Jean-Marc Liotier
@liotier.bsky.social
Like an old information technology blog that collided with a European Union politics column, a geographic information systems consultancy and a defense think tank.
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.net
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.net
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Jean-Marc Liotier: Your Friendly Neighborhood Policy Nerd
Where EU politics meets tech rants and unexpected humor.
blueskyroast.com
You just discovered my Bluesky account and wonder what it is about ? Here is a fun summary:
Foreign policy, seen from above - the case of the Paris-N'Djamena flight... Guess who we don't get along with !
Also, gotta admire the pettiness of barring Air France from one's airspace but letting KLM (part of same company) through... France-Algeria relationships remain as sane as ever.
Also, gotta admire the pettiness of barring Air France from one's airspace but letting KLM (part of same company) through... France-Algeria relationships remain as sane as ever.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Foreign policy, seen from above - the case of the Paris-N'Djamena flight... Guess who we don't get along with !
Also, gotta admire the pettiness of barring Air France from one's airspace but letting KLM (part of same company) through... France-Algeria relationships remain as sane as ever.
Also, gotta admire the pettiness of barring Air France from one's airspace but letting KLM (part of same company) through... France-Algeria relationships remain as sane as ever.
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Corrupt vizier deposed
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Corrupt vizier deposed
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
Akai MPC USB audio interfaces compatibility database: I compiled the good old MPC Forums thread into a wiki page.
AkaiMPCWorkingClassCompliantAudioInterfaces
My Akai MPC stuff. Contribute to liotier/AkaiMPC development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Akai MPC USB audio interfaces compatibility database: I compiled the good old MPC Forums thread into a wiki page.
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"Maximizing their house's value while shattering the finances of everyone else is just upper class Californian indigenous ways of knowing and we must hold space for them."
While @resnikoff.bsky.social's article has some valid criticism, part of the challenge underscored here is that the YIMBY movement needs to continue to engage with justice orgs and listen to the lived experiences in dialogue. Swooping in and telling communities what to think is the wrong approach.
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Maximizing their house's value while shattering the finances of everyone else is just upper class Californian indigenous ways of knowing and we must hold space for them."
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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I think this is a typo but I kind of love it
ZELENSKIY SINGS DECREE TO DISMISS TOP AIDE YERMAK
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think this is a typo but I kind of love it
Magnificent nonsense.
"Powered by a Rolls-Royce Trent 977B-84 axial-flow high-bypass turbofan engine producing 372 kilonewtons of take-off thrust that we fit inside the front bonnet using a guy with a hammer"
"Powered by a Rolls-Royce Trent 977B-84 axial-flow high-bypass turbofan engine producing 372 kilonewtons of take-off thrust that we fit inside the front bonnet using a guy with a hammer"
The new renault twingo comes with a steering wheel
YouTube video by Bosnian Ape Society
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Magnificent nonsense.
"Powered by a Rolls-Royce Trent 977B-84 axial-flow high-bypass turbofan engine producing 372 kilonewtons of take-off thrust that we fit inside the front bonnet using a guy with a hammer"
"Powered by a Rolls-Royce Trent 977B-84 axial-flow high-bypass turbofan engine producing 372 kilonewtons of take-off thrust that we fit inside the front bonnet using a guy with a hammer"
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It’s so wild some people genuinely believe NGOs actually speak for anyone other than their boards. It’s like encountering someone who believes Santa Claus exists.
While @resnikoff.bsky.social's article has some valid criticism, part of the challenge underscored here is that the YIMBY movement needs to continue to engage with justice orgs and listen to the lived experiences in dialogue. Swooping in and telling communities what to think is the wrong approach.
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s so wild some people genuinely believe NGOs actually speak for anyone other than their boards. It’s like encountering someone who believes Santa Claus exists.
