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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He was 20, legal immigrant under Temporary Protective Status. Standout student, soccer player, member of the Junior ROTC program. He had just graduated from high school, and enrolled at the State University to study neuroscience. Our immigration policy took his life. apple.news/A_0wvtiWuR_e...
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A Reckoning in Springfield — The Atlantic
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morocco’s king appoints the country’s first woman prime minister - BBC News apple.news/Aa9vyqTGRQMi...
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First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections — BBC News
Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This rare tomato is so good, people fly to the Bay Area to get it - San Francisco Chronicle apple.news/Axsh5FDh4TE6...
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This rare tomato is so good, people fly to the Bay Area to get it — San Francisco Chronicle
Sam Mogannam has access to all kinds of pristine seasonal produce as owner of Bi-Rite Market, a cult-favorite grocery with four locations in San Francisco. But on a recent Saturday, Mogannam went out ...
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/4dj706z
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Immigrants held in small outdoor cages at “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, investigators find - BBC News apple.news/AAo5_jr1OSZK...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Imagine your husband to be is so manly and committed to you that he gets someone else to pay for his wedding… They just keep the lows coming… apple.news/AnJKBzsh_TKG...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin — ProPublica
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Desperate #ConTrump promises cash at Republicans’ midterm convention apple.news/APWuWdGlZR06...
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Trump defends Iran war, slams Democrats and promises cash at Republicans' midterm convention — The Associated Press
President Donald Trump has pledged $5,000 to every American if Republicans hold onto Congress in the midterms while slamming Democrats as extremists during night one of the Republican midterm conventi...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Musk Unmasked - The Hollywood Reporter apple.news/Au7idH6dxSm2...
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Musk Unmasked — The Hollywood Reporter
In his explosive new documentary on Elon Musk , Oscar winner Alex Gibney argues that the world’s first trillionaire has designs on something far more alarming than business dominance: unchecked social...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mehdi Hasan to CBS, CBS News and Bari Weiss - "Do you think it's super offensive and disgusting and Islamophobic to do a tweet about the potential first ever Muslim Democratic senator which begins by referencing 9/11?"
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A #badass mom’s website shows who profits from ICE. Homeland Security is calling it a “threat.” - USA TODAY apple.news/A2qye6Hx6QGO...
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A mom's website shows who profits from ICE. Why Feds call it a 'threat' — USA TODAY
A Texas stay-at-home mom created a website showing companies profiting from ICE. It led to hundreds of protests. Feds called the site a "national threat."
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🤣 stripped naked, the trumeperror has NO CLOTH🤣 What a bozo, dragging down and stripping the USA and its citizens of its dignity and place in the world… apple.news/A73GXRqszScq...
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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid Canada trade war — CNBC
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I hope you realize before November how much those pathetic little men you elected are ruining our country. apple.news/ASwd3bT0aQuO...
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‘Nightmare doesn’t end’: Indian grandmother faces deportation despite green card — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Venkata Vasamsetty’s case shows how immigrants with years of lawful status can become subject to detention and deportation.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
« My view very much remains that Apple has no business being in the ad business. » apple.news/ARV5NhW5JQsG...
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Ads have landed in Apple Maps, and they are as bad as expected — 9to5Mac
When we ran a poll last month, the overwhelming majority of 9to5Mac readers agreed that Apple should exit the ad business.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#inept administration wasted more taxpayer’s money in latest Army’s $533 Million Fiasco - ProPublica apple.news/AOpKJ56USS8O...
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The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco — ProPublica
ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Nature and Art
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You can’t trust the scumbag in chief, great move 🇨🇦 apple.news/AB7x8kW5fQzm...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The strange island where trees bleed, deadly cucumber trees grow and nature has evolved in ways found nowhere else on Earth - BBC Wildlife Magazine apple.news/ABwiv7weHRV2...
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The strange island where trees bleed, deadly cucumber trees grow and nature has evolved in ways found nowhere else on Earth — BBC Wildlife Magazine
Found at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, Socotra island has the weirdest species August 22, 2026 Forget ‘where the wild things are’. This is where the weird things are. Ancient mariners returning fr...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The dawn of artificial photosynthesis: how scientists created an unmanned solar-to-fuel converter that adapts to the weather - Earth.com
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Well Played: apple.news/AroAsJPCORs-...
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Help build a monument to that ‘sad little bitch’ Elon Musk — The Verge
Cards Against Humanity is gearing up to build “something that will annoy Elon Musk,” and it’s crowdfunding the project with its usual flavor of vulgarity.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Trump regime cut off the kids' lawyers. Wait until you see who replaced them.
