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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As a Frenchman, that's quite the eclectic accent I seem to have collected...

the map of us dialects with New York, Florida, California and Hawaii highlighted as being the most similar to the way I speak, apparently.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I knew she sucked at drinking water from the fountain, but this is a new level of missing altogether

white cat licking her tabby brother who is himself lapping from a water fountain

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pretty happy with this picture of a spider I took this morning. Do not click if you do not wanna see a picture of a spider.

Pretty big but otherwise harmless house spider silhouetted against some window blinds, with two legs poking through.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Would it be available on another online store than Amazon, by any chance? For some reason it won't let me purchase *an electronic book* on the US store from France 🫠

screenshot from amazon showing a price for a kindle version of a book but saying "this title is not currently available for purchase"

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm remaking Cryo's 1992 Dune, a strange, wonderful mix between adventure game and real-time strategy, with an absolute killer soundtrack. This really blurred the genre lines and when I played it, around ages 8-10, I was astounded by the depth of it. I still think about it all the time.

Screenhsot from the first Dune game, showing the strategic map.

Screenhsot from the first Dune game, showing the strategic map and armies and equipment.

Screenhsot from the first Dune game, showing Paul and Chani.

Screenhsot from the first Dune game, showing a sandworm emerging from the sands.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Rappel que quand les chevaux ont été "libérés", ils ont fini dans nos lasagnes... www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaa...

So then, where are these suppliers, and where are they getting the horsemeat from? The supply chain, it seems, reportedly snakes back to traders in Cyprus and the Netherlands, then to abattoirs in Romania. Take a moment to study Romania’s laws governing equine transport, and therein you may find the reason why Romania has been peddling excess horse meat of late.

In 2007, as part of efforts to bring Romania in step with European Union law, the country banned horse-drawn carts from main roads in cities and towns. Horse had been intrinsic to Romanian life pulling carts through the streets or working the fields. Following the ban, countless numbers of stray horses have been abandoned. Starving and with nowhere to go, they roam the streets and parks of Romania’s major cities.

Consequently, the emaciated horses are rounded up and if left unclaimed (almost all are), they are sent to slaughterhouses. Abandoned animals aside, poor Romanians are selling their horses to slaughterhouses because they can't afford to keep them. The monthly income of subsistence farmers in the countryside is less than the costs of feeding a horse for that period. According to an Associated Press report, costs run between €100 ($135) and €150 ($200) to keep a horse every month — up to 40 percent of the average national salary.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Ghanima considering we should put more billionaires in pocket subs

A siamese red point cat standing in front of an automatic litter

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Got a pretty nice banjo for Christmas, having never touched the instrument before, and in this age of awful news in 4k there's one thing I am rediscovering, and it's the joy that comes from slowly learning a new skill! Absolute joy

Close up on the head part of a Harley Benton banjo

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Bientôt les petites miettes de RAM qui croustillent pour assaisonner vos plats !

Screenshot d'une conversation Discord où quelqu'un dit "J'ai pesé ma barrette de RAM et j'ai découvert que c'était maintenant le même prix que le safran (13 000 € le kilo)."

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

A crime was committed last night...

Brioche bread with a big piece gnawed off the end. The piece is visible on a chair below.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

T'as vu les voitures télécommandées de drift là dans le hall 10.2

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The guy who wrapped this Aston Martin wrapped the *emblem* with it and I think it legally qualifies as a crime #gamescom

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I don't think this is very on-brand for either Nintendo or Lego, but I thought this was a very funny thing to do #gamescom

Sitting in a lego mario kart and flipping off an imaginary guy I just passed

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

If it's #InternationalCatDay you bet your ass I'm gonna share pics of all my goobers

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Trying to get a picture of the white cat and the black cat in the same frame:

A picture of a white cat and a black cat in front of a window against the light, superimposed with a part from a Dishonored menu screenshot to adjust brightness

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Playing Broken Arrow with friends, and the matchmaking just dropped us against another premade, of players in the top 50 leaderboard (2200+ELO, our highest was 1300). Thankfully they all dropped the matchmaking before the game started, which I thought was rather nice as they'd have massacred us

post-screen game from Broken Arrow showing wildly mismatched teams

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

My week of vacation in Ireland is coming to an end and I am very happy to report I did nothing of import, but saw good friends, ate good food, and saw some tremendous things, including this very big dog

An irish wolfhound chilling on the ground, being scratched by a very happy-looking bearded white man (it's me, I am the bearded white man)

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Here's a cool beetle I found. It was on its back in our greenhouse and the cats were not sure what the hell it was. I picked it up and put it on a nearby birch. Bugs rock.

A big black blueish beetle, maybe a dung beetle? Cool as fuck

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Some friends accompanying us on the way to Ireland

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

POV you realize the week-end is almost over and you gotta work again tomorrow #cats

Disgruntled-looking black cat with one tooth poking out.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

26,50€ et ça date pas d'hier non plus ! Les livres ont toujours été chers (sauf en poche)

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

These are the first four I recognized from my list. I think I have more questions than answers. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

Doctor Something-or-other (Robin Williams) in Good Will Hunting

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I wanna be there (my own garden, in the sun, with a cat in my lap)

Black cat sleeping in my lap in a sunny garden

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This creature could generate infinite energy if we could only harvest his resources

tabby cat flopped on its back, with exposed belly and the legs really far apart. At that moment, this is the chillest cat on Earth

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Ce magasin Leroy Merlin a l'air préparé à toutes les éventualités

Un écran ASUS TUF GAMING au comptoir d'un magasin Leroy Merlin, un tant soit peu incongru en degors de son habitat naturel

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Petit cortège du 1er mai, premier drapeau @stjv.fr qui vole à Caen. J'ai même rencontré des camarades ! Joyeuse fête des travailleur•euses les potos #iwd

Drapeau du stjv au milieu du cortège du premier mai.

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Pulled a big plush garden armchair into the cats' enclosure and now taking advantage of every lunch break to just chill with the homies

A small black cat laying across a man's lap, both looking out an enclosure into a sunny garden

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François Hardy @frogsquadron.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Being back in Paris for the week-end is also the occasion to revisit old haunts

A bowl of phó with pork balls and tripe, along woth a platter of veggies to throw in the soup. Arguably the best place in town, Pho 14 on avenue de Choisy

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