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Jerome Mounsey

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“Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” President Eisenhower. Working in the #Trade and #Agriculture Directorate of #OECD in Paris. Opinions my own (photos too). Be kind. 🚜⚽🏉🥾☘️🌳🌲

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The single most important quality in a great researcher is to be lucky, and to find topics that are worth working on and that yield to investigation." #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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"The single most important quality in a great researcher is to be lucky"
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Henk Heijmans @henkheijmans.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Launching the currach, to meet the MV Naomh Éanna anchored out at sea, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland, 1960's - by Bill Doyle (1926 - 2010), Irish
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
AI generated books are on the rise. From literature to law to music, AI has lowered the skills and effort required for some work. These charts show how much the technology is changing five different fields.
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Did AI write this article?
Perish the thought. But we tracked how artificial intelligence is changing five creative fields
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 16/06/2026
Jean-Pierre Papin: 'Football was my breath of fresh air, my guiding star'
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Jean-Pierre Papin: 'Football was my breath of fresh air, my guiding star'
The French former footballer looks back on the crucial role his grandmother played during his childhood, as the child of divorced parents.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 16/06/2026
France vs. Senegal: Kylian Mbappé surpasses Olivier Giroud to become France's all-time top scorer at 27
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France vs. Senegal: Kylian Mbappé surpasses Olivier Giroud to become France's all-time top scorer at 27
With a brace against Senegal on Tuesday – his 57th and 58th goals wearing the French jersey – the French captain overtook his former teammate in France's 3-1 victory as they kicked off their 2026 World Cup campaign.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 15/06/2026
Is it ever a good idea to... wear a beret?
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Is it ever a good idea to... wear a beret?
In fashion, as in life, it is important to know the lines you should not cross. Or else, to do so deliberately.
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Cary Grant on the rooftop of the Hotel Raphael in Paris #vintage #photography #paris
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BrianinFrance @brianinfrance.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Scientists for EU
Share of people who believe their country has benefited from the EU (in%). 72% average.
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause | CNN
The US fertility rate has been trending down for decades, leaving researchers and policymakers searching for causes that may help pinpoint solutions. There have been all kinds of theories, including s...
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Qatar drilling deep and finding some reserves of energy there. Well, well. #WorldCup
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Pope Leo: "Every boat that arrives does not bring only migrants; it brings with it a question: what world have we built, if so many brothers must risk death to seek life?"
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Per most recent figures, net migration to NI *over the past 22 years* has been ~62,000 people. Only 3% of Northern Ireland’s population currently belong to an ethnic minority. Pogroms in Belfast (as with Ballymena last year) are just gutter-level "One Is One Too Many" racism, and nothing else.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A whole 12% of voters think Brexit has been a success. And just 25% of Leave voters. Sigh.
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 11/06/2026
Flour imports into France have soared 45% in two years, leaving millers warning of potential threats to domestic production and traditions.
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Agricultural giant France increasingly imports flour
Agricultural giant France increasingly imports flour
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 11/06/2026
'The egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies has often been exaggerated'
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'The egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies has often been exaggerated'
The myth of the 'noble savage,' which suggests that humanity is naturally egalitarian, is being challenged by a new study. Drawing on traditional societies, it explains that individual motivations are always at play behind human actions, reports columnist Pauline Grosjean for Le Monde.
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Chessmania at the Jardin des Plantes, 1970 #vintage #photography #paris #chess ♟️
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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Rétro cars 🚘 voiture 🚗 la renault 4L a Aulus-les-Bains (Ariège). Transport de brebis, octobre 1983.
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Paris for beginners. How to navigate Paris for the first time.
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Your Guide to Paris
From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
European Countries Without A Metro Systems brilliantmaps.com/no-metro-...
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ethnic Poles, Germans & Other Groups Living Within The Borders Of Modern Poland In 1914 More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/germans-p...
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Chris Gee / ◣ ◢ \ @chrisgeeuk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds
UN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
members of the Norway men’s national football team on a rocky shore, styled as a fierce group of ancient Vikings. They are dressed in elaborate historical costumes, including fur-trimmed capes, leather tunics, chainmail, and armor pieces, while holding traditional gear like circular wooden shields, spears, axes, swords, and blowing horns. In the background, longships rest on a calm body of water that cuts through a vast, dramatic fjord. The rugged landscape is framed by massive, steep green mountains, with a thin waterfall cascading down a cliff face on the left, all under a cloudy, overcast sky.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Are we seeing peak negativity? In European #electricity markets at least, the number of hours with negative prices seems to have reached a plateau. My latest for The Economist. economist.com/finance-and-...
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European electricity markets have too much power
They must learn to deal with it
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... by @jonathanliew.bsky.social "...we should start to stigmatise X usage for what it really is: a small and selfish part in making the world measurably worse."
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If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? | Jonathan Liew
Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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StephDickenson.bsky.social @stephdickenson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says
Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China
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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
People who get more exercise, are better educated and more affluent, with lower BMIs and gainful employment, have better health outcomes. That's what this study, like all similar studies, says. www.sciencealert.com/cycling-link...
