Yann Lebout
@ylebout.myatproto.social
Belgian-born, immigrant in Ireland (Kerry). Pansexuel cisgender father, also gay, and slightly queer. Definitely leftist. Cocktail enthusiast, digital all-rounder (business analyst is my current job, at a public institution - views are only mine).
En Belgique, le désinvestissement dans les services publics (logement, santé, petite enfance et enseignement, transport, telecoms, énergie,...) n'a jamais et ne pourra jamais être compensée par une augmentation des salaires des travailleurs.
«while trying to understand why the American middle class feels poorer each year despite healthy GDP growth and low unemployment, I came across a sentence buried in a research paper:“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.”»
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
En Belgique, le désinvestissement dans les services publics (logement, santé, petite enfance et enseignement, transport, telecoms, énergie,...) n'a jamais et ne pourra jamais être compensée par une augmentation des salaires des travailleurs.
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«while trying to understand why the American middle class feels poorer each year despite healthy GDP growth and low unemployment, I came across a sentence buried in a research paper:“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.”»
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
«while trying to understand why the American middle class feels poorer each year despite healthy GDP growth and low unemployment, I came across a sentence buried in a research paper:“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.”»
A mon sens, c'est parce que le rôle des patrons, ce n'est pas de faire bien fonctionner une entreprise, mais de maximiser sa valeur. Parfois, cela se fait en essayant de la faire fonctionner mieux. Mais dans le contexte du capitalisme financier déliquescent, ce n'est souvent plus le cas.
C'est fou comme ça arrive souvent que l'explication au fait qu'une entreprise fonctionne bien se résume par "le patron nous donnait pas d'ordre parce qu'il savait pas qu'on existait".
Tbf, we did our best stuff at WB Games when Warner itself barely knew the Games team existed.
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A mon sens, c'est parce que le rôle des patrons, ce n'est pas de faire bien fonctionner une entreprise, mais de maximiser sa valeur. Parfois, cela se fait en essayant de la faire fonctionner mieux. Mais dans le contexte du capitalisme financier déliquescent, ce n'est souvent plus le cas.
While I am talking about music, you have to have a look to the recordings of Le Guess Who?, the best music festival (I know) in the world. There are incredible recordings, including this year's concert of Ali Sethi & Nicolás Jaar. And it's all free!
leguesswho.com/recordings
leguesswho.com/recordings
Recordings
leguesswho.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
While I am talking about music, you have to have a look to the recordings of Le Guess Who?, the best music festival (I know) in the world. There are incredible recordings, including this year's concert of Ali Sethi & Nicolás Jaar. And it's all free!
leguesswho.com/recordings
leguesswho.com/recordings
I'm building a playlist of recent independant irish music releases I want to listen to (so not much irish folk). I found some articles for 2025, but if any of you has a consistent source to keep updated about those releases, I'm all in! (and here is the playlist, on Tidal: tidal.com/playlist/1b7...)
Irish Music To Discover
Playlist - Irish Music To Discover - 211 items
tidal.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm building a playlist of recent independant irish music releases I want to listen to (so not much irish folk). I found some articles for 2025, but if any of you has a consistent source to keep updated about those releases, I'm all in! (and here is the playlist, on Tidal: tidal.com/playlist/1b7...)
Et vous, @rtbf.be ?
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands have all withdrawn from #Eurovision2026. Slovenia likely to drop out too. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
RTÉ will not participate in or broadcast next year's Eurovision Song Contest after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part.
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Et vous, @rtbf.be ?
Et à Bruxelles?
The priest at a Catholic church in Dedham defended his parish’s decision to replace nativity figurines of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with a sign reading “ICE was here,” saying the gospel is clear about treating immigrants with respect. trib.al/Ob5ptDw
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Et à Bruxelles?
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
"Quand on veut, on peut", dit-on aux chômeurs, malades longue durée, travailleurs âgés, sans-abris, toxicomanes. Vu que les politiciens bruxellois, parmi les belges les plus privilégiés, ne peuvent pas former un gouvernement, doit-on comprendre qu'ils ne le veulent pas?
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Quand on veut, on peut", dit-on aux chômeurs, malades longue durée, travailleurs âgés, sans-abris, toxicomanes. Vu que les politiciens bruxellois, parmi les belges les plus privilégiés, ne peuvent pas former un gouvernement, doit-on comprendre qu'ils ne le veulent pas?
Une des raisons pour lesquelles il faudrait tout simplement interdire toute forme de mannequinat chez les enfants.
Elle a fermé son agence de mannequinat pour enfants, des pédocriminels usurpent son identité pour "recruter des talents" et soutirer des photos d'enfants en sous-vêtements. TikTok, par où passe le plus clair de la pub, fait la sourde oreille.
Une Frasnoise victime d’usurpation d’identité par des pédocriminels veut alerter les parents
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Une des raisons pour lesquelles il faudrait tout simplement interdire toute forme de mannequinat chez les enfants.
Le seul truc que j'ai à dire sur la crèche de la grand-place, c'est qu'il y a un continuum entre monter cette polémique de toute pièce et le refus de la dépénalisation complète de l'avortement.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Le seul truc que j'ai à dire sur la crèche de la grand-place, c'est qu'il y a un continuum entre monter cette polémique de toute pièce et le refus de la dépénalisation complète de l'avortement.
On a side note, public transports in Dublin are a shame. You have 5000 inhabitants/km2, you can't move then with double deckers stucked in the traffic and 2 (two) inexplicably slow tram lines...
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On a side note, public transports in Dublin are a shame. You have 5000 inhabitants/km2, you can't move then with double deckers stucked in the traffic and 2 (two) inexplicably slow tram lines...
