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  • March 30, 2025 10:58pm

    Fascinating article by NYT on the history of the Russian invasion of Ukraine đŸ‡ș🇩.

  • March 30, 2025 10:29pm

    Et hop dans ma todo : Lire Lolita Ă  TĂ©hĂ©ran - Azar Nafisi www.babelio.com/livres/Na…

    Et dans ma liste de filme Ă  voir :

    Lire Lolita Ă  TĂ©hĂ©ran (2024) - IMDb m.imdb.com/fr/title/…

  • March 30, 2025 7:41pm

    Fixed: Several elections on Tuesday will be a crucial test of the popularity of the chaotic and extremist first two months of Donald Trump’s second term and the clout of his co-destroyer, Elon Musk, the world’s stupid man who has been tasked with radically killing the US federal government

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  • Book : Don't Believe Everything You Think

    March 29, 2025 11:21pm

    Your mind is not a friend it’s a tyrant. It spins stories of inadequacy, catastrophizes the future, and replays past failures like a broken record. This mental noise isn’t just distracting; it’s soul-crushing. Joseph Nguyen’s “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” isn’t another platitude-filled pep talk. It’s a scalpel, cutting through the illusion that your thoughts define reality. In a world drowning in overthinking, anxiety, and self-doubt, this book is a rebellion against the prison of the mind. Continue reading →

  • March 29, 2025 10:42am

    Not just Millenials, it’s everywhere.

    www.newsweek.com/millennia…

  • March 25, 2025 8:43pm

    Ouch

    The maintainers of #Kubernetes have released patches for four critical vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller, affecting 6,500, or 41%, of all Internet-facing container orchestration clusters, including those used by several Fortune 500 companies.

  • March 23, 2025 2:18pm

    I’m not on X anymore but this is nonetheless interesting

    notetracker.socialmediadata.org

  • March 22, 2025 8:40pm

    ATmosphereConf 2025 - Smoke Signal, an journey in building open ecosystems for communities - Nick Gerakines

  • March 19, 2025 11:07pm

    About “vibe coding” #LLM #AI #coding

  • March 19, 2025 11:02pm

    He’s not joking. It’s not a joke, it’s a demonstration of intent. Pretty much like what Putin did to Ukraine. #Trump #Annexation

  • First, They Came for Democracy: The Silent Creep of Authoritarianism in America"

    March 14, 2025 8:01pm

    First, they came for the refugees and migrants, and I did not speak out—because I was not one of them. Then they came for trans people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and women’s rights, and I did not speak out—because I thought my rights were secure. Then they dismantled federal agencies like USAID, eliminating 83% of its programs and terminating thousands of staff. This abrupt action halted critical global health and humanitarian initiatives, leaving millions without essential support. Continue reading →

  • Short Novel : The Quiet Republic – Episode 2

    March 11, 2025 10:57pm

    This is a novel I’m going to run for the next 4 years, when I have the time, when I’ll find the inspiration to write about the singular mess that is the World right now with the USA leading the direction to Hell. The first iteration of this essay is here “When democracy fades, the silence speaks.” The Last Orders They came at midnight. DOGE was swift. The Department of Government Efficiency. Continue reading →

  • March 6, 2025 11:51pm

    Grandir dans la secte Bouddhiste TibĂ©taine OKC (pour Ogyen Kunzang Choling) aujourd’hui mutĂ©e en CBM (Centre Bouddhique Mahayana) voici la derniĂšre interview que j’ai donnĂ© Ă  la chaĂźne YouTube Dissecte que je remercie pour cet excellent travail de montage đŸ™đŸŒ

    Version longue de cet interview.

