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[livre] Fantômette contre Fantômette (o6)
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maluretteTitre : Fantômette contre Fantômette
Auteur : Georges Chaulet
Langue : français
Type : roman jeunesse
Genre : enquête
1ère parution :
Édition : Hachette/bibliothèque rose
Format : poche à couverture dure illustré, 185 pages
hélas l'homoérotisme de la couverture est très très mensonger
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L'intrigue semble ne pas avoir beaucoup d'enjeu, mais avec le recul... l'idée du vol d'identité, de la manipulation d'opinion, est franchement plus terrifiante aujourd'hui pour des raisons très différentes d'autrefois, non ?
Auteur : Georges Chaulet
Langue : français
Type : roman jeunesse
Genre : enquête
1ère parution :
Édition : Hachette/bibliothèque rose
Format : poche à couverture dure illustré, 185 pages
hélas l'homoérotisme de la couverture est très très mensonger
( Read more... )
L'intrigue semble ne pas avoir beaucoup d'enjeu, mais avec le recul... l'idée du vol d'identité, de la manipulation d'opinion, est franchement plus terrifiante aujourd'hui pour des raisons très différentes d'autrefois, non ?
I'm vilifying you, for God's sake — pay attention!
Apr. 11th, 2026 08:37 pmwaterswordOkay, dream cast, The Lion in Winter, Broadway/West End. Important caveat: must be currently working actors (no Marlon Brando, no Philip Seymour Hoffman, no Bette Davis).
Go!
Buns Out
Apr. 11th, 2026 08:05 pml33tminionIt's rabbit season! Though I don't know if this will be as bumper a crop as last year. At any rate, spring is here for real, even though the week began with some April snow, drifting down in large fluffy clumps which didn't stick to the well-over-freezing ground.
Only one week is left until Japan trip.
Finally managed to get together with Xave and friend's for tabletop game today after some months of not getting schedules to line up. I went to Lou's in Harvard for dinner and it was pretty amazing. It's the latest venue for Jason Bond in exile, he's a luminary for sure, I do hope Bondir will get a new lease on life some day. The bartender in front of me at the bar kept up a whirlwind pace, the food and drink were really good.
Only one week is left until Japan trip.
Finally managed to get together with Xave and friend's for tabletop game today after some months of not getting schedules to line up. I went to Lou's in Harvard for dinner and it was pretty amazing. It's the latest venue for Jason Bond in exile, he's a luminary for sure, I do hope Bondir will get a new lease on life some day. The bartender in front of me at the bar kept up a whirlwind pace, the food and drink were really good.
today I have been mostly horizontal
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:35 pmkaberettI think the exhaustion and aches are down to my COVID spring booster yesterday afternoon, but I am definitely planning to not ever Touch A Barbell For The First Time on vaccination day again. (Conveniently, this is an eminently achievable goal.)
SOME GOOD THINGS, though:
- weekend spring date breakfast, which for me included cinnamon roll and hot chocolate, consumed while watching the goslings experiment with going into water. coot nest #1 had at least six Hatched Squeaking Babies in it (some of them adventurously exploring down the sides of the nest); coots #2 were still Enthroned. AND we saw a GOLDFINCH on the way down the hill!!!
- braised chickpeas with courgette & pesto continue very good and fairly easy food. the whole I Am Flat meant we Acquired pre-made pesto, and this was an extremely good move. project Eat The Freezer Stash Of Tortilla continues apace also.
- A has successfully disposed of our old front door, complete with doing all necessary talking to other humans about it. our front hall now contains only one (1) front door and it is in the door frame where it belongs.
- got raspberries from the supermarket yesterday, as a vague approximation of The Custard Fish Of Civic Responsibility (from the one shop in Chinatown, on the way back from the sexual health clinic to the tube). am enjoying raspberries a v great deal.
- all three flowers the big white orchid had produced are now in glorious bloom. (still need to work out how to make the tiny purple orchid happier, but.) flowers!
the sun is shining and I've got stuff to do
Apr. 11th, 2026 04:41 pmautobotscoutriellaToday's to-do list, with a few items already checked off because I was going to post this earlier and forgot:
-fold laundry
-put up hummingbird feeder
-clean out dead plants from the porch garden and get the pots back in shape
-reply to AO3 comments
-put away winter decorations and get out the spring ones
-pick up groceries
-write 200 words on either Forsaken Road or broken beaten damned (I picked broken beaten damned but I might poke Forsaken Road later)
-crosspost some fic from FFA and the PWKM
I had some feline help with the plants ("Springs, what's in your mouth? Give me that. GIVE ME THAT. No, you can't eat the chives. Leave the wasp ALONE."), so I anticipate summer gardening will be somewhat more exciting than it was when Prowl was content to nap under the chairs while I worked. I need to go get some more pots, because mine are in pretty sad shape after a decade of being left out in all weather, so I may need to add a quick trip to Lowe's on the way home to my to-do list, but we'll see how it goes.