I must say that I had lost hope on finding a great coktail bar in Ireland. I was very careful to not upping my hopes regarding Bar1661 in Dublin, because the "best cocktail bar of x" often doesn't live-up to the hype. I was wrong. The bar is great, people are great, cocktails are amazing.
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I must say that I had lost hope on finding a great coktail bar in Ireland. I was very careful to not upping my hopes regarding Bar1661 in Dublin, because the "best cocktail bar of x" often doesn't live-up to the hype. I was wrong. The bar is great, people are great, cocktails are amazing.
In Ireland, you get the best of both world: you pay social security AND you are kind of expexted to take a private health insurance (especially if you aren't Irish).
Maybe I’m too Norwegian, but it’s weird to me that Americans don’t consider health insurance a form of taxation.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In Ireland, you get the best of both world: you pay social security AND you are kind of expexted to take a private health insurance (especially if you aren't Irish).
Je viens de recevoir le magazine de la Fondation ULB pour la recherche. Apparemment, l'ensemble des sciences humaines et sociales ont disparues. Faudrait prévenir les étudiants, vu que la moitié sont inscrits dans ces filières.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Je viens de recevoir le magazine de la Fondation ULB pour la recherche. Apparemment, l'ensemble des sciences humaines et sociales ont disparues. Faudrait prévenir les étudiants, vu que la moitié sont inscrits dans ces filières.
The rail network and service is *really* limited in Ireland. It's not too expensive (300km journey between Dublin and Cork - the two biggest city - full price 2nd class ticket is 40e), seems to be reliable though quite slow (3h for the journey). I miss the train service from continental Europe...
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The rail network and service is *really* limited in Ireland. It's not too expensive (300km journey between Dublin and Cork - the two biggest city - full price 2nd class ticket is 40e), seems to be reliable though quite slow (3h for the journey). I miss the train service from continental Europe...
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Voila ce qui arrive quand on abandonne la santé publique, qu’on laisse l’extrême-droite dicter son agenda, et qu’on refuse d’éduquer les plus jeunes sur les risques sanitaires.
On avait averti. On avait prévenu.
Et les résultats sont sans appel.
Une honte !
On avait averti. On avait prévenu.
Et les résultats sont sans appel.
Une honte !
🇫🇷📈 VIH : forte hausse des diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans
Selon les nouvelles données de Santé publique France, les jeunes sont de plus en plus touchés par le VIH.
+41 % de diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans en dix ans, alors que la prévention stagne.
Selon les nouvelles données de Santé publique France, les jeunes sont de plus en plus touchés par le VIH.
+41 % de diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans en dix ans, alors que la prévention stagne.
VIH : hausse des diagnostics chez les 15-24 ans, les jeunes HSH en première ligne - Association STOP homophobie
Les diagnostics VIH progressent fortement chez les 15-24 ans, en particulier chez les jeunes HSH, selon Santé publique France.
www.stophomophobie.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Voila ce qui arrive quand on abandonne la santé publique, qu’on laisse l’extrême-droite dicter son agenda, et qu’on refuse d’éduquer les plus jeunes sur les risques sanitaires.
On avait averti. On avait prévenu.
Et les résultats sont sans appel.
Une honte !
On avait averti. On avait prévenu.
Et les résultats sont sans appel.
Une honte !
I have supported Ghost for a long time, from their first crowdfunding. If this functionnality works well, Ghost will become an even-more interesting option for those trying to escape substack. I might even try to get the skills to make Ghost running somewhere for myself...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have supported Ghost for a long time, from their first crowdfunding. If this functionnality works well, Ghost will become an even-more interesting option for those trying to escape substack. I might even try to get the skills to make Ghost running somewhere for myself...
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It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated
As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
To be honest, I am not sure videogame exist because there are white teens to buy them. I think they exist because there are women/queer/neurodivergent/... artists that want to create that kind of experiences
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
To be honest, I am not sure videogame exist because there are white teens to buy them. I think they exist because there are women/queer/neurodivergent/... artists that want to create that kind of experiences
Great piece, but I really believe that we have to stop saying that right-wing parties adopt xenophobic legislation to fight far-right. We know from experience that it doesn't and has never worked.. They know it too. I believe they see a strong far-right as an opportunity for them to stay in power.
Excellent piece by my colleague, Professor Ciara Smyth:
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about
‘Politics of affect’ stokes anxieties about immigration, allowing Government to then respond
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Great piece, but I really believe that we have to stop saying that right-wing parties adopt xenophobic legislation to fight far-right. We know from experience that it doesn't and has never worked.. They know it too. I believe they see a strong far-right as an opportunity for them to stay in power.
I posted something on Google Wave and it got me a job as community manager.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I posted something on Google Wave and it got me a job as community manager.
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One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
One pair of numbers nicely illustrates where the Irish housing crisis actually originates.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
* There were 1000 housing units awaiting planning permission due to judicial review in 2024.
* In 2024 there were more than 80,000 housing units with planning permission on which construction had not started.
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A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
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"Il a 45 ans, il a assez vécu."
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
Pitié-Salpêtrière : une famille saisit la justice pour Abdenour, devenu tétraplégique - Bondy Blog
Malgré une alerte signalant un risque vital, Abdenour Belhouli a été renvoyé chez lui par les services de l’hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris XIII). Il est aujourd’hui tétraplégique. Sa famille c...
www.bondyblog.fr
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Il a 45 ans, il a assez vécu."
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...
L'homme tétraplégique exprime le souhait de vivre, mais les médecins décrètent l'arrêt des soins.
Il faut dire qu'il est trisomique et s'appelle Abdenour.
Voilà le pays raciste et validiste où vous encouragez l'euthanasie !
www.bondyblog.fr/enquete/piti...