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Kelly Christensen

@katkel.bsky.social

Research Software Engineer w/ musicology PhD. Currently data architect with the LostMa ERC ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ (knightsโ€™ tales in Medieval Europe). Mostly Digital Humanities stuff, computational musicology, and football (Red Devils)

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

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

Race route toward Madeleine

Race route toward Madeleine

Race route behind the Opรฉra

Race route behind the Opรฉra

Ran my first ever 10k today in the HOKA Paris Centre race. It took me a little over an hour (but only a little ๐Ÿ˜‰), so I kept my brain busy with the @empirepoduk.bsky.social podcast โค๏ธ.

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

16.11.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™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.

12.11.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At 3-0, United are above Liverpool now! Thanks, City ๐Ÿ˜ Drop their goal difference down even more

09.11.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a Manchester United fan, itโ€™s gonna sound weirdโ€ฆ but Iโ€™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 Artetaโ€™s smugness. Sunderland did their duty yesterday ๐Ÿซก

09.11.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

08.11.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always try to score ๐Ÿ˜• #MUFC
A. Donโ€™t count on later opportunities.
B. Even a blocked shot can rebound to another opportunity.
C. Donโ€™t base your strategy on never conceding.

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

08.11.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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27.10.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6429    ๐Ÿ” 2774    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 457

Amorimโ€™s 3-4-3

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

#MUFC

25.10.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A real live Lupin

20.10.2025 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The lost portrait of Charles Dickens Margaret Gilliesโ€™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 โค๏ธ

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

04.10.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 โ€œgit stashโ€ today. Send snacks.

02.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

18.09.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bombarde

Bombarde

Had my first course of bombarde tonight ๐Ÿ˜

17.09.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 didnโ€™t know about the collection downtown (will check it out now!)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

17.09.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, I found a M. Noรซl (Andrรฉ 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/Opรฉra-Comique venture. Their signatures are very distinctive and don't match ๐Ÿ™

06.09.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! itโ€™s more data collection and software development in Python ๐Ÿ˜Š

01.09.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

Canโ€™t wait to catch up!

01.09.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

31.08.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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...

31.08.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

|25-40| = 15 (Chelseaโ€™s compromise)
|60-40| = 20 (Man Uโ€™s compromise)
20 โ‰  15
โ€”
|70-40| = 30 (original Man U compromise)
30 โ‰  15

Thereโ€™s a clear winner hereโ€”clear as Grimsbyโ€”and United arenโ€™t it.

28.08.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Party A: I want ยฃ70.
Party B: Iโ€™ll pay ยฃ25.

[party A drops their price to ยฃ60.]

Reporters: The parties found a โ€œhappy mediumโ€ at ยฃ40.

Me: No they didnโ€™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.

28.08.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œManchester 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.โ€
@theathleticfc.bsky.social

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

27.08.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This shootout ๐Ÿซฃ

27.08.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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 himโ€ฆ But WTF? The first 2 of this seasonโ€™s 38 games were bad results, but we push through it. We found hope in the performances. But this? Itโ€™s Grimsby!!

27.08.2025 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was watching Spurs and didnโ€™t see butโ€ฆ what on earth happened with West Ham today? What is that result?

17.08.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

My #FPL Midwestern Wanderers are here! Both we and #MUFC are both gonna bring it ๐Ÿ†

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

10.08.2025 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My eye keeps on twitchinโ€™, twitchinโ€™, twitchinโ€™โ€ฆ into the future?

08.08.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cynthia Erivo came to Cleveland Orchestraโ€™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.

28.07.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A snail moving across wet red pavement the morning after an evening rain.

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

Another day of traveling.

20.07.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. Bollards are necessary because, though motos will find their way on almost any sidewalk, itโ€™s important to draw a line somewhere ๐Ÿš—
And 2. Our mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social has made it a central part of her mission to (a) improve the cityโ€™s air quality and (b) make streets safer. Itโ€™s a priority.

19.07.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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