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Thalys static

Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Travel, Wines with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 27, 2025 by xi'an

[When returning from Brussels, after the privaCI workshop, I happened to sit in the Thalys train to Paris, next to three French (?) lobbyists (??) discussing very loudly about the specifics of their trade, apparently acting for the main agriculture union FNSEA (???) model of industrial and intensive agriculture at the European Commission or Parliement in Brussels. Annoyingly so, making me regret my bargain first class ticket. Here are a few sentences from one of their phone calls:]

“T’installes un éleveur de poules c’est deux cent milles euros, un éleveur de porcs c’est un million, c’est pas pareil. Tu peux installer un éleveur de poules en trois mois !”

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“Le président de la République [Emmanuel Macron] a signé, son discours souligne l’importance du modèle de la CEPR [contrats de plan État-Région], c’est plié, je ne vois pas ce qu’on peut faire de plus!”

and at the end, EUcology always loses…

Posted in Kids, pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 3, 2024 by xi'an

burn baby burn…

Posted in pictures, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2024 by xi'an

diesel attack

Posted in pictures, Travel with tags , , , , on October 21, 2018 by xi'an

ASA opposes USDA plan likely to undermine economic research service (ERS) work [repost]

Posted in Statistics with tags , , , , , , on September 19, 2018 by xi'an

The American Statistical Association (ASA) is actively opposing a recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposal to realign and relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS). The ASA’s concern is that moving ERS—a federal statistical agency and an internationally respected agricultural economics research institution—would undermine its work and product quality, thereby also affecting evidence-based policymaking in the USDA and food and agriculture more generally.