Rachelle
@doeif.bsky.social
Teacher, bookseller, reader, expat in France.
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Astérix et Ozempix
May 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Astérix et Ozempix
Yesterday on French radio ‘La peur est devenue le pain quotidien des americains’. Pretty well sums it up.
April 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yesterday on French radio ‘La peur est devenue le pain quotidien des americains’. Pretty well sums it up.
900% tariff on people who say ‘crispy’.
814% tariff on people who masticate with their mouth open
871% tariff on people who don’t let passengers off the train before trying to get on themselves.
April 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
900% tariff on people who say ‘crispy’.
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The perfect allegory does not exis... nm
March 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The perfect allegory does not exis... nm
So far this year I’ve read a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, ‘James’, a retelling of Little Women, ‘Hello Beautiful’, and a retelling of Madame Bovary, ‘Anna Karenina’. #booksky
March 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So far this year I’ve read a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, ‘James’, a retelling of Little Women, ‘Hello Beautiful’, and a retelling of Madame Bovary, ‘Anna Karenina’. #booksky
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MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
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For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM
For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
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Have seen Trump’s cabinet being described as a “junk drawer” and I cannot stop laughing.
December 13, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Have seen Trump’s cabinet being described as a “junk drawer” and I cannot stop laughing.
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Every now and then I think about how useful it would be, as a medievalist, if google maps had a “by horse” option
November 26, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Every now and then I think about how useful it would be, as a medievalist, if google maps had a “by horse” option
PEN America's Index of School Book Bans (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)
docs.google.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
Is this Biden’s fault too? Quick, vote in the clowns!
As butter prices continue to surge across Europe, Czech politicians have decided to tackle the situation in the most effective way — by bickering on social media.
You butter stop lying: Czech politicians trade insults over price surge
High dairy prices have sparked a butter war on X in Czechia.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Is this Biden’s fault too? Quick, vote in the clowns!
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 3
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 3
November 14, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 3
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 3
´If I could, I’d put some blue sky in your head’. #Bluesky
The Apartments - Pocketful of Sunshine [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
YouTube video by Talitres
youtu.be
November 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
´If I could, I’d put some blue sky in your head’. #Bluesky
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wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 AM
wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
After 15 years, the time has come.
November 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
After 15 years, the time has come.
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Folks be leaving Twitter like...
a man in a trench coat is walking on a soccer field in front of a stadium .
ALT: a man in a trench coat is walking on a soccer field in front of a stadium .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Folks be leaving Twitter like...
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Learned a new word: Kakistocracy
November 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Learned a new word: Kakistocracy
This has aged well!
Elon sent me.
(inadvertently, but still)
(inadvertently, but still)
November 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM
This has aged well!
Question for the new arrivals. Are you deactivating the bird account? Been there since 2009, know it’s time to leave, but still hesitant…
November 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Question for the new arrivals. Are you deactivating the bird account? Been there since 2009, know it’s time to leave, but still hesitant…
The couch casting for the circus has started. Integrity not required!https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvzlj3k8m8o
Inside Donald Trump's transition as hopefuls flock to Mar-a-Lago
Political hopefuls flock to Donald Trump's Florida home as the president-elect assembles his cabinet.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The couch casting for the circus has started. Integrity not required!https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvzlj3k8m8o