Jean-Marc Liotier
@liotier.bsky.social
Like an old information technology blog that collided with a European Union politics column, a geographic information systems consultancy and a defense think tank.
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.net
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.net
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Jean-Marc Liotier: Your Friendly Neighborhood Policy Nerd
Where EU politics meets tech rants and unexpected humor.
blueskyroast.com
You just discovered my Bluesky account and wonder what it is about ? Here is a fun summary:
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"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
The investigation is the coverup
Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.
www.publicnotice.co
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
"Ultimately" ? And who is "we" ? Also, the USA's constitution bestows Congress with the power of the purse. All of this is illegal.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"Ultimately" ? And who is "we" ? Also, the USA's constitution bestows Congress with the power of the purse. All of this is illegal.
I'm feeling that having spent a large part of my existence negotiating and hammering out software specifications provides me with a great foundation for the increasingly frequent activity of harnessing and riding a LLM to implement. Yee-haw !
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I'm feeling that having spent a large part of my existence negotiating and hammering out software specifications provides me with a great foundation for the increasingly frequent activity of harnessing and riding a LLM to implement. Yee-haw !
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To be fair, when Anne Frank was hiding in an attic, she was just a teen hiding from oppressors & not someone destined to be one of 6 million dead.
For StopAntisemitism to attack this is bullshit. Apparently they don’t understand the words “never again” don’t apply to only Jewish people.
For StopAntisemitism to attack this is bullshit. Apparently they don’t understand the words “never again” don’t apply to only Jewish people.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
To be fair, when Anne Frank was hiding in an attic, she was just a teen hiding from oppressors & not someone destined to be one of 6 million dead.
For StopAntisemitism to attack this is bullshit. Apparently they don’t understand the words “never again” don’t apply to only Jewish people.
For StopAntisemitism to attack this is bullshit. Apparently they don’t understand the words “never again” don’t apply to only Jewish people.
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nuts how many americans have been like “trump will be my vehicle for righting the wrongs against my grandparents by crushing [ethnic group/lower classes/communists/some combination of those] in my home country”
Absolutely crazy that Mehmet Oz is calling Armenian a "dialect" while trying to gin up a crackdown on alleged systemic fraud (which he blames on ethnic organized crime)
January 28, 2026 at 3:49 PM
nuts how many americans have been like “trump will be my vehicle for righting the wrongs against my grandparents by crushing [ethnic group/lower classes/communists/some combination of those] in my home country”
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RFKJr's principal accomplishment as the nation's health guardian.
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
RFKJr's principal accomplishment as the nation's health guardian.
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”Dracula” begins with a young solicitor selling a London house to a Transylvanian vampire aristocrat. Transylvania’s failure to build adequate housing causes Dracula to look abroad rather than squat in a crumbling castle; London’s failure to do so prices all but Dracula out of buying. In this essay
January 28, 2026 at 8:21 AM
”Dracula” begins with a young solicitor selling a London house to a Transylvanian vampire aristocrat. Transylvania’s failure to build adequate housing causes Dracula to look abroad rather than squat in a crumbling castle; London’s failure to do so prices all but Dracula out of buying. In this essay
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The agent who appeared to initiate the altercation with Pretti, and fires the fifth shot, can also be seen in footage wearing a bodycam.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The agent who appeared to initiate the altercation with Pretti, and fires the fifth shot, can also be seen in footage wearing a bodycam.
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As previously reported we did not find any evidence Pretti’s gun fired. CBS News has also reported that a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) review for Congress of the shooting states that Pretti’s gun wasn’t fired and confirmed two agents fired their guns.
www.cbsnews.com/news/two-fed...
www.cbsnews.com/news/two-fed...
2 federal agents fired their weapons during Alex Pretti shooting, government report to Congress says
Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents fired their weapons during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, according to a government report sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News that does not men...
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
As previously reported we did not find any evidence Pretti’s gun fired. CBS News has also reported that a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) review for Congress of the shooting states that Pretti’s gun wasn’t fired and confirmed two agents fired their guns.
www.cbsnews.com/news/two-fed...
www.cbsnews.com/news/two-fed...
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As loads of people have pointed out, the much more glaring inaccuracy the characters in the film are all dressed like Classical Greeks when the source story is actually set in Mycenaean Greece, which is an obvious tell that this guy just cares about the racism.
I have, without exaggeration, never encountered a dumber person
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
As loads of people have pointed out, the much more glaring inaccuracy the characters in the film are all dressed like Classical Greeks when the source story is actually set in Mycenaean Greece, which is an obvious tell that this guy just cares about the racism.
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We also found that a federal agent was wearing a body cam that appeared to be pointing in the direction of Pretti when he was on the floor, as well as in the direction of the four first gunshots. DHS told Fox News that some of the agents' body cameras were recording at the time of the shooting.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We also found that a federal agent was wearing a body cam that appeared to be pointing in the direction of Pretti when he was on the floor, as well as in the direction of the four first gunshots. DHS told Fox News that some of the agents' body cameras were recording at the time of the shooting.
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You can’t convince me that Bessent’s obsession with Carney isn’t personal. Given his career, Carney’s respected by political and financial leaders around the world, while Bessent is regarded as a bad joke.
Bessent: "I'd encourage Carney to do what he thinks is best for Canadians, not his own virtue signaling. We do have a USMCA negotiation coming up. He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message. That's not a great place to be when you're negotiating w/ an economy multiples larger than you"
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
You can’t convince me that Bessent’s obsession with Carney isn’t personal. Given his career, Carney’s respected by political and financial leaders around the world, while Bessent is regarded as a bad joke.
