An attempt at leaving Mastodon I’m making an attempt at leaving Mastodon. I’ve set up a redirect from my Mastodon profile to this blog, which auto-posts all new content to federated platforms (at @Alex@alexsirac.com). Answers to posts will show up as comments for me, and I have a booklet that allows me to answer posts directly from the blog, which…
July 2025 in review / Récap de juillet 2025 Another hectic month. What I’ve read / Texte Happy to report that having given up on Grey’s Anatomy (see below), I am back to reading books! 📚 Books / Livres In English Fiction The amazing Quarterlife by Devika Rege follows two Indian brothers, one who grew up in Mumbai and the other one who is…
Likes P&B: Alex Sirac – Manu. Manu kindly … Likes P&B: Alex Sirac – Manu. Manu kindly invited me on his blog for an edition of People & Blogs where I talk about my history with blogging. I hope you’ll enjoy this read!
Petit point Wikipédien de juillet 2025 J’ai mis à jour ma liste d’articles créés, ce qui me fait arriver à 1098 sans compter quelques redirections (des pages vides, mais existantes, que j’ai transformées en articles mais qui du coup ne sont pas considérées comme des créations par l’outil). Dans ces redirections transformées en articles, il y a ma contribution politique annuelle.…
Mastodon doesn’t bring me joy and I probably should delete it, to only keep boards (Reddit + Lemmy) and instant messaging. opening the timeline is a habit and I still do it without thinking just to have somewhere to scroll, but I haven’t enjoyed going on Mastodon in months. what am I still doing there?
June 2025 in review / Récap de juin 2025 It’s been a hectic and very, very hot month, so once again I’m keeping this short. Life is good, though. What I’ve read / Texte 📚 Books / Livres En français Fiction Dernier cri, de Hervé Commère, un thriller avec un flic pourri qui se retrouve à devoir se cacher en ZAD puis en ville…
mois des fiertés sur wikipédia Oh non, encore un événement à thème auquel j’ai très envie de participer alors que j’ai ni le temps ni l’énergie… Non, je déconne, je vais me débrouiller pour en faire au moins un peu. Likes Wikipédia:Mois des fiertés/2025 — Wikipédia.
May 2025 in review / Récap de mai 2025 This was a busy month, so I’m once again doing the bare minimum with the monthly recap, sorry! I am, however, catching up on the missing week of April as promised. So you won’t get much personal fluff, but you do get all the recommendations and even a bit more! What I’ve read / Texte…
Challenge? I might challenge myself soon to not read American books for a month. It’s going to be nice culturally, but I’ll also have to make a much bigger effort to find queer literature. It will be fun!
