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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Am I the only person who every time they see a headline today referring to 'Trump - Xi' assume that Donald has formed a cricket team?

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ici à ESJ Montpellier pour une visite. Profession Pigiste à l'honneur. :-) @pigiste.org

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

10am Sunday, beach club at opening time. They tell me it's raining in Paris.

Photo of the Effêt Mer beach club today with warm sun, sea and sand.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Soulcié in mediapart.fr this week re: data hack of the outdated tech at France's Education Ministry. "I don't understand it! No-one used the floppy disk drive!"

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Having quiety slipped out of Substack’s top 50 ‘Rising in France’ list last month, I have just crept in again. I’d explain to you the algorithm that qualifies me as ‘Rising’ but I have absolutely no idea how it is calculated. Just happy to be back on the rise, ooh ah matron. autosaveisforwimps.com

Screenshot of a Substack notification announcing that "Alistair Dabbs is now #44 Rising in France".

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's all happening this week. My publication ‘Autosave is for Wimps’ has jumped up to 22nd in Substack’s list of Rising Bestsellers in France.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It is most gratifying to learn that 'Autosave is for Wimps' is 29th in Substack's Rising Best Sellers list in France this week. And it's not even in French (well, *most* of it isn't). autosaveisforwimps.substack.com

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

After-work drinks at the Domaine de la Tour in Montpellier with le Club de la Presse Occitanie. National trade unions for journalists are important, and so are local press clubs! @nujparis.bsky.social

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

NUJ Paris branch meetup in Montpellier today. It was hot! @nujparis.bsky.social

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Nothing cheers me up more in early summer than calculating how many gins and tonic will be improved with slices of the lemons growing on my own lemon tree.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today I was on the set of French daily TV soap, 'Un si grand soleil', which is shot locally. (I literally walked to the studios from my house.) Here you can see the continuity director taking screenshots as filming takes place. @nujparis.bsky.social

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I have discovered a brilliant Italian bistro nearby: Doppio Malto. The food is burger/pizza/pasta but the desserts are generous and the beer selection is astounding. You can even order four or 12 (yes, 12) taster glasses. www.doppiomalto.com/fr/restauran...

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

To be fair, the NBA's map of France does include most of it.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Currently on a brewery guided tour at Somi Beer in Montpellier. Hoping there will be a tasting later as this glass of barley doesn't seem ready. www.somi.beer

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

One or two of these are still available in French bookshops if you're a moron. When I say "one or two", I'm referring to the number of warehouses stuffed with unsold lies.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Une noisette done properly. What a rarity! Beautiful layering, correct temperature and an amaretto cookie on the side. Merci Gazette Café, Montpellier! www.gazettecafe.com

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I hadn't been counting the years so IEEE did it for me. Apparently I have been an IEEE member for 15 so far. IEEE now runs a certification program for AI Ethics. Shall I sign up?

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Artificial Intelligence at its finest: Instagram looked at my recent photos and suggested the following soundtracks for my story reel.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Outside a shop in France, possibly run by Glaswegians.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Sleeps up to three people under the bonnet.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Good choice of replacement headlights for a hearse.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

For Thomas Dolby fans. I just want the key to this...

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Launch party tonight aux Salins d'Aigues Mortes for the new 'annuaire' for members of the media in Occitanie. Lots of com, a few journalists too. :-)

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Completely vegetarian, if you don't count the shellfish, fish and molluscs.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Irvine Welsh checking his phone.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

'La Comédie du Livre' annual book festival in Montpellier today. Here's one of the marquees; there are several.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Just spotted this in Private Eye 1647. I am the bloke on the right.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

NUJ is holding its biennial conference starting today in sunny (above the clouds) Blackpool. Paris branch is here in force. @nujparis.bsky.social

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Like a school bully who's run out of smaller children to pick on, WhatsApp's AI Slopamatic has finally got around to installing itself on my phone as well as everyone else's. What a pile of shite.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Getting some Eostre baking practise in for the weekend. Crosses for her, pentacles for me.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

My attention was drawn by the grammar. Only later I noticed she was giving me the finger.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I hadn't realised how serious things had become.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I read that Elon Musk says Tesla is to produce a "legion" of Optimus robots this year.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Not mad about Arnie's replacement in the latest Predator remake.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Top and tailing the Angoulême International Comics Festival awards, John Romita Jnr (honorary) and Luz (best album) on Saturday 1 February 2025. Pix by me and they're copyright.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

NUJ Paris Christmas dinner last night, proving that the honourable art of the selfie-stick remains alive and clicking in the 4e arrondissement. With members, colleagues, guests and - we hope - future members. Gratuitous comments about my shirt are welcome. @nujofficial.bsky.social

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It's the NUJ Paris Christmas dinner tonight. Now, do I buy another IPA before moving to dinner in the bistrot next door? Or make this tiny bit last another 20 mins?

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

AAPA & NUJ Paris Freelancers Seminar is just getting started for a full day of sound advice for freelance journalists and photographers at the Bourse du Travail in Paris.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

"I saw no shame in my recreational use of electronic messaging. I was proud of it and listed all my email addresses in my sig and printed them on my business cards." [Autosave is for Wimps] featuring Skindred, Father Jack and a faulty Dymo labeller. autosaveisforwimps.substack.com/p/my-name-is...

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

I visited the France 3 news studios in Montpellier this evening just before their local bulletin at 19h15. They wouldn't let me photograph the Avid editing dens, the sound editor's master desk or the live directors' suite, so this will have to do.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Everyone's sharing theirs, so here's mine, in French. Nous sommes désormais plus de 10 millions sur Bluesky, et j’étais n°1 689 809 !

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

A bit rich coming from The Guardian, whose polemicist Owen Jones frequently warns readers against 'feminist propaganda'.

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Front page of the very first edition of Midi Libre, published 80 years ago on 27 August 1944. (Reproduced here on the back page of today's edition)

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Alistair Dabbs @alidabbs.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

Given that the England men's team turned it around tonight, only one of these three should lose their job this week.

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