‘There is an obvious presidentialism to Sunak in his governing style and technocratic confidence. Yet he is better understood as our first management consultant prime minister, utterly convinced of his own rational superiority and common sense.’
‘Britain has somehow contrived to…
"The man from Goldman Sachs looked at the books and made a decision — and we are all supposed to accept that this is how we are governed." https://t.co/Lcvo7BaWCP
Efforts by the Egyptian regime to ensure an election victory for Sisi are in full swing.
“All security agencies, the media and station institutions are working for the interest of one candidate: the president.” https://t.co/B7TSlDZFto
⛴️ Les câbles sous-marins, un bon exemple de la manière dont la France peut bâtir une #souveraineté technologique intelligente.
Grâce à sa position géographique, la France peut prétendre figurer dans certaines liaisons stratégiques. @OrangeMarine_
https://t.co/JwthE6MPaF
@Historionome Cela participe d'une vision apocalyptique où tout s'effondre autour d'eux. Le mythe que l'espérance de vie diminue est aussi très prégnante.
Rybar Live: Anti-terrorist operation in Turkey, 4 October
Mikhail Zvinchuk, head of Russian thinktank Rybar: «Such a measure simply looks like a massive PR move to reduce popular anger and popular resentment»
Four new research papers conclude that agriculture began after a cosmic airburst at the start of the Younger Dryas, one which destroyed the village of Abu Hureyra in Syria.
‘Deaths associated with it have almost quadrupled since 2019, rising as a share of fentanyl-related deaths from 3% in January that year to 11% in June 2022.’
‘In March the dea said that almost a quarter of American fentanyl powder contained it. In 2021 the proportion was above…
Laurent Wauquiez a annoncé samedi le retrait de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes du «zéro artificialisation nette», un dispositif qui vise à stopper la bétonisation des sols en 2050, s’attirant des foudres politiques au-delà des écologistes
➡️ https://t.co/cJPOCuXtOE
"Germany becomes the scapegoat in Poland's bitter election campaign"
Good @FT summary of all the innuendo, the stoking of resentment and the weaponisation of guilt.
https://t.co/TDAIe7jucx
‘When the French government launched a major programme of pressurised water reactors, one minister, who was asked how he approached public consultations, put it bluntly: “We have a saying: when you are draining the swamp, you do not consult the frogs.”’
Le 19 septembre 1967, décès de l'artiste Zinaïda Serebriakova (1884-1967), à Paris. Serebriakova est bien connue pour son autoportrait à la toilette (ci-dessous), devenue un classique de la peinture russe, mais ce n'est pas que ça. Petit fil à son sujet.