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Chronic entrepreneur. Co-founded & 2 sons. Not necessarily in that order.

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@pegobry_en Same for some tourists:

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Paris, Saturday. Yes, there was damage today. Yes, there was tension, but life went on. A thread from someone who walked through it, not someone watching it on a loop. 🧵

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Sorry Nicolas, maar ik deel nergens een morele “free pass” uit. Wie de brand in Limoges heeft aangestoken, wie daar en elders heeft geplunderd, moet voor de rechter en de gevolgen dragen (trouwens al 850 verdachten gearresteerd). Erfgoed in de as leggen is onvergeeflijk, geen discussie.
Ik zeg nergens dat dit geënsceneerd is door een politieke partij. Ik zeg iets veel eenvoudigers: wie de lucifer ook aanstak, het effect op de politieke verschuiving is hetzelfde. Angstbeelden op repeat in elke feed en een bange kiezer die naar de uitersten schuift. Dat is geen wegkijken, dat is net naar het geheel kijken.

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@LVTornh I feel you

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Paris, Saturday. Yes, there was damage today. Yes, there was tension, but life went on. A thread from someone who walked through it, not someone watching it on a loop. 🧵

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Social media doesn't just report conflict, it amplifies it. Fear and chaos get the clicks, so fear and chaos are what you're fed on loop, from every angle. That changes our mental states. A scared electorate votes for the extremes to change their state. Please remember that before the next election. Love from Paris.

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Paris, Saturday. Yes, there was damage today. Yes, there was tension, but life went on. A thread from someone who walked through it, not someone watching it on a loop. 🧵

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Which is exactly why I'm writing this down (from the unbroken side of the window) Two people could safely cross this sunny city today from the Bourse, Saint-Honoré, the Quartier Latin, Jardin du Luxembourg, Od��on and never be directly touched. That isn't denial. It's the part of the day no algorithm will show you.

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Shops hit: Monoprix, SFR, McDo, several sportswear around République. Later the Champs & Montaigne weren't spared either. Real damage for real shopkeepers, such as a family owned 3rd generation florist. However not a city in flames and that distinction matters.

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Paris numbers tonight: ~110,000 marchers (~550.00 all over France). By 16h: 200 arrests (“only” 13 minors) and exactly one Paris resident. Most arrests were for reinforced gloves and balaclavas before anything happened. The looters seem to have been coming from outside, prepared and knew the “drill”.

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@josdujardin No mist this morning.

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If you're in Brussels, look up right now. Pink clouds over the whole city. Hope you're enjoying it as much as I am. This view makes it worth it working late at a customer.

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@josdujardin Early bird gets the misty sunset

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@WVandewieleW The force is strong with that one. Bruges and Brussels were really showing off tonight.