulik? Ei väsi imestamast. https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120400858/los-angelese-olumpiarajatistega-tutvumas-kainud-martti-raju-mange-voetakse-vaga-tosiselt

Just a reminder https://leave-russia.org/

Sümpaatne seisukohavõtt rahvuslastelt. Toetasin ja toetan ka nende lipuaktsiooni Kirjanike Liidu Harju tn maja seinal. Ehkki - või just sellepärast, et - olen vasakpoolne, toetan vabadust, demokraatiat […]

Kahtlemata ma pooldan seda, et loomeinimesed ennast ära ei tapa, aga järgides "õiglase loomekaubanduse" loosungit "meie tarbitav looming võiks jätta loomeinimesed terveks" ei tohiks tarbida Jerofejevi "Moskva-Petuškid", Dostojevskit, Scott Fitzgeraldi, Faulknerit, Richard Brautigani, Kerouaci […]

2023 tekitas vinüülitööstus ligi 24 000 tonni CO2 heidet. Ühe vinüüli süsiniku jalajälg on 2,2 kg CO2. Ühel CD-l on see palju väiksem - 0,172 kg - aga siiski. Ma ei ütle, et see kõik oleks failide ja striimimise ajastul mõttetu raiskamine, aga peab ikka mõjuv põhjus olema, miks teatud puhkudel […]

Erkki Luuk: "Parim mõte, nagu Kivivalgel lugejaile ilmutab, ei ole mitte ainult selline, mis kunagi ei teostu, vaid selline, mis on silmnähtavalt niiviisi konstrueeritud, et seda ei saagi kunagi teoks teha." https://www.sirp.ee/irdteadvuse-arheoloog/

Tiit Hennoste väidab (Sirp, 25.07.2025), et tema leiutas enesekolonisatsiooni mõiste. Aga see on ju juba ammune mõiste, või no mis mõiste, see on juba muutunud rahvusvaheliseks käibefraasiks. Nt kasutas seda 1904. aastal vene ajaloolane Vassili Kljutševski. Vt nt […]

"As for Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet and Walter Benjamin’s One-Way Street, these works could only be blacklisted by someone who didn’t understand them at all." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/27/russia-literature-war-ban-censorship-ukraine #FernandoPessoa

The combination of #ozzy's vocals and Iommi's riffs was too good to be true from the start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLOb4KVS-S8&list=RDfLOb4KVS-S8&start_radio=1

"There are hells on earth and Dubai is one: an infernal creation born of the worst of human tendencies." https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/everything-else