swan_pr

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[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

I was kind of annoyed with all the Gate praise after this article came out. Sure he decried Mr Sieg Heil, but he also said this:

“In some ways he is feeling more comfortable and vindicated than at any time in his life, so he is confident,” Gates said, explaining that he did not feel any reluctance to visit the populist rightwing president. “Well, he is the most powerful person in the world and his decision over whether to consider changing HIV funding alone would make the trip worth it, or to encourage Pakistan and Afghanistan to take polio eradication seriously.”

Gates added that he met Trump more frequently during his first term as president than he did Joe Biden during his Oval Office tenure. He said: “I had a lot of times when I would go to the White House and they would say, ‘We think you are going to see President Biden today,’ but six times in a row it didn’t happen,” adding that he was instead invited to meet the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, or other staff.

Trump, Gates said, “has a lot of ability to help me … Is he going to fund infectious disease innovation or end it? I need to stay close. Whoever gets to enthuse President Trump about the right things, that is God’s work.”

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20940441

J'ai pensé que vous trouveriez cette chronique intéressante. Écrite par Chantal Guy suite à son entrevue avec Laurent Gaudé pour son dernier ouvrage, certains chroniqueurs de mauvaise foi (pour ne pas utiliser d'autres termes plus péjoratifs) lui ont reproché un grave pêché par omission.

Madame Guy chronique la littérature depuis des décénies. Si vous ne la connaissez pas je vous invite à découvrir ses "vrais" articles et entrevues!

 

Ce qui me fascine chez un chroniqueur comme Richard Martineau, qui a de nombreuses tribunes pour dire qu’on ne peut plus rien dire, qui se voit comme un pourfendeur d’une élite à laquelle pourtant il appartient, qui qualifie de petits lapins ceux qui ne sont pas d’accord avec lui, est que c’est peut-être le plus braillard d’entre tous, capable de rouler pendant 24 heures sur le fait que je n’ai pas mis le mot « islamiste » dans une chronique.

C’est qui le petit lapin, au juste ?

Mais ce qui fait le plus mal à mon cœur de littéraire, plus qu’à mon ego, c’est lorsqu’on sort comme d’une boîte de Cracker Jack des citations d’écrivains que j’admire – cette fois-ci Camus – réduites à des slogans creux, très loin de leur pensée profonde, pour soutenir une réflexion anémique. Voilà selon moi ce qui ajoute encore plus au malheur du monde, qui lit de moins en moins.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

My go-to is Guru, not on that list. I really like it as it is not a sugary sludge like the others. However, I recently discovered Celsius sparkling water and was pleasantly surprised.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in Canada. I never cease to be flabbergasted by laws in the US. It's like living next to a time warp.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it's a mobile thing because I have the same issue on my tablet (which I completely gave up using for Walmart) but never on my PC.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Ran across the same problem recently. Ended up using Bing, of all things lol

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I do the same. I use FeedBro (a Firefox add-in) on the pc and Feeder on Android.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree, it's a tiny step in the right direction, but definitely too little too late.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Tangentially related but I rewatched Face/Off last night and realised he has a very short role, extremely foreshadowing.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

Same, and I also like the channels subscriptions so everything is in one place. But I also pirate a lot so I guess I'll have to do it even more!

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weirdly I love honeydew as a flavor (like bubble tea) but prefer cantaloupe as a fruit (cantaloupe flavored things just sounds wrong).

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What? I had no idea... I think this may be what will send me over the edge.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/4143829

Une bonne nouvelle pour la francophonie en général et plus particulièrement pour la communauté cajun au sud!

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