"Piñatas are excellent because they entail hitting an object violently with a stick." - IAN BROWN, Father's Day '01, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #FathersDay01 #NationalPiñataDay #IanBrown
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Friday, April 18
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine The aftermath of a Russian artillery strike against Nikopol, Ukraine, on April 17, 2025. (Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke for the Kyiv Independent) Top Ukrainian officials arrive in Paris for talks with European, US officials. Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov arrived in Paris on April 17 to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and meet visiting U.S. […]
Loyers au Qébec
La nouvelle méthode de calcul du Tribunal administratif du logement n’avantage pas les locataires
Par Isabelle Porter
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/868576/nouvelle-methode-calcul-tribunal-administratif-logement-avantage-pas-locataires
#Montréal #Québec #Canadsa #locataires #loyers #logement #habitation #société #politique #économie #CAQ #PLQ #PQ #QS #TAL
Le Devoir · La nouvelle méthode de calcul du Tribunal administratif du logement n’avantage pas les locatairesLe porte-parole de la CORPIQ appelle le gouvernement à venir en aide aux locataires plus vulnérables.
"Remove the #russian poison!" 
️For the first time in its history, #Czechia has become fully independent of #Russian oil supplies.
This happened after the completion of the modernization of the Transalpine (#TAL) pipeline capacity coming from the West.
The first increased supplies along the pipeline have reached the central oil depot in #Czechia, Prime Minister #Petr #Fiala said.
"I just had butterflies, cherubs, rainbows, unicorns." - ELSA WAITHE, The Heart Wants What It Wants, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheHeartWantsWhatItWants #NationalUnicornDay #ElsaWaithe
"What's a dictator?" - IRA GLASS, Know When to Fold 'Em, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #KnowWhentoFoldEm #IraGlass
"He marches the librarian towards the books for older kids." - IRA GLASS, The Room of Requirement, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheRoomofRequirement #NationalLibrarianDay #IraGlass
"So if your house is valued at, say, $100,000, it would cost you another $340 on your tax bill." - SARAH KOENIG, What Kind of Country, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WhatKindofCountry #TaxDay #SarahKoenig
"There's tax software!" - BRIAN REED, Wake Up Now, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WakeUpNow #TaxDay #BrianReed
"We just had Easter and Passover." - IRA GLASS, The Ten Commandments, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheTenCommandments #Passover #IraGlass
"They got the dog back!" - IRA GLASS, The Longest Distance Between Two Points, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalPetDay #IraGlass
"He says it's his cat, and the cat is a really gentle spirit!" - IRA GLASS, The Possum Experiment, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalPetDay #IraGlass
"You called the IRS on the guy?" - IRA GLASS, Naming Names, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NamingNames #NationalReportIRSTaxFraudDay #IraGlass
"And then he showed me this pink unicorn." - ECE KAMAR, Greetings, People Of Earth, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalUnicornDay #EceKamar
"It's in the library." - ZOE CHACE, The Room of Requirement, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheRoomofRequirement #NationalLibraryDay #ZoeChace
"So we got us some burritos." - DAVE EGGERS, Family Business, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #FamilyBusiness #NationalBurritoDay #DaveEggers
"It's a catastrophe." - ALEX BLUMBERG, Nice Work If You Can Get It, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NiceWorkIfYouCanGetIt #AlexBlumberg
"Finally, around 11:00 AM, some friends from the area showed up with burritos and water!" - NANCY UPDIKE, Left Behind, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #LeftBehind #NationalBurritoDay #NancyUpdike
"It's all so bizarrely DIY." - LINA MISITZIS, Digging Up the Bones, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #DiggingUptheBones #NationalDIYDay #LinaMisitzis
Toutes nos félicitations à Iglika Nikolova-Stoupak, membre de l’équipe Sémagramme et doctorante à Sorbonne Université, lauréate des Study UK Alumni Awards 2025 France, dans la catégorie Culture et créativité.
Chercheuse spécialiste du traitement automatique des langues, écrivaine, scénariste, traductrice et enseignante, ce prix est une belle récompense à sa carrière !
https://www.loria.fr/fr/2025/03/iglika-nikolova-stoupak-laureate-du-study-uk-alumni-award/
#UniversitédeLorraine @cnrs @Inria #StudyUKAlumniAwards #TAL