  • Belgique, la destruction des acquis sociaux n'est pas un projet de sociĂ©tĂ©

    March 5, 2025 11:31pm

    Le discours sur l’« obĂ©sitĂ© » de l’État sert trop souvent de paravent Ă  une stratĂ©gie cynique de dĂ©mantĂšlement des services publics, orchestrĂ©e par une classe politique dĂ©connectĂ©e du quotidien des citoyens. DerriĂšre l’argument comptable de la dette publique se cache un projet idĂ©ologique : affaiblir la protection sociale pour transformer la prĂ©caritĂ© en une norme, dĂ©tourner la colĂšre populaire vers un faux ennemi – les allocataires sociaux, les familles nombreuses, les services publics – tout en servant les intĂ©rĂȘts privĂ©s. Continue reading →

  • MĂ©moire d'il y a 5 ans, impression d'audience

    March 2, 2025 7:14pm

    J’ai rien dit encore sur le jour 2 et 3 du procĂšs OKC-Spatz, mais en trĂšs gros, Ă  part que l’absence du principal accusĂ© continue de briller de 1000 feux, les tĂ©moins a dĂ©charge qui ont Ă©tĂ© prĂ©sentĂ© se sont littĂ©ralement tirĂ© dans le pied. On a eu droit Ă  un enfant de la derniĂšre gĂ©nĂ©ration, qui dans son groupe modĂšle pilote a servi de test mais aussi de vitrine pour dĂ©montrer : regarder ceux lĂ  ils sont bien, ils n’ont pas Ă©tĂ© puni avec la religion bouddhiste (oui ça contredit la notion mĂȘme de bouddhisme pour les bouddhistes sain d’esprit) ils n’ont pas Ă©tĂ© abusĂ© physiquement ou spirituellement, ni sexuellement. Continue reading →

  • From ‘Fake News’ to Blind Loyalty: How Trump’s Language Traps His Followers

    February 27, 2025 8:14pm

    Trump’s use of manipulative language creates a cult-like loyalty among his followers by shaping their worldview through emotional manipulation, repetition, and distortion of reality, making it challenging for them to question him without feeling like they betray their identity. Continue reading →

  • Le Pouvoir de l'Invocation : Comment l'Administration Trump Utilise la PriĂšre Comme Arme Politique

    February 26, 2025 9:10pm

    Dans le mouvement Trump, participer Ă  la priĂšre—que ce soit lors des rassemblements, des rĂ©unions du cabinet ou des nominations judiciaires—devient un signe d’allĂ©geance. Continue reading →

  • The Power of Invocation: How the #Trump Administration Uses Prayer as a Political Weapon

    February 26, 2025 8:50pm

    the Trump administration’s use of prayer is a textbook example of manipulation through religious symbolism. By repeatedly invoking God before taking actions that contradict their prayers, they create an illusion of moral infallibility Continue reading →

  • De la Radicalisation au SacrĂ© : L’Instrumentalisation du Martyre et l’AccĂ©lĂ©ration de la Spirale Autoritaire aux États-Unis

    February 23, 2025 11:52pm

    Compte tenu de ces nouvelles informations du Guardian, il est clair que la dynamique que nous avions prĂ©dite – oĂč les personnes graciĂ©es utilisent leur statut nouvellement confĂ©rĂ© pour renforcer leur martyre et pousser Ă  la radicalisation du paysage politique – se dĂ©roule maintenant en temps rĂ©el. Cet incident illustre l’encouragement de ces personnages, la transformation du mouvement de Trump en un culte axĂ© sur la personnalitĂ© et l’érosion supplĂ©mentaire des normes dĂ©mocratiques par la glorification des insurgĂ©s. Continue reading →

  • From Radicalization to the Sacred: The Weaponization of Martyrdom and the Acceleration of the Authoritarian Spiral in the United States

    February 23, 2025 11:32pm

    Sacrifice as a Strategy for Legitimization in Radical Groups Throughout history, extremist movements have relied on the sacrifice of their members to strengthen their cohesion and legitimacy. Martyrs become symbols, their suffering woven into a mythology that justifies an existential struggle against a perceived oppressive enemy. In the case of the January 6 rioters pardoned by Donald Trump, this pattern is being replicated on an unprecedented scale in modern American democracy. Continue reading →

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