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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Rue McClanahan Receiving Her First Emmy Award For The Golden Girls
«Don’t you know? Every kick’s a boost. (…) I’m not going to mention the people who gave me… the kicks. But you know who your are. And you’ll be in the book.»
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Pas de romance homo pour SWTOR?
Tony Perkins, le président du trÚs conservateur et trÚs homophobe Family Research Council, part en guerre contre BioWare, la société qui commercialise le dernier jeu vidéo inspiré de la saga de La Guerre des étoiles. Parce que les personnages peuvent y entretenir des relations homosexuelles. Dans sa chronique radio du 27 janvier, Tony Perkins a
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Les Verts, le budget et les Ă©conomistes
Comme il en est de signer un travail qui n’est pas le sien, voir apposer sa signature sur un travail auquel on n’a pas participĂ© constitue une violation de la dĂ©ontologie scientifique la plus Ă©lĂ©mentaire. Paul Malliet, FrĂ©dĂ©ric ReynĂšs et Yasser Y. Tamsamani dĂ©clarent qu’ils n’ont ni participĂ©, ni signĂ©, ni contribuĂ© directement ou indirectement
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Le vrai patient zéro
[Gaetan] Dugas was soon dubbed Patient Zero, and labeled by the media as the cause of the AIDS epidemic. But as Carl Zimmer and David Quammen explain, Dugas was absolutely not Patient Zero. Not by a long shot. Michael Worobey and Beatrice Hahn help us search for a much earlier Patient Zero, by taking us
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How To Bypass The New Twitter Limitations
As we reported, Twitter announced today that it may block specific content on a country-by-country basis if required. However, it seems very easy to get around these upcoming limitations. Indeed, Twitter’s Help Center itself gives a good clue on how to bypass them very easily. Here’s a step-by-step explanation:  » Worried about possible restrictions on
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The Wild Parrots of San Francisco
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a 2005 documentary film directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. It chronicles the relationship between Mark Bittner, an unemployed musician who is living rent-free in a cabin in Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California, and a flock of feral parrots (cherry-headed and two blue-crowned conures) that he
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Ce que disent les animaux
Washoe est la premiÚre chimpanzé ayant appris à communiquer grùce à la langue des signes : Washoe greeted Kat [the caretaker] in just this way when she finally returned to work with the chimps. Kat made her apologies to Washoe, then decided to tell her the truth, signing « MY BABY DIED. » Washoe stared at her,
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38e place
Au sein de l’Union europĂ©enne, le classement traduit une certaine stagnation de la situation, toujours marquĂ©e par une coupure nette entre les pays traditionnellement bien notĂ©s (Finlande, Pays-Bas) et ceux comme la Bulgarie (80e), la GrĂšce (70e) et l’Italie (61e) qui ne rĂ©solvent pas leurs problĂšmes dâatteintes de libertĂ© de la presse, essentiellement par absence
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New York in the 80’s
The work of Steven Siegel recently caught our eye, and we are happy to bring you 24 beautiful photographs taken of New York in the 1980s. Mr. Siegel himself notes: « When young people today look at my shots from the 1980s, they are aghast. To them, New York of the 1980s is almost unrecognizable.  »
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Space Canuck
Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Lego passenger and four cameras. It fell back down to Earth 97 minutes later with astonishing footage from an estimated 24 kilometres above sea level, three times the typical cruising altitude of a commercial aircraft.  » Toronto teens send Lego man on an