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My most recent e-book shelf, with things still to finish, some yet to start, and two to re-read for further notes taking / references research
Quelques heures consacrées à autre chose qu'aux livres et à l'actualité => deux nouveaux albums de mes artistes préférés:

BRAVO Florent Pagny pour ‘Grandeur Nature’ 👍

BRAVO Vanessa Paradis pour ‘Le Retour des Beaux Jours’ 👍

www.florentpagny.org/nouvel-album...

www.humanite.fr/culture-et-s...
Nouvel album – « Grandeur Nature » – FLORENT PAGNY Fan Club
www.florentpagny.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
US removes memorial for black WW2 soldiers, Dutch place it back, off American reach

www.nu.nl/media/637691...

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Tv-programma plaatst borden over zwarte soldaten terug bij WO II-begraafplaats
Het tv-programma Even tot hier heeft naast de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten twee informatieborden teruggeplaatst over zwarte soldaten uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De Amerikaanse beheerder had ...
www.nu.nl
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cross your fingers. The sooner the AI bubble bursts, the further away we'll be from:
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Another book by David Edmonds, with a very promising and challenging topic: effective altruism. And much more. Can't wait to get to it.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If Adam Smith was alive today, his "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" would have contained only one phrase: "Free market is in direct correlation with the side of bed on which TruthSocial and X major posters wake up in the morning"
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Graph explorer of Epstein emails - pretty cool project:

epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
network-ui
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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«Dacian Fall» : en Roumanie, l’Otan affiche l’union et la force face à la menace russe

Grâce à cet exercice de grande ampleur, qui a réuni seize nations durant deux semaines, la France a certifié sa capacité à déployer et diriger des forces de défense multinationales.
«Dacian Fall» : en Roumanie, l’Otan affiche l’union et la force face à la menace russe
www.liberation.fr
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I honestly can't stop laughing: "Conclusion
What can developers and researchers learn from these results? More reasoning isn't always better.", when it comes to "AI" vs captcha 🤣

research.roundtable.ai/captcha-benc...
Benchmarking Leading AI Agents Against CAPTCHAs
We evaluate three leading AI models—Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and GPT-5—on their ability to solve Google reCAPTCHA v2 challenges and find significant performance differences, with success rat...
research.roundtable.ai
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Way overly optimistic about what's going to happen, the book is an interesting read, nonetheless.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Depuis le retour de Trump au pouvoir, les ­cow-boys de l'ICE et les entreprises privées se frottent les mains devant le durcissement de la politique migratoire, qui leur assure de se faire un paquet d'oseille
États-Unis. Grâce à Trump, les migrants sont désormais cotés en Bourse
Septembre 2024. Les agents du FBI sont sur les dents. Voilà plusieurs semaines qu’ils planchent sur une affaire de corruption qui pourrait bien faire scandale. Ils savent qu’ils vont devoir la jouer fine s’ils veulent coincer le type dont on leur a juré à plusieurs reprises qu’il acceptait les pots-de-vin en échange de contrats gouvernementaux. […]
charliehebdo.fr
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Could someone, please, explain to me what would be the difference between the two options, preferably in non-AI language:

gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🎧 Fermez Netflix, ouvrez Rousseau.
Dans ces lectures des "Rêveries du promeneur solitaire", l’écrivain confie ses doutes, ses joies, ses blessures, et fait de la marche un chemin vers la liberté intérieure.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/bOn
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🔵 EUROPE'S FAIRPHONE ENTERS U.S. MARKET TAPPING RIGHT-TO-REPAIR DEMAND

Full Story → https://m.piqsuite.com/reuters/europes-fairphone-enters-us-market-tapping-right-to-repair-demand-2025-11-05-07-01-47
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Milei getting $40 billion bailout from US taxpayers, and possibly buying French submarines. If this is not Art of the Deal, I don't know what is. 🤣

www.infobae.com/politica/202...
Milei confirmó que Argentina quiere comprarle submarinos a Francia: la trama y los detalles del operativo
El Presidente lo dijo en un reportaje con un medio de ese país. “Le estamos comprando, además, unos buques para patrullar las costas”, añadió. El Estado podría no pagar hasta recibir las unidades
www.infobae.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There is no end to the circus, and seen from a safe distance, it's actually quite entertaining:

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
FDA described as a “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
FDA regulator accused of using position to exact revenge on old business associate.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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✍️ Si le trumpisme n’a de cesse que d’encourager la confusion entre religion et politique, c’est à la république de protéger la liberté de croire des citoyens en veillant à ce que la foi ne cherche pas à investir l’Etat pour imposer ses «lois» à la société, pointe le journaliste Patrick Sabatier.
Aux Etats-Unis, la démocratie empêtrée dans le fanatisme
Si le trumpisme n’a de cesse que d’encourager la confusion entre religion et politique, c’est à la république de protéger la liberté de croire des citoyens en veillant à ce que la foi ne cherche à investir l’Etat pour imposer ses «lois».
www.liberation.fr
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What happens to the US I knew? Is this actually a movie?

"Chicago: Helicopters = Raids tomorrow?

In Lincoln Park and now Belmont - Kimball, there really wasn’t much or any ICE activity. The neighborhood is buzzed with a low flying Blackhawk. The next day raids start." ...
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
1) “BEHOLD!” said the Professor. “By cunningly configuring this mere machine—a simple arrangement of copper and sand, animated by tiny flickers of lightning—I have made it play chess!”
“So what?” said the Student. “A human can also play chess.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Barely into the second chapter, and Steven Pinker's new book got "promoted" on my need to finish first shelf.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"I wanted to change the world. I did that. I made it worse."

truestoryaward.org/story/230
The Finkelstein Formula - True Story Award
The Global Reporter Prize in Bern, Switzerland
truestoryaward.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM