Stemonitis sp. by Michele Marini

not to hate on pecco but this wasn’t a comeback, this was a team of ducati bikes that meant like half the grid was working against fabio to help pecco win. team orders won this championship and you’d have to be blind not to see it

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niceys positive anon!! i don't agree with you on everything but you are so clearly like well read and well rounded that you've helped me think through a lot of my own inconsistencies and hypocrises in my own political and social thought, even if i do have slightly different conclusions at times then u (mainly because i believe there's more of a place for idealism and 'mind politics' than u do). anyway this is a preamble to ask if you have recommended reading in the past and if not if you had any recommended reading? there's some obvious like Read Marx but beyond that im always a little lost wading through theory and given you seem well read and i always admire your takes, i wondered about your recs

it's been a while since i've done a big reading list post so--bearing in mind that my specific areas of 'expertise' (i say that in huge quotation marks obvsies i'm just a girlblogger) are imperialism and media studies, here are some books and essays/pamphlets i recommend. the bolded ones are ones that i consider foundational to my politics

BASICS OF MARXISM

friedrich engels, principles of commmunism

friedrich engels, socialism: utopian & scientific

karl marx, the german ideology

karl marx, wage labour & capital

mao zedong, on contradiction

nikolai bukharin, anarchy and scientific communism

rosa luxemburg, reform or revolution?

v.i lenin, left-wing communism: an infantile disorder

v.i. lenin, the state & revolution

v.i. lenin, what is to be done?

IMPERIALISM

aijaz ahmed, iraq, afghanistan, and the imperialism of our time

albert memmi, the colonizer and the colonized

che guevara, on socialism and internationalism (ed. aijaz ahmad)

eduardo galeano, the open veins of latin america

edward said, orientalism

fernando cardoso, dependency and development in latin america

frantz fanon, black skin, white masks

frantz fanon, the wretched of the earth

greg grandin, empire's workshop

kwame nkrumah, neocolonialism, the last stage of imperialism

michael parenti, against empire

naomi klein, the shock doctrine

ruy mauro marini, the dialectics of dependency

v.i. lenin, imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism

vijay prashad, red star over the third world

vincent bevins, the jakarta method

walter rodney, how europe underdeveloped africa

william blum, killing hope

zak cope, divided world divided class

zak cope, the wealth of (some) nations

MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

antonio gramsci, the prison notebooks

ed. mick gidley, representing others: white views of indigenous peoples

ed. stuart hall, representation: cultural representations and signifying pratices

gilles deleuze & felix guattari, capitalism & schizophrenia

jacques derrida, margins of philosophy

jacques derrida, speech and phenomena

michael parenti, inventing reality

michel foucault, disicipline and punish

michel foucault, the archeology of knowledge

natasha schull, addiction by design

nick snricek, platform capitalism

noam chomsky and edward herman, manufacturing consent

regis tove stella, imagining the other

richard sennett and jonathan cobb, the hidden injuries of class

safiya umoja noble, algoriths of oppression

stuart hall, cultural studies 1983: a theoretical history

theodor adorno and max horkheimer, the culture industry

walter benjamin, the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction

OTHER

angela davis, women, race, and class

anna louise strong, cash and violence in laos and vietnam

anna louise strong, the soviets expected it

anna louise strong, when serfs stood up in tibet

carrie hamilton, sexual revolutions in cuba

chris chitty, sexual hegemony

christian fuchs, theorizing and analysing digital labor

eds. jules joanne gleeson and elle o'rourke, transgender marxism

elaine scarry, the body in pain

jules joanne gleeson, this infamous proposal

michael parenti, blackshirts & reds

paulo freire, pedagogy of the oppressed

peter drucker, warped: gay normality and queer anticapitalism

rosemary hennessy, profit and pleasure

sophie lewis, abolish the family

suzy kim, everyday life in the north korean revolution

walter rodney, the russian revolution: a view from the third world

Collezione «Le Presenze» della Galleria Blu 1960-61, Vol. IV, Galleria Blu, Milano, (1960-)1961 [Studio Bibliografico Marini, Bari-Roma]

Collection of catalogues: Walter Bodmer, Otto Herbert Hajek, Henri Michaux, Pietro Consagra, Felice Canonico, Karel Appel, Robert Helman, Panorama, Toshimitsu Imai Texts: Giulio Carlo Argan, Guido Ballo, Carlo Belloli, Giampiero Giani, Giuseppe Marchiori, Henri Michaux, Shuzo Takiguchi, Michel Tapié, Paul Wember

Corally - L' Unica Risposta

Corally - L' Unica Risposta #corally #corallymusic #camillafascina #corally #corallymusic #camillafascina #seashepherdmusic #seashepherd Il video capovolge la nostra percezione e visione dei meravigliosi esseri marini: e se per un attimo, li vedessimo sopra di noi? E ci accompagnassero in ogni nostra azione quotidiana? Il video è stato realizzato da Gamiel Carrion, un videomaker visionario originario del Perù che ha interpretato una questione centrale del progetto Corally: l’importanza del mare che ci è accanto ogni giorno perché ci dona ogni giorno l’ossigeno che respiriamo, anche se non ce ne rendiamo conto. Il video è un invito a riconsiderare la scala di valori e le gerarchie, un invito ad abbandonare per un attimo la visione antropocentrica: “In un’ottica biocentrica tutti gli esseri sono interdipendenti. La natura è fondamentale per la nostra sopravvivenza su questo pianeta. E invece di rispettarla, con ogni mezzo la distruggiamo, solchiamo terre e mari e crediamo di poter conquistare tutti gli spazi e tutte le creature. È più importante un riccio, una balena, un’ape o un uomo? L’unica vera risposta è che dipendiamo l’uno dall’altro. Siamo una cosa sola. Facciamo parte di un delicato equilibrio che, se rotto, porterà tutti noi all’estinzione. L’unica risposta rimane la scelta: possiamo ancora scegliere se renderci protagonisti della nostra condanna o essere i fautori della nostra salvezza. Ognuno può scegliere se distruggere o proteggere questa meraviglia.” - CORALLY Musica e testo: Camilla Fascina a.k.a. CORALLY, Stefano Paviani, Laguna Video di Gamiel Carrion con riprese di Michele Piazza Le royalties vanno a supporto delle campagne in mare di Sea Shepherd Italia

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Rewatch:  “Under the Influence”

The basics:  The team is tasked with finding the daughter of an ambassador.

Written by:  Anastasia Kousakis wrote "Hot Water" in season eight.

Directed by:  John P. Kousakis directs his first season 13 episode.  Kousakis directed "Imposters", "Sacrifice", "San Voir" part one, "The Fifth Man", "Parley", "Inelegant Heart", "Chernoff, K.", "Active Measures", "The Long Goodbye", "Talion", "Glasnost", "Unleashed", "Party Crashers", "This Is What We Do" (episode 200), "Goodbye Vietnam", "Ninguna Salida", "The Guardian", “High Society”, "A Tale of Two Igors", all of the Afghanistan scenes from "Iron Curtain Rising" to "Zero Days" in season five and all of Kensi’s injury/recovery storyline scenes from "The Queen’s Gambit" to "Sirens" in season eight.  

Guest stars of note:  Briana Marin as NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Aliyah de León is back from “A Land of Wolves”.  Caitlin Carmichael as Gia Michelle, Louie Enriquez as Curtis Jenkins/Recycling Man, Patricia Rae as Anna Jenkins, Nick Marini as Jaxon King/Supreme King Daddy J, L'lerrét Jazelle as Angel Soars/Sharon Cunningham, Deji Laray as Alan Bristol, Mikie Beatty as Joey and Matthew Jayson Cwern as Leo the Paparazzo

Our heroes:  Find a well-connected Influencer.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Wonders about parenting advice.   Sam:  Was told he had no controle so speak his truth and set a good example while being a parent. Kensi:  Wonders why some boys aren’t raised to be decent to women. Deeks:  Would do anything to protect their child. Fatima:  Semi-recognized by a paparazzi.   Rountree: Vacation. Kilbride:  Understands Bitcoin.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Given a late intro to Aliyah. Sam:  Not happy he’s lost his parking spot. Kensi:  See Callen. Deeks:  Influencer Party Marty.   Fatima:  Likes to drive. Rountree:  Absent. Kilbride:  Parking in Sam’s spot.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  Not a mention.

Who's down with OTP:  Kensi and Deeks work out some parenting issues – kids with cell phones, expectations of male and female children – while working on the case.

Who's down with BrOTP:  Callen and Sam are in fine form in this episode, joking about Sam’s car and speaking seriously about Sam’s mother.

Fashion review:  Dark red and dark blue plaid button down shirt for Callen.  Red long-sleeve tee for Sam.  Black henley for Kensi.  Blue-grey long-sleeve tee for Deeks.  Fatima bravely wears a denim jacket with matching jeans – it works for her.  The jacket is over a black turtleneck.  Dark three-piece suit, white shirt and

Music:  “Ladies” by RoRo plays in the teaser.  “Won’t Be Misunderstood” by Huxley Ware, Ships plays when Kensi and Deeks are talking to Angel.

Any notable cut scene: Not today.

Quote:  Deeks:  “I can't stop thinking about what I would do to protect our daughter.” Kensi:  “Right?” Deeks:  “I mean, I was barely holding it together when you were in Mexico.” Kensi:  “Well, if we have a kid, lucky enough to have one, they may not end up in a dangerous line of work.” Deeks:  “Okay, but what if she does?” Kensi:  “Then we would do the same thing we would do with a kid regardless of their gender.” Deeks:  “All right, so, support her unconditionally. Teach her jujitsu, tactical training, maybe some sayoc.” Kensi:  “Oh, geez.” Deeks:  “What? I mean, look at Gia. Even if we raise a strong, confident, independent woman with an amazing skill set, she could still end up in danger.” Kensi:  “I get it now. Why people pledge to do right by their daughters. I just wonder why we don't put that much thought into how we raise our sons.”  

Honorable mention:  Callen:  “What's the best piece of advice you ever got on parenting?” Sam:  “You have no real control. The best you can do is speak your truth, and set an example.” Callen:  “That's good. I bet whoever told you that was a pretty good parent.” Sam:  “She was the best, G. The best.”

Anything else:  A young woman is in an area with some balloon arches and street art.  With her phone, she’s recording herself posing around the balloons.  When she finishes, the young woman walks up to her scooter. Seeing a passerby, she asks if he will take her picture and to make sure the logos for her helmet and scooter are in the photo.  The passerby complies, taking several photos with the woman’s phone.

Looking at the photos, the woman is unhappy with how she looks wearing the helmet.  Leaving the balloon arches behind, the young woman starts scootering down the street, talking to her “fam” on the phone.  As she continues to promote the scooter to the “fam”, she runs into a homeless man’s shopping cart.  This isn’t an accident.  She’s knocked out as she falls into the cart.  As the man walks away, he has tarps to cover what’s in the cart.  The scooter is left on the street abandoned.

A very unhappy Sam is with Callen outside of the office.  The Admiral’s classic pick-up truck is now parked where Sam usually leaves his car.  Sam realizes he’s never getting that spot back.   The Hellcat is now parked under some birds which is messing with Sam’s weekly detailing of the vehicle.  Callen asks Sam to just tell Kilbride he wants the spot back.  Sam insults the Admiral’s parking skills instead.

In his little locker off the bullpen, Sam is looking for his shampoo.  Callen hates to break it to Sam but Sam isn’t in the mood for bald jokes.  The shampoo is for his car.  As Sam is about to clean his car, Fatima arrives.  They have a case.

The young woman kidnapped that morning is Gia Michelle – “yes, the Gia Michelle,” Fatima tells Callen and Sam.  Callen and Sam are unfamiliar with Gia’s oeuvre.   Gia’s “Giaography’ feed has 15-million followers on Instagram, 40-million followers on TikTok.  And none of them are Callen and Sam.  Fatima envies Callen and Sam having other things on their brain than Gia.

Gia is a “mega-influncer”.  A dancer turned influncer, she posts regularly on her social media accounts but was dormant in the last day.  The concern is that Gia has been kidnapped so the team is being asked to investigate.  Callen is skeptical – why is NCIS on this case.  The Admiral arrives with his own opinions on social media and the empowerment of the selfie but NCIS is involved because Gia’s mother is Linda Burke, the US Ambassador to Lebanon.  With the State Department’s security services spread thin in Los Angeles, the Secretary of State asked SECNAV for help.  Foul play needs to be searched.

Showing Gia’s last video, Sam hears her crash in to the shopping cart.  Fatima notes that Gia didn’t even post a video to say she wasn’t hurt.  Her content is “pretty tidy” according to Fatima.  With Gia’s cellphone turned off, they can’t track her.  Kensi and Deeks are on their way to Gia’s house in Beverly Hills.  That stops Callen – how much does someone like Gia make?  Sam starts to chuckle.  Fatima explains big money but the Admiral reminds Callen and Sam that there is no price on pride.  Leaving Ops, Sam asks if Callen if his pride pays his rent.  It doesn’t, Callen replies, but Callen is pretty sure Sam paid for the boat using his pride.

Kensi and Deeks walk up Gia Michelle’s house.  It is a nice mansion in Beverly Hills with a pricy sports car (red) and SUV (black) in the driveway.  Deeks can’t believe Gia made all this money doing dance videos.  Kensi explains that Gia is a multi-hyphenate with acting roles, a beauty brand.  She sells flat tummy tea which Deeks thinks sounds worse than a flat-earther.  It is, Kensi tells him – the tea gives the drinker diarrhea.

Dancing himself, Deeks thinks he could be an influencer as Party Marty.  Kensi doesn’t see a big audience for a white surfer dude who can’t do The Floss but he could find some thirst-traps.  Looking at the Ferrari in Gia’s driveway, Deeks has some thirst.  

A man pulls up in a bright green sportscar, asking if Kensi and Deeks are from “the agency”.  They are, just not the one the driver thinks.  Joey, the driver complete with his name on his uniform shirt, takes care of vehicles and was driving the green one around the block.  Gia just lets them sit and that’s not a good thing for the cars.  Asked if he knows where Gia is, he doesn’t.  He hasn’t seen her in a while.  Gia is not big on direct eye contact.

Deeks asks if Gia owns all the cars.  She does not own any of them.  In fact, she doesn’t have a drivers license.  The cars are props, Gia takes some pictures with them and puts it on social media.  If she doesn’t have a license, Kensi asks how does Gia get around.  Gia has a driver – Alan.  Deeks asks about Alan but Joey is worried that he’s in violation of his NDA.  Giving Joey his card, Deeks says as a lawyer and an investigator, Joey isn’t going to get in trouble.  Even if he wasn’t supposed to be driving the cars.  Deeks goes with quid pro quo.

In Ops, Fatima is looking through Gia’s social media accounts when the Admiral arrives.  Pushing through to ask for help, with Rountree on vacation and Gia being a prolific social media presence, she needs “another pair of eyes” according to the Admiral.  Aliyah walks into Ops.  Fatima has all the help she needs.

Offering a sitrep, Fatima tells Aliyah that Kensi and Deeks are bringing Gia’s driving to the boatshed.  Aliyah looks at all the social media content on the big screen and thinks it takes a lot of time to do all that posting.  Fatima’s tablet beeps – Gia’s phone is back online.  On the big screen, a crying Gia looks roughed up.  Talking to her “fam”, she’s asking, and this is not a joke, she has to raise $10 million in Bitcoin or she’ll be killed.  “Please help me.”

Where Gia was grabbed, Callen and Sam are watching Gia’s hostage video.  Callen wants to know how can they be sure it is not a hoax.  Fatima tells him he’s not the first to think that – Fatima does not have an answer.  She is trying to trace the feed.  Sam heard Aliyah is there and Aliyah introduces herself to Callen (who missed the last episode).  He’s happy to have her onboard.  

Whoever put the video online knows what they are doing – it is being put through several programs to make tracing who has Gia impossible.  Callen noted that Gia used the word “they” when talking about who kidnapped her.  Sam says Gia could have been warned not to give up identifying clues.  Callen and Sam are going to look for witnesses and surveillance cameras.

Gia’s driver Alan is exhausted when he walks into interrogation with Kensi and Deeks.  He’s looking for some coffee, which he’ll get after he answers some questions.  Questions like how long has Alan worked for Gia.  The answer “two or three years” has Deeks asking about the 365 day different in the answers.  Alan was Gia’s bodyguard for a few years before switching to being her fulltime driver.  Kensi asks why Gia would need a bodyguard.  Gia was involved in an internet beef with another influencer.  The other influencer wasn’t the problem, it was the influencer’s fans that caused problems.  “If she wears the wrong color lipstick, they tell her to die and go to hell.”

Asked about their relationship, Alan said he and Gia get along like “pancakes and syrup”.  Kensi shows Alan his arrested record, which includes some domestic violence charges.  Alan explains his ex-wife has mental health issues.  Asking who they are supposed to believe, a yawning Alan tells Kensi and Deeks they should go with their gut.  Kensi wants to know why Alan is so tired – where was he last night?  He was driving for the carshare aps.  Gia had to ride her scooter all day as part of the paid promotion.  When he dropped her off in Hollywood, he was done for the day.  Gia’s other bodyguard would have picked up at the end of the day but she gave him the night off.

Bring up the “celebrities are just like us” photos of stars eating fast food or getting coffee, Alan explains that sometimes even celebrities just want to be normal.  “Even people like Gia.”  Asked if he knew anyone with the skills and means to kidnap Gia, Alan does not but he’d like some coffee.  Deeks points out that Alan doesn’t seem to like Gia.  Alan tells Deeks that Gia would set her own dog on fire for followers.  And no, he won’t be donating to the $10-million save Gia fund.

Callen tells Sam there is $150,000 in bitcoin to save Gia.  He isn’t sure if Gia is in trouble or just troubled.  Sam is worried about social media.  It is hard to find your North Star when everyone is just photoshopping theirs in.  Callen says that Aiden and Kam turned out alright but Sam thinks that’s only because they didn’t care about social media (don’t run down your parenting skills, Sam).  Then again, there was no Arab Spring without social media.  Callen wonders what Ambassador Burke thinks of the hostage note.  If this is a hoax, that could damage the Ambassador’s career.  As a father, Sam wouldn’t worry about his career, just his family.  Callen asks what was the best parenting advice he ever got.  Sam answers that he was told he had no real control but speak his truth and set a good example.  Liking that statement, Callen says it likely came from a very good parent.  “The best,” Sam tells him with a smile.

