Le blog
\blâÉĄ\, masculin (Anglicisme informatique) (Internet)(dĂ©suet) Site Web, ou partie de site Web, personnel dans lequel l’auteur note, au fur et Ă mesure de sa rĂ©flexion sur un sujet qui lui importe, des avis, impressions, etc., pour les diffuser et susciter des rĂ©actions, commentaires et discussions. Les articles ou contributions individuels sont connus comme billets. Le mien existe, sous une forme ou une autre, depuis 2003.
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« Smash » : The walk of shame
Since I wrote that passionate defense of the NBC series, I’ve tumbled out of bed, grabbed my purse, and taken a long walk of shame. Becauseâto switch metaphors mid-stream, the way Smash does with plotsâsince its delightful pilot, the show has taken a nosedive so deep I’m surprised my ears haven’t popped. All the caveatsâŠ
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Qu’est-ce qui nous diffĂ©rencie des grands singes?
Essentially what that says, is, take a chimp brain foetally, and let it go two or three more rounds of divisions and you get a humain brain instead. And outcomes symphonies, and ideologies, and hopscotch there. What that tells you is, with enough quantity, you invent quality.  » Robert Sapolsky, fĂ©vrier 2011. RĂ©ponse Ă laâŠ
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Combien coûterait la reconstruction de New York suite aux combats des Avengers?
Overall, the total cost to rebuild buildings, water, electrical, communications, underground transport, and overground transport in new york city totals about $28,741,000,000,000 : $28.7 Trillion. This does not count the sewer system, the gas mains, landmarks, or the cost to clear and clean up the wreckage.  » How much damage in terms of monetary value,âŠ
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Pourquoi je ne passerai plus jamais par iTunes pour louer ou acheter un film
Hier, j’ai essayĂ© de regarder avec mon mec un film via iTunes et c’Ă©tait la premiĂšre et derniĂšre fois. Melancholia, de Lars Von Trier, coĂ»te 16,99⏠à l’achat en HD, 13,99⏠en SD, et se loue pour respectivement 4,99⏠et 3,99âŹ. Comme je refuse de cautionner des tarifs iniques, je me rabats sur la locationâŠ
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Taubira, cible privilégiée
La nouvelle garde des sceaux n’aura pas eu Ă attendre longtemps pour subir sa premiĂšre salve de critiques. Issue du Parti radical de gauche (PRG) et Ă©lue guyanaise, Christiane Taubira est, depuis sa nomination, l’une des cibles privilĂ©giĂ©es de la droite et de l’extrĂȘme droite sur le Web.  » Christiane Taubira cristallise les rancĆurs surâŠ
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Mec hétéro blanc : Le plus bas niveau de difficulté
So, the challenge: how to get across the ideas bound up in the word privilege, in a way that your average straight white man will get, without freaking out about it? (…) Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, Straight White Male is the lowest difficulty setting there is.  » StraightâŠ
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Donna Summer et le sida
Though known as a gay icon, Summer’s born-again-Christian status began alienating the diva from her gay fans, and in the mid-1980s, a false report that she’d called AIDS the wrath of God on gay people began circulating widely, an allegation she has flatly denied since. According to Jet Magazine, in 1989, she wrote to theâŠ
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Les droits des gays aux USA, Ă©tat par Ă©tat
 » Gay rights in the US, state by state. Une infographie intelligente du Guardian, qui se personnalise si vous vous connectez avec vos identifiants Facebook, pour vous montrer les lois de lĂ oĂč habitent vos amis (amĂ©ricains).
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Disaster looms
That wisest friend shares her pessimismâthough not entirely: It’s a turning point for the country. Dark days could be ahead. It all depends on the markets and on Hollande’s capacities. If they’re as deep as the ones he showed in running a campaign against so many odds, then we’re okayâif not, disaster looms.  » TheâŠ
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Time to move on
What is true is that Mr. Hollande’s victory means the end of Merkozy, the Franco-German axis that has enforced the austerity regime of the past two years. This would be a dangerous development if that strategy were working, or even had a reasonable chance of working. But it isn’t and doesn’t; it’s time to moveâŠ