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Elisabeth Vallet
@elisabethvallet.bsky.social

Border scholar
Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦
Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand
@UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social
Chroni. @LeDevoir.com
#borders & #borderwalls
In english & en français
(views are my own) .. more

Political science 65%
Sociology 12%
Pinned
No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie

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Ce dernier discours aura été à l’image de cette présidence 2.0 "un dirigeant empourpré, les 2 mains accrochées au podium, vomissant un staccato de mensonges dans une vocifération à la nation violente, acide et erratique. Quelque part entre un numéro de cirque et les funérailles de la bienséance"
L’année qui valait une décennie
Pendant que chacun s’évertue à suivre des yeux la balle qui le concerne, le monde change. Irrémédiablement.
www.ledevoir.com

Il faut lire cet ouvrage de Sacco comme une grille de lecture du monde actuel,de la polarisation d'une société, et l'on en ressort avec ce sentiment qu'on devrait pouvoir faire mieux parce qu'on sait désormais comment ça arrive. #OuPas
In his most recent book, “The Once and Future Riot,” the comics journalist Joe Sacco is investigating not only tumultuous past events but also the future they might create, Robert Rubsam writes.
A Cartoonist’s Complicated Search for the Truth
In his newest book, Joe Sacco worries about the kind of future that political violence might create.
bit.ly

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In his most recent book, “The Once and Future Riot,” the comics journalist Joe Sacco is investigating not only tumultuous past events but also the future they might create, Robert Rubsam writes.
A Cartoonist’s Complicated Search for the Truth
In his newest book, Joe Sacco worries about the kind of future that political violence might create.
bit.ly

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Members of #Nepal's Indigenous communities who are regularly recruited for the poaching of various endangered animals and plants end up getting arrested and prosecuted, while major players and ring leaders are rarely caught.
Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade
Nepal is both the source and transit site for wildlife poaching, and has long flourished as a route for the illegal trade.
globalvoices.org

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Our top story, from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, the Observer has reported out the impacts of LNG facilities in the industrialized town of Freeport and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Peering Into the Rio Grande Valley’s Fossil Fuel Future
As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.
www.texasobserver.org

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“It’s pretty rich they’re calling this THINGS THAT MATTER... It should really be called, things Bari Weiss wants to lecture America about. And after the first so-called Town Hall, it’s pretty clear America doesn’t want to be lectured at by Bari Weiss.”

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
CBS launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop
Following the Bari Weiss-moderated sitdown with Erika Kirk that was a massive ratings flop, CBS News has doubled down on the format and is launching a new town hall series in partnership with Weiss’ “...
www.independent.co.uk

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The new Syria still has an ISIS problem. Its leader is serious about battling extremists, but most of the country is effectively without a state, Robert F. Worth writes:
What’s Behind the ISIS Attack in Syria
Ahmed al-Sharaa is serious about battling extremists, but his country isn’t fully under government control.
bit.ly

Scream to the Nation Address

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The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
bit.ly
NPR @npr.org · 8d
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr

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La justicia europea considera responsable a #Frontex por primera vez de la expulsión ilegal de un refugiado. El fallo marca un antes y un después en la rendición de cuentas de la institución para el equipo legal de #Front_lex, la organización que ha defendido a #Hamoudi.
elpais.com/internaciona...
La justicia europea considera responsable a Frontex por primera vez de una devolución en caliente
El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE considera que la agencia de vigilancia de fronteras sí estuvo implicada en la expulsión ilegal de un refugiado sirio. El fallo marca un antes y un después en la rendic...
elpais.com

😂

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The president screamed at Americans to like him tonight in a White House address filled with lies.

w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com

zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...
Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation
Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.
zeteo.com

🤷🏻‍♀️

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Trump announces tax funded “warrior dividends” for troops

Time for Anti-doping control?
an orange in a tuxedo with the words that 's right below it
ALT: an orange in a tuxedo with the words that 's right below it
media.tenor.com

Ceci
(But of course odds of this person having nuclear weapons would be low)
2/2

If you heard this from someone in a bar, at an assisted-living facility, in a sanity-competence hearing, etc you'd know you were not dealing with a person in control of facts, reality, or himself.

Every medical professional knows this. Every normal person does.

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“Good evening America- I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it… this is what the Biden administration allowed to happen to our country… transgender for everybody…”

Trump is giving a humiliating speech to deflect responsibility and distract from his failures, drowning in Christmas decorations
2/2

If you heard this from someone in a bar, at an assisted-living facility, in a sanity-competence hearing, etc you'd know you were not dealing with a person in control of facts, reality, or himself.

Every medical professional knows this. Every normal person does.

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Another boat strike today. Let's dedicate this one to the 214 Republicans and 2 Democrats who voted against stopping these illegal murders.

The death toll from 26 attacks now stands at 99.

Lies at a rythm unmatched before

Fact checking team must be exhausted by now 🍑

Logorrhée verbale deployed 🍑

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These are the places where American students learn about the world. These cuts are one sign — I know there are others — of a country that is shrinking away.
www.dailytarheel.com/article/a4ee...
UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
www.dailytarheel.com

The coming electricity crisis, ou comment ne pas dilapider son patrimoine avant qu'il soit trop tard
The Coming Electricity Crisis
What America must do to meet surging demand.
www.foreignaffairs.com
DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?

CARR: I think th---

L: Yes or no

C: There's a test for this in the la---

L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question

C: The FCC is not

L: So is your website lying?

C: Possibly