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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
C’est une chasse classique, mais alimentée par un robinet extérieur au lieu d’un tuyau intérieur. Pendant qu’elle se reremplit, on peut (ou pas !) se laver les mains avec.
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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 · 30/05/2026
@valmasdel.bsky.social @melanievogel.bsky.social @cecileduflot.bsky.social @charlotteminvielle.bsky.social @margal.bsky.social
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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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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today is the day! You can vote until 10pm. Don’t forget your photo ID! #VoteGreen
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🌡️ Europe is the fastest‑warming continent, warming at more than 2× the global average. Changing weather patterns, reduced air pollution, declining snow cover & proximity to the rapidly warming Arctic all play a role. ⬇️
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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Great day today at the Woodley precinct, chatting with people about our policies for the Wokingham local elections #VoteGreen
Gary Shacklady wearing a green bib, with a green rosette, standing proudly under a green gazebo in the Woodley precinctPeople gathered under the green gazebo on Wooley precinctKester Bey, Stuart Simpson, Rhys and Gary Shacklady in front of the Green gazebo. Stuart wears a t-shirt claiming "Injustice is not inevitable"
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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 · 08/04/2026
I had an interesting evening yesterday, advocating for more 20mph zones at the Earley Town Council. I think it was useful. Thank you @20splenty.bsky.social for the very useful material!
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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚲 There’s a new crowdfunder to support Kidical Mass rides across the UK, and it’s one of those small things that quietly makes a big difference. 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/km-insurance Image credit: @jamiebellinger.com 1/8
Girl cycling in middle of group. Image credit: Jamie Bellinger
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Anti-Suffragette postcard ca. 1910s Happy International Women's Day, bicycle friends!
Cartoon drawing featuring a woman in bright red bloomers and a men's-style blazer and bow tie riding a bicycle in the foreground, and an old man with a pitchfork losing hat and pitchfork in surprise. Over his head are the words, "What it will come to". At the bottom it says, "Then they WILL be satisfied".
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Jeroen Wouters @woutersj.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
After years of glacial progress Reading Borough Council now plans to remove cycling and walking infrastructure in an attempt please car drivers. media.reading.gov.uk/news/road-la...
media.reading.gov.uk
Road layout change proposed for key central Reading route | Reading Borough Council News
Additional vehicle capacity planned for Sidmouth Street to pave way for introduction of new London Road bus lane Cycle facilities would be rearranged to reflect demand on the local transport network
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Slowly stopping to use services provided by companies supporting fascism 🚮 First was obviously X -> BlueSky 🚮 then GoodReads -> StoryGraph 🚮 and now Spotify -> Tidal Every little helps 🙂
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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Welcome to the Wokingham Green Party Bluesky account! Follow us to keep up to date with the latest updates and events.
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Djonne 🇬🇱 @djonne.eurosky.social · 02/01/2026
Okay folks, I'll give you the ultimate cheat sheet to French food. Everywhere you go you'll be proposed something sounding like "des croubitchoux à la gableuse with a little glass of bounette". Every village has its own very local specialty. How to decipher that ? Very easy.
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Here’s one in Paris. I’m sure there are plenty www.lepetitplombieravelo.com
lepetitplombieravelo.com
Plombier à Paris : Dépannage rapide - Le Petit Plombier à Vélo
Faites confiance au Petit Plombier à Vélo pour vos problèmes de plomberie à Paris. Déplacements écoresponsables en vélo-cargo. Dépannage plombier Paris.
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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 · 14/10/2025
But Worcestershire is fine?
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Reading, the town, needs to change it's name. To much confusion with reading a book
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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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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Last week Oxygen took potassium on a date and it was just OK. Then yesterday I saw Oxygen with a date with Magnesium and I was like OMg.
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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 · 28/07/2025
I highly recommend this one next, to stay in the mood 😁 www.goodreads.com/book/show/43908991
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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
The follow-up to #1 New York Times Bestseller Kindred: …
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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 · 16/06/2025
Well done, that's impressive! Oh, and tell me who wins in the end...
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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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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 07/06/2025
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
Illustration of a woman with a helmet carrying a bicycle while boarding a blue and white train. The text reads: ‘Bikes on trains? You want it – EU got it!’ An EU flag is shown on the ground and in the top-left corner.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees
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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
For a laugh, you also want to know about brother-in-law -> beau-frère, which abbreviated as "beauf" can be used as an insult, describing someone stupid and annoying, full of himself. And don't we all have such a brother-in-law? :-D
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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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