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What The Trump Regime Filed At 9:04 On Friday Night
Plus: A judge just saved 116,000 votes. Every major doctors’ group told Trump no. And he left Turkey in a catering truck.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🤣 Serial loser got to serial lose! 🍿🍿🍿 Federal judge dismisses Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard - POLITICO apple.news/AzK7zLVcaTpS...
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Federal judge dismisses Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard — POLITICO
A federal judge said the Trump administration failed to prove “an ongoing violation of Title VI” by Harvard University.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“We both heard a faint knock. We looked at each other, opened the door and glanced down.” - BBC Wildlife Magazine apple.news/AHmgk3UK3Rem...
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“We both heard a faint knock. We looked at each other, opened the door and glanced down.” — BBC Wildlife Magazine
The coati who came to tea – and now “waltzes in, eats a pear and falls asleep” August 3, 2026 I was cooking dinner when I heard what I thought was a knock on the door. We live in Gamboa, a small town ...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Shocking New Book Reveals Why JD Vance Might Be Even More Dangerous for America Than We Thought - Esquire apple.news/AVfgTDeGxQ56...
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A Shocking New Book Reveals Why JD Vance Might Be Even More Dangerous for America Than We Thought — Esquire
Let’s hope the vice president’s is so unlikeable that it keeps him from climbing the ranks any higher.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Two Teenagers Built A $50 Exhaust Filter That Claims To Cut Emissions 74% - Autoblog apple.news/Aabw3QutTSsy...
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Two Teenagers Built A $50 Exhaust Filter That Claims To Cut Emissions 74% — Autoblog
An innovative microalgae exhaust filter cuts emissions by 74%, proving there may be more than one path toward cleaner transportation.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#murderer Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction apple.news/AB5qAPNMCQPW...
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Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction — The Washington Post
Regulatory changes to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act also demand that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consider the economic toll of habitat protection.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Predictable but sad for those who got conned into supporting him with their vote and wallet. But the loss they caused doing so to the whole world is immeasurable already… The day the Trump family pays for their grift, theft and damage to the world is coming. apple.news/AqdurByNvTDa...
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Jaw-Dropping Loss of Trump Investors Revealed — The Daily Beast
“He doesn’t care about anyone,” one investor said.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This Wild Hot Hatch Has Angry Red Crocodiles Swimming on the Hood Thanks to a Collab with Lacoste - Car and Driver apple.news/AOUu_KdDjTyS...
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This Wild Hot Hatch Has Angry Red Crocodiles Swimming on the Hood Thanks to a Collab with Lacoste — Car and Driver
Alpine worked with fellow French company Lacoste on a crazy one-off version of the A290 Rallye, with dozens of crocodile mascots and the reddest cabin ever.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This Cave Has Been Sealed for Over 5 Million Years—And It’s Crawling with ‘Aliens,’ Scientists Say - Popular Mechanics apple.news/AE_HcwfYCQkG...
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This Cave Has Been Sealed for Over 5 Million Years—And It’s Crawling with ‘Aliens,’ Scientists Say — Popular Mechanics
Its unique environment hints at the possible nature of extraterrestrial life.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#Boycott Corupt Belgian diamond group that gifted Trump a lavishly encrusted ring after winning tariff relief - The Associated Press apple.news/AKbUUN8DdRwS...
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Belgian diamond group that won tariff relief gifted Trump a lavishly encrusted ring — The Associated Press
A lavish gold ring encrusted with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies has been presented to the U.S. ambassador to Belgium to give to President Donald Trump.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Rinse and repeat… apple.news/AYvckSSkrQOC...
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U.S. and Iran Agree to Halt Days of Fighting Over Strait — The Wall Street Journal
The two sides are set to resume peace talks intended to strike a long-term deal to end hostilities and restrain Tehran’s nuclear program
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New liquid material captures energy, stores it like a battery, then releases it on demand - Earth.com
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Elections have consequences and that’s what you get for electing an incompetent, convicted felon with a low IQ and no moral values… what a clown show… apple.news/AzOU1JJzdToG...
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Iran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of Hormuz — Guardian US
As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Grab your 🍿🍿🍿 Yes!! there's a livestream to watch Donald Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center apple.news/A7UjvYCz7Qui...
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Yes, there's a livestream to watch Donald Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center — Entertainment Weekly
A judge ruled in late May that Trump's name must be removed from the cultural institution.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence - Scientific American apple.news/Al6_9348TTpi...
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A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence — Scientific American
A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life A pet cow named Veronika, who lives in Austria, has been shown to e...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“She’s the best engineer I’ve ever worked with, period. I’ve made all my albums with Laura pretty much since I started”: Jack Antonoff on the “genius” engineer behind Taylor Swift's biggest albums - MusicRadar apple.news/AR0oyXCEiQHC...
