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Samuel Langlois

@squell.bsky.social
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Yet another French in the UK, enjoying life in #rdguk, working @ecmwf.int 🚴‍♂️💻💚

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you @octopus.energy for making me experience what colourblind people go through 😅🙈
Screenshot of a bar chart with 3 different values (off peak, day rate, night rate) but the 3 colours are exactly the same, and cannot be distinguished from each other.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Juste un truc tout bête comme au Japon, où quand on tire la chasse, on peut se laver les mains avec l’eau de la suivante
Combiné toilette + lavabo au dessus du réservoir de chasse d’eau.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One night at the _other_ Reading music festival: Down At The Abbey. Gorgeous venue, weather, music and beer!
A music scene in front of what’s left of the Reading abbey. Gorgeous !
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So, if 19 August is Yesterday and 20 August is Tomorrow, what’s Today then? The 19 ¾ August? #MicrosoftTeams
Screenshot of Microsoft Teams calendar where 19 August is flagged « yesterday » and 20 August is flagged « tomorrow »
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In Paris, even the shop windows are angry at you!
The window of a shop, which says « We open at 18:55, FFS! »
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Weird encounter of the day while watering my tomatoes: a cute frog, which took shelter inside the can for a bit of water 🐸
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sometimes, I get close encounters during my bike commute. Although not always with vehicles! 🚲 🦅
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Really loved the atmosphere of "la fête de la musique" in Paris this evening, near canal St Martin. Mandatory accessories: fans 🪭 and water pistols 🔫
A band playing near Canal St Martin in Paris: guitar, bass, drumsThe band Maxence Alexandre playing in the streetCanal St Martin in Paris, with huge number of people on each side, and a man diving into it from a bridgeA band playing near Canal St Martin in Paris
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
New t-shirt, courtesy of Daughter1. I love it!
Me in a T-shirt saying « I was cycling before it was COOL »
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thank you Reading Bike Hub 🚲, for being there just when I needed a puncture repair! That was on my way back from the market, loaded with groceries. You rock 🥰
My bike, loaded with groceries at the back in a wooden crate and at the front in a bag, in front of the Reading Bike Hub
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
We celebrated today our 14th anniversary of moving to the UK as a family! We did it in the most British way we could find: an afternoon tea 😋 🇬🇧 (Ok, and champagne too…)
A platter of fancy sandwiches and even fancier petits fours, with a glass of bubbly at the front.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
It was a bit wet today, but we did it anyway! Thank you @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social
Kids on bikes, in the Palmer Park in Reading, with bubbles flying aroundA very blurry picture of people cycling in the street
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Daughter has been stuck for 10 minutes, trying to create a password that matches all these rules 😅
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
2 near misses in 2 days… This is the life I chose! #WarOnBikes
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
We had a great ride today in Earley at @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social and the bubble machine worked amazingly. Look at these happy people! 🫧 🚲
People on bikes looking happy surrounded by bubblesMore people on bikes - mostly children this time - following the bubble trail
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
OK, we forgot to eat a few artichokes and now they turned into these huge flowers… Bees look happy with them, though!
2 huge artichoke flowers, with bees having a feast on them, plus one not open yet in the background
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
We made a tiny human who bakes cakes for us #ProudDad
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I upgraded my bike this weekend. Cheers! 🍷
My bike, having a wooden crate of wine fixed as a pannier at the back. The box is empty though, I drank it all… It was Bordeaux Tutiac, if you must know.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Weird encounter on local streets. It's bed time for geese! 🪿🪿🪿
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Sunny and joyful Critical Mass ride in Reading yesterday
Bikers riding on a street, one with a raised fistBikers riding on a street, with a big Critical Mass flag and a sunset
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I must say, I was expecting a bit better than this weather for my first day in Bologna, ITALY! In MAY! 🌧️
Rain falling on a street. Sad.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Having fun taking pictures of door bells in Venice 😬
2 door bells next to each other on a wall, forming the shape of a face2 door bells next to each other on a wall, forming the shape of a face
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Currently on holiday in Naples. The cult of Diego Maradona there is impressive !
