Xavier
@xavierp.bsky.social
Professional translator. Amateur runner, music lover and basketball watcher.
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Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
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Une campagne de désinfo particulièrement malsaine est en cours : les fausses fausses vidéos.
Pour discréditer les nouvelles catastrophiques venant de Gaza, des comptes pro-Israël dénoncent des vidéos de piètre qualité générées par lA "avec des millions de vues".
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Pour discréditer les nouvelles catastrophiques venant de Gaza, des comptes pro-Israël dénoncent des vidéos de piètre qualité générées par lA "avec des millions de vues".
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December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Une campagne de désinfo particulièrement malsaine est en cours : les fausses fausses vidéos.
Pour discréditer les nouvelles catastrophiques venant de Gaza, des comptes pro-Israël dénoncent des vidéos de piètre qualité générées par lA "avec des millions de vues".
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Pour discréditer les nouvelles catastrophiques venant de Gaza, des comptes pro-Israël dénoncent des vidéos de piètre qualité générées par lA "avec des millions de vues".
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And a good morning to everyone reading the “later life” section of Brigitte Bardot’s wikipedia page for the first time
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
And a good morning to everyone reading the “later life” section of Brigitte Bardot’s wikipedia page for the first time
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Back when James Ellroy still lived in Los Angeles, he would go into all the bookstores in our mutual neighborhood and obsessively scribble messages in every copy of his books that he could find on the shelves. Sometimes he just wrote “BLOOD”; other times he was more…effusive.
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Back when James Ellroy still lived in Los Angeles, he would go into all the bookstores in our mutual neighborhood and obsessively scribble messages in every copy of his books that he could find on the shelves. Sometimes he just wrote “BLOOD”; other times he was more…effusive.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
My 50 favourite albums of 2025 (rap music/everything else)
![Sudan Archives – The BPM
Stereolab – Instant holograms on metal film
[Ahmed] – Sama'a (audition)
Lyra Pramuk – Hymnal
Los Thuthanaka – s/t
Anasthasia – Tether
Dijon – baby
Rosalia – Lux
Oneohtrixpointnever - Tranquilizer
Djrum – Under tangled silence
Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith – Disiniblud
Mary Halvorson – About ghosts
Cosmic ear – Traces
Clark – Steep stims
Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson & Carlos Niño – Openness trio
Kokoroko – Tuff times never last
DJ Haram – Beside myself
Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Yazz Ahmed – A paradise in the hold
Caroline – Caroline 2
Makaya mcCraven – Off the record
µ-ziq – 1979
Kelly Moran – don’t trust mirrors
SML – How you been
James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel – The universe will take care of you](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dgl4fsqz7pkohfahpou4ftvk/bafkreihjcavup7kvmkrloselm2m6ei5o6egqaclohfdjr5skqebrzetpxa@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My 50 favourite albums of 2025 (rap music/everything else)
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Pour entraîner son modèle d’intelligence artificielle, la maison mère de Facebook a téléchargé illégalement, dès 2022, les ouvrages accumulés par le site pirate LibGen. Mediapart révèle l’implication centrale de Guillaume Lample, devenu l’un des patrons de l’entreprise française phare de l’IA.
Comment un cofondateur de Mistral AI a piraté des millions de livres quand il travaillait chez Meta
Pour entraîner son modèle d’intelligence artificielle, la maison mère de Facebook a téléchargé illégalement, dès 2022, les ouvrages accumulés par le site pirate LibGen. Mediapart révèle l’implication centrale de Guillaume Lample, devenu l’un des patrons de l’entreprise française phare de l’IA.
l.mediapart.fr
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Pour entraîner son modèle d’intelligence artificielle, la maison mère de Facebook a téléchargé illégalement, dès 2022, les ouvrages accumulés par le site pirate LibGen. Mediapart révèle l’implication centrale de Guillaume Lample, devenu l’un des patrons de l’entreprise française phare de l’IA.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
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Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
OOoooff
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
OOoooff
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Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
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still think usaid is the biggest story of the year
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
still think usaid is the biggest story of the year
the knicks are the new emirates nba cup champions (derogatory)
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
the knicks are the new emirates nba cup champions (derogatory)
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Way to kill your entire fucking brand, wow
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Way to kill your entire fucking brand, wow
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La préfecture du Rhône interdit les concerts du festival antifa de Lyon,dont celui du groupe punk Poésie Zéro.
Elle justifie en citant "des textes on très violent, hostiles au système, à la police et la société de surveillance."
Le fascisme est là.
www.leprogres.fr/politique/20...
Elle justifie en citant "des textes on très violent, hostiles au système, à la police et la société de surveillance."
Le fascisme est là.
www.leprogres.fr/politique/20...
![La Préfecture prend un arrêté pour interdire les concerts de l'Antifafest
Le festival Antifafest doit accueillir des conférences sur plusieurs thématiques mais aussi des concerts, du 11 au 13 décembre 2025, à la salle de la Rayonne et à l'Île Egalité à Villeurbanne. Mais la préfecture a pris un arrêté d'interdiction de la tenue de l'ensemble de ces concerts.
Cet arrêté cite plusieurs paroles des chansons des artistes invités à se produire : « Considérant que le groupe de punk rock ska parisien Poésie Zéro est connu pour ses textes au ton très violent, hostiles au système, à la police et la société de surveillance » [...] « considérant que le rappeur lyonnais L'Allemand incite également à la haine contre l'institution policière », peut-on notamment lire.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:efkkv3n6nfgtlfwunmcmer5k/bafkreictdxcxmrpaqq5bzz2ysh6ujprl66cw7peu4g4tv4afozgophplhm@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
La préfecture du Rhône interdit les concerts du festival antifa de Lyon,dont celui du groupe punk Poésie Zéro.
