Archive for 2017
New York City Marathon snapshot
Posted in Running with tags 2017, Manuela Schar, marathon, New York city, New York City Marathon, Switzerland on November 5, 2017 by xi'anne rien lâcher
Posted in Statistics with tags 2017, Emmanuel Macron, French elections, Liberation, Marine Le Pen on April 25, 2017 by xi'an2017
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags 2017, Nate Silver, xkcd on January 1, 2017 by xi'anI find this xkcd entry very much in tune with my own feelings and misgivings about 2017. I like the notion that 2016 is sending us in the future without things (and people) it would have been better to keep. Like reaching out instead of building barriers, whether about staying in the EU or uniting all Americans under one’s presidency, rather than tweeting scorn, exclusion, and righteousness. Like keeping hospitals standing and operating, instead of flattening them out, in Syria, Irak, Yemen and Afghanistan. Like preserving women’s access to contraception and abortion, instead of [old men] ruling over their body and rights. No, 2017 does not look too promising.