A mural painting with Diego Maradona in a small streetA pixelated mosaic on a wall depicting Maradona’s « hand of God »Maradona tat : busts, mugs, etc. More Maradona merchandising
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Despite appearances, this Parisian street is *not* closed to car traffic - I saw a few. Cars just happens to be the least efficient way, so no one uses them unless they have to. Simple!
The canal Saint Martin in Paris under a setting sun, with people walking everywhere and a few bikes on the street. No car in sight.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Leaving for a 2 week trip across Italy, all in trains 🚄 Thank you InterRail!
Map of a trip with stops in: London, Paris, Nice, 5 Terre, Napoli, Firenze, Venice, Paris, London
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
😳 You don’t see that kind of sign very often in the UK!
Sign saying:
CLOUD NATIVE
COMPUTING FOUNDATION
DOES NOT ALLOW
FIREARMS OR OTHER WEAPONS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE PERMITTED OR NOT, OR WHETHER THEY ARE CONCEALED OR NOT, TO BE BROUGHT INTO OUR EVENTS.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
We had a very enjoyable Kidical Mass ride today, despite the wet weather. But the hardest part was navigating the clumsy infrastructure.
A few dozen cyclists, half of them kids, on a street blocked by a big concrete block. Behind the block, two little hands of a kid who just fell onto the ground.Kids on bike crossing a road, protected by a watchful marshal on his bike.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Classic 🙄 I'll see how high I can reach before giving up.
Screenshot from a conversation with a bot from Virgin Media. At 3:56pm, it annouced 42 minutes of waiting. At 4:04pm it was 46 minutes. At 4:14pm, 47 minutes.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Nice walk in Henley today, with a rare sight lately : blue sky ! Don’t worry, the rain is back tomorrow 🌧️
View of Henley-on-Thames at dusk, from the path along the Thames
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Classic… Just a regular day with my bike. Driver then refused to acknowledge they made a mistake, let alone apologise.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What do you mean « addicted to the solar panel monitoring app »? Of course I’m addicted! We’re generating our own power!! 💪✊
Screenshot of a solar panel monitoring app, showing Watts flowing from the panels into the house and the battery
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Or these, from another company
Form item asking the question: "I believe I am a CompanyY type of person", with answers ranging from "Very inaccurate" to "Very Accurate"Form item asking the questions: "What CompanyY stands for matters to me", and "I feel a strong connection to CompanyY", with answers ranging from "Very inaccurate" to "Very Accurate"
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
After 30 years of (nearly) daily service, my electric shaver died this morning. 😔 There was a little smoke, which was probably its soul reaching heaven. 🪦
Open, old-fashioned, 2-rotor electric shaver
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Did you know that with roughly £550 you can travel by train for 1 month every day, either * everywhere in 33 European countries, with InterRail, or * between Reading and London, with @nationalrail.bsky.social Rail fares in the UK are crazy
Screenshot of an interrail global pass adult - 1 month of unlimited train travel - costing £585Screenshot of a monthly season ticket from the UK National Rail, from Reading to London Terminals, costing £537.60
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Last week, I started listening to music on my bike with a speaker. I like the energy it gives. Today, a pothole sent it flying, and the car behind didn’t miss it 😢 I could only gather half the pieces.
Pieces of a broken Bluetooth speaker scattered on a table
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Mandatory repost. Barely a parody now
Comic strip by Jen Sorensen mocking cars becoming humongous
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I found BoJo’s book in a French book store! But in a weird section…
Boris Johnson’s book « Indomptable » at the bottom of the Psychology & Psychoanalysis section of a book store
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin asks his dad if he has any ideas for his traffic safety poster. Dad replies: Sure! "Cyclists have a right to the road too, you polluting maniacs! I hope gas goes up to 8 bucks a gallon!". Calvin says he'll ask mom.
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