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YouTube video by Марк Бернес - Topic Zhuravli

Zhuravli, par Mark Bernes ? C'est un classique de la chanson russe, donc il y a d'autres interprètes, mais j'aime bien la voix de Bernes.
youtu.be/LyC9Z0SdDBw?...

Is there a way to block an entire subgroup of #bluesky users based on their URL? I'd like to block all usernames ending in .pds.si46.world, because clearly they're spawning quicker than I can block them manually.

I'm more of a " LE CLIGNOTANT C'ÉTAIT EN OPTION SUR TA CAISSE, CONNARD ?" person myself

My work laptops are all HP, and same. I was once on a call with a colleague that was cut short because he'd accidentally turned off his laptop while trying to do a screen shot...

Ah oui, je vois. J'ai l'impression que c'est parce que le fonds de carte a aussi le relief et qu'on dirait que la limite notamment entre la Lozère et le Gard n'est pas posée au bon endroit. Mais du coup ça rend la carte moins lisible.

(Les années à 0 station ne sont pas représentées, ce qui donne une impression fausse que toutes les années au moins une station dépasse 40 degrés, ce qui est contreproductif pour l'intention derrière. + Ce sont des chiffres absolus alors que le nombre total de stations change dans le temps.)

Cette infographie a au moins deux gros problèmes, mais a priori les limites des départements m'en font pas partie ou alors je n'ai vraiment pas les yeux en face des trous ?

Stylised flower in muted orange and green, cropped from a larger design.

Happy birthday, @anatsuno.bsky.social! ❤️ Have a teaser of your present:

Whoa! I've friends who are holidaying in Cardiff right now, but I don't know whether they've ever been TW/DW fans 🤔

I hadn't known either 🤷🏻

Tombés au champ d'honneur - Le Figaro Jour après jour, découvrez où sont tombés les soldats «Morts pour la France», décédés entre 1914 et 1918 sur l'un des douze départements du front

Celle-ci ? www.lefigaro.fr/fig-data/tom...

Oooh, that reminds me of the crime novel set in the 18th century where the woman spent the whole book being afraid of being hanged for killing her husband. No, honey, at that time women were burnt at the stake for that, because it's petty treason.

Actually the tomato thing was less jarring than the hummingbird, because it was a plot point that the cook was experimenting with these newfangled things for the doge's kitchen. So I could forcibly suspend my disbelief about it with minimal eye-rolling.
The hummingbird was just... there.

And genealogy is a popular hobby here, so you can easily look up last names from the time and place you're interested in. Instead of giving a particled name to everyone and their dog.

In some places, babies received multiple names, but generally only used one. In other places, multiple names were the exception, though you can find the occasional Marie Anne.
I looked up the Jeanne Maries in my tree and the death records of the 18th C ones show they only used one name, not both.

See, Jean-Paul before the late 19th century is very unlikely.

I've found vanishingly few English-speaking authors who are able to pick up a plausible name for a French character. I'm not even talking about characterization or culture. Just a name that a French person of the same class and time could have worn.

I once stopped reading in the middle of the 4th or 5th installment of a series because a character said, "I can't wait for the Suez Canal to open, it'll make the journey from Alexandria to London so much shorter."

Another book also had tomatoes and humming birds in late 15th century Venice.

CA:TWS in France. Batroc speaks with the strongest Québécois accent imaginable. Five minutes later, Robert Redford: "he's Franco-Algerian". The whole room about died laughing.

J'y étais aussi, si nécessaire.

Stray Kids on stage in Paris. The pictures was taken on a phone through a pair of lenses and has a bit of a fisheye distortion.

The Stray Kids concert was absolutely incredible! ❤️🧭

Wow. Congrats on the packing!

The BBC recipe for shortbread starts with the preheating. Then it calls for 2 hours of refrigeration 4 steps later...

I fucking hate Music Day. It's 30C inside and only 25C outside so I've opened the windows to cool the bedroom. I'm recording 76dB inside and the wall and window are shaking. There's a whole-ass building between me and the concert! I don't want to imagine the people in the flats directly overlooking.

It's currently 33C outside and 31C inside the room where I'm working. The blinds have been closed since 6am but the room is facing full south and the windows are single-glazed. I'm renting, so not much I can do about that.

Anyone who says 32C isn't hot can go fuck himself.

Listening to The Planets by Holst is like listening to a John Williams medley.

I don't know about the US/UK but in France, you don't even need to pay: make an appointment with the tax office and they'll sort the French part out for you.

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May I recommend The Henchmen of Zenda, by KJ Charles? It's got swashbuckling in droves and also reframes the plot of TPOZ in a really funny way.

A part of the ducal palace of Mantua in Italy. The sun is shining and the sky is bright blue with only a tiny cloud visible.

Après tu auras peut-être plus d'ombre à Paris, parce qu'ici le soleil tape fort et ce n'est pas très couvert.