I got to spend time last year in the 13th arrondissement in Paris. I was really surprised that almost everyone on the street, as in conversations around me, discussions between young people, the language used at shops and restaurants, was not French or Cantonese or Vietnamese, but Teochew: my native language.

Turns out it’s a large Vietnamese and Khmer Teochew stronghold: and Teochew is alive and well. It’s also a bánh mì hotspot:

https://lefooding.com/en/la-creme-de-la-creme/a-la-recherche-des-meilleurs-banh-mi-tradis-de-paris

#Food #Paris #Teochew

Anne Hidalgo: "Cars Will Not Return To the Eiffel Tower" after the Olympic Games.

"The Trocadéro will be greened and the Pont d'Iéna pedestrianized, up to the Champ de Mars, which will be reforested. The whole thing will form a large park in the heart of Paris."

#Paris #olympics #cars #cities

https://www.bfmtv.com/paris/paris-anne-hidalgo-promet-que-les-voitures-ne-reviendront-pas-devant-la-tour-eiffel-apres-les-jo_AN-202402050864.html

Paris: Anne Hidalgo promet que "les voitures ne reviendront pas devant la Tour Eiffel" après les JO

L'élue socialiste prévoit de végétaliser le Trocadéro et de piétonniser le pont d'Iéna pour former "un grand parc" au cœur de la capitale.

^{Florian Bouhot (BFM Paris)}

For #FOSDEM are folks preparing for disruption of transportation? Getting to #Brussels is likely going to mean me going near #Paris

I have 2 talks on Saturday and am planning on taking the train. Any thoughts on if I'll make it?

"...the city of Paris has made enormous investments in public transit, built hundreds of miles of bike paths, and closed many streets to cars. Car trips within the city dropped by almost sixty per cent between 2001 and 2018, car crashes dropped by thirty per cent, and pollution has improved. The city is quieter and calmer; test scores go up as the air around schools cleans up."

#TheWarOnCars #Paris #climatechange

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower

To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?

Bill McKibben assesses the validity of the arguments that both degrowthists and those who are pro-green-tech make for how we should address climate change.

^{Bill McKibben (The New Yorker)}

The video of my talk on #Libervia at #OW2Con 23 is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkkiKn0TONs

Huge thanks to the organizers! If you have questions or just want to chat about it, don't hesitate to reach out.

#XMPP #Conference #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OpenSource #Decentralized #Privacy #Paris #OW2

Jérôme Poisson, Software Developer

Libervia: the Universal Communication EcosystemAre you looking for a communication solution that prioritizes privacy, security, and ethics? Introducing Liber...

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New progress note (W22)! Unveiling A/V call implementation with #Jingle for #Libervia, funded by #NLnet. Updates on ActivityPub Gateway and upcoming talks in #Paris. Read the full note: https://www.goffi.org/b/libervia-progress-note-2023-w22-x3Wa

#XMPP #ProgressNote #ActivityPub #OpenSource #WebRTC #NGIAssure