chiendent

je suis en train de lire Carrie, traduit en 1983 si mes souvenirs sont bons, et : Billy avait apporté vingt-cinq grammes de « chiendent » à répartir entre les cinq garçons. je m’étouffe.

free kagi trial

to anyone who belongs to my extended social circles and/or has interacted with me at least once: if you’d like to try out kagi, I’ve got 3 free 3-month passes and would be happy to send you one. edit: all gone now!

chaussettes

C’est bientôt Noël ! N’oubliez pas d’offrir des chaussettes aux adultes que vous aimez. https://www.loom.fr/collections/chaussettes-hommes/products/les-chaussettes-en-coton-homme

Yes, men are losing rights in the age of feminism

Liked Yes, men are losing rights* in the age of feminism (tacit.livejournal.com)

That’s the pesky asterisk in “men are losing rights*”. And it’s a different argument than “ha ha ha LOL shut up you haven’t lost any rights.” Men have lost rights. Unpacking why, and whether we shoud’ve ever had them to begin with, is a different conversation, and one I think we need to be willing to have if we are to deconstruct the weird entitlement of the manosphere.

My default apps in 2023

I saw Tracy’s post on her default apps and felt like this was a cool idea! I try to give preference to libre software − although to me, independent is more important than open-source, which is why you often see me praise The Storygraph or Obsidian. My work computer is on Windows, though, so I…

Taking opportunities to connect

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Tracy Durnell (tracydurnell.com)

LLMs also, through their very design, conflate frequency with quality. It will drive you to the same books everyone else reads. The bestseller list is already self-reinforcing, and algorithms double down.

This example was pretty specifically about book recommendations, but I fully agree with it.

Knit one, girl two

Read Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations–if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees Danielle Solomon’s paintings of Florida wildlife by chance at a neighborhood gallery, she finds her source of inspiration. Outspoken, passionate, and complicated, Danielle herself soon proves even more captivating than her artwork…

Clara aime teindre la laine, au point qu’elle a créé une box Mystère pour les tricoteuses et tricoteurs. Alors qu’elle cherche l’inspiration pour sa nouvelle saison, elle tombe sur les peintures de Danielle. Danielle est belle, Juive comme elle, talentueuse, et elle plaît à Clara ; mais aime-t-elle les femmes, et est-elle prête à passer…

Women Dreaming

Read Women Dreaming by Salma

Mehar dreams of freedom and a life with her children. Asiya dreams of her daughter’s happiness. Sajida dreams of becoming a doctor. Subaida dreams of the day when her family will become free of woes. Parveen dreams of a little independence, a little space for herself in the world. Mothers, daughters, aunts, sisters, neighbours…

📖 Dans ce petit village musulman du Tamil Nadu, il y a Hasan, qui ne se contente plus de pratiquer sa religion, mais impose des contraintes sévères depuis qu’il est rentré du hajj. Et puis surtout, il y a les femmes. La femme qu’il prend comme seconde épouse, parce que le Coran dit qu’il a…