I'll be catsitting for a couple of weeks starting next weekend! He's the most adorable - and energetic - kitten ever! Prepare for the onslaught of feline content 😺

Comme le veut la tradition... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NUQ...

Time to get into the Holiday spirit with the Wartime Farm Christmas special: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR74...

Not feeling too great at the moment, but making my way through all the Nadiya Hussein programmes available on CBC Gem is helping a bit.

In my quest to read as an adult all the children's classics I never knew during my typical French Canadian childhood, I've reached the 'Swallows and Amazons' series and am LOVING it ⚓

Not sure why it took me so long to read my first Donna Leon, but I'd say it was worth the wait. Put a hold on the second book in the series before I'd reached the halfway mark in "Death at La Fenice."

Huzzah, this fantastic series is once more airing on the Knowledge Network! www.knowledge.ca/program/bauh...

#MauvaiseTraduction du jour : Sur une montre «intelligente», le mot «Alarm» a été traduit par «Panique». 😂

I'm still working on a translation proposal, this time for a novel (the first in a series), despite none of my past proposals receiving the least acknowledgment from the publishers I contacted. It's discouraging and feels pointless, but the alternative is to sit and wallow.

Was having a migrainy, not-very-good day until I started watching 'Mr. and Mrs. Murder.' It's camp and funny and smart, just the thing for a much-needed giggle.

Don’t allow tech to turn you into an un-person. Refuse to let AI make things you could produce with your own brain. Develop your mental & creative faculties. Read constantly. They want you illiterate, and nothing threatens them more than a brain that is sharp and intact.

Tellement triste de ne plus pouvoir visionner les épisodes de l'excellente émission À la Di Stasio en ligne...

Petite recommandation du jour : si vous le pouvez, évitez d'éternuer alors que vous vous brossez les dents.

My sister sent me this blast from the past and asked if I remembered where this band was from... Germany? Eastern Europe? Nope, the answer is far more surprising! 😲 (Also: holy low-budget video, Batman 😆) www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0or...

God I love Italians. The Turin tennis tournament has an official coffee, official pasta, and official mineral water!

Weekend plans!

Annual The Nightmare Before Christmas viewing done! Now for a few Poe short stories before bed 🦇

Abri tempo time!

If you're looking for something spooky to read, I highly recommend the Mina Scarletti series by Linda Stratmann, set in Victorian Brighton! It features a disabled main character who secretly writes horror & ghost stories under a male pseudonym and gets pulled into investigating hauntings.

A little reminder: I'm currently available for short- or long-term projects!

Petit rappel! Je suis actuellement disponible pour projets à court ou long terme.

Not all crooked trees are bent with age. Some lean over to tell secrets, if only we would listen. Secrets only the owls know.

Alas I was cursed with both a facility and a deep dislike for technology... (Day 2 of troubleshooting IT issues for someone who is willfully technologically illiterate and keeps dumping their frustration on me. The anxiety is reaching near-explosion level.)

Happy to see @saraamueller.bsky.social 's spellbinding 'The Bone Orchard' included in @banq-officiel.bsky.social 's Witchy Reads list. One of my favourite novels... and amongst my dream translation projects! banq.overdrive.com/collection/1...

Purchasing 5 pairs of earbuds at a time may seem excessive, but they're difficult to find, and as a sound-sensitive person I rely heavily on them to deal with the world. I listen to brown noise, which is fairly efficient at blocking human voices.

Are there any actual translation job offers on LinkedIn anymore? All I'm getting in my notifications are those risible AI "training" positions.

I spent 4 days in an absolutely gorgeous place, with breathtaking views, lovely people, and delicious food, but I've felt totally wrung out since coming back...

Argument tellement bien informé et ô combien persuasif 🙄 «Moi ce que j’ai lu sur l’écriture inclusive, c’est qu’elle n’amenait aucunement plus d’inclusion, mais elle amenait des complications», a résumé le chef péquiste Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon.

Historic ‘causes’ of #Autism

This is a very long shot, but does anyone know what happened to Seiko Yamaguchi, who had a lovely minimalist channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@%E5%B0%91%E...)? She abruptly stopped posting there and on her blog 3 years ago, and I've been wondering about her ever since.

The pain of being both tech savvy and tech averse.

Le Devoir publie un article portant entre autre sur La Politique sexuelle de la viande de @caroljadams.bsky.social, publié au Québec par @remue-menage.bsky.social (par @passagerclandestin.bsky.social en France) et traduit par moi-même.

Watching an episode of 'Shetland' and Perez reads from this gorgeous poem at his mother's funeral. Reminded me of my mom, especially the ending: "They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed." allpoetry.com/poem/1432653...

I bought this dirty chai concentrate on a whim from my local health food shop and I've become addicted. The coffee is imperceptible to me, but the finishing note of cocoa is 😋 justsaywhen.com/products/org...

Today has been an extra exhausting day. As a person with sound sensitivities, I find that sharing a house with someone who won't stop producing noise with their mouth frays my nerves, wears my patience very thin and drains my energy as few things can. Thank goodness for brown noise, otherwise...

If you're a fan of the remarkable 'Food Around the World' YouTube channel, you may be interested in this amazing news: there's a new Katya video! Rejoice! 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGiD...

an article asking whether it's feminist to use AI? i will get right around to reading that, but first, would you join me in the cellar for a moment? i have a lovely new cask of sherry of dubious origin i'd like your opinion on

Je viens d'entendre l'emploi du mot «gourelle» comme forme féminine de «gourou» et je ne suis pas certaine de pouvoir m'en remettre.

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Allergies are hitting HARD today...

Happy first day of school to my fellow self-education peeps! What's on your personal curriculum this "term"?

How do you explain the concept of "bubble" to a person who has no understanding of the concept or any empathy? Who gets offended by any hint that you need to have a bit of space, and that their "quiet" presence (they're pathologically unable not to produce noise with their mouth) distracts you?

Tennis crowds, amirite?

Weaponized incompetence is so exhausting to deal with...

It's my birthday, and as happens every year, I'm being pressured into "doing something special," in the same way as I've been shamed all my life for not having ambition. The best present I could receive is just spending quiet time by myself, reading and puttering about. THAT's what makes me happy.

Was very happy to see that the ceremony to inter my step grandma's ashes was led (sensitively and competently) by a trans woman. Most of the other attendees were just confused. I'm sure Grand-Maman Pauline would have been delighted!

Soirée cinéma en compagnie de l'incomparable Michael Lonsdale... P.S. Le presbytère n'a rien perdu de son charme ni le jardin de son éclat. www.tv5unis.ca/videos/le-my...