HK indy bookstore staff arrested; Jimmy Lai book among titles seized - report Hong Kong independent bookseller Pong Yat-ming and three of his staff have reportedly been arrested on suspicion of selling seditious titles, including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

🚨Bookstore Boss Arrested Over Sale of “Jimmy Lai Biography”

Pang Yat-ming, owner of a HK's independent bookstore - One Punch Bookstore, and three staff were arrested today (March 24) for allegedly selling publications suspected of inciting unrest, including the Jimmy Lai biography.
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Enrober - Wikipedia

Initially, I thought it was a bad translation of a French product (these sorts of biccies are called “enrobés” in French) but it seems it’s a technical term in the industry, which doesn’t make it look any less daft on the packaging, mind. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrober...

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

Texte de la tribune : Le 16 décembre, la radio Europe 1, désormais propriété de Vincent Bolloré, publiait cinq articles mettant en scène des «révélations» autour d'une conversation présentée comme «secrète» et s'étant tenue la veille dans un café du XIVe arrondissement entre Thomas Legrand, éditorialiste à Libération et ancien producteur à France Inter, et Laurence Bloch, ancienne directrice de France Inter. Le 15 janvier, la cellule investigation de Radio France révélait qu'un journaliste d'Europe 1 avait lui-même enregistré cette conversation après que son supérieur, Louis de Raguenel, le lui en avait donné l'ordre dans une conversation WhatsApp. Les règles de base de la déontologie journalistique imposent de n'enregistrer des personnes à leur insu que si cela permet de rendre publiques des informations d'intérêt général impossibles à obtenir autrement. "L’élément déterminant, lors de la mise en balance de la protection de la vie privée et de la liberté d’expression, doit résider dans la contribution que les photos et articles publiés apportent au débat d’intérêt général", soulignait la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme en 2004. Qu'ont apporté les «exclus» d'Europe 1 issues de cette grave intrusion dans la vie privée de deux journalistes ? De la confusion bien davantage que de l'information, les propos relatés ayant été tronqués et tordus. Que les choses soient claires : l'enregistrement et la diffusion d'une partie de ces propos ne relève pas d'une démarche journalistique, mais d'une opération d'espionnage. Les articles et commentaires qui ont été diffusés à cette occasion servent non pas l'intérêt général, comme doit le faire une production journalistique, mais un intérêt particulier : celui d'un groupe médiatique en guerre contre le service public de l'audiovisuel.

Suite du texte et signataires : Nous ne défendons pas une confraternité absolue à laquelle devraient se soumettre tous les journalistes, quelles que soient leurs pratiques. Ici, une frontière a été franchie entre le travail journalistique et les coups bas politiques. Avec, en toile de fond, la mise au pas d'entreprises médiatiques au service d'un combat propagandiste d'extrême droite. Les sociétés de journalistes signataires de ce texte refusent de banaliser ces méthodes qui bafouent tous les principes d'un journalisme digne de ce nom. La SDJ de Radio France et la Société des journalistes et du personnel de Libération (SJPL) sont à l'initiative de ce texte. Sociétés signataires : La SDJ de France 24 La SDJ de Radio France Internationale La SDJ de France TV rédaction nationale La SDJ de franceinfo numérique La SDJ de France TV Sport La SDJ de France 3 rédaction nationale La SDJ de ARTE La SDJ de Public Sénat La SDJ de BFM TV La SDJ de BFM Business La SDJ de RMC La SDJ de LCI La SDJ de Sept à Huit La Société des rédacteurs du Monde La SDJ de Mediapart La SDR du Nouvel Obs La SDJ de l'AFP La SDJ des Echos La SDJ du Télégramme La SDJ du Parisien La SDJ de l’Informé La SDP de l'Humanité La SDJ de l'Express la SDJ de La Tribune La SDJ de Télérama

Espionnage de Thomas Legrand et Laurence Bloch : «Une frontière franchie entre le travail journalistique et les coups bas politiques»
Tribune signée par les SDJ de 27 médias
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Despite some crossover, the early FN wouldn't have been overly identified in France with the Nazis, or even Pétain, but rather inter-war far-right. Claude Autant-Lara, a big pre-New Wave director, was an early FN member, and later MEP (and also directed Bardot in En Cas de malheur in 1957).

The FN was not founded till 1972 so French Algerian seats wouldn't have been a factor. Elected representatives prior to 1964 were diverse, being made up of pieds noirs and Algerian Muslims, reflecting the political spectrum in the Métropole. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...

It was the bedrock of their support in the 1970s and 1980s (and the elder Le Pen was a torturer in the Algerian War) but the founders were a broadish coalition of nationalists, neonazis and, also leaders of the pied noir OAS.

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Oliver Farry writes about 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (2025), directed by Bi Gan: "In the future, humans no longer dream, having relinquished the ability in exchange for longer life." @oliverfarry.com

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/12/25/r...
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Oliver Farry on Guan Hu's 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐷𝑜𝑔: "The casting of Jia Zhangke as the chief dog catcher Uncle Yao is ingenious. Jia’s presence carries an intertextual weight that goes well beyond cameo novelty." @oliverfarry.com

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/12/25/b...

Late, as ever, but I managed to finally get my films of the year in in time for Christmas, in case you need some reading material before the turkey. oliverfarry.com/on-film/film...

Not an expert opinion but my father was just telling me that Ireland was supposedly considerably less humid till around 2000 BCE, so the sun might have been a more reliable collaborator back in the day.

Swings and roundabouts.

Sailor never booked me! Take that, Gary.

Les SDJ de France 24 et RFI dénoncent la malhonnêteté intellectuelle de la chronique de Bérengère Viennot publiée sur le site @lepoint.fr le 21 octobre 2025. Que nous reproche son autrice ? D'être rigoureux ? De nous conformer au droit international ?

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Tony Blair - Larry Ellison's man in Gaza? Blair's ties to the Oracle founder and Trump booster should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future

🔴 Tony Blair's ties to Larry Ellison should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future.

New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com

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Not particularly topical but Aidan Higgins's Balcony of Europe, set in Nerja, is one of the great expats-in-Spain novels. Ian Gibson's Lorca's Granada is also good.

TBH, I stopped reading Business Insider long ago because I assumed AI was being used to write most of its content, so flat and insipid it had become.

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

Here are some tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.

His killing was a tragedy, and we should say so. But let's not go so far as to airbrush out his spreading of antisemitism, Islamophobia and disinformation: this is not "practicing politics the right way".

Ireland to withdraw from Eurovision 2026 over Israel RTÉ has announced this lunchtime that it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead."

Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.

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There’s a worrying level of expectation being heaped on poor Bosun Lawal.

The search for a remotely creative midfielder is our white whale.

Even in the second half, that performance was wretched. Just launch it into the box and hope someone gets on the end of it. Blessed to get the draw but it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the group.

two men are sitting on a couch talking to each other . one of the men is wearing a sweater . ALT: two men are sitting on a couch talking to each other . one of the men is wearing a sweater .

Even looks like Bania.

If you continue to contribute to the success, visibility and profitability of Musk's platform X, by still posting there, ask yourself why.

At the rate the Israeli army is killing journalists in the Gaza Strip, there will soon be no one left to inform you.
The editorial committees of France 24 and RFI, along with those of roughly 40 other French media outlets, are signatories of this statement in support of our colleagues in Gaza.