Rosano / Journal

6 entries for Wednesday, September 2, 2026

[An aptronym is a surname amusingly appropriate to one's occupation, such as poker champion Chris Moneymaker or British neurology duo Russell Brain and Henry Head.]

Part of: Brian Christian: The Most Human Human.

What is a woman?

[Plastic surgery, anti-balding hair products, shoulder pads, top surgery for overweight boys, push-up bras, and wigs are all examples of gender-affirming care.]

[It's common for people born intersex to have doctors "pick one" without telling anyone in order to save the family from the burden of that choice.]

[Frogs change their sex based on the population's gender distribution, and penguins change their gender.]

[What exists is natural. We consider biological expressions "unnatural" until they happen.]

DOTA: Für die Sterne

like her compositional style, cliche pop/folk rhythms with nice rhyming and surprises, pretty musical. I also liked Grenzen and the lovely words in Zuhause

Unplugged Cypher DLX

hip-hop cypher with a live band.

4:20 Megaloh: merging word sounds into each other
11:56 Bengio: combining percussive hits with switching words

Samy Deluxe: Requiem

lyrical bullets like a German Eminem, nice contrast and musicality in the verse

G.R. Mocidade Independente De Padre Miguel: Repique Reza Forte

plucky old-time guitar solo on a groovy samba