Planetary Rings xkcd.com/3156/

A beautiful male Atlas moth on the edge of the Singapore suburbs. This male is starting to look a little worn out. The largest moth in the world burns brightly but the brightest flames burn fast. A male has about 2 weeks of life to pass on his genes.

Trump won Georgia by about 105,000 votes.

Trump is quietly expanding control of state & local police. "Their larger project is to blur the lines between different law enforcement agencies in the military and create one national police force that is essentially under the command of the president.” theintercept.com/2025/10/20/t...

Le ministre de la justice français annonce qu'il ira voir un prisonnier condamné par la justice française pour soutenir le prisonnier contre la justice française et il ne voit pas où est le problème.

So, he's not US. Get it.

Ethnic cleansing all over again.

Breathtaking #NYTimes media malpractice. The nationwide #NoKings demonstrations attracted 7 million people to arguably the largest protests in U.S. history. But today's Times hides 2 small photos on the front page, and buries the story on page 23. @jfallows.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Assister aux mamours publics de la Prix Nobel de la paix pour Bibi permet de la ranger très vite au rayon des gros accidents du Comité. La Haye, ce n'est pas que pour Poutine !

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky. Block on sight. Protect your digital space. Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them. The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

Alors qu'il leur suffirait de virer tous les Duhamel pour être bénéficiaires.

So a virtually brand new news site can cover this story, which is of national importance, but the BBC and our msm remain silent?They’re not just silent they’re now complicit in a cover up of a foreign intelligence agency penetrating a UK political party. This needs to be spread widely.

Merdification de la société https://www.mariefrance.fr/actualite/societe/sncf-fini-achat-billets-guichet-voyageurs-devoir-plier-nouvelle-regle-reserver-train-1211052.html

Le « processus de civilisation » identifié par Norbert Elias renvoie à l’exclusion progressive de la violence des relations sociales, y compris envers les animaux - par exemple par la suppression des « bûchers de chat », une réjouissance de la Saint Jean au Moyen Âge

« l’association peut être exclue si certains de ses membres , dans le cadre de l’association ou durant leur vie privée, ont […] exprimé des opinions critiques de l’autorité préfectorale ou du pouvoir exécutif (e.g. parodie d’un préfet ou d’E. Macron lors d’une performance artistique)… » Wow.

Whether intentional or ignorant, seems ominous: CDC cuts the unit that assessed whether its proposed research studies are ethical.

How gerrymandering can change election outcomes, in one chart www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...

Un jour idéal pour demander un petit 2% d'effort ! @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

They already are in Washington DC.

This does have international ramifications too, as far-right parties abroad can claim that the term is not “extremist” because the U.S. government also uses it.

Y’all think romance scams are scary now? Just wait until your AI “girlfriend” starts blackmailing you…

Great business model! They have to turn a profit somewhere, right? Get the audience (of lonely and poorly socialized males) addicted on an investor-subsidized product (of personalized porn) and then, slowly but inevitably, turn up the cost.

Translation: Those who don't praised Trump are not men of faith (in Trump).

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

Among support for Trump, calling Milei a good friend in an interview with Trump Jr, she also signed the Madrid Charter of Spanish far-right party Vox. ecrgroup.eu/files/CartaD...

"After the pandemic" ? Define: pandemic

Ils parleraient d'Emmanuel Macron ça serait pas. Call the police, there's a madman around (or two).

Des nouvelles du rayonnement de la France à l'étranger.

Our plane to Spain is in the air! 🙌🙌 Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

Worth noting that these are precisely the type of measures that have been used against pro-democracy NGOs in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan etc.

Les éditorialistes et autres pseudo-journalistes : Nous allons savoir si Donald Trump va recevoir le prix Nobel de la paix ! Le porte-parole du prix Nobel de la paix : Eff Trump et sa mise en place d'une dictature aux USA.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Au-delà de l'attitude consternante d'un cabinet de « conseil » qui ponctionne de l'argent public pour du néant au surplus généré par l'IA, un point récurrent : Enième illustration d'une décision de justice inventée de toute pièce par l'IA. Chez les avocats en France, les exemples se multiplient...

🚨 La flottille Thousand Madleens a été interceptée cette nuit par des forces de l'occupation israélienne. Parmi les 150 personnes kidnappées illégalement en eaux internationales, se trouve notamment Mélissa Camara. Interpellez le gouvernement !

L’eurodeputee @melissacamara.bsky.social a été arrêtée sur la flotille. Nous demandons sa libération immédiate.

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Video from Trumpland! If they shoot a praying white priest in broad daylight, knowing they are being filmed, do you really think YOU will be safe?

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

You all gonna die.

And that's the point.

"crime" tout ce qui est opposé à MAGA.

Il dit que si des juges, des gouverneurs ou des maires vont à l'encontre de ses décisions, c'est parce que ces juges, ces gouverneurs, ces maires seraient des insurrectionnistes. Qui prétendre que les USA sont (encore) une démocratie ?

La République des Mioches.

Les deux quotidiens nationaux qui bouclent tôt, La Croix et L'Huma, n'auront même pas eu le temps de traiter le gouvernement Lecornu, nommé trop tard hier soir. Ils ne parleront que de sa démission demain matin.

She hath risen.

A government that extrajudicially kills foreigners abroad will also (try to) extrajudicially kill its own citizens at home.

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..? Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news