Kelly Christensen

Selfie at the end of the race, by the banana stand

Race route toward Madeleine

Race route behind the Opéra

Ran my first ever 10k today in the HOKA Paris Centre race. It took me a little over an hour (but only a little 😉), so I kept my brain busy with the @empirepoduk.bsky.social podcast ❤️.

Then I hiked up to Gare du Nord for a well-deserved thali and South Indian coffee.

I can’t get into Python GUI libraries. I tried a few today to solve a problem (displaying images and updating a DuckDB database), but ultimately whipped up a little Flask app instead. Browsers just seem easier and more straightforward. Still waiting for a library / Python project to change my mind.

At 3-0, United are above Liverpool now! Thanks, City 😁 Drop their goal difference down even more

As a Manchester United fan, it’s gonna sound weird… but I’m really hoping City win today.

Someone has to keep Arsenal from winning the title. In these trying times, we need to come together, and save the world from Arteta’s smugness. Sunderland did their duty yesterday 🫡

I’m really happy it’s not a loss! But it should’ve been a win. This week we went 90 minutes with only 1 shot on target. It’s fine to concede! Both goals are pretty good from Spurs (last week’s two were our mistakes) If we convert more chances, conceding one or two goals doesn’t have to mean losing.

Always try to score 😕 #MUFC
A. Don’t count on later opportunities.
B. Even a blocked shot can rebound to another opportunity.
C. Don’t base your strategy on never conceding.

The only thing for certain in front of the net is that the team who doesn’t keep creating chances and trying will not score.

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Amorim’s 3-4-3

3 points today
4th in the table
3 wins in a row!

#MUFC

A real live Lupin

The lost portrait of Charles Dickens Margaret Gillies’s portrait of Dickens was missing for more than 150 years, until it turned up far from home. Lucinda Hawksley tells the story of this long-forgotten artist.

Dickens (pre-Christmas Carol / any big success), sitting for a portrait painted by a fellow activist in the 19th-century fight against child poverty, artist Margaret Gillie. Her story ❤️

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a group of people are sitting around a table and one of them is wearing a red shirt that says give me ALT: a group of people are sitting around a table and one of them is wearing a red shirt that says give me

Betrayed by “git stash” today. Send snacks.

Since the new iOS, is the iPhone slower to unlock? Other latency issues seem improved. But unlocking… idk. Seems slowed down.

Bombarde

Had my first course of bombarde tonight 😁

The frantic race to save historic treasures from Israeli bombs - BBC News Palestinian archaeologists remain dedicated to saving what remains of Gaza's remarkable past as Israel widens its military offensive

Well-researched and well-sourced article. Plus, I didn’t know about the collection downtown (will check it out now!)

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So, I found a M. Noël (André Claude). He's def my protagonist's friend in the gardening club, the "ancien notaire" who lived on Rue Rivoli, number 30. But he's not my protagonist's business partner in the Salle Ventadour/Opéra-Comique venture. Their signatures are very distinctive and don't match 🙁

Thank you! it’s more data collection and software development in Python 😊

I started a new job today (first one outside academia) and I completely lost track of the transfer market mayhem. These millionaire sports people’s last-minute, literally 11th-hour negotiations and document write-ups throws me back to academia and school papers.

Can’t wait to catch up!

If you have any info on a M. Noël, who was (a) part of the Société d’horticulture de Paris in 1828 and/or (b) a creditor for the Salle Ventadour venture in 1830, please let me know! Noël is a hard family name to track down. Looking for a rich bourgeois dude (who probably likes gardening) ca. 1830.

Doing research for fun, I stumbled on this transcription of accounts the Senate published of witnesses to the attempted shooting of the king, Louis-Philippe, around Christmas in 1836. It's such a rich resource, featuring testimonies from different classes of Parisians!

www.senat.fr/fileadmin/im...

|25-40| = 15 (Chelsea’s compromise)
|60-40| = 20 (Man U’s compromise)
20 ≠ 15
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|70-40| = 30 (original Man U compromise)
30 ≠ 15

There’s a clear winner here—clear as Grimsby—and United aren’t it.

Party A: I want £70.
Party B: I’ll pay £25.

[party A drops their price to £60.]

Reporters: The parties found a “happy medium” at £40.

Me: No they didn’t! Party A got fleeced. Sort your maths out.
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Postscript: Manchester United suck at financial planning and their negotiators suck at negotiating.

“Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim suffered the most embarrassing result of his Old Trafford reign as his woeful team were humiliated by League Two Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup.”
@theathleticfc.bsky.social

This is accurate and, somehow, both surprising and predictable at the same time.

This shootout 🫣

WTF? This is Grimsby. Grimsby!! We spent all that money this summer. We (the fans) have given Amorim so much leeway and grace. I still believe in him… But WTF? The first 2 of this season’s 38 games were bad results, but we push through it. We found hope in the performances. But this? It’s Grimsby!!

I was watching Spurs and didn’t see but… what on earth happened with West Ham today? What is that result?

So excited for the new #EPL SEASON 2025-2026!

My #FPL Midwestern Wanderers are here! Both we and #MUFC are both gonna bring it 🏆

Also, with everything going on, I love that the biggest question on my mind for the next few days: Bruno or Mbeumo? Love football.

My eye keeps on twitchin’, twitchin’, twitchin’… into the future?

Cynthia Erivo came to Cleveland Orchestra’s summer home, Blossom, to perform mostly pop, jazz, and a few Broadway tunes arranged for orchestra to a crowd of 20k. There was no Wicked, which I think is sad for all the little girls who came out (dressed up). But she sang the hell out of Feeling Good.

A snail moving across wet red pavement the morning after an evening rain.

Another day of traveling.

1. Bollards are necessary because, though motos will find their way on almost any sidewalk, it’s important to draw a line somewhere 🚗
And 2. Our mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social has made it a central part of her mission to (a) improve the city’s air quality and (b) make streets safer. It’s a priority.