Pascal Jacquemain
@jacquep.bsky.social
French citizen in Brexitlandia.
Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters.
Left of centre.
Dislike the right.
SQL specialist
Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters.
Left of centre.
Dislike the right.
SQL specialist
Pinned
Dear Mr Farage, you stated during the Brexit campaign that we, bloody forrins, were responsible for traffic jams on British roads.
As it happens, I mostly work from home but you're against this now.
So, what do you prefer, me working from home, and being "less productive" or causing jams?
As it happens, I mostly work from home but you're against this now.
So, what do you prefer, me working from home, and being "less productive" or causing jams?
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a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
a society losing the plot in real time
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If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced?
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced?
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
House Defeats Republican Bid to Block Votes on Trump’s Tariffs
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a bid by G.O.P. leaders to continue skirting a law that requires the House to vote promptly on measures challenging President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a bid by G.O.P. leaders to continue skirting a law that requires the House to vote promptly on measures challenging President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
House Defeats Republican Bid to Block Votes on Trump’s Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
House Defeats Republican Bid to Block Votes on Trump’s Tariffs
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a bid by G.O.P. leaders to continue skirting a law that requires the House to vote promptly on measures challenging President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a bid by G.O.P. leaders to continue skirting a law that requires the House to vote promptly on measures challenging President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Why does a lie that has never been proven, never worked, and never been real still hold the power to undermine an entire democracy?
hartmannreport.com/p/is-voter-f...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-voter-f...
Is “Voter Fraud” the Most Dangerous Political Lie in American History?
Why does a lie that has never been proven, never worked, and never been real still hold the power to undermine an entire democracy?
hartmannreport.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Why does a lie that has never been proven, never worked, and never been real still hold the power to undermine an entire democracy?
hartmannreport.com/p/is-voter-f...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-voter-f...
Blackpool has the second-highest number of abandoned buildings in UK behind Torbay | Lancs Live share.google/I2hUsx3bFgt0...
Lancashire town has second-highest number of abandoned buildings in UK
The council insists it is tackling the issue
share.google
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Blackpool has the second-highest number of abandoned buildings in UK behind Torbay | Lancs Live share.google/I2hUsx3bFgt0...
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Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
Live Updates: F.A.A. Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport
The brief shutdown was related to a test of counter-drone technology at a nearby military base.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
The brief shutdown was related to a test of counter-drone technology at a nearby military base.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: F.A.A. Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Live Updates: F.A.A. Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport
The brief shutdown was related to a test of counter-drone technology at a nearby military base.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
The brief shutdown was related to a test of counter-drone technology at a nearby military base.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
I appear to have been added to lists including one used mostly by Dutch speakers.
Very honoured considering I do not speak the language. Maybe I should ask my wife's colleague to teach me the language.
Very honoured considering I do not speak the language. Maybe I should ask my wife's colleague to teach me the language.
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I appear to have been added to lists including one used mostly by Dutch speakers.
Very honoured considering I do not speak the language. Maybe I should ask my wife's colleague to teach me the language.
Very honoured considering I do not speak the language. Maybe I should ask my wife's colleague to teach me the language.
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“I don't want everybody to vote... As a matter of fact, our leverage in the election quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
― Paul Weyrich, far right extremist Catholic and founder of Heritage Foundation.
This is voter suppression.
thiswillhold.substack.com/p/only-99-ca...
― Paul Weyrich, far right extremist Catholic and founder of Heritage Foundation.
This is voter suppression.
thiswillhold.substack.com/p/only-99-ca...
The Heritage Foundation: Only 99 Cases of Noncitizen Voting Since 1982
Action Item: Stop the SAVE Act—Ask Your Rep to Reject Chip Roy’s Attack on Women’s Voting Rights
thiswillhold.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“I don't want everybody to vote... As a matter of fact, our leverage in the election quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
― Paul Weyrich, far right extremist Catholic and founder of Heritage Foundation.
This is voter suppression.
thiswillhold.substack.com/p/only-99-ca...
― Paul Weyrich, far right extremist Catholic and founder of Heritage Foundation.
This is voter suppression.
thiswillhold.substack.com/p/only-99-ca...
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i heard both of these today:
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
i heard both of these today:
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
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The greatest decline in press freedom is occurring not in dictatorships, where proper journalism has long been almost impossible, but in places that still purport to be democratic
How democracies are using autocratic tools to muzzle journalism
As scrutiny of government withers, corruption thrives
econ.st
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The greatest decline in press freedom is occurring not in dictatorships, where proper journalism has long been almost impossible, but in places that still purport to be democratic
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
This is not a ladder
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This is not a ladder
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This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
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Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat | Maine | The Guardian share.google/XvuUo57WhCHu...
Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat
Collins is expected to face tough re-election battle as Democrats seek to flip seat in this year’s midterm elections
share.google
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat | Maine | The Guardian share.google/XvuUo57WhCHu...
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The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins Louisiana state House special seat in district Trump won
www.cbsnews.com/news/chasity...
Not a flip because the seat was previously Dem but following Trump winning it in 24, GOP thought they would flip it. They overspent Dems 3 to 1 and were still obliterated.
www.cbsnews.com/news/chasity...
Not a flip because the seat was previously Dem but following Trump winning it in 24, GOP thought they would flip it. They overspent Dems 3 to 1 and were still obliterated.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins Louisiana state House special seat in district Trump won
www.cbsnews.com/news/chasity...
Not a flip because the seat was previously Dem but following Trump winning it in 24, GOP thought they would flip it. They overspent Dems 3 to 1 and were still obliterated.
www.cbsnews.com/news/chasity...
Not a flip because the seat was previously Dem but following Trump winning it in 24, GOP thought they would flip it. They overspent Dems 3 to 1 and were still obliterated.
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
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Trump told the gathering. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator type person. I’m a dictator.’ But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn’t say that in this case.… It’s all based on common sense, it’s not conservative or liberal, or anything else."
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/p...
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/p...
MSN
www.msn.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Trump told the gathering. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator type person. I’m a dictator.’ But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn’t say that in this case.… It’s all based on common sense, it’s not conservative or liberal, or anything else."
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/p...
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/p...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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No way will I attend the White House dinner with this President.
I’m standing with @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @colorado.gov — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred.
And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.
I’m standing with @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @colorado.gov — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred.
And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.
Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner
More than a half dozen Democrats said Donald Trump disinviting two of their colleagues is the latest example of administration's 'chaos and division.'
www.usatoday.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
No way will I attend the White House dinner with this President.
I’m standing with @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @colorado.gov — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred.
And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.
I’m standing with @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @colorado.gov — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred.
And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.