De la (mauvaise) Comédie-Française
encensé par la critique et loué par le public, "De la Comédie-Française" est pourtant un film convenu et sans intérêt passé à côté de son sujet
Reblog via avalon
No Talk about books post today, sorry
Today’s post was supposed to be about Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake but I’m sorry to say that I didn’t manage to write it. I intend to discuss Creation Lake eventually (probably in November). My next post will be about Anthony Cronin’s memoir of Flann O’Brien.
Lesson Reflections
Week Zero of the 2026-2027 School Year
Okahu Bay, Orakei, looking out towards Rangitoto Island, Auckland
Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
This Week In Techdirt History: August 16th – 22nd
This Week in 2016 Snowden Docs Show NSA, New Zealand Spied On Pro-Democracy Activists Which Crazy Copyright Holder Took Down Katie Ledecky/Carlos Santana 'Smooth' Mashup First? Billionaire Backer Of Palantir & Facebook Insists He's Bankrupting Journalists To Protect Your Privacy Donald Trump Says He'll Turn Off The Internet For Terrorists Twitter Suspends Hundreds Of Thousands...
Karma is not cosmic justice. It is responsibility.
Reconsidering karma from a secular Buddhist perspective
At some point during the site tweaks, I managed to create a regression with /reader. I don't know how or when, but things just stopped working properly and only a few feeds would update. I'm not even sure that I made database specific changes around the time things stopped working. 🤷♂️ I initially
Why I Started This Blog
How I Hope to Use Writing to Help Me Think
Notes and links from 22 Aug
Bit of a burnout day today. Everything's just a little bit hard, a little bit frustrating. I want to do all the things but I know that if I try I'll crash, so I'm trying to stay still without going stir crazy. All my usual strategies are working as best they can but it's just a question of waiting it out and recovering from the fatigue. Here's some stuff I read today, without commentary due to burnout.
Campeón del mundo
Ciudad Rodrigo, sábado 22 de agosto de 2026 • Día 62
(tagesschau.de) Druck auf Transmenschen in den USA: “Das ist entmenschlichend”
22. August 2026 Seit der Rückkehr ins Weiße Haus versucht die Trump-Administration, Rechte von Transmenschen zu mindern. Zuletzt wurde die Zahlung für Behandlungen von Transjugendlichen gestoppt. Wie lebt die Community damit? Von Marc Feuser. Direktlink Hier den Artikel weiter lesen...
The F1 Saturday Summary [Dutch GP '26]
SDN: now using standard.site
My hugo blog once again benefits from the generosity of creative open source folks
Meidas: Trump Has Psycho Meltdown over Impeachment Fear
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump having a psychotic meltdown over his fear of being impeached after the midterms.
Chihana praises late Lucius Banda
Lucius Banda mausoleum has been unveiled in Balaka
Ein Neugiertool
The Last House
How long can you survive? A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
Un blog en 2026 ?
Et pourquoi pas ?
Von Armutserfahrungen lernen: Reicht das Geld für eine gesunde Ernährung?
6,51 € pro Tag für Essen. Eine Übung unter Zeitdruck. 150 Fachkräfte bundesweit. Nachbericht vom ZEHN-Vortrag zu Ernährungsarmut.
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
I took this photograph of a European starling in Montgomery Township, perched on the very tip of a young pine. Through the lens it looks black. Just black, especially against a hard blue sky. But in Adobe Lightroom Classic I noticed it wasn't just black. In the summer, the feathers carry a greenish iridescence that...
The Harness Needs a Witness
On rules that accrete, tests that stale, and difference that can still say no
For the Sake of Building?
Amidst the excitement of developing a new tool, uncertainty arises about its purpose and the motivation behind the creation process.