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@laurentfranckx.bsky.social
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Environmental and transport economist. Civil servant. All posts are personal

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h
Trump makes clear that he has turned on Ukraine and Zelenskyy and want to help Russia destroy them. The technical term for this conduct in wartime is perfidy, an act of betrayal involving deceit.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 8h
Het hangt er van af voor wie.
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Putin's Subtle Smile (путин)
ALT: Putin's Subtle Smile (путин)
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 8h
"J'avoue, j'en ai bavé, pas vous?" Disait l'escargot à la limace.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 8h
Servitudes et grandeur militaires
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 8h
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 10h
Net zoals McBeth, is Vatnik Sauer ondertussen zo ver gegaan in het onverdedigbare dat hij even goed kan verder blijven gaan in plaats van bepaalde standpunten te herzien .
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 10h
Over dit specifiek punt zou het kunnen zijn dat Vatnik Sauer geen ongelijk heeft. Alleen is het bijzonder ironisch dat zoiets komt uit de mond van iemand die zelf vindt dat we Oekraïne moeten laten vallen omwille van de NAVO uitbreiding. 🤮🤮🤮🤮
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13h
😬😬😬😬
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 18h
While AI models crack the hardest problems in mathematics, they also create quizzes to test how low humans have already sunk
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21h
2) Last night the operation of #starlink terminals in #Ukraine was restricted meaning that a number of critical missions was disrupted. It is suspected that #SpaceX took these measures at the request of the #trump administration. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21h
"Intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues. This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles," Zelensky said.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22h
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22h
First case of teeth growing out of an eye socket – what you need to know about ‘ectopic teeth’ theconversation.com/first-case-o...
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First case of teeth growing out of an eye socket – what you need to know about ‘ectopic teeth’
Teeth can turn up in the nose, the sinuses and even the eye socket. Here’s how they end up there, and what happens when they need to come out.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 23h
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Pity us, poor modellers, who are supposed to make long term forecasts of the car market in such circumstances
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Precies ja. Een beetje zoals de pruikentijd, alleen kan je een pruik afdoen.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@andreasdeblock.bsky.social 😜
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Het esthetisch "ideaal" in bepaalde middens lijkt me inderdaad toch wel relevant om de mentaliteit te doorgronden
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Forget "rare earths", "rare ass porn" is the new bottleneck
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Luc Vandingenen @lucasdelascosas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Fijntje.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Dan hebt ge met mij precies niet te klagen @ceuliris.bsky.social
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Not just in the US
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Siem De Cleyn @siemdc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wanneer je Mao met RFK jr. mixt. 😬
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Smoking can be characterised as a problem of individual choice; states got around that by suing for the public costs. Climate change is a problem of collective action, one that politicians—even when they know the harms—choose not to solve. "
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"The added difficult.., is that it is hard to establish a direct causal link between the obfuscation of fossil fuels’ harms and climate change. Many governments, fully informed of the risks, still choose not to act, valuing the benefits of using fossil fuels over the damage of climate change. /
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Big Tobacco’s lessons for Big Oil www.economist.com/united-state... From The Economist
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Big Tobacco’s lessons for Big Oil
A lawsuit over climate change reaches the Supreme Court
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nothing to see here but the President of the USA protecting foreign powers helping the Iranians target and kill US soldiers....
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
all the people who are like "the middle class was better off in the 1950s" have not reckoned with the census data that says 33% of American households used chamber pots in 1950.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Claim Norway is ignoring automobile surveillance: "We’ve created a blind spot" The government wants to ban AI glasses because people risk being filmed & recorded without their knowledge. At the same time, thousands of cars are driving around with the exact same capability to film and record audio:
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Mener Norge overser rullende overvåkning: – Vi har skapt en blindsone (+)
Regjeringen vil forby KI-briller fordi folk risikerer å bli filmet og tatt opp uten å vite det. Samtidig ruller tusenvis av biler rundt med nøyaktig samme kapasitet til å filme og lytte.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
True
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I woke up early this morning — though perhaps not as early as Bob Hall & Mike Woodford—so that I could explain to the historical context of their Nobel, the work that won the prize, their contributions to the world, and who they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpT6...
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
De ongelezen brief aan Boudewijn
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Het dysfunctioneel gezin Van Paemel
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
De mislukte aanslag
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If I can get just one teen girl to use the word epistemic, this entire career will have been valuable. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/random PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
4-panel SMBC comic update. A young girl stops an adult saying "OH MY GOD THAT IS SO RANDOM" The panel switches to the adult, showing she is wearing a "duckicorn power" shirt, featuring a character that is a mix of an unicorn and a duck. The woman asks "Epistemic or ontic randomness?" When the girl replies what, the woman explains "Are you claiming mere lack of knowledge of my duck-icorn sweater or claiming that the presence of the duck-icorn was unknowable prior to observation?" The girl replies "the first one," causing the adult to say "OMYGOD, THANKS!"
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This cannot be emphasized enough. There's this cliché that economists are unable to forecast, let alone prevent recessions, but the reality is that, throughout the 19th and early 20th century, the world has know several deep and protracted depressions. Nothing like that happened since 1945.
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