Jean-Baptiste Perrin
@alphast.bsky.social
Back in France after 23 years (NL, UK, EL), living and working in Nantes. Geopolitics graduate. Shipping specialist. Avid gamer, photograph and reader. Politics freak & History buff. Writes in French, Dutch, English and Greek.
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There it is in plain English. We are not going to follow orders from judges. The law is what we think it is...
#CriminalRegime #MAGA #AboveTheLaw #CriminalConspirity
#CriminalRegime #MAGA #AboveTheLaw #CriminalConspirity
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
There it is in plain English. We are not going to follow orders from judges. The law is what we think it is...
#CriminalRegime #MAGA #AboveTheLaw #CriminalConspirity
#CriminalRegime #MAGA #AboveTheLaw #CriminalConspirity
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At just 2 years old, a Ukrainian boy already knows what a Shahed drone is, and that when it flies somewhere nearby, it is necessary to hide in the hallway.
📹: Karyna Hlushenko/Facebook
📹: Karyna Hlushenko/Facebook
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At just 2 years old, a Ukrainian boy already knows what a Shahed drone is, and that when it flies somewhere nearby, it is necessary to hide in the hallway.
📹: Karyna Hlushenko/Facebook
📹: Karyna Hlushenko/Facebook
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Those in Barcelona can join the protests:
▪️Sunday, November 9: 4:30-5.30 p.m. (the performance is at 5 p.m.);
▪️Monday, November 10, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (the performance is at 7:30 p.m.)
Art is never beyond politics. Especially when missiles fall on civilians every day.
📷: a similar protest in London
▪️Sunday, November 9: 4:30-5.30 p.m. (the performance is at 5 p.m.);
▪️Monday, November 10, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (the performance is at 7:30 p.m.)
Art is never beyond politics. Especially when missiles fall on civilians every day.
📷: a similar protest in London
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Those in Barcelona can join the protests:
▪️Sunday, November 9: 4:30-5.30 p.m. (the performance is at 5 p.m.);
▪️Monday, November 10, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (the performance is at 7:30 p.m.)
Art is never beyond politics. Especially when missiles fall on civilians every day.
📷: a similar protest in London
▪️Sunday, November 9: 4:30-5.30 p.m. (the performance is at 5 p.m.);
▪️Monday, November 10, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (the performance is at 7:30 p.m.)
Art is never beyond politics. Especially when missiles fall on civilians every day.
📷: a similar protest in London
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A peaceful protest against the performance of Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva will take place today and tomorrow by the main entrance of Liceu Theater, Barcelona.
The participants will be holding portraits of Ukrainian artists killed by Russia - actors, writers, dancers, singers.
The participants will be holding portraits of Ukrainian artists killed by Russia - actors, writers, dancers, singers.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A peaceful protest against the performance of Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva will take place today and tomorrow by the main entrance of Liceu Theater, Barcelona.
The participants will be holding portraits of Ukrainian artists killed by Russia - actors, writers, dancers, singers.
The participants will be holding portraits of Ukrainian artists killed by Russia - actors, writers, dancers, singers.
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So while Musk is busy attacking democracy in Europe, and while European governments are scrambling to find budget for social security, housing and defense, Musk gets a 1 trillion dollar bonus, tax breaks and velvet enforcement of EU rules?
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So while Musk is busy attacking democracy in Europe, and while European governments are scrambling to find budget for social security, housing and defense, Musk gets a 1 trillion dollar bonus, tax breaks and velvet enforcement of EU rules?
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Enough corruption already.
Exclusive: Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Exclusive: Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say
The internal watchdog for the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in President Donald Trump's targeting of perceived political enemies.
www.reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Enough corruption already.
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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Excellent thread. There is a real honesty gap in British discourse.
It destroys representative democracy and fuels populism. And it does not resolve any problems.
It destroys representative democracy and fuels populism. And it does not resolve any problems.
The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
A Brexiter writes...
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excellent thread. There is a real honesty gap in British discourse.
It destroys representative democracy and fuels populism. And it does not resolve any problems.
It destroys representative democracy and fuels populism. And it does not resolve any problems.
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Effet cliquet, illustration.
La reconnaissance faciale n'a pas sa place en démocratie. C'est d'ailleurs bien pour ça que les fachos et les confus l'adorent.
www.bfmtv.com/tech/vie-num...
La reconnaissance faciale n'a pas sa place en démocratie. C'est d'ailleurs bien pour ça que les fachos et les confus l'adorent.
www.bfmtv.com/tech/vie-num...
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Effet cliquet, illustration.
La reconnaissance faciale n'a pas sa place en démocratie. C'est d'ailleurs bien pour ça que les fachos et les confus l'adorent.
www.bfmtv.com/tech/vie-num...
La reconnaissance faciale n'a pas sa place en démocratie. C'est d'ailleurs bien pour ça que les fachos et les confus l'adorent.
www.bfmtv.com/tech/vie-num...
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People don't vote based on candidates' policies. They vote based on values and their opinions of candidates.
In 2024, Kamala Harris had majority support for almost all her ideas. Popularism didn't work.
Graphics via @zhoyoyo.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social archive.is/6opBF
In 2024, Kamala Harris had majority support for almost all her ideas. Popularism didn't work.
Graphics via @zhoyoyo.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social archive.is/6opBF
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
People don't vote based on candidates' policies. They vote based on values and their opinions of candidates.
