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Jean-Marc Liotier

@liotier.bsky.social

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Like an old information technology blog that collided with a European Union politics column, a geographic information systems consultancy and a defense think tank. French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.net

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · Dec 4

You just discovered my Bluesky account and wonder what it is about ? Here is a fun summary:

Jean-Marc Liotier: Your Friendly Neighborhood Policy Nerd

Where EU politics meets tech rants and unexpected humor.

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Sam Crane @uselesstree.bsky.social · 1h

Excellent choice!
An inspiration to defenders of democracy everywhere, including in the US.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Haunted Kenosha Kid @matthewmarnold.bsky.social · 6h

The people *working* on these technologies talk about "cognitive deskilling" ffs

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 7h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · 1h

In all fields, we are about to witness a widening chasm between applied knowledge and research. Applied knowledge is being largely automated, which will marginally benefit research - but research will increasingly be the province of the elite whose brain has not been fully cooked by LLM mediation.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2h

All you need to do to turn everyone against Israel is let them speak.

Here is the Minister for Social Equality speaking about an elected member of Israel's Parliament who wants a peaceful Two State Solution.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 7h

It's so embarrassing to have a president selling shitty knockoff Rolex watches on Newsmax

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 7h

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History"

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

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max and 19 others 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 5h

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 3h

If the Norwegians had a sense of humour, they'd give Obama a second peace prize today.

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jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️ @jennschiffer.com · 5h

does jimmy wales’ face on the banner asking for wikipedia donations on each page perform better than if his face were not there, someone here must know

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 2h

Halloween 2025 is going to become one of the most glorious protest events in American history (if there are enough frog costumes).

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Moon Snail Music @moonsnailmusic.bsky.social · 7h

In middle school my friend printed this out and brought it to his catholic school and got in trouble

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · 2h

... And let the most decorated surviving USAian WWII European theatre veteran receive the award in Oslo. Fly his girlfriend there too !

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7h

They should give the Nobel Peace Prize to antifa.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 2h

“I can’t stop the world burning and civilisation’s collapse, as it is hard.”

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 11h

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Wolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · 3h

Tesla is now selling a Model 3 Turn Signal Stalk Retrofit for $595. 😳

An expensive upgrade to bring back what they removed: the classic turn signal stalk. 🫣

First create a problem, now sell the solution for a premium. 💸

Innovation is important but great UX makes users’ lives easier, not harder. 😉

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7h

They should give the Nobel Peace Prize to antifa.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Michelle Wiese Bockmann @michellewb.bsky.social · 2h

zombie tankers are stalking the oceans. find out about this one which I've been watching for quite a while. thinking of doing a halloween special on them!

Windward @windward-ai.bsky.social · 20h

Zombie ships are a fixture of the Iran-China oil trades.

Windward's Ship of the Day, Wood Lotus (IMO 9252979), a perfect example of the genre haunting the oceans. 🧵👇

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 9h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 3h

Realizing why the vibes of the frog man pictures have felt familiar — its this old meme with stakes

Bane and Filthy frank (in pink spandex) facing off, arms spread

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2h

Rheinmetall will deliver Leopard 1-based Skyranger 35 air defence systems to Ukraine. The order worth a three-digit million Euro figure is financed by an unnamed EU country using frozen Russian assets.

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