Tosny Digest 65: Accismus & Other Things We Pretend Not to Want

Nov 27, 2025

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We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

🗨️ Ernest Hemingway

The act of feigning disinterest in something while actually wanting it.
Although she eyed the last piece of cake hungrily, she offered it to her friend in a tactful display of accismus.

A long-dormant volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region, the Hayli Gubbi Volcano, erupted, forcing airlines in India to cancel flights due to ash in the air.
In the region of Europe & Central Asia, analysts warn that middle-income countries need better access to stable, diversified financing for firms if they hope to catch up with high-income peers.
The international film-festival/market calendar for 2025 was recently updated: new dates have just been published for festivals and markets around the world.

A tiny settlement in eastern Greenland
Ittoqqortoormiit is often described as one of the most remote settlements on Earth.
The settlement lies on Liverpool Land near the Kangertittivaq fjord, with sea ice, Arctic-climate tundra, and proximity to polar-bear, musk-ox, and seal habitats.
It is increasingly a destination for extreme-nature tourism and Arctic expeditions; there is a guest-house used by visitors, and tours often require helicopter or boat transfer due to its remoteness.

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