I am now 31 years old, and the proud owner of a gravel bike and of more equipment than my fitness levels justify. Life is good.
What I’ve read / Texte
📚 Books / Livres
(Only the ones I liked, as usual.)
In English
- Fiction
- The Books of Ambha, Tasha Suri, Mughal empire-inspired fantasy with blood magic and, of course, genocide.
- 1984 − Julia, Sandra Newman
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald; I’m pretty sure I’ve read it before, but at least 10 years ago, and I don’t think I understood much. This time was good.
- Christine, Stephen King. I haven’t found enough motivation to keep going with the King novels after this one, but I’m sure I will soon enough.
En français
- Fiction
- Le Silence et la Colère, Pierre Lemaître, suite excellente d’une série excellente
- Aucun respect, Emmanuelle Lambert
- La Cinquième Saison, N.K. Jemisin, sur conseil de ma voisine.
- Non-fiction
- Féminismes et pop culture, Jennifer Padjemi, qui m’a remis sur Grey’s Anatomy.
📰 Web links / Liens web
In English
- Ad Blocker tester. 100/100 or bust
- A site you can only visit once. Cute
- Fast Crimes at Lambda School. Not cute
- Baby’s first blog post, very cute, by (kinda) Ben Werdmuller
- Attention, laptops and Generative AI in the classroom, by the wonderful Clément Levallois
En français
- Bloque Bolloré sur Internet, une liste de sites à ajouter à votre Ad Blocker
- 🔏 Le coût astronomique du ski pèse de plus en plus sur les jeunes athlètes, sur L’Équipe
- Les climatosceptiques, à droite doute, chez Les Jours
What I’ve watched / Vidéo
🎞 Movies / Films
Small month with only two movies, both of them rewatches with dear friends: Singin’ in the Rain and, of course, Twilight.
📺 TV Shows / Séries
I have unfortunately fallen into Grey’s Anatomy again, bingeing the first two seasons in about a week. My hot takes are that George is not that bad and that Denny is evil.
M. and I also watch Jet Lag: Schengen Showdown, which has forced us to pause Severance and Abbott Elementary. I don’t mind: Severance has been giving me major anxiety these past few episodes and I really don’t enjoy it as much anymore, and Abbott episodes are short enough that we’ll easily catch up when it gets to that.
📷 Online video / Vidéos en ligne
- Pourquoi la région Rhône-Alpes a disparu (et des memes)
What I’ve listened to / Audio
🎤 Podcasts
In English
- On Bad Therapist, The shadow side of shadow work
- 🔏 In the You’re Wrong About Bonus Room, Germany’s Go Ask Alice
En français
- Sur Paroles d’histoire :
- Intellectuels à l’épreuve avec Brigitte Gaïti et Nicolas Mariot
- Marseille dévastée par la peste (1720-1722) avec Frédéric Jacquin
- Chez Minuit dans le siècle, Identitaires : comment les médias dominants font le jeu d’une mouvance néofasciste
Where I’ve been / Lieux
M. and I have spent a weekend in Paris. It was really nice to be back as tourists.