I lost ten kilos last year and was super proud.

Then life got harder, and then I injured my knee skiing, and then I went on an eat pray love type trip for a month, so I gained eight back since October.

But I’m glad to say I lost 5kg since the beginning of last month and am (nearly) back on track. The mild calorie deficit is going really well and I don’t feel deprived at all, which I’m truly happy with. Only gotta keep it up longer this time! :)

Thanks I’ll check out more of her work!

1. Yes but make it co-op. Bandcamp’s business model led to poor HR practices during merges and acquisitions.
2. I really don’t think it would require a millionnaire, actually - it sounds like a project that wouldn’t be super complex with a team of 3 or 4 people.
3. I’ve seen people do similar things on Itch.io and on their own website so I don’t think the barriers are really there!
4. I love the idea :)

As I said, I get a certain number of books (about one third) from perusing stacks. I am generally against « over optimization » in community spaces − I enjoy serendipitous discovery, finding out things exist while I’m there and stumble upon them, and would not spend that time on a computer. I do place holds on all the other books I get :)

I’ve checked out 38 books last year, and I’m not the only person who checks out books :) I also got a bunch of them from browsing shelves, not from looking for them specifically. Let’s fight for more community spaces − if we have enough, libraries will be able to be actual libraries!

Proud of you!

The US two-party system is such an aberration to me.

Oui et c’est trop cool !

En français ça s’appelle Mis à l’échelle

Yes, I didn’t mean to imply otherwise!

Yes and yes! Anxiety and depression can have symptoms very similar to those of ADHD.

The vampire Academy series is my guilty pleasure, usually with lots of hot choccy milk.

Otherwise, not a big re-reader but winter’s more about cozy mysteries and cute romances. I keep the gripping memoirs, gruesome crimes, high fantasy or sci-fi and very smart nonfiction for other times.

Haha I’m glad you can discover new books!

I’ve actually done Pakistan a few years ago, but that doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to read a Pakistani book ever again, so I’m noting Basti! Thank you!

The main thing is that it has an e-ink screen, which doesn’t hurt your eyes and doesn’t trick your brain into staying awake.

Also, I don’t have a tablet, and my phone is too small to read comfortably on.

Thanks so much!

And yes, integrating the blog with the indieweb and the fediverse was really fun and makes me super happy :)

Bravo à eux ! Pour avoir eu un camarade de promo en prison pendant ma licence, c’est infiniment difficile d’être étudiant aujourd’hui sans internet et ça témoigne d’une motivation énorme.

I’m meeting with my local work union tonight to suggest a citywide Wikipedia half-day event where we improve pages about labour law and the history of work unions. I hope they’ll like the pitch!

Love this!!

I love that we had such different experiences!

My review for it was super super short but here it is:

This novel is possibly my favourite read of 2023 so far, because it is incredibly good and also, I must say, because I am a huge sucker for multi-generational timelines.

I didn’t mind the object characters too much because I was more interested in what happened to them than to who they were anyway, but I absolutely understand your opinion :)

Cottage with more people or rooted with fewer people.

I hope the new job is going to work out for you!

Personally, I’m pretty unhappy in my company, but I’ve mostly been using the free time to do things that I can be fulfilled with - especially Wikipedia editing, which can be done while remaining available for the colleagues and even looking like I’m working because I’m online :)

Maybe this could be some kind of partial solution for you as well?

As for the alcohol, I’m so sorry for this and I hope things will get better. If you feel like you’re losing control, I highly recommend checking out if you can get professional help, by a specialist who won’t judge and is there just for that.

Good luck!

Yes, that’s what I’m saying :)