Luxe Chronicles
@luxechronicles.bsky.social
I used to blog about luxury, art and fashion but 2016 happened and I haven’t been the same since.
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Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is Canada’s cause. At this critical juncture, we are reinforcing our support with up to $2.5B in new loan guarantees and other mechanisms to help Ukraine secure a just and lasting peace, and to recover and rebuild.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
Prime Minister Carney announces new support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine
Since Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified, full-scale invasion, Canada has provided nearly $22 billion in multifaceted assistance for Ukraine, including over $12 billion in direct financial support – mak...
www.pm.gc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is Canada’s cause. At this critical juncture, we are reinforcing our support with up to $2.5B in new loan guarantees and other mechanisms to help Ukraine secure a just and lasting peace, and to recover and rebuild.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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Soutien total à @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social.
Et comparer ce dessin à Joséphine Baker est un contresens total.
Baker tentait de subvertir 1 dispositif raciste,auquel elle s’opposait,dans 1 contexte scénique qu’elle maîtrisait.
Là,1 imaginaire colonial est réactivé pour déshumaniser la personne visée.
Et comparer ce dessin à Joséphine Baker est un contresens total.
Baker tentait de subvertir 1 dispositif raciste,auquel elle s’opposait,dans 1 contexte scénique qu’elle maîtrisait.
Là,1 imaginaire colonial est réactivé pour déshumaniser la personne visée.
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Soutien total à @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social.
Et comparer ce dessin à Joséphine Baker est un contresens total.
Baker tentait de subvertir 1 dispositif raciste,auquel elle s’opposait,dans 1 contexte scénique qu’elle maîtrisait.
Là,1 imaginaire colonial est réactivé pour déshumaniser la personne visée.
Et comparer ce dessin à Joséphine Baker est un contresens total.
Baker tentait de subvertir 1 dispositif raciste,auquel elle s’opposait,dans 1 contexte scénique qu’elle maîtrisait.
Là,1 imaginaire colonial est réactivé pour déshumaniser la personne visée.
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NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
As Epstein’s cushy jail sentence raised concerns, his lawyers went on charm offensive
The Epstein Files show how his attorneys mixed personal and business relationships with prosecutors who had agreed to settle Epstein’s case.
www.miamiherald.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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Trump in 2024: I "was never on Epstein’s Plane".
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump flew on Epstein jet eight times in the '90s, according to prosecutor email
President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported," according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms par...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Trump in 2024: I "was never on Epstein’s Plane".
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
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If we want an independent media that isn’t the plaything of oligarchs, we’re going to have to build it together.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If we want an independent media that isn’t the plaything of oligarchs, we’re going to have to build it together.
That's why were offering 30 days free right now for Bulwark+. Get it here: lnk.thebulwark.com/48QbKyS
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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💯 Il ne suffit pas de stipuler que la vente de produits incitant à la haine raciale ou objets de discrimination basée sur la race, le sexe, la religion ou l’orientation sexuelle dans ses CGU, il faut l'appliquer.
Fnac, Cultura et Amazon doivent prendre leurs responsabilités !
Fnac, Cultura et Amazon doivent prendre leurs responsabilités !
En feuilletant les catalogues en ligne des grandes enseignes de culture, «Libé» est tombé sur un inventaire sidérant : ouvrages négationnistes, racistes, pamphlets suprémacistes interdits en France. L'Intérieur va saisir la justice. Avec @pierreplottu.bsky.social www.liberation.fr/politique/br...
Brûlots antisémites ou racistes vendus par Cultura, la Fnac et Amazon : le ministère de l’Intérieur saisit la justice
En feuilletant les catalogues en ligne de Cultura, la Fnac et Amazon, «Libé» est tombé sur un inventaire sidérant : ouvrages négationnistes, racistes, pamphlets suprémacistes interdits en France… Et a...
www.liberation.fr
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
💯 Il ne suffit pas de stipuler que la vente de produits incitant à la haine raciale ou objets de discrimination basée sur la race, le sexe, la religion ou l’orientation sexuelle dans ses CGU, il faut l'appliquer.
Fnac, Cultura et Amazon doivent prendre leurs responsabilités !
Fnac, Cultura et Amazon doivent prendre leurs responsabilités !
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Let's have one of those shadow hearings.
Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
Jack Smith says Americans should 'hear the fact' of Trump probes, wants deposition tapes released
Jack Smith wants the American public to “hear the facts” about his two criminal cases against Trump, asking Trump ally Jim Jordan to release video of his eight-
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Let's have one of those shadow hearings.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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ALERTE GENERALE !
Une pétition a été lancée sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale demandant que le gouvernement arrête d'utiliser X pour ses communications officielles.
On signe toutes et tous pour lui donner le maximum de visibilité.
C'est ici :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
Une pétition a été lancée sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale demandant que le gouvernement arrête d'utiliser X pour ses communications officielles.
On signe toutes et tous pour lui donner le maximum de visibilité.
C'est ici :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Platef...
Cessez d'utiliser cette plateforme comme l'un des principaux porte-parole des communications officielles en France. Il existe des alternatives bien mieux modérées et régulées, et il est même possible ...
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr
July 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
ALERTE GENERALE !
Une pétition a été lancée sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale demandant que le gouvernement arrête d'utiliser X pour ses communications officielles.
On signe toutes et tous pour lui donner le maximum de visibilité.
C'est ici :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
Une pétition a été lancée sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale demandant que le gouvernement arrête d'utiliser X pour ses communications officielles.
On signe toutes et tous pour lui donner le maximum de visibilité.
C'est ici :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
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NEW: Doxing-for-hire services are using forging emergency data requests from law enforcement to trick major tech companies like Apple and Amazon into handing over people's private information. @davidgilbert.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doxers...
Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data
A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW: Doxing-for-hire services are using forging emergency data requests from law enforcement to trick major tech companies like Apple and Amazon into handing over people's private information. @davidgilbert.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doxers...
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I mean, we directly threatened their territorial sovereignty repeatedly in the last several years. What did you expect?
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I mean, we directly threatened their territorial sovereignty repeatedly in the last several years. What did you expect?
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When far right authoritarians team up to “defend democracy” by dismantling multilateral institutions, you know it’s an absolute con job.
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When far right authoritarians team up to “defend democracy” by dismantling multilateral institutions, you know it’s an absolute con job.
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NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
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OTD in 1978 USSR & Afghanistan signed a "friendship treaty". We invaded them a year later.
So you can trust us with a peace deal now.
So you can trust us with a peace deal now.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
OTD in 1978 USSR & Afghanistan signed a "friendship treaty". We invaded them a year later.
So you can trust us with a peace deal now.
So you can trust us with a peace deal now.
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The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests."
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests."
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."
Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
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This week showed what online communities can do.
By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.
By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This week showed what online communities can do.
By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.
By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.
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📖 Nathacha Appanah a obtenu le prix Goncourt des lycéens, après avoir remporté début novembre le prix Femina, pour "La nuit au cœur" (Gallimard), qui raconte le destin de trois femmes prises dans la spirale des violences masculines, a annoncé le jury réuni à Rennes.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📖 Nathacha Appanah a obtenu le prix Goncourt des lycéens, après avoir remporté début novembre le prix Femina, pour "La nuit au cœur" (Gallimard), qui raconte le destin de trois femmes prises dans la spirale des violences masculines, a annoncé le jury réuni à Rennes.
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From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Good News in Rachel Reeves' Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor's annual statement, ar...
bylinetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption