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Philippe Buc

@philippebuc.bsky.social
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Professor at Leiden University, researches religion(s) and violence. Franco-American. Loves the sea and the cold North. leidenuniv.academia.edu/PhilippeBuc Ce furent deux vaisseaux venus d'autres rivages, L'un à l'autre étrangers ...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 09/12/2025
The explosion of artificial intelligence is overseen by people who will do and say whatever it takes for them to maintain their dominance. Adam Lowenstein reports on the lust for power sweeping Silicon Valley: trib.al/KwAc9Nd
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Artifice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - The American Prospect
To understand the tech mindset is to see that the ultimate goal is domination. Silicon Valley elites apply a different standard to themselves because, quite simply, they believe that they deserve a different set of rules and expectations.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Just sent out this post. For Europeans to start looking after their own security one step seems vital, they need to stop genuflecting to official Washington, which always "hopewashes" the policies of Donald Trump. Unless Europe can think for itself, it will fail. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The First Step
Europe Needs To Stop Listening to the "Hopewashing" from Official Washington
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The French general i.r. Yakovleff reminds the general public what the French nuclear power means. x.com/G_Yakovleff/...
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La Punchline de Yakovleff on X: "“Our European allies don't understand nuclear language, for them it's like conventional with a bigger boom, no, if a single French submarine fires all its missiles, on arrival that makes “300 Nagasakis”. Is that enough to understand a message? What more do we need in Europe?”👊🏻 https://t.co/9gNtt9WAY3" / X
“Our European allies don't understand nuclear language, for them it's like conventional with a bigger boom, no, if a single French submarine fires all its missiles, on arrival that makes “300 Nagasakis”. Is that enough to understand a message? What more do we need in Europe?”👊🏻 https://t.co/9gNtt9WAY3
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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Heel veel aandacht in de pers voor de zeer geslaagde aftrap van de estafettestaking in Leiden gisteren. Vandaag staken de universiteit en hogeschool in Utrecht! 1/ Met estafettestaking hopen universiteiten en hogescholen bezuinigingen tegen te houden www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Met estafettestaking hopen universiteiten en hogescholen bezuinigingen tegen te houden
Bezuinigingen onderwijs: De Universiteit Leiden en de Hogeschool Leiden trapten gezamenlijk een landelijke estafettestaking af tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Docenten staakten en gaven...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Reuters, Chris Kirkham, today: 1/ (Reuters) - Tesla's stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
From Stéphane Audrand on X, @AudrandS About the wretched Lindsey Graham. The US is fast losing its historical allies.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@unherd.com unherd.com/2025/02/the-... It took 2 to tango
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The fantasy of British defence
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Check out my short article: States and merchants: a commentary on the current geopolitical crisis between Europe and the US www.linkedin.com/pulse/states... via @LinkedIn
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States and merchants: a commentary on the current geopolitical crisis between Europe and the US
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Moderate US expert hoping for some middle road between Europe and the US and downplaying European nations' abilities vis-à-vis Putin's Russia. An Atlantist can only write so: www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
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The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging | Christopher S Chivvis
We’ve seen the opening salvo in a US effort to transform the transatlantic relationship. The future of democracy is in play
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Lavrov laughs and insults too soon www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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'Why should we invite them?': Lavrov ridicules European presence at Ukraine peace talks – video
European leaders have been attempting to find a place for themselves in the talks to end fighting in Ukraine
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
May Pastor White, whose lilly-whiteness and purity is common knowledge, exorcize Tucker Carlson who was sexually assaulted (he says) by a demon! x.com/Paula_White/...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
May Pastor White, just appointed by our sTrump, exorcize pour Tucker Carlson, who was abused (we hope, not sexually, disgraceful for a male) by a demon! #PaulaWhite #TuckerCarlson
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
From pimp to prostitute... The career of "dumb fuck" #Zuckerberg
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
X advertising seems to be rooting for repatriation of South Africans from the US, back to freedom.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Donald Trump ridicules Denmark and insists US will take Greenland www.ft.com/content/a935... via @ft If Trump so threatens DK, we can retaliate by deporting US students present in the EU back to Texas. They will animate US campuses.
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Donald Trump ridicules Denmark and insists US will take Greenland
‘They put two extra dog sleds there . . . they thought that was protection,’ says US president
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Not from there but travelled there... This has to be.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A colleague posted on Twitter the link to thepointmag.com/politics/las... which I found interesting given that it refracts well the profile of my best conservative students at Stanford.
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Last Boys at the Beginning of History | The Point Magazine
I expected to find something of a political sideshow at NatCon; instead, I found a movement, perhaps the only one I’d encountered during my time in D.C.
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white_rabbit @bianconiglio.eurosky.social · 22/01/2025
Good news of the day : this is the #11 🇫🇮 Ambulance for Ukraine. Thank you all supporters, donors and @toonietuesday.bsky.social we did it! 🤜🤛 🇮🇹 Insieme lo abbiamo conseguito : 11.ma ambulanza per l'Ucraina 🙏🫂🫶🇺🇦🚑💨
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidb... Starting from Habermas and the idea of a public sphere not controlled by the prince, the thesis that controlled social networks take us back to something like the pre-Enlightenment configuration.
