@lyvautier.bsky.social
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In germany the TUV checks the durability, quality and the defect-rates of cars.
In the ranking of 110 models of electric cars, #Tesla Model Y won the last place, Model 3 was on 108.
With 17% of critical defects, Tesla has the by far lowest bulid quality.
Congrat's #Elon #Musk
In the ranking of 110 models of electric cars, #Tesla Model Y won the last place, Model 3 was on 108.
With 17% of critical defects, Tesla has the by far lowest bulid quality.
Congrat's #Elon #Musk
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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"His life was worthy of a novel. An Armenian orphan who arrived in France as a stateless refugee and became a poet and Communist activist, Missak Manouchian was a figure of the French Resistance during World War II."
France in focus - Missak Manouchian: A stateless hero enters France's Panthéon
His life was worthy of a novel. An Armenian orphan who arrived in France as a stateless refugee and became a poet and Communist activist, Missak Manouchian was a figure of the French Resistance during...
www.france24.com
February 28, 2024 at 10:47 AM
"His life was worthy of a novel. An Armenian orphan who arrived in France as a stateless refugee and became a poet and Communist activist, Missak Manouchian was a figure of the French Resistance during World War II."
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Meanwhile a snowball fight with Police in Utrecht. The cognitive dissonance right now in my head is surreal.
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Meanwhile a snowball fight with Police in Utrecht. The cognitive dissonance right now in my head is surreal.
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I’ve spent a fair bit of my life living and traveling in autocracies, and I always thought the main difference between an autocracy and a democracy was:
In a democracy you relax when the police turn up, and in an autocracy you’re scared
In a democracy you relax when the police turn up, and in an autocracy you’re scared
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I’ve spent a fair bit of my life living and traveling in autocracies, and I always thought the main difference between an autocracy and a democracy was:
In a democracy you relax when the police turn up, and in an autocracy you’re scared
In a democracy you relax when the police turn up, and in an autocracy you’re scared
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📢 Heads up, ALL Registered Voters Here and Overseas
Make sure you check back on your voter status to make sure you're still currently registered and/or active every month.
⚖️Laws are changing daily with this Current Administration.
See you at the Ballot Box come Nov 2026.
Make sure you check back on your voter status to make sure you're still currently registered and/or active every month.
⚖️Laws are changing daily with this Current Administration.
See you at the Ballot Box come Nov 2026.
👉Getting registered now means you don’t have to do it again for all of 2026 - votefromabroad.org makes it easy.
👉Join us January 15th to kickstart the Democratic blue wave. Go to democratsabroad.org/the_blue_bal....
✅ 2026: Register. Vote. Win.
#democratsabroad #IVRD #bluewave #USpolitics #USpol
👉Join us January 15th to kickstart the Democratic blue wave. Go to democratsabroad.org/the_blue_bal....
✅ 2026: Register. Vote. Win.
#democratsabroad #IVRD #bluewave #USpolitics #USpol
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
📢 Heads up, ALL Registered Voters Here and Overseas
Make sure you check back on your voter status to make sure you're still currently registered and/or active every month.
⚖️Laws are changing daily with this Current Administration.
See you at the Ballot Box come Nov 2026.
Make sure you check back on your voter status to make sure you're still currently registered and/or active every month.
⚖️Laws are changing daily with this Current Administration.
See you at the Ballot Box come Nov 2026.
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today I have a zoom interview to be a penguin looker-atter at the aquarium, and if god has ever loved me even a little he will let me have this
i signed up for this site that helps connect you with volunteer opportunities, and holy shit look what they just sent me
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
today I have a zoom interview to be a penguin looker-atter at the aquarium, and if god has ever loved me even a little he will let me have this
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“We are not going to go quietly” is a rallying cry for something much larger than just acts of collective kindness this has the appearance of a pivot to a far far more powerful footing of collective good and collective protection.
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
“We are not going to go quietly” is a rallying cry for something much larger than just acts of collective kindness this has the appearance of a pivot to a far far more powerful footing of collective good and collective protection.
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Remember everyone who is out there defending cold-blooded murder.
They’ve shown you exactly who they are.
They’ve shown you exactly who they are.
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Remember everyone who is out there defending cold-blooded murder.
They’ve shown you exactly who they are.
They’ve shown you exactly who they are.
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This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
Last fall I ended up looking at a lot of Seventeen magazines for a project. Even in the late 90's, there was a section of book recs in every issue. One of them was historical fiction about the life of Van Gogh, doorstop-thick. It hit me then how much of a reading culture we've lost.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
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I’ve heard that some believe that whatever you’re doing on New Year’s Eve you’ll be doing for the rest of the year. So that’s me booked for a year of screaming at the top of my lungs, “Fuck You 2025 and all y’all assholes who starred in it.”
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I’ve heard that some believe that whatever you’re doing on New Year’s Eve you’ll be doing for the rest of the year. So that’s me booked for a year of screaming at the top of my lungs, “Fuck You 2025 and all y’all assholes who starred in it.”
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LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for
Months “while she was under his authority”
Months “while she was under his authority”
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for
Months “while she was under his authority”
Months “while she was under his authority”
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The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
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Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Great thread, of course, by @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on the malignancy of this frame..... "Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place."
Because it’s not just Bari Weiss’ CBS asking this question—in the last few months, I’ve been approached by half a dozen different shows looking to ‘debate’ the same topic.
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Great thread, of course, by @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on the malignancy of this frame..... "Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place."
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Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
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This ballroom not only marks the destruction of a historic landmark — it's also creating a monument to corruption in our country, as massive corporations & the ultra-wealthy have donated millions to build the ballroom & buy Trump's favor.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This ballroom not only marks the destruction of a historic landmark — it's also creating a monument to corruption in our country, as massive corporations & the ultra-wealthy have donated millions to build the ballroom & buy Trump's favor.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
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Plus ca change
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Plus ca change
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Me, yesterday: "I'd really like to call it 'kleptocratic foreign policy', buy maybe that's too incendiary for pages of august magazine."
White House, today: 👇
White House, today: 👇
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Me, yesterday: "I'd really like to call it 'kleptocratic foreign policy', buy maybe that's too incendiary for pages of august magazine."
White House, today: 👇
White House, today: 👇
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A few weeks ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I won’t lie—it's been incredibly challenging for me and my family.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
My Dad’s Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Becoming a Caregiver
YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A few weeks ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I won’t lie—it's been incredibly challenging for me and my family.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.