#strassen

[fotografierereien-haraldbader]

Ein frostiger Tag

[stylearche]

[hansdurrer]

Near Surcasti, Switzerland, 4 September 2023

[ww92030]

Strassen's Algorithm. Char belongs to「brandonforty2#0420」.

[schnaf]

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[gothmusiclatinamerica]

"Attack on the city" by Mexico City, Mexico post-punk and synthwave act Neue Strassen off of their 2024 upcoming album Last Days

[lichtberg]

"And I think, I will never arrive, I drive as far as I can drive"

- lyrics by my father @henriduree

listen to Zwei Strassen HERE if you like german new wave <3

IG

[pablodelarcorey]

Studio zur Strassen / Extantia / Mark O'Neill / Brand Design

[gridnik]

Nike House of Innovation Paris by Studio zur Strassen

[max1461]

As for the areal distribution of zero-marked NP-coordinations, we can note that it appears to be absent from Africa and from at least the western part of Europe. In all other parts of the world it must have been an old encoding option. In fact, it can be demonstrated that its wane has begun only very recently in areas such as Central America and Siberia, where the overt coordination markers are clearly of foreign (Spanish or Russian) origin. Even in Indo-European, which in its modern forms allows no or only very marginal zero-coordination, the ancient languages (such as Sanskrit, Old Persian, Ancient Greek, or Latin) and the more "conservative" languages (such as the Baltic languages Latvian and Lithuanian) permit a certain amount of asyndeton. However, the general trend all over the world is that zero-coordination tends to be marginalized into specific functions or is replaced altogether by overt marking strategies. Mithun (1988: 353-357) suggests that this development, which can be attested for NP-coordination and clausal coordination alike, has its source in the global increase in literacy. While the zero-strategy, which is basically intonational, is functionally quite well adapted to spoken language, written language requires a more overt formal marking of syntactic relations.

From Strassen, And-languages and with-languages. Interesting suggestion (read: suggestion, not established fact!) that

there has been a decrease in the use of juxtapositional strategies of coordination (e.g. "John Mary go") relative to explicitly marked strategies of coordination (e.g. "John and Mary go") crosslinguistically within the historical period,

this may be due to the rise in global literacy.

I'm uncertain about claim (1), maybe the data bears it out I but I haven't seen the data and I don't really know. I'm a little dubious that you could actually demonstrate this in the case of Eurasia as a whole, though maybe it could be demonstrated for the Americas, or of some certain sub-regions of Eurasia. I am extremely uncertain of claim (2), especially if claim (1) can't be demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt for the whole of Eurasia. Because at that point we could just be looking at an areal phenomenon, or a set of areal phenomena. Actually even if it is a Eurasia-wide shift it might still be an areal phenomenon. Or a coincidence. (2) seems really hard to demonstrate. But it is an interesting suggestion one way or another.

[dieversa]

RIP gorgeous Françoise Hardy

"Wenn wilde Schwäne fliehn möcht ich gern mit ihnen ziehn Häuser und Strassen einfach verlassen fliegen im warmen Wind hoch über Bäumen schweben und träumen dort wo die Wolken sind."

[garadinervi]

Wolf Vostell: Berlin. 100 Ereignisse – 100 Minuten – 100 Stellen – gefundene Geschehnisse – Strassen – WohnungenVerkehrsmittel für Zufallspublikum von Wolf Vostell, (invitation, announcement), Galerie René Block, Berlin, November 10, 1965 [BentPriorities. L'Arengario Studio Bibliografico, Cellatica (BS). © Wolf Vostell]

[blackteastorm]

Bière im Bann des Windes

In Bière, wo die Winde schärfer schneiden Durch Alpenpässe, eng und kalt Versuchen Menschen, jung und alt Den Winter und die Geister zu vertreiben

Doch der Wind, in kalter Wut Kehrt zurück mit doppelter Glut Peitscht die Strassen, füllt die Gassen Lässt die Stadt erzittern, blassen

Ein Kräftemessen, wild entfacht Vom Sturm und Mensch in Szene gebracht In Bière bleibt kein Herz verschont Wenn der Wind sein Reich bewohnt

[mustelidsinlove]

The Fool, the Emperor, and the Hanged Man by ianthewaiting on AO3

Ten years after the fall of the Dark Lord, Hermione Granger leads a life of self-imposed obscurity, that is, until the day Headmistress Minerva McGonagall is murdered and a certain 'hero' is responsible.

“We might be heading into the possibility of certain death, Malfoy, does that not bother you at all?�� “With Potter? Of course, it bothers me. Death means defeat.” // “What did you want to be, Granger?” “I wanted to be wicked…” I answered. “Why do you say that?” “Because I have been too good…” Malfoy released me, and helped me raise the goblet of wine to my lips. “Drink to me, Granger…I’ve drunk to you…” he whispered, his silvery eye glinting in the bonfire’s light. I did not feel very comfortable about toasting the Malfoy heir, but I raised the goblet, knowing that Malfoy would annoy me to no end if I did not. “I drink to thee, my Lord.” // “For a mortal, you have caught the eye of the universe.”

The vibe and aesthetics of this fic are so complete and complex that I didn't feel I could do it justice by picking only one of these covers. It's an incredibly unique story, plot-wise and tonally, encompassing everything from time travel to dark!Harry to medieval Malfoy rites and runes, the brain tank in the DoM, and Snape's preserved consciousness. It's an old fic, and a little dated in some ways (Hermione's characterization in particular can be frustrating, though the story is committed to it and consistent), but on the whole it offers a wealth of original detail and plot. Perhaps its best element is a wonderful Draco characterization: spiny and spiky, not remotely nice, deeply obsessive, unapologetic, but unquestionably trying to do the right thing. His philosophy about regret ties nicely into the time travel plot and theme, both of which are handled particularly uniquely. I can't pretend that this story isn't frustrating in many ways, but it's often all the more interesting for it, consistently rejecting the easy answers, solutions, and paths and straining toward something more complicated and operatic. It is beyond worth reading and quiet an achievement, particularly of world-building and tone (it's admirably dark and claustrophobic, without being at all over the top) and it's certainly not a story anyone will forget having read any time soon.

Art:

(1) Prince of Cups from Tarot as Colour, Ithell Colquhoun, 1977 [None of the cards in the title of this story matched the vibe as well]

(2) Studies into the Past, Laurent Grasso, 2009

(3) The Norns, Franz Strassen, 1917

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