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Nicolas Vandemaele
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“Side? I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

Jack of all trades, master of none. Misanthropist. Ailurophile.
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Vous voyez, là en-dessous, il y a une des raisons qui font que pas mal de Français se méfient de LFI à juste titre.
La vaccination CONTRE LA GRIPPE BORDEL. Vous insinuez que la vaccination DES VIEUX CONTRE LA GRIPPE SERAIT DANGEREUSE.
Les députés rejettent la vaccination obligatoire contre la grippe pour les résidents d’Ehpad et certains soignants

L’alliance RN-UDR et une large majorité des députés LFI ont voté contre
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/0J2w
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Pendant 20 ans, on m’a dit que pirater les œuvres des artistes c’était le mal absolu et que ça allait détruire la culture, et maintenant on me dit que oh bon, les IA génératives, qu’est-ce qu’on y peut, hein, les gens vont s’en servir de toutes façons.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Wool, and layered clothing, for the win!

Finnish winters too are far less miserable with good socks, and shoes that won't let water in easily.

(Also, shoes that won't become slippery as hell when it is cold.)
If you are new to winter (e.g. moved from TX to WI) do yourself a favor and buy wool socks and thermal underwear. Yes it’s expensive. It is worth it. A good brand will last a long time. Buy a silk pair too if you can swing it.
Honestly just buy the best gear you can afford so you’re not miserable.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Marrant, je vois plein de gens sur les réseaux sociaux en mode

" Ahlala les drones rendent tout le matériel obsolète donc inutile d'investir dans nos gros machins, là, les tanks et les bateaux et les avions, les ukrainiens avec leurs drones pas cher ils ont verrouillé la stratégie moderne"
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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No Angel
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🇫🇷🇺🇦🎣 Fishermen from the French region of Brittany (Bretagne) are sending fishing nets to Ukraine to build anti-drone tunnels.

❗️They have reportedly sent a total of 280 km of nets.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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This is THE most important book I’ve read in my whole life. I’ve spent years trying to get people to read it & ordered copies for friends family and neighbors after I first read it. If only more had read it and listened to DOCTOR @sarahkendzior.bsky.social we might not be under Nazi rule etc now.
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Old horsehair fishing nets from Brittany, once used to catch monkfish, are now shielding Ukraine’s frontlines from Russian drones. 280km of repurposed netting, sent by Kernic Solidarités, is being stretched across trenches and roads, forming traps that snare drones like flies in a web.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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AFD ? Spying for Russia? Shocking !
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Quittez ce repère de nazis, migrez vos DM groupés sur Discord ou Signal jsp.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Land of the free...
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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When leftists speak about Rama and say “finally there’s a First Lady that doesn’t look like a slavic blowup doll”
Amazing guys, love it, 10/10, misogyny but in a woke way
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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This is the price of freedom.

A Field of Mars in Lviv. Every mark tells a story. Not numbers. Not statistics. Real lives. Real loss.
Look. Remember. Honor them. 💙💛

Slava Heroyam! Slava Ukraine!

📸 Roman Baluk
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I hate to be this person, but none of these things are new. Hunger in America is not new. It's just starting to scale
Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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"For Brussels to retain its relevance to Tokyo, it must move from declarations—on security, economic resilience and technological standards—to delivery on tangible co-development projects and joint-procurement initiatives."

ecfr.eu/article/paci...
Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance…
ecfr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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European Commission considering big cuts to the GDPR to boost Europe's tech sector. This would a mistake, aiding U.S. and Chinese tech giants at EU firms' expense.

www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Cutting GDPR will harm EU tech competitiveness
Grave cuts to the GDPR would aid U.S. and Chinese tech giants at Europe’s expense
www.iccl.ie
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM