French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes
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Arrested in the UK on terrorism charges, presumably for participating in the French protests.
Interest how, since covid, we've seen more authoritarian coordination between foreign governments. It's like they're all part of some larger entity.
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Another gem from Amethyst's auto-translate
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one of the few podcast series I occasionally listen to, forgot it existed but that article reminded me. you might be into it(?)
I had no idea he was still kicking around. Thanks!
He was also in a jazzrock band called Placebo (who should've sued) in the early 70s who did some decent stuff.
Former keyboard player Marc Moulin was also in the Belgian synthpop group Telex, who did a great cover of Ca Plane Pour Moi a year earlier.
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Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: wnaBF-ueFrUJzWiQCHVeX1CFEiiNWoeLsZ1cfMg6ZYA
I spent one nightmarish day in Paris and wasted the whole thing searching for the entrance to the catacombs only to find it was closed when I got there. I couldn't believe what a toilet that place was - and this was 10 years ago.
Occasionally AI comes up with some bangers.
"Advocates and producers of alternative foods are well aware that consumers, given a free choice, would overwhelmingly rather stick with the foods they know and love. Free choice has to go."
Interesting piece on some people who literally want to feed you cancer.
I saw him getting on a train once. He looked scared, like he knew he couldn't go out in public without being teased but didn't have enough cash to buy a car.
Yeah, I nearly grabbed that one too - it was very revealing.
Good Lord, it ran for 4 decades and hasn't even been gone for a year. Why won't the Brits just let it die?