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Le Gorafi @legorafi.bsky.social · 21h

Panini annonce la sortie de l'album des Premiers ministres sous Emmanuel Macron https://www.legorafi.fr/2025/10/08/panini-annonce-la-sortie-de-lalbum-des-premiers-ministres-sous-emmanuel-macron/

Panini annonce la sortie de l'album des Premiers ministres sous Emmanuel Macron

Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires.

www.legorafi.fr

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 21h

Brain dead economic illiteracy with no understanding of the modern world as the Conservative Party have demonstrated all conference.

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 1d

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places

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Reuters Breakingviews @breakingviews.reuters.com · 2d

Macronism implosion puts Le Pen in a tight spot - www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Macronism implosion puts Le Pen in a tight spot

French PM Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after only a month. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is calling for new elections. If they leave her more responsible for tackling France’s 3.5 trln euro debt, it may hurt her chances of replacing embattled President Emmanuel Macron.

www.breakingviews.com

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t know they had any

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6d

Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown.

But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest.

Surprising, I know. 🧵

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 4d

Nina Simone
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Nina Simone

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Paul Thomas Anderson is considered one of the best directors of his generation, but he has never really had a hit when it comes to making money. “One Battle After Another” might change that. It might be the best movie of the year, according to critic Wesley Morris. nyti.ms/4o4M8Da

A still from the movie ‘One Battle After Another’ shows Leonardo DiCaprio holding a gun. Headline: Is ‘One Battle After Another’ the Best Movie of the Year?

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 5d

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Ukraine's Donbass region
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le photojournaliste français Antoni Lallican a été tué dans le Donbass

Le photographe français de 38 ans a été tué par un drone vendredi, a fait savoir le Syndicat national des journalistes (SNJ) dans un communiqué.

www.lemonde.fr

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 5d

“Le camp du bien, à force d’éliminer ses propres amis, finit par se retrouver bien seul.” - Michel Guerrin dans Le Monde:
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« S’indigner que Charlotte Gainsbourg incarne à l’écran Gisèle Halimi, c’est nier le métier d’actrice et les enjeux d’un biopic »

CHRONIQUE. Dans un film biographique, une actrice est tristement réduite à l’idée que l’on se fait du personnage joué : le physique ou les convictions personnelles, déplore dans sa chronique Michel Gu...

www.lemonde.fr

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 6d

$6-15 million “legendary” Russian thermobaric rocket launchers destroyed by $400–500 Ukrainian FPV drones:
substack.com/@olenakryzha...

Olena Kryzhanivska (@olenakryzhanivska)

Two “legendary” Russian thermobaric rocket launchers (TOS-1A Solntsepyok), each worth $6-15 million, were destroyed by Ukrainian FPV drones costing just $400–500.

substack.com

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6d

This is an Epstein shutdown.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6d

The Kyiv Independent is proud to announce the U.S. premiere of its first full-length documentary, “Can You Hear Me? The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics,” hosted in collaboration with the Embassies of Sweden and Ukraine.

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 6d

This is why I love Portland. 💜🎉🔥🦋🌈

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 6d

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 6d

“What is being whispered within the military, and presumably among our allies and enemies: Hegseth is an abject incompetent who isn’t remotely up to the job.”

Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 6d

“If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency.”

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Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 6d

Krugman here 👇
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An Autocracy of Dunces

How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 6d

"A new cost–benefit study presented in Prague concludes that Czech support for Ukraine has been both morally right and economically advantageous." english.radio.cz/analysis-cze...