Laurent Gerra’s column from October 1, 2024

Michel Chevalet was on RTL to talk about the generalization of algorithmic video surveillance, desired by the Paris police prefect. He then carries out a demonstration: “To explain it to you, I installed a camera in the RTL premises (…) We see a man who looks like Gérard Jugnot enter the empty office of François Lenglet displaying an air suspicious”. Jade then retorts: “It must be Philippe Martinez, what is he doing?” “He spills coffee on François Lenglet’s files, in order to put him in difficulty for the debate earlier!” continues Michel Chevalet. A use of the algorithm which does not fail to raise questions…

The International Day of Older Persons, initiated by the UN, provided the opportunity to Alain Souchon to express yourself. With his usual humor, he declares: “I’m ten years old… I know it’s not true but I’m ten years old… More precisely, I’m 8 times 10 years old, but at the same time, it’s nice, being an old person, we get up early and drink our Ricoré looking Telematinand then we complain, because Thomas Sotto is no longer there, so we write to the readers’ mail of Seven Days TV to complain, it’s nice”…

A damning record reveals that Abbot Pierre would have tried to break into the cinema in the legendary “Manon des sources”, where he was to play Ugolin alongside Yves Montand. The abbot seems to have fallen in love with Manon. Visibly troubled, he then tried a stratagem: “I need a bigger vehicle. There are so many poor people.” Manon, eager to help him, asks him: “A truck?” To this, he responds: “Pouèt, pouèt!”

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