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I just finished this book over the weekend, and it absolutely deserves the win. Alf mabrouk to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social as well as all the authors!

You don’t know me at all, but at first glance 1) they are both great and look good on you 2) I’d go with B because I think the softer bodice looks a little cleaner.

Y’know, I’ve heard a lot about bad French education from fellow millennials, so maybe at some point between when folks my age were in school and now at least some school boards realized “oh hey, probably we should teach CANADIAN French?” (I was raised in the US, so no direct experience.)

I’m curious how this changes by region. My kids’ accent leans Québécois - but I live in Ottawa, so, that’s not totally surprising. I’ve heard from friends who have their kids in the French system that a lot of teachers are African or Arab, which adds another accent angle. But in general, I agree!

Including audiobooks, not including re-listens, I think I’m around 40? Libby is a godsend for remembering this sort of thing…

I love the idea of the sort of "C+ physics project" universe, in which an unknowable entity outside of time and space span up a rocks-go-in-circles project as part of a research project, and now there's life in it- life all over it, actually- and it would be an ethics nightmare to turn it off

happy 20th birthday to the internets

the best answer i got for this:

Small collection of Gaza related graffiti in Rome. There’s also been a demonstration and/or general strike every day, which as a tourist is annoying (so hard to get a darn cab) but as someone who studies social movements is impressive as hell.

I just got a “would you like to join eduroam?” while stopped in traffic on a random street in Rome.

Guess who forgot the Alps existed until she was in them?

I’ve been in France six-ish hours and so far I’ve worked in a hipster cafe, bought grapes and cheese at an outdoor market, gotten a manicure, and eaten the weirdest vegan poke bowl of my life. Currently on my third-or-fourth coffee of the day. This trip is starting off pretty well.

I just sent a campaign update for Fadi, my friend in Gaza. Thanks to your donations, he was able to get a new tent for his family after their old one was destroyed and they were displaced. If you are able to donate, that would be wonderful!

chuffed.org/project/1322...

Dang, Rav Kahana goes hard.

Floof says trans rights.

I am planning some multi-stop work travel and was contemplating adding a (much desired, very fun) stop when a friend asked me "are you planning this trip for the body you have now or the body you had 20 years ago" and WOW I JUST CAME OUT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND I'M FEELING SO ATTACKED RIGHT NOW

">my Cheese Theory of Voting Behavior is having a big impact on the field"
>700+ citations all asking "wtf why did APSR publish this"

Calisse de tabernak, fuck these guys. BOOOOOOOO.

What a lovely baby. So much personality in these photos.

I’m the sole neurotypical in my house, and my wife converted me to team no-top-sheet before the kids were born. By now my mom, who was raised with Very Proper notions of how to make a bed, just mutters when we come to visit “and they don’t want the top sheet for some reason…”

I have a homeschooled sixth grader living in my house! Who does not follow a traditional curriculum for neurodivergence reasons! Guess what I am still not exploiting her labor for my profit!

Like the problems with this so-called “school” are myriad but let’s start with “twelve year olds shouldn’t choose having a job over school.”

I think work-integrated learning/experiential learning can be great (I’m academic coordinator for our school’s coop program). I also think having sixth graders work for someone else’s profit rather than focus on learning is a fucking human rights violation.