Yann Lebout
@ylebout.myatproto.social
Belgian-born, immigrant in Ireland (Kerry). Pansexuel cisgender father, also gay, and slightly queer. Definitely leftist. Cocktail enthusiast, digital all-rounder (business analyst is my current job, at a public institution - views are only mine).
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Boycott Estée Lauder out the market
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Boycott Estée Lauder out the market
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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God this is good
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 AM
God this is good
#punchanazi or #slapanazi, chacun son style
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#punchanazi or #slapanazi, chacun son style
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Outside of the ongoing backfill (may not load some pfps, follower counts, etc.), this is looking clean 👀 we're getting real close to a full-stack alternative to @bsky.app.
If you care about an exit strategy for worst-case scenarios, help the Blacksky team by using this and reporting bugs 👇🏼
If you care about an exit strategy for worst-case scenarios, help the Blacksky team by using this and reporting bugs 👇🏼
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email support@blacksky.app with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Blacksky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
staging.blacksky.community
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Outside of the ongoing backfill (may not load some pfps, follower counts, etc.), this is looking clean 👀 we're getting real close to a full-stack alternative to @bsky.app.
If you care about an exit strategy for worst-case scenarios, help the Blacksky team by using this and reporting bugs 👇🏼
If you care about an exit strategy for worst-case scenarios, help the Blacksky team by using this and reporting bugs 👇🏼
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🧵🌡️ J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter le résultat de trois mois de travail sur la désinformation climatique :)
J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate
👉 deni-climatique.fr
J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate
👉 deni-climatique.fr
La carto du déni climatique
Cartographier la désinformation climatique en France.
deni-climatique.fr
January 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM
🧵🌡️ J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter le résultat de trois mois de travail sur la désinformation climatique :)
J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate
👉 deni-climatique.fr
J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate
👉 deni-climatique.fr
Same as every country. When politician give focus on specific forms of migration that represent a very small part of it, present it with negative biais, and media follows blindly, people become xenophobic.
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute
Immigration levels overestimated by public, says ESRI
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Same as every country. When politician give focus on specific forms of migration that represent a very small part of it, present it with negative biais, and media follows blindly, people become xenophobic.
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#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
Just received a mail telling me that the data I used to book an Interrail pass 2 years ago has been compromised, including passport details. This is also why you shouldn't have to put personal details when buying a train ticket (and that company shouldn't keep the data for 2 years)
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Just received a mail telling me that the data I used to book an Interrail pass 2 years ago has been compromised, including passport details. This is also why you shouldn't have to put personal details when buying a train ticket (and that company shouldn't keep the data for 2 years)
Tristesse
Après 18 ans d’existence, ce lieu culturel va fermer ses portes en avril, faute de financement.
Saint-Gilles : Les Ateliers Claus, repère des amateurs de musique underground, vont fermer leurs portes
bx1.be
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Tristesse
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Government priorities for Ireland
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Government priorities for Ireland
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
What do privileged white men have with engineers? Is it a kink I don't know about?
Just realised that serial plagiarist David McWilliams took (uncredited) his “Ireland Needs More Engineers and Fewer Lawyers” @irishtimes.com column from the Freakenomics podcast China Is Run by Engineers. America is Run by Lawyers. Ireland’s greatest living plagiarist. Chapeau.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
What do privileged white men have with engineers? Is it a kink I don't know about?
This is the worst news I could read today (it's not, but it's still a shitty news)
Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows — Smashing Magazine
smashingmagazine.com/2026/01/penp...
#ux #artificial-intelligence #collaboration
smashingmagazine.com/2026/01/penp...
#ux #artificial-intelligence #collaboration
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
This is the worst news I could read today (it's not, but it's still a shitty news)
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On parle souvent des conséquences catastrophiques de la politique sanitaire du gouvernement Trump, portée par son secrétaire à la santé complotiste et antivax Robert Kennedy Jr., à la fois aux US, mais aussi dans le reste du monde.
En voici un exemple terrifiant.
Thread à dérouler ci-dessous
1/16
En voici un exemple terrifiant.
Thread à dérouler ci-dessous
1/16
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
On parle souvent des conséquences catastrophiques de la politique sanitaire du gouvernement Trump, portée par son secrétaire à la santé complotiste et antivax Robert Kennedy Jr., à la fois aux US, mais aussi dans le reste du monde.
En voici un exemple terrifiant.
Thread à dérouler ci-dessous
1/16
En voici un exemple terrifiant.
Thread à dérouler ci-dessous
1/16
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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
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This is the wisest and most important essay I've read in a long time. I encourage you to read it.
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is the wisest and most important essay I've read in a long time. I encourage you to read it.
One of the weirdest aspect of being an immigrant for me is how powerless I feel when it comes to the policies of my new country. Why would any TD care about what I want as citizen, as I can't cast a vote...
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
One of the weirdest aspect of being an immigrant for me is how powerless I feel when it comes to the policies of my new country. Why would any TD care about what I want as citizen, as I can't cast a vote...
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"The Anti-Subscription Catalogue unites 112 non-subscription, free, open-source, and one-time fee software in 16 categories — which can provide relief from monopolized and financialized platforms"
www.a-s-c.org/index.html
www.a-s-c.org/index.html
ANTI-SUBSCRIPTION SOFTWARE CATALOGUE (ASC)
www.a-s-c.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"The Anti-Subscription Catalogue unites 112 non-subscription, free, open-source, and one-time fee software in 16 categories — which can provide relief from monopolized and financialized platforms"
www.a-s-c.org/index.html
www.a-s-c.org/index.html
It's a bit tedious, but here is the form to report the app X for crime: support.google.com/legal/troubl...
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
It's a bit tedious, but here is the form to report the app X for crime: support.google.com/legal/troubl...
I would add that the tech sector exists outside US, and I am pretty sure some disgruntled workers would find a home in companies who aren't chasing the AI slop dream. It's just not the tech giants anymore.
The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I would add that the tech sector exists outside US, and I am pretty sure some disgruntled workers would find a home in companies who aren't chasing the AI slop dream. It's just not the tech giants anymore.
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Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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Y a aucune surprise à voir X / Grok / l'IA générative avoir des pratiques pédocriminelles puisque ce sont des outils fascistes conçus pour le fascisme et donc pour renforcer les violences sexistes, sexuelles et sur les enfants.
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Y a aucune surprise à voir X / Grok / l'IA générative avoir des pratiques pédocriminelles puisque ce sont des outils fascistes conçus pour le fascisme et donc pour renforcer les violences sexistes, sexuelles et sur les enfants.