Cat Concerto
Acronyms in the French press.
One of the least pleasing things about reading French journalism is the ubiquity of acronyms. They are rarely explained, though here, for once, is an exception.
I couldn’t help feeling there was something portentous about it, as if it heralded in some sense its own doom. LJ
How our home delivery habit reshaped the world | Technology | The Guardian
Quite an interesting appraisal, notwithstanding its questionable provenance. If only the Guardian could manage a more honest and impartial, less prescriptively “woke” and modish tone, with greater frequency, it might be possible to consider reading the paper from time to time, as one could in the eighties, when Araucaria’s crosswords adorned the back page and the world seemed still to cherish the now apparently vain hope of securing the prevalence of sanity. LJ
The long read: The great trick of online retail has been to get us to shop more and think less about how our purchases reach our homes
Source: How our home delivery habit reshaped the world | Technology | The Guardian
Bernstein on musical form
Effondrement du pont de Mirrpoix-sur-Tarn
Effondrement du pont de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn
Effondrement du pont de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn : le maire confirme que le camion faisait “environ 45 tonnes”
Fastest ever, I think
Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored by John Lydon, review: ‘a marathon pub rant’ – Telegraph
Johnny Rotten’s ridiculously entertaining new memoir shows how he turned
youthful rebellion into a 40-year career
— Read on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11150979/anger-is-an-energy-my-life-uncensored-by-john-lydon.html
An entertaining review of a book I have no intention of reading, though I have a soft spot for its author, I confess. He says a number of things that are sensible, not least that “the weather’s too nice to stay angry all the time.” LJ
Départements de France
Lentils
Lentil
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil
First one for a while…
Témoignage sur les gilets jaunes
A crowd has no head. For this reason, I never march with the crowd. LJ
Séisme en Ardèche
Lunch at the Nightingale with Paul T H
La mélancholie
Italian cruise captain rode moped and pinched arses on sinking ship
Italian cruise captain rode moped and pinched arses on sinking ship
— Read on www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/italian-cruise-captain-rode-moped-and-pinched-arses-on-sinking-ship-201201194790
Recette Escalopes de poulet farcies aux champignons
Et pourquoi pas? LJ
Escalopes de poulet farcies aux champignons – Ingrédients de la recette : 2 belles escalopes de poulet, 200 g de champignons de Paris, 2 échalotes, 1 gousse d’ail , 1 cuillère à soupe de persil
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