basbleu(té)
@basbleu.bsky.social
French/Lebanese enthusiast of women's art/music/film/writing/history/sport/comedy
Very old-fashioned and longing for a return to 1800s values like feminism, socialism, and veganism. #BuyFromEU
Very old-fashioned and longing for a return to 1800s values like feminism, socialism, and veganism. #BuyFromEU
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« Vimeo provides a platform-as-a-service known as OTT, that powers […] Criterion Channel, HistoryHit, Dropout, DIRTVision, Speed 51, URLTV, Armflix, MHz Choice, Trinity Broadcasting Network, SommTV, IndieFlix, BroadwayHD, Full Moon Features, etc. »
« Vimeo provides a platform-as-a-service known as OTT, that powers […] Criterion Channel, HistoryHit, Dropout, DIRTVision, Speed 51, URLTV, Armflix, MHz Choice, Trinity Broadcasting Network, SommTV, IndieFlix, BroadwayHD, Full Moon Features, etc. »
Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This could be very bad very quickly.
« Vimeo provides a platform-as-a-service known as OTT, that powers […] Criterion Channel, HistoryHit, Dropout, DIRTVision, Speed 51, URLTV, Armflix, MHz Choice, Trinity Broadcasting Network, SommTV, IndieFlix, BroadwayHD, Full Moon Features, etc. »
« Vimeo provides a platform-as-a-service known as OTT, that powers […] Criterion Channel, HistoryHit, Dropout, DIRTVision, Speed 51, URLTV, Armflix, MHz Choice, Trinity Broadcasting Network, SommTV, IndieFlix, BroadwayHD, Full Moon Features, etc. »
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
In the thirteenth century there was no device to enforce pure living.
(referring to myths and folklore around chastity belts)
In the thirteenth century there was no device to enforce pure living.
(referring to myths and folklore around chastity belts)
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
Spencer Smith was harder to deal with.
Spencer Smith was harder to deal with.
Can't fit the instructions.
Although in many ways deterministic, Democritean atomism also contained an element of skepticism, in which the atoms and the void were seen as eternal natural reality, while all else, including the evidence of the senses, was doubtful or existed merely by convention.
Although in many ways deterministic, Democritean atomism also contained an element of skepticism, in which the atoms and the void were seen as eternal natural reality, while all else, including the evidence of the senses, was doubtful or existed merely by convention.
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
In the thirteenth century there was no device to enforce pure living.
(referring to myths and folklore around chastity belts)
In the thirteenth century there was no device to enforce pure living.
(referring to myths and folklore around chastity belts)
would it be absolutely mad to do an all girl ska group called rude girlberg machine
Tbh we're due for a Ska revival
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
would it be absolutely mad to do an all girl ska group called rude girlberg machine
Have you, by chance, ever seen a ten pack of CPR training dummy babies.
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Have you, by chance, ever seen a ten pack of CPR training dummy babies.
Reposted by basbleu(té)
I have been informed of a Greek term which translates to “butter children”:
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I have been informed of a Greek term which translates to “butter children”:
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
If you encountered among English text a year written as “199x”, how would you interpret this? Is this notation known or common for you? Is English your native language?
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
If you encountered among English text a year written as “199x”, how would you interpret this? Is this notation known or common for you? Is English your native language?
An amazing resource on multiple social media platforms, but if you really want to celebrate I can't recommend her three books enough.
WOMENSART is 10 years old this month! Over half a million followers, many thousands of incredible women artists' work and 3 successful books later...
THANK YOU SO MUCH! 💙🩵💙
Georgia O'Keeffe inspired birthday cake by Tonya Alvey #WomensArt
THANK YOU SO MUCH! 💙🩵💙
Georgia O'Keeffe inspired birthday cake by Tonya Alvey #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM
An amazing resource on multiple social media platforms, but if you really want to celebrate I can't recommend her three books enough.
I have been informed of a Greek term which translates to “butter children”:
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I have been informed of a Greek term which translates to “butter children”:
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
βουτυρόπαιδα (voutyrópaida)
singular: βουτυρόπαιδο (voutyrópaido)
soft, pampered, weak, wimpy, overprotected people.
