Neal Finne
@nealfinne.bsky.social
I've always been impressed with the panel discussion shows on France 5, like C dans l'air and C ce soir (well, depending on who the guests are). Not that that's necessarily what the median French viewer is watching.
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I've always been impressed with the panel discussion shows on France 5, like C dans l'air and C ce soir (well, depending on who the guests are). Not that that's necessarily what the median French viewer is watching.
I tend to think of these as falsos amigos. But for some reason, a lot of people who are perfectly capable of understanding that Sp. actual and Eng. actual are different words with different meanings get hung up on Sp. América and Eng. America meaning different things.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I tend to think of these as falsos amigos. But for some reason, a lot of people who are perfectly capable of understanding that Sp. actual and Eng. actual are different words with different meanings get hung up on Sp. América and Eng. America meaning different things.
Another wrinkle is that it's likely that January and February were originally added to the end of the year, and it was only later that the start of the year was moved from March to January.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Another wrinkle is that it's likely that January and February were originally added to the end of the year, and it was only later that the start of the year was moved from March to January.
Not to be confused with Pope Urban
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Not to be confused with Pope Urban
Oh no! Not eco buildings in a HISTORIC and Euro type city!
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh no! Not eco buildings in a HISTORIC and Euro type city!
"Scant experience in electoral politics," as if that's out of the norm for a big city mayor. McGinn, Durkan, Royer. Or Giuliani and Bloomberg for that matter.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Scant experience in electoral politics," as if that's out of the norm for a big city mayor. McGinn, Durkan, Royer. Or Giuliani and Bloomberg for that matter.
ICE aside, I'm sure a bunch of tone-deaf statements from border communities don't help either. Things like, let's set aside politics (i.e. please come and spend $$$), as if the drop in Canadian visitors was due to some petty grievance. I'm offended half the time, and I'm not even Canadian.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ICE aside, I'm sure a bunch of tone-deaf statements from border communities don't help either. Things like, let's set aside politics (i.e. please come and spend $$$), as if the drop in Canadian visitors was due to some petty grievance. I'm offended half the time, and I'm not even Canadian.
Once we teach those kids about the dialect continuum in the Oïl zone and the different varieties of Old French spoken in Normandy and Île-de-France, couplets like guarantee/warranty will become obvious and they'll learn to read English in no time.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Once we teach those kids about the dialect continuum in the Oïl zone and the different varieties of Old French spoken in Normandy and Île-de-France, couplets like guarantee/warranty will become obvious and they'll learn to read English in no time.
Meanwhile in France:
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Meanwhile in France:
UOCAVA ballots (cast by military and citizens living abroad) have until the day before the results are certified (30 days after the election). Not sure if the rules are the same for non-UOCAVA ballots that happen to be mailed from abroad.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
UOCAVA ballots (cast by military and citizens living abroad) have until the day before the results are certified (30 days after the election). Not sure if the rules are the same for non-UOCAVA ballots that happen to be mailed from abroad.
The idea that he would be treated as completely normal in Continental Europe... Just tune into right-wing French media (and even to some extent mainstream media) and you'll hear the same racialized panic about Mamdani that you hear in the US: "islamiste," "islamogauchiste," "Marxiste-Léniniste," etc
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The idea that he would be treated as completely normal in Continental Europe... Just tune into right-wing French media (and even to some extent mainstream media) and you'll hear the same racialized panic about Mamdani that you hear in the US: "islamiste," "islamogauchiste," "Marxiste-Léniniste," etc
I like the suggestion of the adverbial "right in the center of town" for "en hypercentre" in Collins & Robert. On the other hand, neither "city centre" or "downtown" feels quite right. If the sentence is conducive to it, it could be worth trying to re-work the grammar to use an adverbial.
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I like the suggestion of the adverbial "right in the center of town" for "en hypercentre" in Collins & Robert. On the other hand, neither "city centre" or "downtown" feels quite right. If the sentence is conducive to it, it could be worth trying to re-work the grammar to use an adverbial.
I believe the terminology normally used to make that distinction is "free fructose." For example, here's the first thing I found on PubMed. A diet with sucrose is still referred to as "containing" fructose, just not free fructose.
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I believe the terminology normally used to make that distinction is "free fructose." For example, here's the first thing I found on PubMed. A diet with sucrose is still referred to as "containing" fructose, just not free fructose.
