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MOAR free Starlink wifi chez Air France.

AF25, 5A. Boomerang trip, Aussies included. 💯

EX-LAX for a few hours before the bus ride home.

AF2648, 3A. Actually DL4473 to LAX.

A beautiful day at Scottsdale Stadium. Great to see the #SFGiants get an early win.

#SFGiants vs Cubs. Great weather for it.

Year 11 of a tradition. Spring training game Diamondbacks vs Rockies today.

@biodegabriel.bsky.social Ahem. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...

AF installed Starlink on its A359s. Totally free if you’re Flying Blue. Even with a VPN up, 239M down and 20 up over the middle of the Atlantic.

AF68, 14L.

GOOD BOY ! apnews.com/article/mila...

Juste en face de chez moi. Il est actuellement 23h00. Pourquoi pas ?

When smart people go against less smart people. apnews.com/article/step...

My just-learned French phrase of the day : « Une cheminée à prouts » Still an adolescent, evidently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So : either we are going there together, or you make this chez toi. Yum. @troisgalopins.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Le son de la pluie sur mes fenêtres est superbe à 21h30. Comme je t'adore, #Paris.

I regularly listen to an internet station broadcast by Radio France named "Piano Zen". At least once a day, they play "Clair de lune" by Debussy. I rarely fail to tear up, both as a musician and aficionado of that specific genre of solo piano music. 1/2

Finding my way home. #blacklab #treetuesday #cascades #evergreemountain #naturephotography #pnw #dogsonhikes

Sí, sí, sí. Bad Bunny trumped you-know-who in a magnificent, well orchestrated performance. C'était la pièce de la résistance. Bravo. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Au chien qui me manque depuis cinq ans 😢

Tomorrow's plan : lunch at OYA Nouilles in the 10è. I will eat momos, drink vin rouge, and sob. Five years ago a fearless @namakosan415.bsky.social helped Bentley cross the rainbow bridge. I shall never forget this act of compassion 🍷

In theory, I land in PHX in two weeks for #MLB spring training : two games, three dinners, and good times with friends. #SFGiants vs Cubs on Sunday. Eleventh year (one skipped due to COVID). AF doesn't fly direct PHX-CDG for the return on the day I leave, so 4+ hour layover at LAX in D1 Lounge.

"The French government referenced some of these concerns when it announced last week that 2.5 million civil servants would stop using video conference tools from U.S. providers — including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex and GoTo Meeting — by 2027 and switch to Visio, a homegrown service." Bon 🇨🇵

Momos for lundi lunch #Paris

That his wife is a (non-practicing) pediatrician makes this incomprehensible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Carlito beat the Joker. Outstanding. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Of course, Meta always tells the truth 😑 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Punted on going to my fave Tibetan restaurant due to Saturday night traffic (16è to 10è). Opted to make Caesar salad with endive, and cheese sandwiches. Add Jameson and Billie Holiday crooning in the background (merci #TSFJazz) et la vie est bonne.

Sigh. viewfromthewing.com/court-filing...

I am forgetting what the ingredient was in these, but they were served up after dinner last night.

LOL. So true. Merci, reddit/r/delta.

As a pilot, I don't understand. The commercial A/C should have had a TCAS alert fire off well before. The military folks had night vision goggles, and busted altitude restrictions. Something has yet to emerge from this scenario. #AvGeek apnews.com/article/dc-p...

Feet dry, LFPG pretty early. Sweet.

AF1801, 3A.

Whack job lunch in #Madrid two hours before I head to the airport : hole in the wall dumpling place, drinking tinto, speaking rudimentary Spanish to the Chinese staff. Reggae is on in the background. And this faux neon sign that translates into French… interestingly. It’s pouring rain as well.

Stuffed from a lovely Japanese/Spanish fusion place the Aussies sourced. Crazy good food and yes, Japanese whisky. #Madrid Dinner is tenatively Vietnamese, but subject to whims. Back to snails and foie gras tomorrow. www.restauranteikigai.com

Bloody hell, it is cold in Madrid. Have only been here during the summer when it's blazing hot. Presently 3º. Never mind all that. Dinner with two Aussie friends who live outside Lisbon. We had... Mexican food for dinner. Lunch tomorrow is a place that does Japanese-Portuguese fusion. Can't wait.

Estación Museo Chamberí, Madrid. Ghost station restored as a museum.

AF1800, 2A.

Remember how some Americans felt when Saddam was in power and denigrating and destroying his populace? "Why don't Iraqis just get rid of him?!?" Now we are Iraqis and the world is watching.

Say what you will about Macron. This kind of “diplomacy” is what assuages the Orange Ego. Les couilles de fer. apnews.com/article/trum...

Imagine one person morphing FIFA into FOFA.

Well this chilled the blood a bit. I've taken four trips total between Madrid and Málaga on the train in the last few years. apnews.com/article/spai...

Took a taxi to my favorite (if far away) Tibetan restaurant in the 10è. I’ve described that driving here now, cyclists, scooters, dumbass pedestrians etc. that you are threading through the city as though driving in an Escher sketch. Beaucoup de respect pour les conducteurs du #G7. #Paris

Power off at 10h08, restored at 16h11. Nice nap. There was no way in hell I was going to descend from my fifth floor flat using the spiraling staircase.

Caravan of tractors departing #Paris rather loudly after a demonstration in front of the Assemblée Nationale. Not sure this Mercosur is a good thing, Lower quality food.

Well, there's that. Nolan was in COL when I lived there, #baseballll apnews.com/article/aren...

While they are only three letters of the English alphabet: OCD means descaling your dish drying rack, espresso reservoir, etc. at midnight. Nitrile glove included. #Paris water is harder than a sixteen year old on prom night. Malgré que toutes ces choses : Paris, je t'aime.