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« Je donne mon avis non comme bon mais comme mien. » — Michel de Montaigne

Source: ChatGPT, by detailed request and some subsequent enrichments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a juicy turn of events that historians are already calling “a sticky first,” the President of the United States has been officially impeached—not by the usual Congressional process, but by being physically submerged into a colossal heap of ripe peaches that flooded the Oval Room early Tuesday morning.

At precisely 9:00 AM, aides reported hearing a series of sloshing sounds and muffled presidential expletives before the Resolute Desk was swallowed by a rolling tsunami of stone fruit. Eyewitnesses claim the peaches poured in from the presidential seal on the carpet, which had evidently been converted into a high-volume fruit chute.

White House insiders confirm the operation, dubbed “Operation Stone Fruit”, was the brainchild of a bipartisan coalition fed up with gridlock, scandal fatigue, and an unusually intense national surplus of Georgia peaches. “We decided to interpret ‘impeachment’ literally,” said Rep. Flora Pitman (D-GA), casually eating one of the fruits as she briefed the press. “If the Constitution won’t move fast enough, maybe fiber will.”

The President, reportedly trapped waist-deep in nectar and surrounded by aides wielding juice-resistant clipboards, issued a frantic TruthSocial post:

“This is a WITCH HUNT. I love peaches, maybe more than anyone, but this is fruit tyranny. I was winning so much they had to drown me in produce. Sad!”

Legal scholars are at odds over the legitimacy of the method. Some argue it’s a clear violation of Article II, while others insist the Founders “probably would have loved the symbolism.” Chief Justice John Roberts, upon being asked for comment, simply sighed, wiped a smear of peach flesh off his robe, and walked away whispering, “We were warned about this in Federalist No. 65.”

Public reaction has been sharply divided. Supporters of the President gathered outside the White House holding signs that read “UNPEACH THE PEACHING” and “STOP THE STONE FRUIT COUP”. Meanwhile, critics praised the action as “refreshing,” “vitamin-rich,” and “finally making Congress look productive.”

As for the Oval Room, it has been declared a “syrup zone” and is expected to ferment into a minor wine cellar by next week.

Stay tuned as America watches what’s next: a Senate trial, or possibly a cobbler.

— ChatGPT

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«Never in the past few decades at least has a president engaged in such an angry, scathing attack on a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office. Their argument culminated with a threat that if Mr. Zelensky did not accept whatever peace deal Mr. Trump brokered with Russia, the United States would abandon Ukraine. The fracas led Mr. Trump to kick Mr. Zelensky out of the White House. The schism upended plans to sign a deal giving the United States rights to Ukrainian rare minerals, a concession Mr. Trump had demanded as payback for help with the war.

Mr. Trump often exhibits anger in public in ways other presidents have rarely done, particularly at rallies or in interviews. Just the other day, he snapped at the governor of Maine about transgender athletes. But he has never appeared so enraged and combative with a foreign visitor, especially a putative ally in the middle of a war for his country’s survival.

The closest analogy might be a few meetings he had with congressional Democrats during his first term when he quarreled with Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker at the time, and Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader. »At one of them, in fact, Ms. Pelosi famously stood, pointed a finger at him and snapped, “All roads with you lead to Putin.”

Peter Baker: “In Showdown With Zelensky, Trump Takes Offense on Putin’s Behalf”, The New York Times, Feb. 28, 2025.

Image: ChatGPT, with corrections. Text: Le Monde : [en], [fr].

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Le Monde vient de rapporter qu’Apple est visé en France par un signalement et une plainte pour le traitement non anonymisé de données privées d’utilisateurs provenant notamment de voix enregistrées via Siri, alors qu’une part importante de ces enregistrements ont été déclenchés par erreur ou à l’insu des utilisateurs – permettant d’identifier les utilisateurs.

Je ne serais pas étonné que ce soit, d’une façon ou d’une autre, aussi le cas avec Google sur ses smartphones Android et avec Gmail. Pour (ce qui me semble être une) preuve : Facebook me propose régulièrement comme « ami » un employé, avec lequel les seuls contacts « numériques » que j’ai eus sont via mail (le sien est une adresse Gmail) et SMS (via mon smartphone Android).

À se demander aussi comment les contacts et les conversations de WhatsApp sont utilisées par Meta pour « enrichir » Facebook et/ou d’autres usages.

The French daily Le Monde has just reported that Apple is the target of a report and a complaint in France for the non-anonymized processing of user data coming in particular from recorded voices (via Siri), a significant part of which were triggered by mistake or without the knowledge of the users – allowing their identification and intrusion in their privacy

I would not be surprised if this were, in one way or another, also the case with Google on its Android smartphones and with Gmail. As (what seems to me to be) a proof: Facebook regularly suggests to me as a “friend” an employee, with whom the only “digital” contacts I have had are via email (his is a Gmail address) and SMS (via my Android smartphone).

It also raises the question how the contacts and conversations on WhatsApp are used by Meta in order to “enrich” Facebook and/or for other ends.