I’ve been trying to get back to crafting and creating more. My creative time has naturally been curtailed the past couple of years by the arrival of the Hobbit into our lives. At first, there wasn’t time for anything. Then there was, but I was so tired at the end of each day I only did the stuff […]

The category of Magic in the Mundane that I find the most captivating is the things that we can see with the naked eye that are very far away. I grew up near Lyon, and on a clear day, we could see the Mont Blanc from our garden. It never got old for me to see the shape of the mountain on the […]

Right wing fallacies: - building more roads to reduce traffic - bombing other countries into democracy - more police leads to less violence - trickle-down economics

J'ai besoin de testeurs pour que veloinfo soit sur le playstore. Si vous êtes sur Android et que ça vous intéresse, écrivez-moi en privé. J'ai besoin de 12 personnes. Si possible sans passer par facebook ;-) On va voir si mes 500 utilisateurs Mastodon valent les 25 000 du groupe vélo d'hiver […]

Resisting the urge to go "screw this, let's move to Spain, the only country that seems to have an ethical leader these days" to focus more on "who is my country's Pedro Sanchez and how can I help them get elected".

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Remember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

Remind me, when you slaughter 85 young school children, are you the Good Guys?

I’ve been making a children’s song playlist to keep The Hobbit entertained, and it is truly utterly depressing how many nursery rhymes on streaming platforms are just AI generated I would like my kid’s entertainment to have SOUL. And yes, I found some good stuff eventually. But man, it’s […]

If your rights are a right for you and a privilege that can be revoked for foreigners, then they’re not your rights.

It’s happening!!!!!! #spring #Bloomscrolling

We’re getting close to having a safe bike lane on our road. Residents could send comments to the EIA, and now they have been shared. It’s a collection of NIMBYism. One strikes me: a resident says that they don’t think we need a bike lane as they never see cyclists. I know who wrote it: one of […]

[body image/ weight loss] Always quite striking how after being sick for over a week, feeling like reheated garbage, people's first reaction upon seeing you will be "wow, you look so great! you lost some weight!" Like, no, I am in fact not great. and I did not think I needed to lose weight. i […]

Is coughing contagious, like sneezing? I’m asking because the entire household has been feeling like a dumpster fire for a week now, and whenever one of us has a coughing fit, one or two others always seem to join in. Coincidence? Or are we making each other cough? (also, what’s the hashtag for […]

The hardest parenting mode we’ve had so far has undoubtedly been being both sick and relaying each other as Parent In Charge based on the test “who feels the least like a garbage fire right now”. The Hobbit, of course, is doing amazing after bringing home whatever this disease is from the petri […]

Me: “This is just shit you made up!” Pepijn: “That’s not just shit I made up, Juliette. That’s SCIENCE I made up. It’s quoted in a scientific journal.” @Pepijn

#PolishMeme "What if it is a prince?" "What if it's prince Andrew"?

POV: you told yourself you didn’t need a lifeline because you’ve done this pattern before and this isn’t even the hard part. #knitting

The European Cyclists Federation is looking for a new board member. There are enough people on #bikefedi that the right person might just be here: https://www.ecf.com/en/about-us/vacancies-tenders/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/sports-i9fjknotz/-/a-u5Dc98I4SHWcAFNmEVaC7Q%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0 You will learn so much about a successful woman’s personal life before you learn her name. As a “mom in her forties” type of woman, if I ever do something as cool as winning an Olympic medal, please […]

@juliette perfect mirror of when we (I) were buying our house. They only knew of his existence because I wrote his name in addition to mine on the paperwork and then I was “wife of buyer” 😂

Today in Gender Roles: For a routine check-up for the Hobbit, Dad took them to the hospital. Dad took the follow-up phone call. Dad took the notes and sent more questions. Dad took the second follow-up call for an extra exam. Guess who just got the phone call from the hospital to schedule the […]

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It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."

My Silent Sunday feed is split between people seeing the early signs of spring and those still deep in winter. Blossoms and icicles.

Etonnant et bienvenu : Stéphane Bern explique que la bataille de Poitiers n'est qu'un mythe et que Charles Martel n'a pas "arrêté" une invasion arabe. Comme quoi, quand on insiste et qu'on répète des faits, ils se diffusent ! poke @HMedievale @NaudinChristoph www.francebleu.fr/emissions/st...

