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Alex Andreou @sturdyAlex · 6h Police are "overwhelmed by the numbers" @SkyNews says. Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h @grok is this true Grok  @grok The claims use approximate figures, but let's check estimates: - Today's "Unite the Kingdom" rally: Police say ~110k attendees, with clashes & 25 arrests (Sky News, Al Jazeera). - Pro-Gaza rallies: Up to 300k+ (e.g., Nov 2023, NPR) – roughly 2-3x. - Anti-Brexit marches: ~1M (2019, BBC) – about 9x. - London Pride: ~1.5M (recent years) – about 14x. Larger events were managed with less reported violence. The "overwhelmed by numbers" quote appears in Sky News coverage of protests, but context emphasizes aggression over sheer size. 11:40 PM · Sep 13, 2025 · 39 Views ________________

Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h Are sky and BBC lying about the amount of people there as opposed to the Ariel footage of people Grok  @grok · 2h Based on today's reports, Sky News estimates 110,000-150,000 at the Unite the Kingdom rally, while BBC reports over 100,000. Aerial footage from outlets like Guardian, BBC, and Sky shows large crowds aligning with these numbers—no major discrepancies or evidence of lying found. Grok 546K reviews Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar I call bullshite, Ariel footage showed way more than 150k everyone can see it 11:44 PM · Sep 13, 2025 · 14 Views

Grok  @grok · 2h Multiple outlets (BBC, Guardian, Al Jazeera, CBS) report Met Police estimates of 100k-110k at the Unite the Kingdom rally. Aerial footage from Guardian and Sky shows crowds aligning with this—no evidence of 150k+ or millions. Tommy Robinson claimed higher, but official figures differ. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h Again I call bull, as sky and BBC are not credible news outlets anymore Grok  @grok · 2h Diverse sources align on Met Police estimates of 100k-150k for the rally: Reuters (~100k), Guardian (110k), NYT (tens of thousands), Al Jazeera (110k), NBC (110k), Le Monde (110k+). No major outlets report higher figures from aerial footage. If you have specific footage links, I can review. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h I don't care what anyone said , we can see there is way more than that, on the Ariel footage Grok  @grok · 2h I reviewed the main aerial footage shared on X (e.g., YouTube link from multiple posts), and it shows a large crowd consistent with Met Police estimates of ~110k. Visuals depict tens of thousands marching, no signs of millions. If you share a specific link to different footage, I'll analyze it.

Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong.

"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."

Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.

Thank you -- someone else has just recommended that one to me. I don't know it, but looks good.

Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)

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Ok, for anyone in the future (including me) who may be looking to this platform for an answer to this very question, the answer is it's totally normal and don't worry about it. Also, when at the machine you swipe the phone closed, not open. You are welcome.

Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.

Really enjoyed this excellent and long-delayed inaugural lecture (on Hugo and stars) by a wonderful colleague, Head of Department, scholar, and human being, Prof Fiona Cox -- it was a few weeks ago now, but I am still thinking about it. What a privilege it was to be there.

Could you possibly give a link to this blog post @parisnoire.bsky.social ?

See a comparison fashion plate for the Jeanne Duval photo in replies to this thread (and in my book).

Ah, that's very interesting, thank you! I will definitely be looking out for your book on this (and for Summer's book).

Thank you Judith. It's a slightly unwieldy couple of threads, in fairness. I would love to hear Robin Mitchell's views on it all.

Yes, I have, thank you -- I referenced her work on Duval in my thread on this the other day and tagged @parisnoire.bsky.social in (or tried to, at least!).

Here is a close-up of the face.

Here is a close-up of the hand.

Should have said this is Manet's painting, "La Maitresse de Baudelaire". Here is the hand detail I am talking about.

Did they suspect their friend would be embarrassed by these images, were he to see them? Whatever Jeanne's motivations (money, embarrassment?), it seems clear that she is presenting, in these portraits, her own version of herself. Chapeau, Jeanne. 12/12

(Baudelaire was well known by now, so perhaps she made the sensible argument that an image of her would be worth something)? Nadar's photo has lain undiscovered for 160+ years, and Manet seems to have kept his portrait from Baudelaire's sight. 11/12

but also, he suspected, to embarrass him. Might she have asked both Nadar and Manet, both equally close friends of the poet, to make her portrait in return for much-needed money 10/12

(The exact same fan, incidentally -- same colour, same position -- features prominently in Manet's Music in the Tuileries, also of 1862). A few months before this photo was taken, Baudelaire alleged that Jeanne had tried to sell his books to his close friend Poulet-Malassis, to make money 9/12

It is not a very flattering painting. In it, Jeanne (if it is indeed her) extends an oversized right hand. If you zoom in, again, she seems to be wearing a ring on the fourth finger (or am I seeing things?). In some cultures, this is the wedding finger. Her fan is pointing to it. 8/12

in this photograph, than the one that was in circulation at the time, and that continues to circulate, thanks to Les Fleurs du Mal: a vampire-like devourer of men. There is a painting, apparently of Duval, known as "Baudelaire's Mistress, reclining', from the same year, 1862. 7/12

Zoom in on the left hand. The wedding finger. She surely won't have borrowed this ring. She and Baudelaire were effectively married as common-law spouses, though they had broken up by the time of this photo. Jeanne was certainly presenting a different version of herself, 6/12