Walking back into the office, Kensi and Deeks are discussing giving a kid a phone.  Deeks can’t see any reason for it.  No social media, no internet trolls and no porn, which Deeks only knows is on the internet because other people have told him it is.  Kensi talks about their possible 13-year old not being part of a class text chain because they don’t have a phone.  Deeks thinks that’s a good thing.  Kensi talks about their child needing their help – it would be better if they could call for a ride home than drive home drunk.  Deeks snarks about phone first, then potty training.  Kensi is serious – they can’t pretend the digital world does not exist.  Deeks jokes about shoving Playboys under the mattress but an arriving Fatima notes home many trees have been saved now that porn is online.  “So I’ve heard,” she adds quickly.

Fatima has an update – digital people are nasty.  She’s put together a list of the trolls Gia has including the ones she blocked.  “People are nasty,” she notes.  Kensi and Deeks are going to put some names to the trolls.

In Ops, Aliyah explains to the Admiral about the way the kidnappers will get the Bitcoin.  Right now it is untraceable.  The Admiral can’t believe anything is untraceable to NCIS but right now it is.  Reviewing Gia’s accounts, she has an ongoing feud going with another influencer, an Angels Soars aka Sharon Cunningham.  Cunningham believes Gia stole content from her and that contact got Gia a lucrative endorsement deal.  Aliyah also tells the Admiral that Cunningham uses they/them as their pronouns.  The Admiral understands pronouns but wants to know how bad things are between Gia and Cunningham.  It hasn’t gotten violent but it is still going on.  

Aliyah’s tablet beeps – there is an alternate account raising money to pay Gia’s kidnappers to kill her.  Both accounts – the one to save Gia and the one to kill her – are nearing $1 million with the one to save her just a few thousand dollars ahead.  The Admiral asks what kind of person would contribute to the account to kill Gia and asks non-rhetorically.  Aliyah explains it is an incel account and then explains what incels are to the Admiral.  He is familiar with the term and is disgusted.  “Smoke these cowards out of their digital cave.”  

Yet another tablet beep – Fatima found a Jaxon King, one of Gia’s more prolific trolls.  He was fired from five jobs in the last year.  With a current address, Callen and Sam are on their way to King’s home.  

The Admiral assigns Kensi and Deeks to follow Gia’s timeline in reverse – interview everyone Gia interacted with over the last day or so.  Fatima found a new photograph of Gia taken by the paparazzi on the day she was kidnapped – the outfits matched.  “Start searching the gutters for the paparazzi,” the Admiral suggests.  He also wants them to speak to Angel Soars/Sharon Cunningham.  Kensi is introduced to Aliyah and is grateful for all the work she did while Kensi was being rescued.

At King’s house, Callen and Sam find “a big pile of pizza grease.”  The place is a disaster.  Callen finds a laptop, that’s locked.  Sam calls Aliyah to get the laptop unlocked and to start a Kaleidoscope search for King’s car.  Jaxon King does not have a car.

Fatima interviews the paparazzi who is stalking an “A-lister who is pretending she’s not pregnant.”  The photographer tells Fatima she looks familiar and Fatima quickly moves away from that.  Asked if he regularly follows Gia, he doesn’t.  Gia’s people contact him with a place and a time so he can shoot away.  “Gia knows how to play the game.”  The photographer is sure he knows Fatima.  Fatima is sure he doesn’t.  When the photographer agrees to show Fatima the photos he took of Gia the prior day, “for a price”, that price is Fatima getting the boot removed from the his car.

Updating the Ambassador, the Admiral hopes to have good news soon.  Aliyah is combing through King’s laptop remotely when King returns home.  He races out of the house with Callen and Sam chasing behind.  The chase doesn’t take long.  As King tries to get back on his bike to ride away, he’s hit by a car.  

In interrogation, King makes it clear, he doesn’t have Gia.   Callen reads some of King’s social media posts about Gia, posts that go back four years.  King doesn’t care – all he’s done is trolled her, nothing more.  She has thousands of haters.  Callen asked why did King run.  King said he walked into his house with two strangers inside, he thought was going to be robbed.  Sam asks King if he’s sure there is nothing more to his trolling of Gia.  King says there is nothing.

In their gym studio, Angel Sores/Sharon Cunningham is livestreaming their workout when Kensi and Deeks arrive.  Sores won’t hurry up the end of their workout for Kensi and Deeks.  When they’re done, Kensi and Deeks ask Soars about their relationship with Gia.  They asks if someone like Soars are kidnapped, would NCIS be looking for them.  Kensi assures Soars that the Feds would.  Soars won’t talk to anyone until consulting a lawyer – then they will speak to Kensi and Deeks.  Kensi explains it doesn’t go that way.

Deeks tells Soars it is in their best interest to cooperate but Soars walks away.  When Kensi and Deeks try to follow, a foolish bodyguard puts his hands on Kensi to stop her.  Deeks asks Kensi if she needs some help.  She assures him she’s got it.  And she does, making quick work of Soars’s security.  Soars films Kensi’s work and is impressed.  So impressed, they want to post it.  Kensi tells Soars to talk to Kensi’s lawyer first.   Soars becomes cooperative.

While there are some drug purchases and a lot of legal porn on King’s laptop, there isn’t much about Gia.  There are connections to incel communities and there is one poster – “The Last Gentleman” – who not only frequents all the communities, he’s pushing for the kidnapping of celebrities like Gia Michelle.  Aliyah is trying to track him down.  

Callen and Sam ask King to spill about The Last Gentleman and they’ll skip over the drug transactions on his laptop.  King says he doesn’t know The Last Gentleman, just admires him.  The Last Gentleman has been rejected and dumped by a number of women.  Callen and Sam are not impressed.  Sam asks King if he knows was a real man does when a woman rejects him.  King is all ears.  “Absolutely nothing.  He moves on.”  King notes that Callen and Sam probably haven’t had the same dating woes he and his friends share – that’s why the incels have their communities to chat.

Saying The Last Gentleman is not his friend, Callen wants King to share his name.  King doesn’t know the real name.  Sam makes it clear that King is an accessory – they can use all the chats the two shared as evidence.  King spills – Curtis Jenkins.  Callen runs out of the room to give Aliyah the name while Sam stays with King.  King says he never thought any of this mattered.  Not the trolling, not his own voice.