Undefeated. #Bloomscrolling

For #WipWednesday, here’s a quarter of half of a pair of socks: #knitting

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116051172968824153 Celebrate 112 day by calling 112 to tell them they’re doing a great job! #nodontdothat

My job involves reading the #sustainability reports from other companies to benchmark both how my own company is doing, and how we should be writing our reports. In December, Patagonia released their own sustainability report, so I read it. But the report was behind a sign-up wall, so I put in […]

After knitting a pair of cable socks to try cables for the first time, I’m doing a pair of colour work socks to try colour work! These aren’t for me - my sister bought the yarn, the pattern book and the sock blocker. A heavier hint was never dropped. (but I […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Je souhaite à toutes les crevures qui ont échangé joyeusement avec Jeffrey Epstein d’être lâchés aussi rapidement et sans remords que Jack Lang l’est actuellement par tous ceux qui l’ont connu de près ou de loin […]

[Rant amendes ouigo] Les contraventions Ouigo, c'est une arnaque au point que je pense qu'une partie de leur modèle commercial est basé la dessus :wtf: Là la voisine de dernière a pris un billet enfant pour sa fille, mais elle avait pas de carte d'identité pour elle -> contravention Les […]

[Bad joke. Really bad.] RE: https://chaos.social/@phoenix/116013146129279054 this is a good joke actually

RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@WD40/116029028187188321 Team #carryshitolympics can you help this person? They managed to fit all their gear for a market in the cargo bike, except for the table (in the black bag on top of the bike). How would you do it?

Today’s hard life lesson for the Hobbit has been that we cannot invite the snowman inside the house to play. Neither the toddler-friendly reason (“Mr Snowman loves it outside!”) nor the scientific reason (“Snow melts and Mr Snowman will just die”) did the trick. As far as toddler is concerned, I […]

I wish I could tell the Olympic athletes that when they were waving to cameras last night during the opening ceremony, my toddler was waving back with the enthusiasm of someone who thinks every screen is for video chat. You were all facetiming my kid last night as far as they’re concerned […]

anyone here watching the #olympics ?

When people say Shakespeare isn't relevant to modern life it's good to have people like Sir Ian around to prove them wrong:

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/116017457937938899 Growing as a parent means accepting that while you would like to make a Captain Jean-Luc Janeway costume, your kid has no clue what that is but is pretty passionate about pretend-baking cupcakes, so they should get a cook costume. Anyway […]

Hej #dkfedi! Jeg opbygger en sag for at overbevise den lokale afdeling af mit politiske parti om at være til stede på fediverse. Vi vil ikke have mange lokale, der finder nyheder via fediverse i første omgang - dette er et Very Facebook-fællesskab. Mit primære mål er at vise, at en anden måde er […]

Jack Lang qui est lié à Epstein, je ne m'y attendais pas, et c'est pourtant tellement pas surprenant quand on se rappelle que c'est aussi un grand copain de Matzneff. Tiens, quelqu'un a cherché Matzneff sur les fichiers Epstein d'ailleurs ?

Someone I care for a lot is suffering mentally, partly due to long term effects of not being loved by their mother. Reading this made me think of them, and I wonder if reading it (or reading the whole memoir) might help, or would just further hurt them […]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115991679951111631 This is a very good thread - read all of it.

American conservatives really are like “you’ll change your mind about this extrajudicial public execution of a man trying to provide first aid to a stranger when you hear that he KICKED A CAR ONE DAY” It merely made me a bit sadder that I never got to shake the hand of Alex Pretti, who sounds […]

Reminder to not watch Melania The Movie, even for hate-watching, even for giggles, even to throw rotten tomatoes at your own TV. These people know no bad publicity. Every view on their counter is a compliment. Do not watch.

It took me over 20 years of working to nail down the criteria that makes a difference between enjoying #work and disliking work: can my manager, or the person who leads this project, accept when someone says no. Or questions a decision. Every time I have dealt either a manager who was open to […]

"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised." Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.

J'espère que vous vous rendez compte que la nouvelle loi en approche (réseaux sociaux interdits au -15 ans) va nécessiter une validation de votre âge par pièce d'identité pour tous vos comptes sur toutes les plateformes.