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It was a huge privilege to interview Monique Piton, one of the workers who occupied the Lip watch factory in Besançon in 1973 and sold the watches themselves. The interview is published in @jacobin to mark the 50th anniversary jacobin.com/2023/04/lip-fact…
Ha! There’s literally a driverless metro every minute, these people will have been home in no time
A slice of Lille life from last night...
This is after the Canada-Greece game, around midnight at the train station that's 15-20 minutes away from Pierre Mauroy Stadium. With Uber prices spiked, folks flocking to public transit found this madness.
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How refreshing to hear such an empathetic and principled defense of immigration, instead of playing on people’s fears to win a few votes
Jordan Bardella veut faire le tri entre les Français et revenir sur des siècles d’Histoire de France. Il ferait mieux d’avoir la mémoire du pays qui a accueilli sa famille.
#VotezNFP
#Levenement
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“The scientific community in France is very worried" about a far-right victory ahead of Sunday's election, Dr Alain Fischer, who was in charge of France's Covid vaccination strategy, told me for @scibus sciencebusiness.net/news/sta…
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It's increasingly clear that if the far-right comes to power in France it'll be because the centre and right refused to do what the left has always done and faire barrage. What a terrible, terrible betrayal
Another poll for the RIP “republican front” file. More Macronist voters say they’re motivated to block the left from winning (71%) than Macronists who say they’re motivated to block the RN from winning (64%). Left voters still more hostile to RN. (p. 34) odoxa.fr/sondage/victoire-an…
An absurd week in France has reached new levels. Leader of the historic right-wing party calls for a deal with the far right on national TV without consulting anyone and then shuts down party HQ, his party then votes to expel him, and he refuses to go. It's genuinely incredible
La réunion organisée cet après-midi a été mise en œuvre en violation flagrante de nos statuts @lesRepublicains.
Aucune des décisions prises à cette réunion n’emporte de conséquence légale.
Elle peut avoir des conséquences pénales.
Je suis et reste le président de notre formation politique, élu par les adhérents !
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I had a great time chatting to @mepassistants about memes, France's Napoleonic tendencies, and the TV show Parlement, ahead of EU elections this week, for @ConnexionFrance connexionfrance.com/news/the…
We're unlikely to see cultivated meat on sale in the EU any time soon. I looked into why European novel food companies are applying for approval in the US and Singapore before trying to enter the EU market, for @scibus sciencebusiness.net/news/agr…
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Excellent commitment to the bit. It's also fascinating how similar the original thread is to the language of pompous football tacticos, the dumbest people on here all speak in the same AI-like voice
Everyone thinks the countries of the future are:
Rivendell. Gondor. Erebor.
They’re all wrong. One country stands heads and shoulders above the rest.
Here it is (and why I believe it’s the future):
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The European Space Agency is aiming to become more like NASA and embrace competition to stay relevant. @esaBSGN and @AstroSamantha provided more details of the upcoming competition to transport cargo to the ISS at today's #spaceforinspiration conference
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"Generating an image using a powerful AI model takes as much energy as fully charging your smartphone" @techreview technologyreview.com/2023/12…
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Maybe if the tunnel at Old Trafford wasn’t by the corner flag managers wouldn’t keep losing the dressing room. At some point you have to ask questions of the architect
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I recently got to sit down with digitisation minister @mathieumichel for @scibus to discuss Belgium's plans for its presidency of the EU Council starting in January. A European blockchain, AI, and fighting fake online profiles are all high on the agenda
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We now know the EU's controversial pharma reform will not be adopted in this mandate. @TomislavSokol gave an update on the timeline for the discussions in parliament at yesterday's @scibus #SBHealthDays event sciencebusiness.net/news/lif…
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Roubaix hasn't had the best image since the decline of its textile industry, but now sustainable fashion initiatives are bringing that industry back, and helping Roubaix reconnect with its history and look to the future connexionfrance.com/article/…
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It was great speaking to Captain Jayson Troy of the @PAFofficiel, who was part of the Bastille Day fly-past last week, about the rigorous recruitment and training process for France's elite aerobatics team
We spoke to a Franco-British pilot in the elite Patrouille de France about how they train for the July 14 display #PatrouilledeFrance #July14 #FrenchFêteNationale #Parisflyby #Frenchaerobaticsteam
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"The idea there are going to be jobs for everyone to work in until they are 64 is unrealistic."
Protesters in France aren't fighting 'yesterday's battle'. Debates over retirement + working hours are only going to become more important with the rise of AI
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I've never been as furious during an interview as I was hearing from historian Claire Lemercier about all the ways French public services are failing vulnerable people in the race to cut costs and move everything online connexionfrance.com/article/…
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I enjoyed speaking to @emile_chabal about why it's lazy to call France a 'left-wing country'. His insights are particularly relevant today of all days connexionfrance.com/article/…
Six years after the July 14 Nice attack, many of the children who were present that day still struggle to go to school. I spoke to the professor behind an ongoing study into the psychological effects of trauma. The first results have just been published connexionfrance.com/article/…
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