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Cycling Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Study of Half a Million Finds
Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Medical Bill For Hospital Visit Now Arriving Faster Than Ambulance
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🚨🚨" Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as #Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption". Excellent and compelling case against being on #X made by @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? | Jonathan Liew
Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/05/2026
A study of an Antarctic crew finds that eventually time together breeds conflict
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Too much time with colleagues can sour social interaction
A study of an Antarctic crew finds that eventually time together breeds conflict
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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An 80-year-old challenge in geometry has been cracked by an AI chatbot after a single prompt from mathematicians. Other mathematicians called the solution “incredible” and “the first result produced autonomously by an AI that I find interesting in itself”: doi.org/10.1038/d415... #AI #mathematics
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AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished
The late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős thought he had the last word on a geometry problem. Now an OpenAI chatbot has proved him wrong.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 26/05/2026
Louvre museum heist set to become a film
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Louvre museum heist set to become a film
French filmmaker Romain Gavras is adapting the Louvre heist for the screen, drawing on an investigative book by journalists from Le Monde, Le Parisien and Paris Match that is due out Wednesday.
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Henk Heijmans @henkheijmans.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A group of children playing a game of hopscotch in a London street, 1950 - by Haywood Magee (1908 - 1973), British
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The Economist @economist.com · 25/05/2026
A world adrift from its American anchor is looking to China. But to become an upper-echelon partner foreign leaders must make certain concessions
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China’s diplomatic successes are broad but shallow
It asks little of its foreign “partners”, and gives little back
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 25/05/2026
“Well, thank God we all made it out in time. … ’Course, now we’re equally screwed.”
“Well, thank God we all made it out in time. … ’Course, now we’re equally screwed.”
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Henk Heijmans @henkheijmans.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Boys playing football, Amsterdam, ca. 1936 - by Charles Breijer (1914 - 2011), Dutch
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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
EU contemplates strategic fertilizer reserve - the same principle we discuss in the new @ipes-food.org report with respect to food reserves as means to insulate food systems from geopolitical turmoil. Our report here: ipes-food.org/report/the-n... www.ft.com/content/6414...
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EU explores fertiliser stockpiling as food crisis looms
Supplies of crop nutrients have been disrupted by Middle East war
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Henk Heijmans @henkheijmans.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Hunger during the Second World War ... in Den Bosch, children are fed in a school, Netherlands, ca. 1944 - by Wiel van der Randen (1897 - 1949), Dutch
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 22/05/2026
Late Bronze Age Dress Fastener • Monaghan This beautiful golden dress fastener was found near Clones in County Monaghan, and acquired by Trinity College Dublin in 1820 before it became part of the collections of the National Museum of Ireland. It is thought to date to around 900–700 BCE #Ireland
A golden dress fastener on display in the National Museum of Ireland. It is made from a solid, cast 'bow' that is attached to two cone-like terminals. It is delicately decorated with a pattern of punched dots within incised concentric circles, while the terminals have rows of concentric lines. The piece was highly polished, giving it a truly lustrous appearance.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 21/05/2026
‘It was embarrassing for them’: Irish Army crew beats US military teams at their own game
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‘It was embarrassing for them’: Irish Army crew beats US military teams at their own game
Defence Forces member says team ‘never expected to win’ armoured-vehicle category of Sullivan Cup
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 13/05/2026
There's two exciting events in store this month for Tuatha Members! We have the brilliant Dr Elizabeth Boyle who will be discussing the Myths behind Irish Mythology in our upcoming Tuatha Talk.... #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology
Dawn light spreads across the Hill of Tara
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Madame Decadent Sneezy-Bottom @darklyadapted.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One for the linguists. #languages #linguistics www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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What happens when we lose a language?
A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake
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Chris Gee / ◣ ◢ \ @chrisgeeuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Rethink? www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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A new Haber–Bosch moment: Europe must rethink fertiliser production
Europe must reinvent fertiliser production to cut agriculture's reliance on fossil fuels and protect jobs in industrial regions, writes Magnolia Tovar, a chemical engineer and expert at a climate inno...
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Henk Heijmans @henkheijmans.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Life, a journey without return - by Noémia Prada (1969), Portuguese
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Population Growth In European Countries Between 1960 & 2020 You ok Bulgaria? The global number: brilliantmaps.com/europe-19...
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Central Statistics Office Ireland @csoireland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ireland’s energy import dependency was 80% in 2024, the fourth highest in the EU cso.ie/en/releasesandpubli #CSOIreland #Ireland #BusinessStatistics #Business #BusinessNews #IrishBusiness
Ireland’s energy import dependency was 80% in 2024, the fourth highest in the EU
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
From the outside, there are indeed funny aspects to Brexit. The fact that migration went heaps up is certainly the funniest bit.
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 02/05/2026
Why China worries about its agricultural dependence on the rest of the world, as well as Beijing’s new industrial policy efforts to ensure greater food self-sufficiency. by @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Is China decoupling on food?
If this is pursued with the same energy as industrial policy, it will upend the agricultural economy
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Only a small range of countries ever won the FIFA World Cup. One of the most decorated countries isn’t even competing this year.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Results of the "Scramble for Africa" between 1880 and 1913: brilliantmaps.com/africa-1914/
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The Economist @economist.com · 28/04/2026
Since its founding, the Communist party of China has treated literacy as a core objective. Xi Jinping has revived the cause, with a twist
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Xi Jinping wants China to read more—as long as it’s the right books
A new campaign to put down phones and pick up classics
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