Manon
@manonthuillier.bsky.social
Philologist • Tragedy bard mum to a baby bard • Glaswegian • Feral writer • Mess of a soprano • GMing starting Jan. 2024
[she/her] • Writes in FR/EN
[she/her] • Writes in FR/EN
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Poe: this bird is amazing!
Dickens: oh that's not all
Dickens: i also trained her to attack hans christian andersen on sight
Dickens: oh that's not all
Dickens: i also trained her to attack hans christian andersen on sight
December 14, 2023 at 6:56 PM
Poe: this bird is amazing!
Dickens: oh that's not all
Dickens: i also trained her to attack hans christian andersen on sight
Dickens: oh that's not all
Dickens: i also trained her to attack hans christian andersen on sight
Google Photos has decided to show me mirror selfies from two years ago and those prove me my body dysmorphophobia was *bad*
And also that it's gone despite my body having changed a lot (+21kg, -18kg within one year, what a ride pregnancy was)
And also that it's gone despite my body having changed a lot (+21kg, -18kg within one year, what a ride pregnancy was)
December 6, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Google Photos has decided to show me mirror selfies from two years ago and those prove me my body dysmorphophobia was *bad*
And also that it's gone despite my body having changed a lot (+21kg, -18kg within one year, what a ride pregnancy was)
And also that it's gone despite my body having changed a lot (+21kg, -18kg within one year, what a ride pregnancy was)
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Destruction of heritage is part of genocide
December 3, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Destruction of heritage is part of genocide
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Every week the rich and powerful make me think of that panel of Superman dropping Luthor like trash and saying, "You could have saved the world anytime you wanted to."
it’s cool watching billionaires literally throw away tens of billions of dollars so they can build an AI that tells them it’s okay to use racial slurs instead of like, solving hunger or something
I realise I make fun of Twitter a lot, but it is just astonishing that these posts were made within a few hours of each other. The CEO spouting "it all happens on X!" As the site's owner posts what actually happens on X - racist hypotheticals posted by its owner's personal AI
November 26, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Every week the rich and powerful make me think of that panel of Superman dropping Luthor like trash and saying, "You could have saved the world anytime you wanted to."
Le meilleur film où Guillermo Del Toro fait plaisir aux monsterfuckers dans l'audience.
Je veux que tous les films aient un pitch comme ça : « le meilleur film où Tom Cruise court avec le buste très droit », « le meilleur film où Christian Bâle garde la bouche ouverte sans raison »
November 21, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Le meilleur film où Guillermo Del Toro fait plaisir aux monsterfuckers dans l'audience.
Four months old in a week but already a tooth coming through baby's gum 🥺
November 15, 2023 at 11:17 AM
Four months old in a week but already a tooth coming through baby's gum 🥺
Maillot de bain, ~4 months postpartum (et premier cours de bébés nageurs pour monsieur!)
November 12, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Maillot de bain, ~4 months postpartum (et premier cours de bébés nageurs pour monsieur!)
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Support for the general Nazi project in America prior to WWII was FORMIDABLE. America has memory-holed its popularity in its larger campaign to paint our country as the “morally pure Hitler-defeaters.”
Trump is going full-on Hitler.
The astonishing part is that he will be the nominee of a major American political party.
People forget that there were pro-Hitler demonstrations here in the 1930s.
The astonishing part is that he will be the nominee of a major American political party.
People forget that there were pro-Hitler demonstrations here in the 1930s.
Just absolutely fucking unhinged
November 12, 2023 at 2:27 AM
Support for the general Nazi project in America prior to WWII was FORMIDABLE. America has memory-holed its popularity in its larger campaign to paint our country as the “morally pure Hitler-defeaters.”
I want to give off this vibe.
November 9, 2023 at 6:34 PM
I want to give off this vibe.
Starting young (bis)
November 8, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Starting young (bis)
Tête en l'air comme je suis, j'ai réalisé hier que mon nouveau job n'était pas avec "yet another translation company," mais avec la boîte qui possède Trados et Language Weaver.
Aucun doute ceux-là sont legit.
Aucun doute ceux-là sont legit.
November 8, 2023 at 6:20 AM
Tête en l'air comme je suis, j'ai réalisé hier que mon nouveau job n'était pas avec "yet another translation company," mais avec la boîte qui possède Trados et Language Weaver.
Aucun doute ceux-là sont legit.
Aucun doute ceux-là sont legit.
Si bizarre d'envoyer sa lettre de démission à la RH qui était un sucre (surtout après des mois sans aller sur place, je peux même pas le faire en mode rageuse maintenant)
November 7, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Si bizarre d'envoyer sa lettre de démission à la RH qui était un sucre (surtout après des mois sans aller sur place, je peux même pas le faire en mode rageuse maintenant)
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Starting young (I showed him some actual dice too, he touched some, and tried to grab and eat a d20 as well) (of course said d20 was still very much in my hand, I'm anxious enough to have chest pains so there's no way Taliesin was at risk of actually grabbing it)
November 6, 2023 at 7:43 PM
Starting young (I showed him some actual dice too, he touched some, and tried to grab and eat a d20 as well) (of course said d20 was still very much in my hand, I'm anxious enough to have chest pains so there's no way Taliesin was at risk of actually grabbing it)
Nothing but love for Sir Terry Pratchett who has Sam Vimes give the nickname "thin brown streak" to the Watch in Thud!