Sucrose is just a disaccharide of glucose plus fructose. It's normal to consider sucrose as half fructose when figuring a glucose:fructose ratio. Sucrose gets broken down into glucose plus fructose in the small intestine, and that fructose is (as far as I know) metabolized like any other fructose.
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sucrose is just a disaccharide of glucose plus fructose. It's normal to consider sucrose as half fructose when figuring a glucose:fructose ratio. Sucrose gets broken down into glucose plus fructose in the small intestine, and that fructose is (as far as I know) metabolized like any other fructose.
Hard to always blame the researchers when resources are so limited. It's a hard area to study.
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hard to always blame the researchers when resources are so limited. It's a hard area to study.
Yeah. I actually think too much gets made of the small sample sizes. But the interventions are often very short term, and then there are weaknesses in the protocols for things like vo2max testing (which this study didn't even bother with, instead just waving their hands and doing vo2peak).
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Yeah. I actually think too much gets made of the small sample sizes. But the interventions are often very short term, and then there are weaknesses in the protocols for things like vo2max testing (which this study didn't even bother with, instead just waving their hands and doing vo2peak).
so, easy to sprinkle into a training week without impairing other workouts. I'm actually surprised that the effect in this study is as large as it is. Unfortunate that there isn't a control group to compare to though. (2/2)
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
so, easy to sprinkle into a training week without impairing other workouts. I'm actually surprised that the effect in this study is as large as it is. Unfortunate that there isn't a control group to compare to though. (2/2)
Yeah, 4 seconds actually sounds more like standing starts (for cyclists) or strides or hill sprints (for runners), which are normally thought of as providing neuromuscular benefits. Easier to recover from than, say, 20-min intervals at FTP/lactate threshold, (1/2)
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yeah, 4 seconds actually sounds more like standing starts (for cyclists) or strides or hill sprints (for runners), which are normally thought of as providing neuromuscular benefits. Easier to recover from than, say, 20-min intervals at FTP/lactate threshold, (1/2)
go all-in on one specific intensity or workout type, I do shake my head a little. Now, granted, a mix that works for athletes putting in 15- to 25-hour training weeks is not necessarily directly relevant to the general population. (2/2)
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
go all-in on one specific intensity or workout type, I do shake my head a little. Now, granted, a mix that works for athletes putting in 15- to 25-hour training weeks is not necessarily directly relevant to the general population. (2/2)
Agree in part, disagree in part. FWIW, I'm coming from more of an endurance sports background, so that colors my perspective. Anyone who's seriously training is going to put in a mix of work at different intensities to try to seek different adaptations. So when people in gym/fitness/wellness (1/2)
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Agree in part, disagree in part. FWIW, I'm coming from more of an endurance sports background, so that colors my perspective. Anyone who's seriously training is going to put in a mix of work at different intensities to try to seek different adaptations. So when people in gym/fitness/wellness (1/2)
I remember seeing this when it came out. Interesting study but quite a few limitations. In particular, it's a relatively short term study on untrained individuals. Almost any eight-week exercise program is going to elicit significant adaptations (especially in blood volume) in untrained individuals.
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I remember seeing this when it came out. Interesting study but quite a few limitations. In particular, it's a relatively short term study on untrained individuals. Almost any eight-week exercise program is going to elicit significant adaptations (especially in blood volume) in untrained individuals.
true, authentic working class people *hate* anyone who signs emails "cheers" (canadians, br*tish)
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
true, authentic working class people *hate* anyone who signs emails "cheers" (canadians, br*tish)
"'Hey Meta, how am I doing?' 'You have ridden 54 miles.'" No, what I realistically want to know is my W' balance or my compliance to workout or my CdA or my power-to-HR ratio or really anything besides my cumulative distance. Apparently no cyclists were involved in the making of this ad.
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"'Hey Meta, how am I doing?' 'You have ridden 54 miles.'" No, what I realistically want to know is my W' balance or my compliance to workout or my CdA or my power-to-HR ratio or really anything besides my cumulative distance. Apparently no cyclists were involved in the making of this ad.
Most people prefer to make less than $90,000 a year, census data shows.
September 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Most people prefer to make less than $90,000 a year, census data shows.