François Loeser
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François Loeser
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Léopards (qui ont l’air d’être en colère) sur les mosaïques de la Salle de Roger au palais des Normands de Palerme - XIIe siècle.
Fantômette strikes back!
"It has emerged that a very similar heist was outlined in one of the 52 volumes of a popular children’s book series beginning in the 1960s that stars Fantômette, a girl crime-fighter aged about 12 who is often described as France’s first female superhero."
Prosecutor has ‘small hope’ of recovering Louvre jewels thanks to gear left by thieves
French investigators are analysing DNA samples and fingerprints on tools and other items found at the scene
www.theguardian.com
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Dans ma quête éperdue de musiques de la steppe syrienne, celle qu’on entend dans les taxis, je suis tombé sur le graal, le site Syrian Cassette Archives qui rassemble et diffuse les cassettes vendues dans le pays. Un truc à peine croyable. syriancassettearchives.org?lang=en
Syrian Cassette Archives
Syrian Cassette Archives is an initiative to preserve, share and research Syria’s abundant cassette era. Explore the tapes here, plus special content produced by SCA and its collaborators.
syriancassettearchives.org
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Some real fake news! Paper mills are creating fake authors who can then serve as fake reviewers. The illustration of the fake reviewer sitting at their desk is excellent. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
www.nature.com
Algebraic spaces can be decent, reasonable or very reasonable, cf. Definition 68.6.1 in stacks project.
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You're invited to sign this open letter
New people are signing our open letter almost everyday, and it is so heartening to see. Especially good to see familiar names sign.

openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
Non, non, c'est @sklafon1.bsky.social qui a raison, le Christ mort de Holbein est bien au Kunstmuseum de Bâle
I'd like to advertise this daily series of 20-minute talks initiated and hosted by colleagues from University of Haifa.

www.eyesongaza.net/en
Home | Eyes on Gaza
www.eyesongaza.net
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Today's BA newsletter is a review of a new Mosaic box set gathering six Pharoah Sanders albums from the 1980s, all on the Theresa label. Also, an announcement about a major CD sale via our Bandcamp page:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/pharoah-sa...
Pharoah Sanders In The '80s
The Complete Theresa Recordings reviewed
burningambulance.substack.com
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The book people need to absolutely read is The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social. Complete review in my column. 2/2
A excellent way to discover Gary Snyder, one the greatest living poets, and a forerunner of deep ecology.
Colin Still began filming his documentary “O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder” in 1995 and completed it nearly three decades later. Watch this captivating portrait of our “poet laureate of deep ecology” online next week, 8/19–21. RSVP for free and we’ll send you a link: rebrand.ly/snyderencore
O Mother Gaia - Trailer
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Register now so you can freely watch "O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder" next week (8/19–8/21/25) ~ the film is a portrait of our poet laureate of deep ecology.

You can register here ~ email.loa.org/h/i/3F28A6B7...
and see the trailer here ~ tinyurl.com/GarySnyderFilm

#poetry #buddhism
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When poets, pacifists and peaceful protesters are arrested while the far- right exercise their “freedom of speech” with Nazi salutes and hate slogans…
Alice Oswald arrested this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action.
Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look.
C'est une occasion rêvée pour adapter la tradition du chant soufi qawwalî à la liturgie catholique !
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Are we still having the ICM in Philly next year?
This would more or less halt the ability of scientists and academics from visiting the US to give talks, attend meetings and workshops, collaborate with peers on research and I think that is the primary point. 🧪
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
It seems about the right time to ask this question to the IMU.
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you would think the existence of blanket national travel bans would disqualify a country from hosting an international congress, independent of the safety concerns or the national funding situation
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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · Aug 1
Another thought about this week's indignities to U.S. mathematics: How can ICM 2026 be held in a host country that has defunded the (Fields medal-winning) chair of one of its main organizing committtees?

www.mathunion.org/icm/icm-2026