Aliyah finds Curtis Jenkins, who more than fits the profile.  With the paparazzi photos, Aliyah found Jenkins in one of the shots – he was following her.  Aliyah is sending his home address to Kensi and Deeks.

At the Jenkins residence, Kensi and Deeks find his mom.  She didn’t know he was not in the house until she checked and found his van gone.  Kensi and Deeks asks if they can check his room.  Since Curtis lives in the guest house, Mrs. Jenkins has to let him in.  

Opening the guest house, she admits she’s not allowed in without permission.  She’ll have to vacuum their footprints off the rug.  The guesthouse is immaculate.  Deeks asks if her son is out a lot during the day.  Mrs. Jenkins says he’s going on interview and doing freelance work.  “Your average semi-launched 20-something.”  She tries to give her son his space – it keeps the peace.  Curtis gets prickly sometimes.  Kensi finds a note to Mrs. Jenkins in his son’s handwriting.  Mrs. Jenkins falls apart reading the note – Curtis has Gia and the note was his goodbye.

While Kensi is talking to Mrs. Jenkins, Deeks finishes with Aliyah.  The counter-campaign has far more money than the campaign to save her.  Kensi asks Mrs. Jenkins if her son has any friends they can interview.  Curtis didn’t have friends.  After the death of his father, Curtis spent all his time online.  Curtis and his father were close.  They use to go to the family beach house all the time.  Kensi and Deeks know where Curtis is keeping Gia.

Callen, Sam and Fatima are all racing their way to the beach house.  Fatima is the closet.  Fatima is the closest.  The Admiral realizes the easiest way to stop all this is to take Curtis off the internet.  At the beach house, Fatima shuts off the power.  Curtis starts to freak out – there is no power and the cell service is bad.  Gia mocks Curtis – he’s not going to make it to the grand finale.  Curtis tells her people are paying a lot of money to see her die, he plans on giving them their money’s worth.  

Running outside for better cell service, Curtis runs right into Callen, who has his weapon drawn.  Curtis races back into the house to find Sam standing there and Gia gone.  Curtis is surrounded by Callen and Sam.  Curtis threatens to kill himself and hopes Gia thinks about him every day.  Sam brings up Curtis's dad, who died hoping he did right by his son.  Curtis drops the gun and Callen takes him down.  Fatima has Gia in her car – she’s safe but not alright.

Walking back into the office, Kensi feels sorry for Mrs. Curtis.  Deeks’s sympathy is more with the Ambassador.  Deeks talks about how he was barely holding it together when Kensi was lost in Mexico, he couldn’t fathom being the Ambassador today.  Kensi talks about them being lucky enough to be parents, they’ll teach their child to protect themselves.  Deeks comes up with a list of training to keep their child safe.  Gia was a strong, confident woman and look what happened to her.  Kensi understands why people pledge to do right by their daughters.  She just wonders why people don’t put that kind of thought into how they raise their sons.

Fatima is back in Ops, much to Aliyah’s surprise – she figured Fatima would have returned home.  Fatima likes to drive – it clears her head.  Also clearing her head is making sure everything is just as it should be in Ops before going home.  Aliyah goes to leave.  Fatima tells Aliyah she fits right in with the team.  Aliyah offers to buy Fatima a drink.  Fatima would prefer a coffee.  Aliyah will make hers an Irish Coffee and the two are off.

On the near back dock in the boatshed, Callen and Sam wonder how long Gia will be offline.  The Admiral arrives with the Ambassador’s sincere thanks.   As he is leaving, the Admiral tells Sam his detailer is on his way to Sam’s place to clean up the Hellcat.  He thanks Sam for letting him use the parking spot.  Sam admits it isn’t technically his spot.  The Admiral says if that’s true, he’s claiming it as his own.  Callen just laughs.

What head canon can be formed from here:  While I think we’ve gotten some of Sam’s father’s history before meeting him and I think we’ll get a lot of it going forward (Richard Gant is a great hire), I’d like to know more about Sam’s mom, especially if his father spent time away from the family with the Marines.

Again with the Kensi and Deeks parenting swaps, City mouse Deeks seems to be the one more likely to want their kid to have a phone than let’s go camping Kensi.   Also, wouldn’t the woman whose Marine father taught her how to shoot, how to track, how to do all sorts of things be more interested in teaching their child how to defend themselves?  The conversation at the end, however, was great.

The paparazzi guy semi-recognizing Fatima was not revisited.  That was a lost opportunity

Episode number:  Episode nine of season 13, episode 289 overall.

Noi (Elena Marini - Luc Fierens) ci siamo.

Les enfants terribles della poesia visiva.

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Nella Galleria ARTPOETRY, via G. Candido 3, Lecce, venerdì 12 aprile alle ore 19, sarà presentata da Francesco Aprile la mostra “Asemic writing: la scrittura acefala, lo scrivere, il flusso”, a cura di Salvatore Luperto. L’esposizione allestita da Anna Panareo e dal curatore è costituita da oltre 30 opere. Autori in mostra: Vincenzo Accame - Francesco Aprile - Tony Bellucci - Mirella Bentivoglio - Tomaso Binga - Cristiano Caggiula - Giuseppe Calandriello - Italo Carrarini - Marilena Cataldini - Luciano Cattania - Vittorino Curci - Nicolò D'Alessandro - Mauro Dal Fior - Michele De Luca - Liliana Ebalginelli - Luigi Fagioli - Vittorio Fava - Federico Federici - Fernanda Fedi - Luc Fierens - Gino Gini - Marco Giovenale - Alfonso Lentini - Lorenzo Li Greci - Oronzo Liuzzi - Ruggero Maggi - Elena Marini - Egidio Marullo - Adamo Modesto - Rrose Sélavy - Enzo Patti - Giuseppe Pellegrino - Giovanna Sandri - Anna Spagna.