EDIT: I finished! And made that trip to Lowe's and organized the shed while I was at it. A productive day.
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I had some feline help with the plants ("Springs, what's in your mouth? Give me that. GIVE ME THAT. No, you can't eat the chives. Leave the wasp ALONE."), so I anticipate summer gardening will be somewhat more exciting than it was when Prowl was content to nap under the chairs while I worked. I need to go get some more pots, because mine are in pretty sad shape after a decade of being left out in all weather, so I may need to add a quick trip to Lowe's on the way home to my to-do list, but we'll see how it goes.
EDIT: I finished! And made that trip to Lowe's and organized the shed while I was at it. A productive day.
Moonscrolling.
Apr. 11th, 2026 06:31 pmgoodbyebird+ They landed safely huzzah! Science!!
+ Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam for a short while.
+ Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species.
+ Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth.
+ Forest growth in the EU outpaces harvesting.
+ Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say.
+ Discovered the on board kiosk stocked my favorite potato chips this trip \o/
+ Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam for a short while.
+ Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species.
+ Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth.
+ Forest growth in the EU outpaces harvesting.
+ Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say.
+ Discovered the on board kiosk stocked my favorite potato chips this trip \o/
Pokemon franchise Switch era & its many disappointments
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:12 amprobablynotbeesI've been putting a bit more time into the non-mobile Pokemon games over the last few days due to the release of Champions, and I have some thoughts about the state of the franchise's current and recent games (mobile and console) that I wanted to get down.
Overall, I think the Pokemon Company has fumbled repeatedly in the Switch era, to the point where my expectations for new content are quite low.
Given those low expectations, I've been pleasantly surprised by Champions. My initial reaction to its release was "oh this is a lazy cash grab to sell microtransactions," given the marketing description of the game as "free-to-start". But it's actually quite light on microtransactions and pretty fun to play, with dynamic and well-balanced battles. Since Scarlet/Violet ranked battles are coming to an end, I suspect the actual drive behind creating Champions is to bring the Pokemon PVP scene onto a single platform that persists without being tied to a recent game release. I also appreciate the efforts with Champions to level the playing field and reduce the amount of grinding required to have a PVP-ready team.
As for everything else ... ( Read more... )
Overall, I think the Pokemon Company has fumbled repeatedly in the Switch era, to the point where my expectations for new content are quite low.
Given those low expectations, I've been pleasantly surprised by Champions. My initial reaction to its release was "oh this is a lazy cash grab to sell microtransactions," given the marketing description of the game as "free-to-start". But it's actually quite light on microtransactions and pretty fun to play, with dynamic and well-balanced battles. Since Scarlet/Violet ranked battles are coming to an end, I suspect the actual drive behind creating Champions is to bring the Pokemon PVP scene onto a single platform that persists without being tied to a recent game release. I also appreciate the efforts with Champions to level the playing field and reduce the amount of grinding required to have a PVP-ready team.
As for everything else ... ( Read more... )
Halfway through "What We Are Seeking"
Apr. 11th, 2026 04:00 pmrydra_wongand oh god it's so good, that unique polished authorial confidence of The Fortunate Fall is so back, and like The Fortunate Fall it's a book that's somehow slipped out of time, not exactly in sync with the present moment in sf/f but maybe both older and newer, and it's very quiet and calm except for that bit in a recent chapter which actually made me make an involuntary noise of shock and alarm out loud, and I have no idea where it's going and I hope she sticks the landing but right now the vibes are Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand and The Left Hand of Darkness, and what with those being two of my favourite novels ever, I'm having a very good time.
Books Received April 4 — April 10
Apr. 11th, 2026 09:19 amjames_davis_nicoll
10 works new to me: five fantasy, and five science fiction, of which at least three are series (if magazines count as series). I have not see that high a fraction of SF in quite a while.
Books Received April 4 — April 10
Poll #34466 Books Received April 4 — April 10
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37
Which of these look interesting?
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Demonology for Overachievers by Lily Anderson (September 2026)
8 (21.6%)
All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan (May 2026)
14 (37.8%)
The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey (April 2026)
4 (10.8%)
FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue 38 published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (April 2026)
12 (32.4%)
House Haunters by KC Jones (October 2026)
5 (13.5%)
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee (May 2026)
16 (43.2%)
A Wall Is Also a Road by Annalee Newitz (October 2026)
20 (54.1%)
There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs by Jason Pargin (November 2026)
16 (43.2%)
A Kiss of Crimson Ash by Anuja Varghese (May 2026)
6 (16.2%)
Teddy Bears Never Die by Cho Yeeun (May 2026)
7 (18.9%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.7%)
Cats!
