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Pour un soulèvement écologique (Paperback, français language, 2023, Seuil) No rating

Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, …

Nous sommes au tout début de l'année 2023. Emmanuel Macron présente en direct ses vœux à toute la France. À 3m50, il prononce une phrase révélatrice : « Qui aurait pu prévoir l'urgence climatique ? »

Pour un soulèvement écologique by  (Page 56)

spoiler : il vaut mieux de ne pas être un idiot

Secret New Orleans (Paperback, 2017, Jonglez Publishing) 3 stars

"Houses built to resemble riverboats, the finest business hall in the world, a meteorite in …

Same quirky, different quirks

3 stars

There are others in this Secret series that I've liked much better (such as L.A.), but that could be more about the subject than the author. The most compelling tidbit for me was Banksy's Umbrella Girl, but that stencil has been vandalized since this book was published.

Pour un soulèvement écologique (Paperback, français language, 2023, Seuil) No rating

Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, …

En mars 2019, un sondage de OpinionWay réalisé pour PrimesEnergie.fr a révélé que 23 % de la population ne pensait pas que le dérèglement climatique était d'origine humaine. Plus qu'un Français sur cinq. Pire, ce taux monte à 36 % chez les 18-24 ans.

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can't speak french™ but if i could, this would be depressing af. i often say that social progress comes only after two generations have died off. but for global warming, we're going the wrong way.

Because Internet (Paperback, 2020, Penguin Publishing Group) 4 stars

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message …

Fun, open-minded, mind-opening

4 stars

A great, breezy read on internet language history and culture, from stopping people SHOUTING ON USENET to the lolcat bible. With an important message: Language isn't static; it's not passed down from elders to children, but grown collectively, with each generation taking it in a new direction. This is not corruption. It's evolution.

Wordslut (Hardcover, 2019, Harper Wave) 5 stars

The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to …

Ace slut-shaming shaming

5 stars

Read this for a history of The Man holding women down with a dictionary; an explanation of vocal fry and upspeak, the roles they fill in female communication, and how vilifying them is part of a hate as old as time; the many grammatical roles that an f-bomb can play; why gay guys often sound gay but lesbians don't sound 'lesbian'; and the word 'slut'. A lot. Just read it.

Edit: I originally rated Wordslut at four stars, but on reflection, its combination of outrage and history, delivered with disarming humor, sets a bar that should be considered the gold standard, not the silver standard.

Because Internet (Paperback, 2020, Penguin Publishing Group) 4 stars

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message …

Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.

Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.

At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.

An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.

An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1

Because Internet by  (Page 243)

In the memes chapter, an excerpt from lolcatbible.com, which I rotfl because no seen.

Edit: I missed the overleaf!