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Well, well, well. I'm just SHOCKED.

Crypto mining and data centers together accounted for 2 percent of world electricity demand in 2022. And that share is likely to climb to 3.5 percent in three years. That would be equivalent to current consumption of Japan, the world’s fifth largest electricity user. Read more

Last week, I had the privilege of attending the fall season of Web Summit, held in balmy Lisbon! It was my foray into the tech scene in that city although my love for the place made for an easy ask on the part of the organizers :) On our first day (event title: VENTURE), we

Yes

"I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure." When the poetic neurologist Oliver Sacks learned that he was dying, he wrote something almost unbearably beautiful about the measure of

100 Years of James Baldwin - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/08/08/pod…

Our 2024 Wrapped is in! From a well-deserved promotion for Anthony Santaro and an advisory board appointment for Somak to a fantastic crop of new portfolio companies, 2024 was a big year for ASV. We can't wait to keep building together in 2025!

Schiele, Lovers, 1909– I love his attention to tights. Schiele hands and Schiele tights.

God save America

Give a man a book, and he'll read for a week. Teach a man to write a book, and he'll never fully enjoy anything ever again.

📢 Submissions are now open for the 2025 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! The prize is open to English translators working with any work in any South Asian language. Learn more and apply here: armorysv.com/2025-submissio…

Charles Simic

Alice Notley (Alice Notley)

Mural by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, Porto, Portugal #WomensArt

James Baldwin

🚨Deadline extended!🚨 To ensure that all qualified translators are able to submit their work for this year's prize, we are extending the deadline by two weeks. All submissions must be received by April 15. Guidelines and submission form here: armorysv.com/translation-pr…

David Hockney

The Art of Losing : Poems of Grief & Healing edited by Kevin Young

There is still good in the world

Deepa Bhasthi is not only the first Indian translator to win the prize, she's also the one who actually put the book together from a wide range of Banu Mushtaq's stories. 'Heart Lamp': written by a woman, translated by a woman, edited by a woman.