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Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
i also liked the fact that most of us who had come from the other site had the mentality of not giving "bad actors" the benefit of the doubt on here , and told all to block, not mute, an move on
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
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Watching the DCC fight the tide on this for the last couple years has been pretty fun
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Watching the DCC fight the tide on this for the last couple years has been pretty fun
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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TECH STARTUP: We're thrilled to announce our new app which gives you the power to kill anybody in the world
TECH STARTUP, A MONTH LATER: We hear you and we understand. Today we're making several significant changes to Anonymurder's terms of use
TECH STARTUP, A MONTH LATER: We hear you and we understand. Today we're making several significant changes to Anonymurder's terms of use
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
TECH STARTUP: We're thrilled to announce our new app which gives you the power to kill anybody in the world
TECH STARTUP, A MONTH LATER: We hear you and we understand. Today we're making several significant changes to Anonymurder's terms of use
TECH STARTUP, A MONTH LATER: We hear you and we understand. Today we're making several significant changes to Anonymurder's terms of use
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Blackshirts! Blackshirts!
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An absolute bargain at £349!
Sizes for all the family.
Roll up, roll up!
Get your Blackshirts here!
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An absolute bargain at £349!
Sizes for all the family.
Roll up, roll up!
Get your Blackshirts here!
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Blackshirts! Blackshirts!
Get your Blackshirts here!
An absolute bargain at £349!
Sizes for all the family.
Roll up, roll up!
Get your Blackshirts here!
Get your Blackshirts here!
An absolute bargain at £349!
Sizes for all the family.
Roll up, roll up!
Get your Blackshirts here!
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This gas station in Ukraine's Sumy is encased in concrete, a stark adaptation to Russia’s constant strikes.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This gas station in Ukraine's Sumy is encased in concrete, a stark adaptation to Russia’s constant strikes.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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Basement meeting rooms could quickly and easily be converted to torture chambers subject to the necessary planning consents.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Basement meeting rooms could quickly and easily be converted to torture chambers subject to the necessary planning consents.
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New to the market, this 10 bed detached Hampstead property would suit a recently deposed Middle-Eastern dictator who is looking to downsize. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New to the market, this 10 bed detached Hampstead property would suit a recently deposed Middle-Eastern dictator who is looking to downsize. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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This is treason against everything America was founded on. Plain and simple, the president is a traitor.
The United States is poised to recognize Crimea and other occupied territories as Russian in order to strike a deal to end hostilities, The Telegraph reports
Guarantors of the territorial integrity of Ukraine are just "amazing," all of them.
Guarantors of the territorial integrity of Ukraine are just "amazing," all of them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is treason against everything America was founded on. Plain and simple, the president is a traitor.
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A failed rocket launch at the Yasny launch site near Orenburg, Russia.
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A failed rocket launch at the Yasny launch site near Orenburg, Russia.
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Nothing matters or exists but him
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Nothing matters or exists but him
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Automated text generation has existed for decades. "Dead internet" is from 2016. Markov chain text generation dates to at least 1984. The incentives to algorithmicly generate web text have been around since before 2010. Huge swaths of the internet have been case for seo/advertising slop for decades.
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Automated text generation has existed for decades. "Dead internet" is from 2016. Markov chain text generation dates to at least 1984. The incentives to algorithmicly generate web text have been around since before 2010. Huge swaths of the internet have been case for seo/advertising slop for decades.
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was idly curious if you could get a 2d6 probability curve as a single die and the answer is: yes, it's a "hendecahedron" that looks like this, and they work when 3D printed
hbaktash.github.io/projects/put...
hbaktash.github.io/projects/put...
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
was idly curious if you could get a 2d6 probability curve as a single die and the answer is: yes, it's a "hendecahedron" that looks like this, and they work when 3D printed
hbaktash.github.io/projects/put...
hbaktash.github.io/projects/put...
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UK migration politics now comes down to each government generating its own intractable labour shortage
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UK migration politics now comes down to each government generating its own intractable labour shortage