Veronica
@veronicafrance.bsky.social
Former archaeologist and web developer living in southern France since 1997. Cook, photographer, reader, francophile, now hispanophile.
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There is something so deeply disturbing about this:
Just the NYTimes checking in with ordinary Americans about whether the government killing people it accuses of a crime with no trial is okay or not.
That combo of quote and photo alone is some straight-up dark @stephenking.bsky.social fantasy
Just the NYTimes checking in with ordinary Americans about whether the government killing people it accuses of a crime with no trial is okay or not.
That combo of quote and photo alone is some straight-up dark @stephenking.bsky.social fantasy
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is something so deeply disturbing about this:
Just the NYTimes checking in with ordinary Americans about whether the government killing people it accuses of a crime with no trial is okay or not.
That combo of quote and photo alone is some straight-up dark @stephenking.bsky.social fantasy
Just the NYTimes checking in with ordinary Americans about whether the government killing people it accuses of a crime with no trial is okay or not.
That combo of quote and photo alone is some straight-up dark @stephenking.bsky.social fantasy
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The whole point of throwing a subordinate under the bus is that you don't jump down there with them
Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel reut.rs/3XBMtCb
Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that he backs a September 2 decision to launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.
reut.rs
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The whole point of throwing a subordinate under the bus is that you don't jump down there with them
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
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Here's a picture of Nige Fartrage, enjoying a reunion with all his former schoolmates who have written to fulsomely support his claim he was not a facist at Dulwich College.
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Here's a picture of Nige Fartrage, enjoying a reunion with all his former schoolmates who have written to fulsomely support his claim he was not a facist at Dulwich College.
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After the wildfire that destroyed 160 sq miles this summer, what does the future hold for the French Corbières? Christopher Clark looks into the possibilities.
Post Wildfire, Southern France Wine Growers Look to Diversifying Farming
Rethinking the future of France’s historic Corbières wine region.
www.earthisland.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
After the wildfire that destroyed 160 sq miles this summer, what does the future hold for the French Corbières? Christopher Clark looks into the possibilities.
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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Une bataille perdue? Mais pas la guerre pour protéger l'Ariège des projets miniers. Nous en avons parlé avec Jacques Renoud pour notre livre "Mountain People".
Mine de Salau : le Conseil d'Etat remet tout à plat ! - La Gazette Ariégeoise
La plus haute juridiction administrative française vient de rendre une ultime décision dans le très long dossier du premier projet d’exploration de la mine de...
gazette-ariegeoise.fr
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Une bataille perdue? Mais pas la guerre pour protéger l'Ariège des projets miniers. Nous en avons parlé avec Jacques Renoud pour notre livre "Mountain People".
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A total of 14 women were murdered in the anti-feminist attack on Dec. 6, 1989. Canadians remember and honour the 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A total of 14 women were murdered in the anti-feminist attack on Dec. 6, 1989. Canadians remember and honour the 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
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I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
… and in English.
Climate change on the ground. My village faces an existential choice.
Vineyards or solar farms?
A Mediterranean village faces the future
stevecracknell.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
… and in English.
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Le changement climatique se fait sentir sur le terrain. Mon village est confronté à un choix existentiel.
Vignoble ou centrale solaire ?
Un village méditerranéen face à son avenir
stevecracknell.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Le changement climatique se fait sentir sur le terrain. Mon village est confronté à un choix existentiel.
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The thing is, Farage’s racism was establishment racism. The establishment (his Public School) protected him and supported him, just as over recent decades the establishment (in particular the BBC) has protected him.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The thing is, Farage’s racism was establishment racism. The establishment (his Public School) protected him and supported him, just as over recent decades the establishment (in particular the BBC) has protected him.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
JFC.
Oh this poll is fascinating
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
JFC.
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The UK right: ‘Why are we supporting so many foreigners, we should be supporting our own in this country’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The UK right: ‘Why are we supporting so many foreigners, we should be supporting our own in this country’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
I thought this was quite stylish. Made in a minute! ☺️
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December 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I thought this was quite stylish. Made in a minute! ☺️
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“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” - W.T. Ellis.
Photographer Paul Trevor, Christmas Day, Petrus Community Hostel, Everton, Liverpool, 1974.
Photographer Paul Trevor, Christmas Day, Petrus Community Hostel, Everton, Liverpool, 1974.
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” - W.T. Ellis.
Photographer Paul Trevor, Christmas Day, Petrus Community Hostel, Everton, Liverpool, 1974.
Photographer Paul Trevor, Christmas Day, Petrus Community Hostel, Everton, Liverpool, 1974.
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This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
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I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
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The "Rachel from accounts" thing is sexist, classist, misogyny, and anyone who uses it should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The "Rachel from accounts" thing is sexist, classist, misogyny, and anyone who uses it should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
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Like, I really hope that GOP/MAGA leaning military understand what’s happening here. That this is the sound of the blame being put on them. I know the top brass get it, but the fact is, Hegseth is laying the ground for soldiers on these operations going to jail so he doesn’t have to.
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Like, I really hope that GOP/MAGA leaning military understand what’s happening here. That this is the sound of the blame being put on them. I know the top brass get it, but the fact is, Hegseth is laying the ground for soldiers on these operations going to jail so he doesn’t have to.
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Everyone is still posting that letter from Michael Baum on Tom Stoppard even though it appears Baum has got his timeline wrong/exaggerated for effect.
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Everyone is still posting that letter from Michael Baum on Tom Stoppard even though it appears Baum has got his timeline wrong/exaggerated for effect.
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One naive, reckless or stupid comment from Rubio was "Right now they are literally fighting over a territory of 30-50km, the remaining 20% of Donetsk region"
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One naive, reckless or stupid comment from Rubio was "Right now they are literally fighting over a territory of 30-50km, the remaining 20% of Donetsk region"
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
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If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!