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David Boogerd on LinkedIn: #ongelooflijkepodcast #ongelooflijke #podcast #bigtech #musk #nporadio1… | 118 comments
Deze alarmerende geschiedenisles over Musk was een eye-opener voor mij. Big tech-giganten als Musk en Zuckerberg werpen zich op als verdedigers van de… | 118 comments on LinkedIn
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
For those who do not know, Annales is systematically also in English
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
www.latribune.fr/entreprises-... Erdogan wants advanced weapons of the kind France sold the Greeks... Not good for the relationship between the UK, Greece, and France. Wily Sultan Erdogan!
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Missile Meteor : Erdogan sème la zizanie entre Londres, Paris et Athènes
La possible vente de 40 Eurofighter armés de missile Meteor à la Turquie met à l'épreuve les relations entre la Grande-Bretagne, la France et la Grèce. Paris a la possibilité de s'opposer à la vente d...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
For those interested in the Paris academic scene and its "faides", a bit from Le Figaro about Patrick Boucheron
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Seen on Twitter. The AdvertBots have a great sense of humor #Musk:
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/01/2025
The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg www.ft.com/content/682ca921-ccfd-44…
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The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg
Changes to the fact-checking regime at Meta make it look like he’s caving in to Trump
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/01/2025
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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook Headquarters
MENLO PARK, CA—Claiming that the banner embodied the spirit of the company’s values, Mark Zuckerberg defended his controversial decision Friday to fly a Confederate flag at the Facebook headquarters. ...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
After 1918,(...) Adolph Hitler and other German antisemites blamed defeat in the First World War on the machinations of international Jewry and the alleged disloyalty of German Jews.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Citation: Following the latest damage to undersea cables in the Baltic sea, affecting several coastal states, Finland recently seized a Russia-linked oil tanker. The vessel appears to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet and is suspected of intentionally damaging undersea infrastructure.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
how can we discuss this? x.com/GoodwinMJ/st...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
One mercenary gone, the Hugh Grant look-alike Nick Clegg, replaced by...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Pious America manages to combine Mammon and God's Word. Not as bad as Jihadis who finance War in the path of God with drugs...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I am not seeking expressions of outrage, but intelligent ideas about how the EU and/or NATO can deal with Chinese ships that cut electricity or communication submarine cables.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is likely about the Musked Rat and the Trump dynasty ;-)
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Rudolph’s never going to get a very shiny new role in Santa’s family firm | Torsten Bell
Workers in family-run businesses earn less on average and have fewer opportunities to progress into senior jobs
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I do not think the EU will blink, unless of course the Far Right wins more elections... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/12/2024
Europe signs €10.6bn Iris² satellite deal in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink www.ft.com/content/8e75ed31-0c72-41…
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Europe signs €10.6bn Iris² satellite deal in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink
Communications network is EU’s most ambitious space project in a decade
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
As usual, Amnesty defends everything and its contrary. But complicated, as e.g. in France the hijab is often enough a weapon for separatism, what it seems less to be in the Netherlands that I know. The equation -- putting the two side-by-side -- is in itself problematic.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The US is a violent country, with a culture colored by manichean Puritanism. Thus in the years to come, expect assassination attempts. To be an American is to be ready to shoot: "Am I an American now?"...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/t... One more who could give more. Come on, Jeff, be a patriot!
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Amazon Plans $1 Million Donation to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
The move follows Meta’s donation of the same amount to the fund earlier this week.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I cannot resist the slogan I already mentioned: "Incest, the game the whole family can play".
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Russia wants to maintain its military bases in Syria (from X AlexandruC4, ? alexandruc4.bsky.social "We are seeing a period of transformation and extreme instability, so naturally it will take time, and we will have a serious conversation with those who come to power," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Good discussion there (on X) ... I wish it were here A recent article in French would serve well the debate: does US war-making concentrate too much on battlefield victories and does not integrate it enough with strategic (geopolitical) long-term thinking?
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
what to do with this, fantasies about Musk's death? x.com/nicksortor/s...
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Whom might we not be tempted to compare this fellow to? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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US polygamous leader with 20 ‘wives’ faces sentencing for sexual abuse of children
Samuel Bateman has pleaded guilty to a years-long scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
x.com/SophiaAram/s... On the decade-long love of French and far-left for Assad
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
A telling post by Baby Trump. Why would he feel the need to say such things about an EU election?
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
x.com/PM_ViktorOrb... Two future jailbirds...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15/11/2024
Followers, you could definitely help by reposting the thread below with a quote. Make sure everyone that have left platforms like X, but wants to keep informed about Ukraine, is aware that we post our daily daily SitReps on BlueSky now as well. Thank you!
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Philippe Buc @philippebuc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Do we really want this form of trolling? Someone or something that trawls here and then forwards conversations taking place here to Twitter?
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Not since Henry Ford bought the Dearborn Independent...
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