In 2024, Kamala Harris had majority support for almost all her ideas. Popularism didn't work.
Graphics via @zhoyoyo.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social archive.is/6opBF
In 2024, Kamala Harris had majority support for almost all her ideas. Popularism didn't work.
Graphics via @zhoyoyo.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social archive.is/6opBF
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SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
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The 🇳🇱 are back. Liberal @D66 scored a spectacular victory, far-right @PVV scored a spectacular defeat. Prime Minister Jetten will be a very different voice in Europe, heading a stable, centrist coalition 1/2
Spannende nek-aan-nekrace D66 en PVV zorgt voor onduidelijkheid over formatie #tweede-kamerverkiezingen
Spannende nek-aan-nekrace D66 en PVV zorgt voor onduidelijkheid over formatie
De verkiezingsstrijd is ongekend spannend. De kans dat we maandag pas weten of PVV of D66 de grootste partij wordt is groot. Dat schept ook onduidelijkheid over het verloop van de formatie.
www.nu.nl
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The 🇳🇱 are back. Liberal @D66 scored a spectacular victory, far-right @PVV scored a spectacular defeat. Prime Minister Jetten will be a very different voice in Europe, heading a stable, centrist coalition 1/2
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Reform is taking aim at the European Convention on Human Rights. “This,” it says, “is how we reduce immigration.” But is this reality?
In short no, not remotely. Here are the facts.
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage...
In short no, not remotely. Here are the facts.
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage is wrong about the European Convention on Human Rights | Good Law Project
The Reform leader is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster.
goodlawproject.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reform is taking aim at the European Convention on Human Rights. “This,” it says, “is how we reduce immigration.” But is this reality?
In short no, not remotely. Here are the facts.
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage...
In short no, not remotely. Here are the facts.
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage...
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En Tanzanie, le chaos règne au lendemain des élections présidentielle et législatives ; Internet toujours coupé
En Tanzanie, le chaos règne au lendemain des élections présidentielle et législatives ; Internet toujours coupé
www.lemonde.fr
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
En Tanzanie, le chaos règne au lendemain des élections présidentielle et législatives ; Internet toujours coupé
D66 qui gagne les élections! Enfin une bonne nouvelle cette année!
Elections aux Pays-Bas : un parti centriste en tête des sondages de sortie des urnes, le leader d’extrême droite Geert Wilders « espérait un autre résultat »
Elections aux Pays-Bas : un parti centriste en tête des sondages de sortie des urnes, le leader d’extrême droite Geert Wilders espérait « un autre résultat »
www.lemonde.fr
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
D66 qui gagne les élections! Enfin une bonne nouvelle cette année!
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This, plus White House officials calling it “the President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” should make it that much easier for ambitious Democrats to pledge a February 2029 teardown
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This, plus White House officials calling it “the President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” should make it that much easier for ambitious Democrats to pledge a February 2029 teardown
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Lavrov said that it's "not honest" that everyone asks Russia when it's going to have a ceasefire and end the war.
One more time: representative of the aggressor country talks about unfairness.
One more time: representative of the aggressor country talks about unfairness.
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Lavrov said that it's "not honest" that everyone asks Russia when it's going to have a ceasefire and end the war.
One more time: representative of the aggressor country talks about unfairness.
One more time: representative of the aggressor country talks about unfairness.
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The study focuses on 38 islands belonging to the Cyclades and Dodecanese clusters, and represents the first quantitative and cartographic analysis of how construction activity “touches” or impacts their cultural heritage. #Greece #overconstruction
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
Overconstruction on Greek islands in the spotlight | eKathimerini.com
The rapid and often uncontrolled residential boom on the islands of the Southern Aegean over the last two decades is the focus of a new study carried out by a team at the University of the Aegean’s De...
www.ekathimerini.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The study focuses on 38 islands belonging to the Cyclades and Dodecanese clusters, and represents the first quantitative and cartographic analysis of how construction activity “touches” or impacts their cultural heritage. #Greece #overconstruction
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
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The median voter isn’t a Labour–Reform switcher. And that means Farage isn’t Starmer's biggest threat — appearing toxic to liberal voters is.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/the-median...
My newsletter, out now.
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My newsletter, out now.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The median voter isn’t a Labour–Reform switcher. And that means Farage isn’t Starmer's biggest threat — appearing toxic to liberal voters is.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/the-median...
My newsletter, out now.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/the-median...
My newsletter, out now.
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“Triomphe surprise” de Javier Milei aux législatives de mi-mandat
“Triomphe surprise” de Javier Milei aux législatives de mi-mandat
Avec plus de 40 % des suffrages au niveau national, le président d’ultradroite Javier Milei a remporté haut la main les élections de mi-mandat, dimanche 26 octobre. Un blanc-seing offert par les électeurs, estime la presse argentine, pour qu’il poursuive ses réformes structurelles.
www.courrierinternational.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“Triomphe surprise” de Javier Milei aux législatives de mi-mandat
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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Here’s some of our earlier work on this topic (from 2023). Despite sanctions, grain and other materials are still being exported from occupied ports www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08...
Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation - bellingcat
Russia’s tactics to export grain from occupied Ukraine are evolving, including a new direct export route to southern Iran.
www.bellingcat.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here’s some of our earlier work on this topic (from 2023). Despite sanctions, grain and other materials are still being exported from occupied ports www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08...