I’m back, after a few months. Anything happen while I was away?

Thanks to PlutoTV, I've discovered a 90s series with Charles Dutton that is well worth watching thirty years later en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(TV...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads? The app is vapid, boring and destined to fail. The blandness of the Threads experience makes me yearn for the trolls of Twitter. By Siva Vaidhyanathan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/13/threads-mark-zuckerberg-twitter-meta

Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads? The app is vapid, boring and destined to fail | Siva Vaidhyanathan

The blandness of the Threads experience makes me yearn for the trolls of Twitter

C'est devenu une tradition: le Quatorze Juillet avec les Français et Francophones de l'Alliance française de Buffalo. Et oui le drapeau de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon était présent. Merci pour une ambiance sincère et amicale.

Say hello to my invite list: @garyharan.bsky.social@tmf.bsky.social@bluetouff.bsky.social@molloy.bsky.social

Just added an English episode to my podcast about the history of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Covering 500 years in 30 minutes is not an easy task but I hope you like it. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grandcolombier/episodes/History-of-Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon-in-English-e261hq6

Can you believe it's been five years since kids were challenging each other to eat Tide Pods? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/13/teens-are-daring-each-other-to-eat-tide-pods-we-dont-need-to-tell-you-thats-a-bad-idea/

Same brand of shoes. Left, one year old. Right, brand new. That's what 2.8 million steps or 2200 km will do to your shoes.

It's all about camouflage.