Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊

@pybaubry.bsky.social

Un Français à Taipei. Mon blog sur les livres de/sur Taiwan: www.lettresdetaiwan.com

INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on.

I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft.

Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!

Il faut suivre de près ce qu'il se passe à Gomené, près de Loudéac (22). Après sa victoire lors d'un concours télé, la crêpière Joëlle Dambo a été visée par une vague de commentaires racistes. Elle a décidé de contre-attaquer, en déposant plainte et en organisant un rassemblement antiraciste. 1/

Joëlle Dambo adoubée Chevalier de la confrérie Piperia la Galette.

🔴 Pesticides, mégabassines, élevages XXL, pollution des captages d'eau... dans cette loi d'urgence agricole, chaque recul se fait contre les recommandations des scientifiques ! Cette "loi de réconciliation" n’est autre qu'une loi de fracture qui organise l'agriculture contre tous. @mariepochon.fr

Loi d'urgence agricole ou loi Duplomb 2 : Marie Pochon dénonce une loi contre les scientifiques !

YouTube video by Groupe Ecologiste et Social - Assemblée nationale

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⚡️Syrskyi denies rift with Fedorov as Zelensky considers his dismissal. His remarks come days after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, a move that triggered public backlash and protests in Kyiv.

Syrskyi denies rift with Fedorov as Zelensky considers his dismissal

His remarks come days after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, a move that triggered public backlash and protests in Kyiv.

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On a voulu mesurer et comparer l’impact médiatique de la commission d’enquête sur l’inceste. Pour cela, on a fait parler les données partielles d'Europresse, de l'INA et de Cafeyn. Les médias silencent l'inceste, alors que cela intéresse les gens.

Inceste : la silenciation médiatique - Projet Arcadie

On a voulu mesurer et comparer l’impact médiatique de la commission d’enquête sur l’inceste. Si le sujet intéresse les gens, il est silencié par les médias.

projetarcadie.com

La répression policière se poursuit à Hongkong à l'encontre de quiconque essaie de penser de manière indépendante. Au moment de la reprise en main autoritaire par Pékin, la France et l'Europe réagissaient encore. Aujourd'hui, silence radio, voire pour certains soutien ouvert aux autorités chinoises.

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 3w ago

Hong Kong police raided a bookstore run by former journalists on Wednesday — the latest in a string of crackdowns on independent bookshops.

China's French exports + 12.1% / French imports +23.4% / surplus with France -17.6% China's Dutch exports +10.7% / Dutch imports +3.4% / surplus with Netherlands +12.2% China's Italian exports +22.3% / Italian imports +17.2% / surplus with Italy +27.3%

We have Chinese trade data this morning for first half of 2026: China's EU exports +16.8% / EU imports +8.7% / surplus with EU +23.7% China's German exports +19% / German imports +1.8% / surplus with Germany +80.8% An 80% (+$10bn) widening in German trade deficit in 6 months

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We’ve opened the strait that was never closed, ceasing a ceasefire for a war that was never a war, stopping Iran from charging tolls because tolls are illegal, all so Trump can charge his *own* tolls because *his* tolls are legal. This will hurt affordability which is a hoax anyway

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3w ago

A 20% charge would work out to about $32 million for a fully-loaded very large crude carrier at current oil prices. That’s far higher than the tolls that have been charged by Iran, which have previously been described as reaching $2 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...