Izlēmu tētim dzimšanas dienā uzdāvināt @unabergmane.bsky.social grāmatu. Aizgāju uz Aminori, sev paņēmu Skumju laikmetu un Dzīvo ūdeni.

I am immensely impressed with Carney's speech at WEF. Honest and clear about the direction the world is heading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnft...

"I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers." www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nfy...

David Lynch left this Earth one year ago today. 💔

Heated Rivalry has brought a disproportionate amount of joy in my life. One could try and analyse what about it has felt so transformative, but at the end of the day, it's just joyous and queer and gentle and so full of yearning. Best thing in ages.

Watch Lucy Dacus perform the women's suffrage and workers' rights anthem "Bread And Roses" at @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC mayoral inauguration

I wrote open.substack.com/pub/alinaapi...

thinking about him 👑

My two favourites <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMY1...

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Everyone's life would be improved if they listened to a bit more Nina Simone.

So nice to see Latvia in the list of co-production.

I deleted over 10 thousand unread e-mails. It feels monumental.

Vairāk doties pie cilvēkiem ir labs padoms; ceru, ka prezidents @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social atradīs laiku tikties ar @centrsmarta.bsky.social darbiniecēm, kurām šobrīd internetā un pa telefonu ar seksuālu un cita veida vardarbību draud dažādi “no rāmjiem izgājušie”. www.delfi.lv/193/politics...

I think Lux will be my album of the year. Astonished.

Vakar uz Berlīni netiku, bet šis ir jāizceļ: "Latvieši ārvalstīs ir daļa no sabiedrības, kurā Eiropeiskās vērtības, cilvēktiesības, cieņa, likuma vara ir neapstrīdami pamati." www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

Vakar domāju par to, ka, ja tu esi NA biedrs un tu attopies situācijā, kur tavs politiskais sabiedrotais ir Šlesers un politiskā opozīcija ir Īvāns - varbūt laiks apdomāt dzīvi?

According to the police, around 10,000 people took to the streets of Riga tonight to protest against the (so far unsuccessful) attempts to withdraw Latvia from the Istanbul Convention.

Arī Londonā atnācām, nolikām svecītes un nodziedājām dziesmas.

Lūk tā. (Paldies Memoriālo muzeju apvienībai par citātu)

I'm glad Zohran got elected to represent the truly underrepresented group in politics - hot people

Some good news - Latvia REMAINS a party to the Istanbul Convention. For now. Facing unprecedented civil society mobilisation, and after the president refused to sign the withdrawal law, the parliament voted to postpone the decision on the Istanbul Convention until after the October 2026 elections.

Labākais muzejs Latvijā.

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

Latvia has the highest femicide rate in Europe — ranking above Russia. Its parliament just voted to exit a treaty protecting women from violence. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Iesalnieks kopā ar Rosļikovu ir uzvarējuši kreiso Vairu Vīķi-Freibergu. What a time to be alive.

It is difficult to explain the bleakness of Latvia's current political state to outsiders.

Tad nevajag brīnīties, kad jaunā paaudze dodas labākas dzīves meklējumos uz citām valstīm. Aprobežotība, nespēja iedziļināties, lēts politiskais populisms un stagnācija.

Paldies visiem, kas aizgāja! Jūs esat zelts. Tieši kā Blaumanis rakstīja.

Around 5,000 people marched in Riga today in one of the largest post-independence protests, opposing a possible Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.

openai are disgusting freaks

Es saprotu, ka NA un AS nespēj par to aizdomāties, bet vienīgie ieguvēji no šī ir Šlesers un Krievija. Ja viņi turpinās pūst Šlesera burās, tad nākamajā sasaukumā paši varēs viņu apkalpot.

Genre does not matter, what matters is music. Boundary pushing and beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...

There's a whole other world out there: www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Went to my Quaker meeting after a break and stayed longer than planned due to conversations provoked by mentioning East of Eden. What marvels people can be.

sirdi un dvēseli sasildoša dzejas grāmata

My first Merchant & Ivory

I've been ill and on my own since Wednesday, have spent my days watching films and reading. It almost feels like a good forced stop. Like it makes me realise how full my days are and that it is nice to just not rush.

Selling a ticket for Sholay on Sunday at 10:30 at the BFI IMAX. @lffstubs.bsky.social

Biju uz Hamnet. Viena no divām šī gada mīļākajām filmām.

London Film Festival skatīšos divas filmas. Šodien redzēju vienu no tām - Dry Leaf. Bezgala liela mīlestība pret digitāli trauslu skaistumu.

So cool to see only male critics quoted about the new Lynne Ramsay, which is directly about post partum psychosis

Wrote about theatre open.substack.com/pub/alinaapi...

Wrote about an important book open.substack.com/pub/alinaapi...

"Viņi pat nezin, kur ir Daugavpils." Biju uz Rotko, jūtos lepnuma un emociju pilna. Un tam tā māksla ir domāta.

In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!

Labklājības ministrs Augulis 2023. gadā: Stambulas konvencija neuzliek pienākumu pārkāpt Satversmi, konvencija ir cīņa tikai un vienīgi pret vardarbību. ZZS valdes priekšsēdētāja vietnieks Augulis 2025. gadā: Mēs nevaram atbalstīt kreisi noskaņotas ideoloģijas popularizēšanu.

East of Eden by John Steinbeck