Elle justifie en citant "des textes on très violent, hostiles au système, à la police et la société de surveillance."
Le fascisme est là.
www.leprogres.fr/politique/20...
Elle justifie en citant "des textes on très violent, hostiles au système, à la police et la société de surveillance."
Le fascisme est là.
www.leprogres.fr/politique/20...
Oof... even if i dont run again until the new year (yeah, right), i'll still average over 10k per day in 2025
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oof... even if i dont run again until the new year (yeah, right), i'll still average over 10k per day in 2025
![SickElixir Blawan
The Pilot Mavi
Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe Jazmine Sullivan
Tranquilizer Oneohtrix Point Never
How You Been Sml
Repulsor Shlohmo
1979 µ-Ziq
Goodness feeo
Jump Out (Bonus Tracks) OsamaSon
Since I Left You The Avalanches
Planet Roll Wagon Christ
Live! Crumb
Cavejaz Fabiano do Nascimento
A Mineral Love Bibio
Roulette Alfa Mist
Surfing On Sine Waves (Expanded Edition) Polygon Window
Moussa Prince Waly
Bitume Caviar (vol.2) ISHA & Limsa d'Aulnay
The Universe Smiles Upon You II Khruangbin
Openness Trio Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson & Carlos Niño
Back On Time (Bonus Track Version) Plug
MADE BY DOPE Bruiser Wolf & Harry Fraud
It's A Beautiful Place Water From Your Eyes
[Sama'a] (Audition) ahmed
Beside Myself DJ Haram](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dgl4fsqz7pkohfahpou4ftvk/bafkreiepwkgmsay6lqpu5keak7idlnovw7tz5tiwlj7ort2f5i4yykm72e@jpeg)
No Valencia for me this year, i ran the Sanremo marathon instead. Finished in 2:41'15", 10th overall. Flat course and ideal weather. Hopefully this is good enough to get me into the berlin marathon (but only in 2027 now)
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
No Valencia for me this year, i ran the Sanremo marathon instead. Finished in 2:41'15", 10th overall. Flat course and ideal weather. Hopefully this is good enough to get me into the berlin marathon (but only in 2027 now)
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Lu ce matin dans @lefigaro.fr, qui a rencontré l'ancien président pour la sortie (le 10 décembre) de son « Journal d'un prisonnier ».
Not Gorafi.
Not Gorafi.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Lu ce matin dans @lefigaro.fr, qui a rencontré l'ancien président pour la sortie (le 10 décembre) de son « Journal d'un prisonnier ».
Not Gorafi.
Not Gorafi.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
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dans la police il y a des policiers racistes
dans la police il y a des policiers xénophobes
dans la police il y a des policiers suprémacistes blancs
dans la police il y a des policiers néonazis
Mais le cirque continue...
Voici en policier de la BAC à Paris :
dans la police il y a des policiers xénophobes
dans la police il y a des policiers suprémacistes blancs
dans la police il y a des policiers néonazis
Mais le cirque continue...
Voici en policier de la BAC à Paris :
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
dans la police il y a des policiers racistes
dans la police il y a des policiers xénophobes
dans la police il y a des policiers suprémacistes blancs
dans la police il y a des policiers néonazis
Mais le cirque continue...
Voici en policier de la BAC à Paris :
dans la police il y a des policiers xénophobes
dans la police il y a des policiers suprémacistes blancs
dans la police il y a des policiers néonazis
Mais le cirque continue...
Voici en policier de la BAC à Paris :
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wrote about the clippers as an existential failure basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282...
The Decaying Los Angeles Clippers
The Clippers have tied themselves to time and biology more clearly than any team; while, ironically, dressing it all up with an unusual amount of futuristic exuberance.
basketball.realgm.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
wrote about the clippers as an existential failure basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282...
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RIP to Steve Cropper, one of the most impactful guitar players of the 20th century. I had a wildly entertaining chat with him a few years back about his life and incredible body of work with Stax Records and beyond.
Stax Guitar Legend Steve Cropper Opens Up About His Most Iconic, Soulful Songs
With the likes of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, and more
sonicbreadcrumbs.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
RIP to Steve Cropper, one of the most impactful guitar players of the 20th century. I had a wildly entertaining chat with him a few years back about his life and incredible body of work with Stax Records and beyond.
![last.fm charts:
How You Been Sml
Repulsor Shlohmo
Mercy Armand Hammer
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube
Hymnal Lyra Pramuk
The Sword & The Soaring Navy Blue
Surfing On Sine Waves (Expanded Edition) Polygon Window
Bad Vibes - 5th Anniversary Edition Shlohmo
Back On Time (Bonus Track Version) Plug
Death Certificate Ice Cube
Touch Tortoise
The Smashing Machine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nala Sinephro
Cabin in the Sky De La Soul
From Me 2 U Nemzzz
Planet Roll Wagon Christ
Shards Tim Hecker
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians Steve Reich
Tether Annahstasia
Shock Of The Hour MC Ren
[Sama'a] (Audition) ahmed
You're Living All Over Me (Bonus Track Version) Dinosaur Jr.
The Source (2017 Ali Farka Touré
Where You Been Dinosaur Jr.
Kizz My Black Azz MC Ren
Tranquilizer Oneohtrix Point Never](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dgl4fsqz7pkohfahpou4ftvk/bafkreicbza73ykhq42eovs523asoh2xays7fq6k3ddi26e7pt4b7qjr6xu@jpeg)