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“She’s the best engineer I’ve ever worked with”: Jack Antonoff on the “genius” engineer behind Taylor Swift's biggest albums — MusicRadar
Antonoff has consistently drawn on the talents of longtime collaborator Laura Sisk in his work with Swift, Lorde, Lana del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and many more
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Prime time #AmateurHour 🍿🍿🍿 US Homeland Security cancels most pending Noem-era contracts after review apple.news/AQAIEfeOERHq...
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US Homeland Security cancels most pending Noem-era contracts after review — Reuters
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is canceling most pending contracts initiated under ousted Secretary Kristi Noem, the current ‌secretary said on Wednesday, a move that follows congressional s...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
College Student, 21, Saves 'La La Land' Concert After Pianist Falls Sick Halfway Through Performance apple.news/AGTCnk_pPTpa...
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College Student, 21, Saves 'La La Land' Concert After Pianist Falls Sick Halfway Through Performance — People
Composer Justin Hurwitz, who did the score for the 2016 Oscar-winning film, called Sterling Nasa's 2016 performance "remarkable"
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Seahorses were being pulled from Mozambique's ocean at an alarming rate. Then something incredible happened - BBC Wildlife Magazine apple.news/A5nkxip9ZSza...
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Seahorses were being pulled from Mozambique's ocean at an alarming rate. Then something incredible happened — BBC Wildlife Magazine
A community-led initiative to transform poachers into protectors is turning the tide for seahorses in the waters off Mozambique May 28, 2026 Sitting in the back of a ‘Honolulu blue’ open-topped Land R...
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
#karma The gift that keeps on giving… apple.news/AHJjo5GgHQGW...
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Trump Mobile has exposed customers' personal data, including home addresses and phone numbers — Engadget
Trump Mobile admitted to the leak after people started finding that their information was publicly accessible.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Brye song that hit 100M streams was produced in GarageBand on school iPad - 9to5Mac apple.news/AWsAnW4tjSJq...
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Brye song that hit 100M streams was produced in GarageBand on school iPad — 9to5Mac
Indie singer-songwriter Brye has shared a TikTok video revealing that her song Lemons – that notched up 100M streams – was produced in GarageBand on a school iPad with a cheap plug-in mic.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
How long are we, the people, going to accept to be ripped off by Con Don, Thief in Chief? apple.news/AM55vfNLrRz6...
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Trump’s Deal With His Administration Also Ends His Tax Audits — The Wall Street Journal
Addendum to agreement creating ‘anti-weaponization’ fund stipulates that government will cease tax inquiries into Trump and his businesses
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Do You Trust Elon Musk or Sam Altman? - Neither apple.news/A6OWU_TulTBK...
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OpenAI Jury to Decide: Do You Trust Elon Musk or Sam Altman? — New York Magazine
That’s the billion-dollar question as two tech collaborators turned rivals eye trillion-dollar IPOs.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Laser turns metal into star-like plasma in trillionths of a second, opening a new path toward fusion energy - Earth.com
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
#AmericanIdiot Trump's America Is Getting So Ridiculous That These 10 Wild Moments From This Week Somehow Flew Under The Radar - BuzzFeed apple.news/AyTQfhNYITbC...
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Trump's America Is Getting So Ridiculous That These 10 Wild Moments From This Week Somehow Flew Under The Radar — BuzzFeed
This week in
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Donald Senile Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms apple.news/AF6aIbJJBTia...
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Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms — Ars Technica
Onshore wind development in the United States is being brought to a standstill.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Trump-class means « sure to get under water » like most of the business he started, and his approval ratings apple.news/At-IiYRHpR-K...
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Opinion | The Trump-class battleships are a waste of time and money — The Washington Post
The firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan reflects Pentagon tensions.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Not A Fan, Not AC: This Cheap Cooling System Works Without Using Electricity apple.news/AzfhQpEvNQbC...
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Not A Fan, Not AC: This Cheap Cooling System Works Without Using Electricity — BGR
A method for cooling down a home that doesn't require electricity could make climate controls more accessible to homes in regions where electricity is scarce.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Scientists make huge strides in their quest to create photosynthetic animals - Earth.com
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Those fucking Trump administration dummies are paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects, with our money… well, like the sky, waves are blue. You had it coming apple.news/AupQqqsRkQdm...
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Trump administration is paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects — Engadget
The firms have agreed to direct their reimbursements towards fossil fuels instead.
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benoitmarchant.bsky.social @benoitmarchant.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Buried!! As you shall remain, Coal apple.news/Ab6fQxtujQMS...
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Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak — Vox
For more than a century, the world has run on coal.
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