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Not serious unless I am. 📍Les Yvelines (if you're far enough it's basically Paris)

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Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· 27d

Look how Paris architecture (d)evolved.

Photo of a few buildings on Rue Beaujon in the 8th. The leftmost is the most ornate Haussmannian, the next is less ornate, and the rightmost is a mid-century eyesore that somehow rhymes with the older ones.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· 29d

Cathedrals everywhere. It's France after all.

A chapel in the apse of the Amiens Cathedral. It's very tall and has colorful stained windows.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 9

I made it!

Normandy beach at sunset. Wet textured sand in the foreground.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 8

due to the heat the sales period has been extended. to the mall!

Screenshot from a French govt. website saying (in French) that due to the canicule the (legally-allowed) sales period has been extended until July 28.
https://www.economie.gouv.fr/particuliers/mes-droits-conso/bien-consommer/les-dates-des-soldes-dete-en-2026

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 6

my cat showing me why my hand is hurting when i wake up

Close-up of a brown tabby cat sleeping on the dining table with the right front paw making an arch over the table.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 6

this beach attracts the funniest people

A 4-star review of the same beach in Mayotte: "Nice beach, but be aware that at high tide there's no more room."

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 6

so what you're saying is there are prettier places to drown in?

A 4-star beach review: "I almost drowned, they need to put lifeguards on duty, otherwise it's a 4/5."

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 6

i withhold judgment until netflix reminds me

Screenshot of the Netflix screen for the movie White Chicks with a "Remind Me" button.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 4

dabbing in her sleep happy #caturday

Close-up of brown tabby cat sleeping with her paws in the air.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 1

the proud owner of a doting human

A brown tabby sitting on the dining table with her paws under her, looking into the distance.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 1

i stopped and smelled the narrow alleyway

A paved narrow alleyway bordered by vegetation, bathed in sunlight.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jul 1

i first thought this is about the job-finding website and was like of course it isn't

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 30

The main sugar brand in France is Daddy

Photo of a sugar pouch. It says (white letters on a green background):
Daddy
Coopérative Agricole Française
Sucre pure canne

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 24

Neat geometry problem on Romania's National Evaluation exam today: ABCD is a parallelogram with AB=10 and AD=8. M, N, T are middle points. Compute the ratio AQ/QM.

A parallelogram ABCD. T is the middle of AB, M is the middle of BC, N is the middle of DC. Q is the intersection point of AM and NB.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 19

things might be dour now but they will get sweeter

A grapevine on the side of a road, full of unripe grapes.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 18

she is not pondering existence

close-up of brown tabby cat sleeping on the table in front of me

a sunlit plant in the background

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 17

lindensky

Photo of linden flowers in the tree, looking up.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 17

They should invent a library with AC.

Sign at a library in France:

HORAIRE CANICULE
Du mardi 16 au vendredi 19 juin:
9h-12h
Samedi 20 juin: 9h-12h et 13h-16h

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 16

A gift from 1994.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 14

I've done nothing to deserve this.

A large bunch of red roses on a bush in my backyard today.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 7

well for some people,

Screenshot of the cover of the horror novel "The Eyes Are the Best Part" by Monika Kim. The illustration is a wide-open mouth with a big eye inside it.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 7

French word of the day: piano

Photo of a big fancy range with double oven cooker, which is called piano in French.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 6

- In France they don't say "please clean up after your dog" - What do they say? - "Sidewalk not poopwalk"

Top-down photo of a sidewalk with a bright-orange sign stenciled on it:
TROTTOIR
PAS
CROTTOIR

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 4

How dramatic can I make it before I send it to the landlord.

Same photo as before but with a lot of color filters turn way up (contrast, sharpness, sepia).

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 4

The bedroom wall decided to make its own art.

A dramatic-lighting photo of a white wall with paint that is cracked and bulging.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 1

Here in France I keep it at bay with brioche feuilletée.

Photo of a brioche-shaped pastry made with puff pastry. Some sugar sprinkled on top. It sits on a dark-gray countertop. It's a mouth-watering photo, if I say so myself.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· Jun 1

just read it with a french accent

Screenshot from the wordreference.com entry for nickel. In French the word means great, excellent, awesome.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· May 26

mmm... camembert upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Photo of the apartment complex Arènes de Picasso in Noisy-le-Grand, France. The central building is a huge cylinder, hence the nickname Camembert.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· May 19

They should invent a popular exhibition that's not crowded. Mixed feelings about the Renoir expo at Musée d'Orsay. Hard to enjoy.

Photo of the Renoir painting Le Déjeuner des canotiers on a dark blue wall with lots of people around.

Dramatix 🍺@garyniv· May 15

I didn't expect a math lesson in the Wikipedia page for puff pastry.

Screenshot from the Wikipedia page. It says:
The number of layers in puff pastry is calculated with the formula: ℓ =(f+1)^n. where ℓ is the number of finished layers,
f the number of folds in a single folding move, and n
is how many times the folding move is repeated. For example, twice-folding (i.e. in three), repeated four times gives (2+1)^4=81 layers.