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Jean-Baptiste Perrin

@alphast.bsky.social
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Back in France after 23 years (NL, UK, EL), living and working in Nantes. Geopolitics graduate. Shipping specialist. Avid gamer, photograph and reader. Politics freak & History buff. Writes in French, Dutch, English and Greek.

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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Cold War II. Episode 1: The Tariff War! OK, I'm so sorry for whoever created this extremely funny poster. I don't know who you are so I can't credit you. If anyone knows, I'll of course add credits. Just too funny to pass on.
Trump is facing penguins with the mention "Cold War II", on a red poster mimicking 50's USSR style.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The excellent Clément Viktorovitch (bsky.app/profile/clem...) realized a Paint chart about this (all rights his, and bless him for the hour of efforts). I can only encourage you to follow him on Twitch or on this platform.
Chart showing the 3 main options in Le Pen Case, and the 3 sub cases in case of Cassation.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
I'm sure you always have wanted to know what's under an escalator. Well, here it is...
Metal escalator stair underpart.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
There was frost again this morning in the Northern Suburbs of Athens. These days are getting more sparse but this was quite pretty.
Morning frost on a large leaf, somewhere in Greece.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 30/12/2023
And since one picture is worth a thousand words, here is a picture I took yesterday...
A million drachma note from 1944
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
The Circus might be one of the oldest forms of popular entertainment, but it's still magical for kids and adults alike. Great evening at Circus Orfei...
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Nantes, c'est vraiment beau. Et même la nuit... mais surtout quand il ne pleut plus !
Restaurant La Cigale à Nantes.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
I survived, somehow... We're on our way back. Most of the kids are asleep. Not mine, unfortunately. But he's calmed down a bit at least...
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
Tout ça pour ça...
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
Correction... The museum entrance isn't great either.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
In Delphi, the only worse thing than the traffic jam to get there by road is the traffic jam to get to the toilets.
Toilet traffic. Delphi museum.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
This is getting better by the minute... There is no space on the left or the right...
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
Now this should get interesting. The local cop decided to let both drivers sort it out...
Crossing a truck with a bus in a street designed for donkeys.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
The view is really lovely. Scenic and all that. If only we could get out of the bus...
Arachova bell towerThe Greek flag and the view from Arachova road.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Tried some moon pictures with the mobile. Not happy with the results. There is so much light pollution in Maroussi that even a super bright moon like tonight's doesn't focus the phone captors enough.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Yearly celebration of Greece's fighting the Axis during WWII. Oxi day commemorates the 1940 refusal by the Greek government to let fascist Italy use the country as a base against the Allies. The ensuing battles saw the compleat defeat of the invading Italian army.
Oxi day school celebration.
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Standing guard... #cats #photography
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin @alphast.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
Old winery machines in the courtyard at the Queen's tower in Illion. #photography #still
An old German machine for wine making. Rusty and enameled metal, in front of an ancient broken wooden door.
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