La cerchia antica

Parliamo delle vecchie mura: e già vi vedo, tutti a pensare “che balle, ancora con queste mura, che peccato che sono state abbattute, i viali li potevano fare dieci metri più in là…” NO. Parliamo di mura, ma ne parliamo fingendo che ci siano ancora… o meglio, spostiamoci tutti indietro nel tempo e viaggiamo per la Firenze intorno all’anno 1000 e accarezziamo quelle mura. Le vecchie mura sono il cerchio più interno, quello rosso. Seguiamo i link blu... Siamo in Piazza San Firenze, all’angolo con Borgo de’ Greci, e ci troviamo a costeggiare la cinta muraria, che corre lungo via del Proconsolo ed arriva fino all’angolo con Borgo degli Albizi, al Canto de’ Pazzi. Proprio lì ci si presenta davanti agli occhi la Porta a San Piero, che prende il suo nome dalla chiesa di San Pier Maggiore, che possiamo appena appena scorgere in fondo a Borgo Albizi, all’arco di San Pierino. Le mura continuano dopo la porta a San Piero e proseguono fino a arrivare in Piazza Duomo, dove girano dietro la chiesa di Santa Reparata ed arrivano di fronte a Via dei Servi, dove si trova la Postierla dei Visdomini. Sbirciando oltre la postierla, possiamo vedere la chiesa di San Michele Visdomini. La Postierla è una piccola apertura, piuttosto distante dalle porte principali e abbastanza nascosta, che assicura un passaggio di emergenza, al bisogno.

Ma continuiamo a costeggiare le mura, ed arriviamo in Piazza San Giovanni dove, all’altezza della futura Via Martelli, che si chiama Via degli Spadai, si trova un’altra Postierla, detta Porta di Via Nuova o Porta degli Spadai. Camminiamo ancora, ed arriviamo al Canto alla Paglia. Qui ci troviamo di fronte ad un’altra delle porte principali, la Porta del Vescovo, che guarda verso Borgo San Lorenzo. Andando avanti, imbocchiamo via Cerretani e seguiamo le mura che costeggiano la chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore, toccando il Canto dei Carnesecchi, che in futuro verrà chiamato Via Rondinelli e proseguendo verso la piazza di San Gaetano e Via dei Tornabuoni, arriviamo al Canto degli Strozzi, dove si trova la terza porta maestra, la Porta di San Brancazio, storpiatura di San Pancrazio, al quale è dedicata la chiesa omonima, che nel ventunesimo secolo sarà conosciuta per essere sede del Museo Marino Marini e per il Tempietto del Santo Sepolcro, riproduzione in scala del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, capolavoro di Leon Battista Alberti.

Oltre la porta a San Brancazio si trova il Borgo San Brancazio, che forse qualcuno conosce meglio con il nome di Via della Spada. Sempre dritto, arriviamo allo sbocco di Via Porta Rossa, dove voltando verso Via delle Terme e Borgo SS. Apostoli, sempre costeggiando le nostre care mura, arriviamo vicino al Ponte Vecchio, dove si trova la quarta porta, la Porta Santa Maria, che anticamente era chiamata anche Porta Regina e che spesso abbreviamo in Por Santa Maria. Da lì, seguendo il fiume, le mura continuano fino al Castello d’Altafronte, nella Piazza dei Giudici; da lì, girano seguendo il corso del fosso Scheraggio per accompagnarci verso Via dei Leoni ed arrivare nuovamente al punto da cui siamo partiti, al canto con Borgo de’ Greci dove, prima non ve l’ho detto, c’è un’altra postierla, detta Postierla della Pera, che pure Dante ha citato, nella sua Commedia: “Nel picciol cerchio s’entrava per porta che si nomava per quei della Pera.” Quei della Pera, sono i Peruzzi, e la postierla è anche detta Peruzza.

Quella che abbiamo appena percorso è la cerchia antica, così fatta chiamare da Dante a Cacciaguida, nel canto XV del Paradiso. Ha una forma quasi quadrata, con i lati che hanno una lunghezza tra un terzo ed un quarto di miglio. Le porte maggiori, quattro, sono poste a metà di ognuno dei quattro lati. È probabile che vi siano altre postierle, oltre quelle che abbiamo visto, ma sono ben occultate e non possiamo documentarle. Spero di essere riuscita a farvi “vedere” il percorso delle mura, e la posizione delle Porte, aiutandomi con la toponomastica attuale, per quanto possibile.

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Bagnaia Jadi yang Tercepat di Tes MotoGP 2024 Qatar, Marquez Keempat

BANDARJITU.NEWS - Tes MotoGP 2024 dilaksanakan di Sirkuit Losail, Qatar, pada 19-20 Februari. Pebalap Ducati Lenovo, Francesco Bagnaia, menjadi yang tercepat pada tes dua hari ini. Sementara Marc Marquez yang baru saja pindah ke tim satelit Ducati, Gresini Racing, sukses menjadi yang tercepat keempat. Bagnaia berhasil menjadi yang tercepat pada tes terakhir MotoGP 2024 ini dengan catatan waktu 1 menit 50,952 detik. Pebalap asal Italia ini juga berhasil mencatat top speed paling kencang, 351,7 km/jam. Tak cuma Bagnaia yang kencang, rekan satu paddock-nya, Enea Bastianini, juga tampil impresif dengan menjadi pebalap tercepat kedua di tes ini. Di posisi ketiga ada pebalap Aprilia Racing, Aleix Espargaro, yang berselisih waktu 0,308 detik dari Bagnaia. Espargaro bisa tampil bagus lagi mengingat RS-GP24 memiliki aero baru yang bisa meningkatkan performa kendaraan. Rekan Espargaro, Maverick Vinales, jadi yang tercepat keenam dengan selisih waktu 0,435 detik. Sedangkan Marc Marquez yang musim ini baru mengendarai Ducati sukses menjadi pebalap tercepat keempat dengan gap waktu 0,383 detik. Marquez memang sudah diyakini bakal langsung nyetel dengan motor Ducati Desmosedici. Marquez diharapkan bisa mengganggu dominasi Bagnaia dan Jorge Martin di musim 2024 ini. Bagaimana dengan pebalap Yamaha? Fabio Quartararo hanya bisa menempati urutan ke-14. Sementara rekannya, Alex Rins, menempati urutan ke-16. Yamaha masih memiliki banyak pekerjaan rumah musim ini. Pekerjaan rumah juga dimiliki Honda yang dua pebalapnya tampil buruk, di mana Joan Mir menempati urutan 19 dan Luca Marini ke-20. MotoGP 2024 akan dimulai pada 8-10 Maret. Sirkuit Losail, Qatar, bakal menjadi seri pembuka musim ini. Hasil Tes MotoGP 2024 Qatar 1 = Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP24) 1:50.952s 2 = Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP24) +0.120s 3 = Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) +0.308s 4 = Marc Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP23) +0.383s 5 = Raul Fernandez SPA Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) +0.389s 6 = Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) +0.435s 7 = Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP24) +0.514s 8 = Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA VR46 Ducati (GP23) +0.537s 9 ^8 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.631s 10 = Marco Bezzecchi ITA VR46 Ducati (GP23) +0.726s 11 ˅2 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.768s 12 ^9 Miguel Oliveira POR Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) +0.884s 13 ˅2 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP23) +0.992s 14 ˅2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1.013s 15 = Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* +1.094s 16 ˅2 Alex Rins SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1.151s 17 ˅1 Johann Zarco FRA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.210s 18 ^1 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.432s 19 ˅6 Joan Mir SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.505s 20 = Luca Marini ITA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.725s 21 ^2 Augusto Fernandez SPA Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) +1.818s 22 ˅4 Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.060s 23 ˅1 Michele Pirro ITA Pramac Ducati (GP24) +2.703s 24 = Lorenzo Savadori ITA Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP) +10.448s         Sumber : Detik.news Read the full article