Which potentially dovetails rather neatly into my semi-joke bias against northern, butter France/Europe.
the message: we blocked a login from an unrecognised device
the device: the same computer I have been using for the last seven gd years
the device: the same computer I have been using for the last seven gd years
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 AM
the message: we blocked a login from an unrecognised device
the device: the same computer I have been using for the last seven gd years
the device: the same computer I have been using for the last seven gd years
I am offering consulting services to convince and instruct you to incorporate more potato into your diet. Together we can reach for the limits of conceivable potato consumption.
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I am offering consulting services to convince and instruct you to incorporate more potato into your diet. Together we can reach for the limits of conceivable potato consumption.
The hot new Kalaallit (Grønlændere, Greenlandic) merch has dropped.
Nu det nu uk, babes. Enough is enough.
Nu det nu uk, babes. Enough is enough.
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The hot new Kalaallit (Grønlændere, Greenlandic) merch has dropped.
Nu det nu uk, babes. Enough is enough.
Nu det nu uk, babes. Enough is enough.
Uncommon self-awareness and honesty met with a concerning number of comments describing eating meat with a level of salacious detail usually reserved for erotic fanfiction.
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Uncommon self-awareness and honesty met with a concerning number of comments describing eating meat with a level of salacious detail usually reserved for erotic fanfiction.
While you are at it, look up the latest ID numbers for the invisible AI bots Discord secretly added to all your servers. Using these you can manually ban them one by one.
January 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
While you are at it, look up the latest ID numbers for the invisible AI bots Discord secretly added to all your servers. Using these you can manually ban them one by one.
image: union busting shame of France and game developer Ubisoft subtly integrate anti-protest and anti-revolutionary propaganda into their 2015 Assassin’s Creed title "Syndicate".
(do not vex. the point is the destruction of property not any support for indiscriminate violence against people.)
(do not vex. the point is the destruction of property not any support for indiscriminate violence against people.)
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
image: union busting shame of France and game developer Ubisoft subtly integrate anti-protest and anti-revolutionary propaganda into their 2015 Assassin’s Creed title "Syndicate".
(do not vex. the point is the destruction of property not any support for indiscriminate violence against people.)
(do not vex. the point is the destruction of property not any support for indiscriminate violence against people.)
Reddit has a bad reputation but once you mute 2-3000 subs it becomes quite useable.
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Reddit has a bad reputation but once you mute 2-3000 subs it becomes quite useable.
@gameism.bsky.social @benkuchera.bsky.social We are getting a new Wolfenstein game and TV show. Looks like cackling while Nazis get killed is back on the menu. kotaku.com/wolfenstein-...
Wolfenstein 3 Is In The Works From Developers MachineGames
The team who's been behind the franchise since The New Order returns for the threequel
kotaku.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
@gameism.bsky.social @benkuchera.bsky.social We are getting a new Wolfenstein game and TV show. Looks like cackling while Nazis get killed is back on the menu. kotaku.com/wolfenstein-...
In English and a 24h format, how do you say times of day after noon?
Is 14:00 said 2pm, fourteen, fourteen hours, fourteen o'clock? Something else?
Is 14:00 said 2pm, fourteen, fourteen hours, fourteen o'clock? Something else?
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 AM
In English and a 24h format, how do you say times of day after noon?
Is 14:00 said 2pm, fourteen, fourteen hours, fourteen o'clock? Something else?
Is 14:00 said 2pm, fourteen, fourteen hours, fourteen o'clock? Something else?
zero sugar sparkling protein sounds like the tortured generic store brand name of some weird trendy product I have never heard of because I am not on tiktok
people are out here asking how much protein they can fit in their sparkling water when they should be asking how much love they can fit in their heart
wtaf
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM
zero sugar sparkling protein sounds like the tortured generic store brand name of some weird trendy product I have never heard of because I am not on tiktok
Reposted by basbleu(té)
Sometimes we honour a deeper emotional truth at the cost of preserving the suffocating miasma of exact details.
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Sometimes we honour a deeper emotional truth at the cost of preserving the suffocating miasma of exact details.
the mango lobby are funding research that suggests you should eat more mango, and I think I am OK with this
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
the mango lobby are funding research that suggests you should eat more mango, and I think I am OK with this