@laurentfranckx.bsky.social
Environmental and transport economist. Civil servant. All posts are personal
I have questions about the use of this flag.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have questions about the use of this flag.
In the 1860s, James Africanus Beale Horton was optimistic about Africa's potential for development. Context: Horton was an Igbo, abducted by transatlantic slave traders,
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In the 1860s, James Africanus Beale Horton was optimistic about Africa's potential for development. Context: Horton was an Igbo, abducted by transatlantic slave traders,
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
Le Chevalier de Lamarck approuve
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Le Chevalier de Lamarck approuve
But is it?
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
But is it?
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Est-ce qu’il pleut sur Nantes ce soir ?
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Est-ce qu’il pleut sur Nantes ce soir ?
"I am sorry but I just had that awful dream where you murder President Garfield"
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"I am sorry but I just had that awful dream where you murder President Garfield"
That's the feeling I usually got when I had to mark exams
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That's the feeling I usually got when I had to mark exams
Time-line fun on Facebook
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Time-line fun on Facebook
Dat vermeldt Colley niet (maar ik geloof u)
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dat vermeldt Colley niet (maar ik geloof u)
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
Now I'm only falling apart
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
Now I'm only falling apart
Some time ago, one of my children said that the 1990s must have been an incredibly optimistic decade. I have always emphasized the "in retrospective" aspect and these two graphs nicely illustrate why. Since the middle of the last decade, there has indeed been a strong increase in the number of /
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Some time ago, one of my children said that the 1990s must have been an incredibly optimistic decade. I have always emphasized the "in retrospective" aspect and these two graphs nicely illustrate why. Since the middle of the last decade, there has indeed been a strong increase in the number of /