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Trieste: inaugurata la mostra "Ship Portraits, opere raccolte da Carlo Sciarrelli"

Trieste: inaugurata la mostra "Ship Portraits, opere raccolte da Carlo Sciarrelli". Trieste. La mostra "Ship Portraits, opere raccolte da Carlo Sciarrelli" realizzata dalla Triestina della Vela in coorganizzazione con il Comune di Trieste, Assessorato alle Politiche della Cultura e del Turismo, in occasione del centenario del Circolo fondato il 20 marzo del 1923 è stata inaugurata oggi (venerdì 10 novembre) presso la Sala Fini del Magazzino 26 del Porto Vecchio di Trieste (ora Porto Vivo). Il taglio del nastro è avvenuto da parte dell'Assessore Giorgio Rossi, alla presenza della Presidente della Triestina della Vela, Marina Simoni e dell'Assessore regionale alle Autonomie Locali, Pierpaolo Roberti, presente anche in veste di socio della Triestina della Vela, che ha portato i saluti del Presidente della Regione FVG, Massimiliano Fedriga. E' seguita una visita guidata dell'esposizione. "Quando mi è stato proposto di realizzare questa mostra in occasione delle celebrazioni del centenario della Triestina della Vela - ha dichiarato l'Assessore Rossi - ho accettato con entusiasmo. In queste sale diamo spazio a straordinarie iniziative come questa mostra di Sciarrelli. Vi rivolgo i migliori auguri: siete una società straordinaria e oggi il lustro di questa città deriva dalla vela e si deve alle tante società come la vostra che ottengono risultati incredibili e vantano una lunga storia e tradizione". "E' la prima volta che questa collezione viene resa pubblica nella sua interezza: si tratta quindi di un inedito - ha spiegato la Presidente della Triestina della Vela, Marina Simoni - e ringrazio quindi per la grandissima sensibilità il Comune di Trieste e la Regione FVG che ci hanno aiutato a celebrare degnamente questo centenario, così come ci è stata vicina la Capitaneria di Porto per quanto riguarda tutti gli aspetti tecnici e i Circoli, che ci hanno aiutato fattivamente. Questi grandi aiuti, assieme al meraviglioso apporto del volontariato ricordato dall'Assessore e nostro socio Pierpaolo Roberti, testimoniano il grande senso di appartenenza che caratterizza la Triestina della Vela. Ringrazio nuovamente tutti per aver contribuito alla realizzazione di questa meravigliosa iniziativa, che ha rappresentato una novità per tutti noi e che speriamo di poter ripetere in futuro". "Per la prima volta - è stato riferito nel corso della visita guidata - sarà presentata, in un'unica esposizione, una considerevole parte della quadreria raccolta da Carlo Sciarrelli dedicata alla pittura di marina, alcuni strumenti di misurazione tecnica d'epoca e i mezzi scafi di legno, che da manufatti di progettazione nautica sono diventati oggetti d'arte. Ogni cosa in questa mostra parla di barche dalle forme perfette, progettate per solcare tutti i mari del mondo." La collezione Sciarrelli di ship portraits, frutto di una lunga, appassionata e colta ricerca, ci restituisce uno sguardo originale sulla pittura figurativa dedicata alla riproduzione delle imbarcazioni, attraverso un ventaglio delle opere dei più interessanti autori italiani, europei ed internazionali. Raccolte di questo genere sono rare in Italia e anche nel mondo. Tra gli italiani ritroviamo alcuni tra i maggiori pittori di marina, in primis il genovese Domenico Gavarrone, Angelo Arpe nato a Bonassola della cui vita poco o nulla si conosce, il napoletano Michele Funno e i fratelli livornesi Michele e Luigi Renault. Spostandoci in Europa troviamo Mathieu-Antoine Roux, l'acquarellista francese membro di quella che può essere considerata a buon conto come la dinastia marsigliese per eccellenza di pittori marini e idrografi. Nicolas Cammillieri la cui carriera artistica inizia a Marsiglia, ma si concretizza a Parigi. Tra i marinisti inglesi è presente Thomas Buttersworth, un uomo di mare che si è dedicato soprattutto alle scene di battaglie navali, che traccia con l'acquerello anche su supporti di fortuna come fogli di libri di segnali e di adunate. Il successo di questi schizzi ha contributo alla sua fama tanto da essere nominato pittore di marina per la Compagnia delle Indie orientali. Sulla scorta dello sviluppo delle rotte di navigazione e dei commerci, che in età moderna collegano in maniera sistematica i due emisferi terrestri, anche la pittura di marina si diffonde capillarmente e tocca tutti i maggiori porti del mondo. Ritroviamo l'australiano Reginald Arthur Borstel, figlio di un capitano di marina e uomo di mare a sua volta, che affina la sua arte esponendo le sue opere a bordo delle navi o negli studi fotografici. Sorprende poi la tecnica di Thomas Willis, nato nel Connecticut e trasferitosi a New York dove fu impiegato nella produzione e vendita di filo di seta, che in maniera del tutto unica sceglie di ritrarre le navi usando il velluto felpato per gli scafi e la seta per le vele. Vi sono infine diversi dipinti realizzati da pittori cinesi con il loro stile immediatamente riconoscibile, ma senza firme o indicazioni che possano facilitarne la identificazione esatta. Una sezione speciale è dedicata ai marinisti triestini ottocenteschi, che con i loro quadri testimoniano la vitalità commerciale di Trieste e del suo indissolubile legame con il mare. Paolo Klodic, il prolifico ritrattista di navi, gli acquerelli su carta di Giuseppe Kraus, le opere di Felice Polli, mastro costruttore di barche e Basi Ivancovich, il capitano che nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento diventò uno tra i massimi pittori di marina di Trieste. Siamo di fronte a una pittura di nicchia sconosciuta al grande pubblico, e proprio per questa ragione la mostra sarà l'occasione per farne conoscere il valore artistico, oltre che ricordare la figura di Carlo Sciarrelli che con tanta tenacia ha voluto e creato questa collezione. Carlo Sciarrelli (Trieste, 1934 – 2006) è stato un progettista navale dalla cui penna sono nati più di 500 yachts, tra repliche e serie, di rara bellezza. Nel marzo del 2003 ha ricevuto la laurea honoris causa in architettura dall'Università Iuav di Venezia. Nello stesso anno il Comune di Trieste gli ha conferito la Civica Benemerenza per la sua attività di progettista e nel 2007, dopo la sua morte, gli ha dedicato una mostra nella vecchia sede del Museo del Mare. È stato definito l'architetto del mare, alla perenne ricerca del connubio perfetto tra bellezza e funzionalità. Questa mostra ci riporta nel suo ambiente di lavoro e nel mondo delle sue passioni. La mostra potrà essere visitata fino al 10 dicembre da giovedì a domenica dalle ore 10 alle ore 17.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

13 aprile, lecce, "asemic poetry": mostra di scritture asemiche @ galleria artpoetry

cliccare per ingrandire Presso la Galleria ARTPOETRY, via G. Candido 3, Lecce, venerdì 12 aprile, alle ore 19, sarà presentata da Francesco Aprile la mostra “Asemic writing: la scrittura acefala, lo scrivere, il flusso”, a cura di Salvatore Luperto. L’esposizione allestita da Anna Panareo e dal curatore è costituita da oltre 30 opere. Autori in mostra: Vincenzo Accame – Francesco Aprile – Tony…

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Mes lectures du moment ! #4

En ce moment, difficile pour moi de trouver un bon livre. Après plusieurs échecs, j'ai enfin trouvé LE roman à lire en ces journées d'automne au coin du feu : Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes !

Jean-Michel Guenassia nous raconte l'histoire de Michel Marini lors de la Guerre Froide et de toutes ses conséquences sur les peuples d'Europe.

Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes était en fait un club d'échecs, où se côtoyaient des réfugiés russes, polonais, hongrois qui ont fuient la situation douloureuse de leur pays. Et de tout ce qu'ils ont laissé derrière eux. On apprend leur histoire à travers les yeux de Michel, jeune homme d'une famille aisée, fréquentant le lycée Henri-IV et s'émancipant. Plusieurs proches à lui sont également partis jusqu'au Maroc pour défendre la colonisation.

Naïf au début, pragmatique à la fin, Michel nous emmène avec lui dans un monde étrange. Et ce monde a réellement existé !

Le coup de plume de l'auteur est très fluide et bien écrit. J'ai dévoré son roman (de 700 pages !!).

📌 [TRÉSOR] 🐳 10 LIVRES MER 4 I 10. Qu’on se le dise, ce livre est un pur chef-d’œuvre du roman maritime. Admirablement écrit, ce récit raconte de l’intérieur un épisode finalement méconnu de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : la bataille de l’Atlantique.

Fin mai 2004, j’ai 30 ans tout rond. Un anniversaire que je vais copieusement arroser à Nantes, ma ville natale, avant de vivre un embarquement inédit. Je ne me souviens plus vraiment du trajet jusqu’à Toulon, port-base du Sous-marin Nucléaire d’Attaque (SNA) « Émeraude ». Les semaines suivantes vont en revanche profondément me marquer. Partager le quotidien du SNA et des sous-mariniers n’a en effet rien d’anodin.

Pendant cette immersion, je ne lirai pourtant aucun récit maritime militaire (Cf. épisode précédent). Je vais me rattraper à mon retour à terre.

Le regretté Michel Bez, peintre officiel de la Marine et ami, a bien fait d’insister d’un ton sec mais bienveillant : « Lis ce livre, c’est la quintessence même de la vie embarquée ! ».

Bon élève, je m’exécuterai et je n’ai pas été déçu.

Mieux, ce récit m’a ébloui !

〰️ 📚 10 LIVRES MER 🌊 #4 BEST-OF I Par Stéphane Dugast ✔ LA MER CRUELLE de Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951. 〰️ ✒️ HISTOIRE De la bataille de l'Atlantique, Winston Churchill disait : « C'est une guerre de tâtonnements, de noyades, d'embuscades et de stratagème, de science et d'habileté manœuvrière ».

Un épisode historique que l’écrivain Nicholas Monsarrat, ancien officier de marine, va retracer et transcender via le quotidien de la corvette britannique HMS* « Compass Rose » durant cette période clef de la seconde guerre mondiale. Une histoire vécue que la plume de Monsarrat transcende.

Un récit maritime très vivant et très fort. Car l’humain et ses sentiments sont au cœur de ce récit.

* LE SAVIEZ-VOUS ? Abréviation de l’expression « His » ou « Her Majesty’s Ship » en usage dans la Royal Navy et utilisée comme préfixe avant le nom du navire pour le désigner. Expression signifiant en français « le navire de Sa Majesté ». Le « His » ou « Her » étant utilisé selon le sexe du monarque en fonction outre-Manche étant entendu que le masculin a succédé au féminin avec le roi Charles. Une bataille de genre dont les règles sont quant à elles immuables.

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💬 CITATION « Les quinze nœuds que le chef mécanicien parvenait à tirer de lui donnait au Compass Rose une vitesse inférieure à celle de la plupart des navires de commerce, et à peine supérieure à celle des convois. Plutôt que le nom de lévrier des mers, il méritait celui de pékinois de l'océan » 〰️