“We consider what is happening with #GPS as part of #Russia ’s hostile activities, and we will definitely discuss it with our allies. Such actions are a hybrid attack and are a threat to our people and security, and we will not tolerate them.” - #Estonian FM Margus Tsahkna. #F24

Electronic warfare: #Russia is suspected of stepping up operations involving the jamming of GPS signals in northern Europe. Citing signal interference, #Finnair has suspended flights from Helsinki to Tartu ( #Estonia ) until May 31. f24.my/AIS3.T #F24

Here in #France , where he is wildly popular, #PaulAuster is touted as “the most French of American authors”. ⁦⁦⁦@FranceInter notes he was both Francophile and Francophone. Ultimately, though, he was the most quintessential of New York writers. radiofrance.fr/franceinter/po… #NY

Talk about corporate statements that cry out for a little journalistic digging. #Finland #Russia #Estonia #F24

interviewer: don’t you see why many americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles?

trump: “i think a lot of people like it.”

(whole article worth a read)

The #ParisOlympic2024 Committee is informing certain volunteers whose applications were APPROVED months ago, that they’re disqualified after failing “background” checks. Among the rejected: my #Russian wife and a Russian friend, both French residents. Here’s the letter: #F24 RFI

“You’re not going to convince anyone of #facts by starting off telling them they’re an idiot.” -Donie O’Sullivan, a reporter on a CNN documentary, “MisinfoNation: The #Trump Faithful.” Getting people to agree on the same set of facts is the crux of the problem. #misinformation

Then Chief Justice Burger, no liberal, wrote in the 5-4 Nixon v Fitzgerald case on which Trump’s lawyers relied in SCOTUS today that no claim of immunity for crimes committed by a former president while in office would “be credible.” He was right.

The justices who were eager to…

Outside the gates of #Columbia_University this Wednesday. The young woman, Caroline, who told me she is “pro- #Palestine ”, came up from Baltimore to speak with people and get a sense of the mood. Here, she is having an impromptu streetside debate with a Jewish student. #F24

🔥 Special show today. From 1030 Paris time we follow live the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece before it heads to Paris. With me Michael.R Payne Ray Bassil Douglas Herbert, from Olympia nathalie and our sport's editor James Vasina. Join us! #Paris2024 #F24

Believe it or not: The fate of #Ukraine ’s existential struggle to repel #Russian invaders may ride on a #MAGA -beholden, election-denying, evangelical conservative who believes Rapture is imminent: the extremist #Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. #F24

Excellent reporting by the ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ on an issue that is taking hold of newsrooms well beyond The New York Times, one that often has many editors and reporters - and the news outlets’ leaders - at loggerheads. #journalism #nytimes wsj.com/business/media…

The composition of #Iran ’s attack on #Israel , Institute for the Study of War reports, is similar to that “of #Russian strikes that have repeatedly targeted #Ukraine .” It shows “how Iran is learning from the Russians to develop increasingly dangerous and effective strike packages against Israel.”

🔴 Indicateur thermique national de 17.78°C ce samedi, il n'avait jamais fait aussi chaud en France avant un 15 avril !

📊 150 stations dans plus de 30 départements ont battu ou égalé leur record mensuel d'avril.

Une #chaleur parfois digne du plein été :
▶️32.0°C à Bégaar…

I've been waiting 29 years to tell this story about OJ and his days at USC. Now that he's dead (may he burn in hell) I have a story that I signed an NDA for that is no longer valid. I was a junior at USC working in Topping Student Center on campus in 1995. I was an administrative…

The interior minister of #Estonia says he plans to ask parliament to designate #Russia ’s Orthodox Church led by Patriarch Kirill II, a close #Putin ally, as a terrorist organisation. The minister likens Russia’s Church to Islamist terrorists waging holy war on the West. #F24

😢PRIVATISATION DE L’ESPACE PUBLIC Les #ChampsÉlysées évoluent: les contre-terrasses obstruent la perspective sur l’Arc de Triomphe et les piétons se faufilent difficilement sur le peu d’espace qui leur est octroyé. Exit la promenade, place à l’hypertourisme et la consommation.

“Lawmakers have raised concerns in recent months about the scale of #Russian influence within EU institutions just months before June’s #European election.” : from ⁦POLITICOEurope⁩ #disinformation politico.eu/article/i-hope…

🌡️ La température de l'eau à la surface des océans a battu un nouveau record en mars 2024 avec une moyenne de 21,07°C sur Terre, devançant le record de 21,06°C déjà établi en février 2024. (via Copernicus)

A ⁦Libération⁩ opinion writer slams #France ’s mainstream news channels for failing to talk about the extremists (including neo-Nazis) who feel right at home in France’s far-right National Rally party. A dangerous disservice to society, she suggests. liberation.fr/politique/des-…