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I'd go for that -- separate, but with sinks. My French reality encounters friction with my American sensibilities. I recently sold my house with 3 full baths (sink, toilet, tub/shower).

While we're here, it's not what I'm used to, but I can maybe get on board with separate salle de bain et salle de toilet, but give me a sink in both! Shouldn't need to walk across the room to wash my hands. Never go one place when 3 will do.

Roberta Ecks

I won't speak for Russians, but if one wanted to lower American mortality rates I wouldn't start with shower electrocution 😂 Cruise ships have outlets on deck - I'm sure there's a way!

Do tell!

You got a couple things right, but light switch placement is not among them.

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I enjoy a great many things about France. But I do not understand putting the light switch for la salle de bain outside the salle. Is turning off the light while someone is taking a shower horribly taboo? Americans could not be trusted with such things*. *This goes for a lot of things.

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“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” ― Soren Kierkegaard,

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UK and France have both defeated their right wing parties in elections this year. The US needs to get its shit together.

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Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

My sigh of relief was substantial.

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

Americans can't buy booze on Sundays some places, but...

“The automated ammunition dispenser uses artificial intelligence technology to verify a buyer’s identification and age through card scanning and facial recognition software.” 💀

Vending machines selling bullets at grocery storeswww.cleveland.com American Rounds offers vending machines, powered by artificial intelligence, that are selling ammo for guns at grocery stores in Alabama and Oklahoma.

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I feel bad for the journalists inside the NYT, the WSJ and Washington Post trying to do excellent work in spite of leadership decisions and terrible op-eds that undermine those ongoing efforts

Kevin Carson

I took "Bible as Literature" during undergrad and it was eye opening. I was already questioning a lot; it solidified a bunch of positions. I'm glad I took it.

daryl "cherche le travail" bartley 🏳️‍⚧️

Of all the things we don't care about, this is not the bottom of the list, but it's on it.

Enjoying the #ClinD'Oeil, but the best part has been the sheer amount of wine and cheese eaten with @stemhands.bsky.social (tagging him so he has to check Bluesky).

Mardi après-midi, absolument ! Peut-être à 11h, si je me réveille tôt.

I'm available Monday night and all day Tuesday... wait!... Je suis disponible lundi soir ou mardi tous la journée. Je partirai mercredi matin.

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Americans mostly think that the rest of the world has immigration policies that are pretty similar to what they *think* US immigration policies are like: open to almost anyone, with special dispensation for refugees. We haven't been that country ... maybe ever, but we think we're the norm.

my brother the other day made a joke about getting his kids passports in the event of Trump being re-elected and I just thought "No one is gonna take a non-binary trans person whose has zero money and lots of debt."

Tangentially, I'll be taking a train to Paris on Monday if you'd like to get a drink with a semi-stranger.

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Time and time again, Chief Justice John Roberts made clear that this SCOTUS term was a term of contingent planning, leaving open two paths depending what happens with the election. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social wrote all about it at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-spinel...

Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴

Drake gotta leave the hemisphere. Pack it up and reinvent himself down under.

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And I’ll add for the millionth time that one of the reasons the times said it didn’t need a public editor anymore was because it was now responsive to readers on social media — and then immediately began categorically dismissing any criticism on social media

For about the millionth time, I’ll just say — having a public editor who could ask people how this happened and lay it out for readers would actually make the paper look better than fucking up this badly and then walking away from it without saying a word.

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I came to my 14 year old with a concern about social media. He literally took his glasses off, rubbed his temples, and asked: “what have the moms on the internet said now?” 😯🫤😆

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opinions are things like "I prefer tea/coffee" not "you should stop existing"

Who is the least B of ACAB? Captain Raymond Holt? Would Carl Winslow cross the thin blue line?

Not enough shit can be shoveled on Dick Wolf's head for the decades he's spent mythologizing our entire justice system. Cops are righteous and good and humble protectors! The system is fair and honest! Rights are for guilty people, good people can and should cooperate with authority!

Great day in Reims yesterday! Caught up with friends, had amazing sushi, and grossly overestimated my productivity in the evening. Je serai au festival #ClinD'oeil.