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A class-action lawsuit notes that detainees refer to the California City ICE Detention Facility as a “torture chamber” and “hell on Earth.” An attorney said that conditions are so terrible that those held there are resigning themselves to self-deportation. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2qOQj9
The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center
How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
A class-action lawsuit notes that detainees refer to the California City ICE Detention Facility as a “torture chamber” and “hell on Earth.” An attorney said that conditions are so terrible that those held there are resigning themselves to self-deportation. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2qOQj9
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A gift link to that excellent piece. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Always read M Gessen. Donald Trump ruled the GOP using the same terror techniques that he’s now using to rule the country. Plenty of GOP politicians and activists knew this all along and full well. They chose to capitulate to the terror. They are complicit. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
A gift link to that excellent piece. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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As M Gessen argued in the NYT the other day, Trump is trying to rule by terror, and that terror is aimed at *everyone* who doesn’t affirmatively assent to everything he’s doing, including his own supporters.
I got this one the other day. The second was a response when I replied STOP to their texts.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
As M Gessen argued in the NYT the other day, Trump is trying to rule by terror, and that terror is aimed at *everyone* who doesn’t affirmatively assent to everything he’s doing, including his own supporters.
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oh no, is it time for another TSLA quarterly call already?
In a 2025 earnings call, Elon Musk told investors Robotaxi would be deployed to half the US population by end of 2025. After falling short of that goal by literally 100%, not a single #$TSLA investor will call him out for it on today’s Q4 earnings call.
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
oh no, is it time for another TSLA quarterly call already?
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Here's hoping that Sam Altman continues praising Donald Trump, that his remarks are widely disseminated, and that all those using or considering using ChatGPT hear them.
"President Trump is a very strong leader, and I hope he will rise to this moment and unite the country." Such a courageous statement from Sam Altman to OpenAI employees.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Here's hoping that Sam Altman continues praising Donald Trump, that his remarks are widely disseminated, and that all those using or considering using ChatGPT hear them.
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One Jew thinking over a meal is a debate.
Two Jews debating over a meal is a disagreement.
Three Jews disagreeing over a meal is an argument.
And ten Jews arguing over a meal is a Passover Seder.
Two Jews debating over a meal is a disagreement.
Three Jews disagreeing over a meal is an argument.
And ten Jews arguing over a meal is a Passover Seder.
Any assertion that could get 50% approval in a room of randomly assembled Jewish people is automatically self-disqualifying.
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
One Jew thinking over a meal is a debate.
Two Jews debating over a meal is a disagreement.
Three Jews disagreeing over a meal is an argument.
And ten Jews arguing over a meal is a Passover Seder.
Two Jews debating over a meal is a disagreement.
Three Jews disagreeing over a meal is an argument.
And ten Jews arguing over a meal is a Passover Seder.
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
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Chief Judge Schilitz of MN (Scalia clerk) orders ICE director Todd Lyons to appear before him Friday. Says his "patience is at an end." Says his order to release or hold bail hearing for a detainee was defied as have dozens of other such orders.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Chief Judge Schilitz of MN (Scalia clerk) orders ICE director Todd Lyons to appear before him Friday. Says his "patience is at an end." Says his order to release or hold bail hearing for a detainee was defied as have dozens of other such orders.
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Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
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Keep applying pressure.
A US federal judge has temporarily stopped the deportation of a five-year-old boy from Minnesota and his father, following widespread backlash over their arrest by immigration authorities.
Judge Halts Deportation of Five-Year-Old Child and Father Amid Legal Challenge
Court order blocks removal as case over immigration detention continues
meidasnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Keep applying pressure.
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“He certainly shouldn’t have been carrying a gun. I don’t like that he had a gun,” Trump says about Alex Pretti.
“I don’t fucking care that they have guns, they’re not here to hurt me… Let them in,” Trump said on J6.
Get it? 2A is only for those who support him and his tyrannical regime.
“I don’t fucking care that they have guns, they’re not here to hurt me… Let them in,” Trump said on J6.
Get it? 2A is only for those who support him and his tyrannical regime.
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“He certainly shouldn’t have been carrying a gun. I don’t like that he had a gun,” Trump says about Alex Pretti.
“I don’t fucking care that they have guns, they’re not here to hurt me… Let them in,” Trump said on J6.
Get it? 2A is only for those who support him and his tyrannical regime.
“I don’t fucking care that they have guns, they’re not here to hurt me… Let them in,” Trump said on J6.
Get it? 2A is only for those who support him and his tyrannical regime.
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Philip I am an elder caregiver, in very rural very red Colorado. All of my clients are veterans in their mid to late '80s or older.
Every single one of them, believe with their whole being, that they are having an actual conversation with Donald Trump in these emails. Every one of them.
Every single one of them, believe with their whole being, that they are having an actual conversation with Donald Trump in these emails. Every one of them.
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Philip I am an elder caregiver, in very rural very red Colorado. All of my clients are veterans in their mid to late '80s or older.
Every single one of them, believe with their whole being, that they are having an actual conversation with Donald Trump in these emails. Every one of them.
Every single one of them, believe with their whole being, that they are having an actual conversation with Donald Trump in these emails. Every one of them.
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How dare Ilhan Omar be attacked.
Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
How dare Ilhan Omar be attacked.