November 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM
Nothing but love for Sir Terry Pratchett who has Sam Vimes give the nickname "thin brown streak" to the Watch in Thud!
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we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.
The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore”
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
We! fixed! acid! rain! And we can fix climate change 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
October 25, 2023 at 3:08 PM
we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.
Never felt more lonely than when working in a cramped office where we didn't even have space for our coats and bags.
Which is why I'm happy to have found a fully remote position starting in January ✨
Which is why I'm happy to have found a fully remote position starting in January ✨
November 6, 2023 at 6:26 AM
Never felt more lonely than when working in a cramped office where we didn't even have space for our coats and bags.
Which is why I'm happy to have found a fully remote position starting in January ✨
Which is why I'm happy to have found a fully remote position starting in January ✨
Nothing but hate for the fifth of November.
Blowing up the parliament was a fine idea but the entire neighbourhood playing with fireworks sucks.
Blowing up the parliament was a fine idea but the entire neighbourhood playing with fireworks sucks.
November 5, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Nothing but hate for the fifth of November.
Blowing up the parliament was a fine idea but the entire neighbourhood playing with fireworks sucks.
Blowing up the parliament was a fine idea but the entire neighbourhood playing with fireworks sucks.
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So - people with lots of money will be able to impersonate people who haven't been using their bird account: have I understood that correctly?
November 4, 2023 at 4:45 PM
So - people with lots of money will be able to impersonate people who haven't been using their bird account: have I understood that correctly?
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for those not familiar, the Post Office in the UK implemented an accounting system that was badly coded and kept saying there was missing money.
736 people were prosecuted for totally hallucinatory crimes. it is an AI cautionary tale we must take seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
736 people were prosecuted for totally hallucinatory crimes. it is an AI cautionary tale we must take seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
has anyone done an investigation into the company that did the coding on the Horizon Post Office system?
like, how was it possibly so bad? who did that and signed off on it and told the Post Office that it was a robust accounting system?
like, how was it possibly so bad? who did that and signed off on it and told the Post Office that it was a robust accounting system?
November 4, 2023 at 2:05 PM
for those not familiar, the Post Office in the UK implemented an accounting system that was badly coded and kept saying there was missing money.
736 people were prosecuted for totally hallucinatory crimes. it is an AI cautionary tale we must take seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
736 people were prosecuted for totally hallucinatory crimes. it is an AI cautionary tale we must take seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
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Nagui a dit « on accueille le meilleur groupe français » et c'était Shaka Ponk, et c'était même pas une vanne donc moi je vais me coucher.
Je sais pas qui est le meilleur groupe français, mais même si Shaka Ponk était le seul groupe français ce serait même pas le meilleur groupe français.
Je sais pas qui est le meilleur groupe français, mais même si Shaka Ponk était le seul groupe français ce serait même pas le meilleur groupe français.
November 3, 2023 at 11:33 PM
Nagui a dit « on accueille le meilleur groupe français » et c'était Shaka Ponk, et c'était même pas une vanne donc moi je vais me coucher.
Je sais pas qui est le meilleur groupe français, mais même si Shaka Ponk était le seul groupe français ce serait même pas le meilleur groupe français.
Je sais pas qui est le meilleur groupe français, mais même si Shaka Ponk était le seul groupe français ce serait même pas le meilleur groupe français.
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Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
October 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
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En ce jour d'inauguration de la Cité internationale de la langue française, vous allez lire et entendre beaucoup de conneries sur le soi-disant "vrai" français, le "bon" français, la "langue de Molière", le "niveau qui baisse", et le "c'est pas français"...
Petit rappel par l'immense Alain Rey :
Petit rappel par l'immense Alain Rey :
October 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM
En ce jour d'inauguration de la Cité internationale de la langue française, vous allez lire et entendre beaucoup de conneries sur le soi-disant "vrai" français, le "bon" français, la "langue de Molière", le "niveau qui baisse", et le "c'est pas français"...
Petit rappel par l'immense Alain Rey :
Petit rappel par l'immense Alain Rey :
"No, your baby does not count as a vulnerable person you are caring for; why yes, a baby born this year would be vulnerable, but not according to the UK government."
Seeing all these “go get your Covid vaccine - it’s more than a booster it protects against new variants!” and I’d absolutely love to but unfortunately my government won’t let me or most of the population have it so ??????
October 29, 2023 at 4:22 PM
"No, your baby does not count as a vulnerable person you are caring for; why yes, a baby born this year would be vulnerable, but not according to the UK government."