25 (67.6%)
Antique clocks are a problem because you have to wind them
Apr. 11th, 2026 01:54 pmcimoreneI think a clock that chimed every hour would be really helpful to me. It would be like having an alarm that goes off once an hour, but totally benign, instead of making me jump like an alarm. It would be nicer if the church belltower did - belltower chimes are the best ones, I think. Meanwhile lots of clocks don't even tick now, which I find very annoying, because I like to listen for the ticks and count them.
friday 5
Apr. 11th, 2026 01:07 amarchersangel1. What was the last book you read (or are currently reading)?
currently reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.
2. What was the last movie you watched?
the paramount movie channel on pluto tv has patriot game often, so probably that.
3. What television series are you currently watching?
a mix of things on pluto tv; games shows, star trek (tos, tng, ds9, voy. they don't have ent right now) ask this old house, & this old house.
4. What are some of your favorite blogs or communities online?
other than DW & LJ, i don't read blogs.
5. What social media do you belong to and check often?
DW & LJ mostly. some reddit things (r//thriftstorehauls & r/dumpsterdiving).
other answers over here.
currently reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.
2. What was the last movie you watched?
the paramount movie channel on pluto tv has patriot game often, so probably that.
3. What television series are you currently watching?
a mix of things on pluto tv; games shows, star trek (tos, tng, ds9, voy. they don't have ent right now) ask this old house, & this old house.
4. What are some of your favorite blogs or communities online?
other than DW & LJ, i don't read blogs.
5. What social media do you belong to and check often?
DW & LJ mostly. some reddit things (r//thriftstorehauls & r/dumpsterdiving).
other answers over here.
PSA update regarding the Dreamwidth notifications
Apr. 11th, 2026 05:23 amvriddyI was growing really antsy about the missing notifications because day after day the tickets were piling up yet the problem didn't seem to get acknowledged anywhere (not in the known issues on the support page, not on ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_maintenance, no replies to those tickets... I even went to check the dreamwidth github issues but crickets there too :C).
Anyway, behold! A few of the (many, many) tickets about notifications were updated with the following:
I can't wait! Thanks to the "Recent Comments" page which I'm checking first like a kinda inbox, I'm fairly sure I'm not missing anything posted anywhere on my journal. Unfortunately, because I have a couple of active posts at the moment, the "Recently Posted" page isn't as useful to me and if someone replies a couple of weeks later to a comment I left on their journal, which is usually one of Dreamwidth's strengths, I'm unlikely to see it if the notification gets dropped :C
Glad a fix is on the way and hope it's coming to us soon!! To all the chit-chat and associated notifications!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆 (Yes I'm constantly trying to get my inbox under control but not like this 😱 XD)
dw_maintenance, no replies to those tickets... I even went to check the dreamwidth github issues but crickets there too :C).Anyway, behold! A few of the (many, many) tickets about notifications were updated with the following:
"Our developers have been looking into this and finally figured out what was going on. There's a fix in, and notifications should start flowing again. I can't say if you'll get the old ones, but new ones should be fine."
I can't wait! Thanks to the "Recent Comments" page which I'm checking first like a kinda inbox, I'm fairly sure I'm not missing anything posted anywhere on my journal. Unfortunately, because I have a couple of active posts at the moment, the "Recently Posted" page isn't as useful to me and if someone replies a couple of weeks later to a comment I left on their journal, which is usually one of Dreamwidth's strengths, I'm unlikely to see it if the notification gets dropped :C
Glad a fix is on the way and hope it's coming to us soon!! To all the chit-chat and associated notifications!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆 (Yes I'm constantly trying to get my inbox under control but not like this 😱 XD)
More Needlepoint!
Apr. 10th, 2026 08:28 pmlightbirdI finished 2 more ornament gifts for friends.
Previously I needlepointed the owl design and finished it with ecru cording for the edge. This time I did brown cording and I also tried out long stitch to make the feathers look more feathery.
Owl!
( second ornament under cut )
Previously I needlepointed the owl design and finished it with ecru cording for the edge. This time I did brown cording and I also tried out long stitch to make the feathers look more feathery.
Owl!
( second ornament under cut )
VICTORY
Apr. 10th, 2026 10:53 pmkaberettBehold my works: today I went to the leisure centre, and went into the leisure centre, and went into the gym, and poked around a bit, and retreated to the stairwell to hyperventilate... and then WENT TO A CHANGING SPACE and CHANGED MY CLOTHING and went back into the gym. And picked! things! up!!! and put them down again!!!!!
I have now Touched Barbell, appear to have accidentally skipped most of Phase 2 of Liftoff in favour of Barbells, Apparently, but honestly the biggest and most exciting bit of this is that I did go back into The Gym and I did push through the social anxiety of What If I'm Doing It Wrong.
It is an excellent time of year to be doing this; the cherries on the way from the gym to the bus stop are in full and exuberant flower.