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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did *you* exchange A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trump administration’s efforts to gain more power over grants have played out across the government, where funding decisions have historically been led by experts.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When You Are Old by W. B. Yeats 1865 – 1939 When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'll keep it in reserve for the frequent hand-wringing about how history will judge anyone involved in US politics or "our gteat nation" in either France or the US.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My anglophone friends will be pleased to learn that we say "it makes me goat" (ça me rend chèvre) for something like badly designed grant or article metadata entry systems that profoundly irritate us. From the same source as "capricious" because have you ever observed a goat IRL?

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Que signifie l'expression 'devenir chèvre' et d'où vient-elle ?

Découvrez l'origine de l'expression 'devenir chèvre', une formule idiomatique utilisée pour exprimer la colère ou l'énervement, et explorez pourquoi la chèvre a été choisie comme symbole dans cette ex...

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At first everything that happened was very interesting, even if sad. For a writer, especially, it was a fascinating experience to live through. But slowly it became, not just very sad, but sterile, too. Gradually it got to be enough. Even at a practical level, it wasn’t possible to stay any longer.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aujourd'hui j'ai appris (TIL) qu'il a nettement plus de monde qui utilise l'acronyme ANR ici pour "adult nursing relationship" que pour l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche et encore plus de mal au ventre à poursuivre mes partenaires anglophones pour leurs CVs en ligne qu'avant. 🫢 😳

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Karsten Lemm @lemmk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why are #hurricanes forming in the Pacific this year, not the Atlantic? Very good visual explainer by @wsj.com 🎁 Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/clim... #ElNino #climate

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How El Niño Made the Atlantic Hurricane Season Disappear

Shifting air currents are blocking storms before they form—or shredding those that do.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyhow, out of my system now 😏

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is anyone else as hyper sensitive as I am to a sense of other people wasting your time? It feels demeaning and disrespectful even when that wasn't the intention.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK I agree with finding this Pope an admirable fellow. But "the cultural malaise and civilizational decline into which much of Europe has fallen" (pot calling kettle black) followed by "We should be careful before leaping to grand conclusions" is pretty funny.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Above all, may the legal proceedings drag on. May the perps not ever be able to put it behind them, much as the victim will need a lot of time to ever put it behind her.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Individual conveniences add up to a deterioration of the public sphere." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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One Reason People Are Spending So Much Time Alone

There is a social cost to many modern conveniences.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If Ferrera is smart, there are a lot of slightly-or-more practicing Muslims and vegetarians in AND out of the U.S. who would also love chewy pectin-based candies not including gelatin possibly made from pigs.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Very kind of you to make the individual call-outs! Sounds like a promising crop of young investigators.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a band member myself in my 50s, well of course!

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Come visit us in Marseille and we'll try hard 😉

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@hcrichardson.bsky.social The Nor'eastern fishing & whaling communities were continuous & porous (writes she who married into a Basque family). This research may interest you & today's readers: home.nps.gov/nebe/learn/h...

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You are missing out! Bacalau with potatoes and garlic is fantastic. Give it a try!

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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An incredible interview. Q: You keep using the word “tough.” But I don’t hear tough. I hear messed up. A: You know, you’re right. I’m using “tough” as a masculine banner for something much more perverse and weird. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/m...

nytimes.com

Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean. (Gift Article)

The legendary actor on his disturbing childhood, his Hollywood missteps and the pain he caused to his loved ones, his body and himself.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Women-led research 💪🏻 🧬 🧪 🦇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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landofwords.bsky.social @landofwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

American businessman named W.D. Barton built a resort on one of Gunayala’s more than 350 uninhabited islands. The Guna burned it down. And when Barton tried to rebuild it, they burned it down again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/m...

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They Kept Outsiders Away for 500 Years. Their World Is About to Change. (Gift Article)

My father dedicated his life to studying the Guna people of Panama, and they may soon allow unprecedented development through their land. I went on a trek through the jungle to find out why.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"... his speech was aimed at U.S. voters more than the U.N. audience, but it should not be overlooked that he stood in front of world leaders and rejected the premise of the U.N."

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Agreed, this is the first lucid piece I've read about Israel in years, including that "whatabout the Chinese" piece. Having followed the artistic output of some of those founders in the 60s to 90s, the Bibi camp is as horrifying in context as are the Trumpsters in theirs.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

it's in the linked FAQ...

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Confirmation that academic scientists are indeed creatives. "Sometimes, despite your best efforts, things don’t happen for you; you could have been in the right place at the right time but weren’t, and someone else was, and they got a boost and you didn’t because on occasion that’s the way it goes."

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you're an US citizen living outside the US & want to learn how to register to vote, when to submit your ballot for your last state of residence, and more about absentee ballots, this is the information you need, all in one place. Please reskeet or whatever! www.votefromabroad.org/states

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Voting rules for US States | VoteFromAbroad.org

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes they were all sort of non-solutions, since that's what the real options are. Inexistent.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If only it worked out so well for the last woman presidential candidate Senator from New York 🤷‍♀️ @aoc.bsky.social is talented and committed - I'm sure she'll make a good decision.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It does sound like it, but maybe spare yourself and only read if you must? Any reading of such useless, inhuman and wasteful bureaucracy could drive anyone to despair. Even the AI slop-like cover image.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I empathize with your pain and the easily shifted toggle.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Richesses sans compter. youtube.com/@museesdemar... 🖼️ 🎨 📸 🎥 📚

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Musées de Marseille

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Moritz Peter Fritschle @moritzfritschle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ja, total. Wer mit einer Wasserpistole zur Schießerei geht, ist ja auch im Nachteil. Führt aber auch dazu dass man sich bei den Grants gegen 21.000 Konsortien durchsetzen muss, oder bei Stellen gegen ähnliche Zahlen. Das macht das Bewerben unerträglich auf Jobs oder sonst was.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yep. "Gratitude, humility, responsibility: Those are the virtues our overlapping histories — personal, familial, national — should instill."

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Exactly. And while we sometimes remember to be careful not to anthropomorphize animal behavior, as blinding us to better understanding of their inner gestalt, we need to remind each other not to anthropomorphize what the black box does, because no little homunculus in there.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think that dogs do understand in the sense "empathize with an intent" and a machine can also understand in the sense "apprehend what is of use in proposing a solution to a complex problem" and even then make use of it, but they sure don't understand what the other does.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Agreed, both are acceptable use. "Understanding" can be taken to mean different things by different people, no diss intended.

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Etche_homo @etche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It seems like on the contrary, you're restricting the meaning of "understanding" to "that which a machine can also do". It's a more nuanced word than that, and what tools can do is objectively different than what humans can do, even if full understanding is not always needed for problem-solving.

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Incredible scientific advances that make people's lives better are possible because of funding and the space to pursue ideas. Learn about #science, protect it and demand fair access to the applications of its discoveries because your life wouldn't be as good without. 🧪

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