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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3h

France has yet another government of reshuffled Macron toadies. For the next few minutes at least.

www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...

EN DIRECT, gouvernement Lecornu : Laurent Nuñez nommé à l’intérieur, Gérald Darmanin confirmé à la justice ; Jean-Pierre Farandou et plusieurs personnalités de la société civile font leur entrée

Sébastien Lecornu a « proposé un mélange de société civile avec des profils expérimentés et de jeunes parlementaires », selon son entourage. Démissionnaire lundi, le premier ministre a été reconduit v...

www.lemonde.fr

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 4h

My bad, I forgot

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 4h

Sally Jenkins petulantly defending Caitlin Flanagan petulantly defending Bari Weiss is some kind of mise-en-abîme

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 4h

Are you ok?

Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 4h

Mabrouk egbon!

Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 7h

The slander!!! He's not 93 until next February

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16h

BREAKING: Polls opened in Cameroon in an election that could see Africa’s oldest leader, 93-year-old President Paul Biya, extend his rule by another 7 years.

Cameroon heads to the polls as the world's oldest president bids to extend his rule

Voters in Cameroon are heading to the polls in an election that could extend the rule of 93-year-old President Paul Biya.

bit.ly

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 8h

Reliable !

Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 8h

Hard to distinguish tbh

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 9h

The grotesque.

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 20h

TIL that ICE tried to detain a colleague’s teenaged son, asked him about his “color,” held a gun on him as he produced ID

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 21h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile in Madagascar following protests by the self-identified Gen Z movement (like in Kenya, Indonesia, Nepal and Morocco... pay attention), sections of the military are now aligning with the protesters. (We'll see how that goes.)

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Madagascar soldiers join antigovernment protesters assembled in capital

Youth-led demonstrators enter Antananarivo's May 13 Square for the first time since protests erupted last month.

www.aljazeera.com

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 22h

For those following the presidential election in Cameroon, which takes place tomorrow/today (Oct 12): Paul Biya, 92, in power since 1982 and running for (guaranteed) re-election, has finally made a campaign appearance, in Maroua in the north.

www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

Election présidentielle au Cameroun : l’étrange meeting de Paul Biya, chef d’Etat « à l’infini »

Alors que le scrutin se tient dimanche 12 octobre, le président, au pouvoir depuis quarante-trois ans et candidat à un huitième mandat, est enfin apparu en public lors d’un événement à Maroua, la capi...

www.lemonde.fr

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 1d

The grotesque.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 2d

& on

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 2d

The grotesque.

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 2d

The grotesque.

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3d

Afraid not ! It’s just a quick visit this time but I shall be back

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3d

The grotesque.

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3d

NOT THAT WAY lol

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3d

This is true of many literature Nobelists, no?

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 3d

The hour-long analysis show on the Nobel Literature Prize on @franceculture.fr informs that Krasznahorkai is great "once you accept the postulate of sentences that never end."

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