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30/08/2017

Aves de Buenos Aires. Una guía de campo ilustrada para iniciarse en la observación de aves y conocer las aves autóctonas más comunes de Buenos Aires.

14/08/2017

Every day | Todos los días.

Desayuno de lunes

08/08/2017

¿Cuántos te tocaron hoy?
How many did you get today?

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/freelance-achievement-stickers

Commendations for going outside, putting on pants, and other small accomplishments.

06/07/2017

Junot Díaz interviews Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid's Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.

04/07/2017

'Are you one of those people who’s sick of having so much stuff? Yeah, we know the feeling. With her best-selling book on cleaning out clutter and simplifying life, Marie Kondo has inspired headlines about the “cult of tidying up.”'

https://www.fastcompany.com/3046086/the-life-changing-magic-of-having-marie-kondo-organize-your-office

Does that balled-up Chipotle napkin spark joy? You know what to do with it.

28/06/2017

This paper develops the connections between Translation Studies and Gender Studies

20/06/2017

Me.

‪When it rains, it pours.‬

By Marloes De Vries Illustration via Traducir&Co

13/06/2017

What's it like to interpret for Gorbachev, Ahmadinejad or Deng Xiaoping? Luke Harding hears about rows, headphone malfunctions – and which US president always carried notes

31/03/2017

Translation took to the big screen this year in the Academy Award-winning film, Arrival. Indeed, when an ominously oblong spacecraft touches down on Earth, translation proves to be humanity’s only hope. As the world descends into utter chaos, linguistics professor Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams)

21/03/2017

Jessica C**n, the linguist behind the film Arrival, talks about speaking to aliens and how Donald Trump is affecting language

When it comes to the Best Picture category, the Oscars often ignore science-fiction. Yet, last year, the Academy made an exception as Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival was nominated thanks to its complex story, superb choreography, and wonderful leading character, Louise Banks, played by the ever-brilliant...

21/03/2017

Why we should kill the 40-hour work week -> https://crew.co/blog/why-you-shouldnt-work-set-hours

‘As long as you get your 8 hours in.’ While this has been the standard for generations, the 8-hour work day simply doesn't work anymore.

18/03/2017

Data journalist Ben Blatt takes a by-the-numbers look at literary classics and finds some fascinating patterns -> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/one-writer-used-statistics-reveal-secrets-what-makes-great-writing-180962515/

In his new book, data journalist Ben Blatt takes a by-the-numbers look at literary classics and finds some fascinating patterns