HeyJaredSeeking Tranquillity in France
Reflections on life's changing trajectory—professional transitions, moving between countries, cultural adaptation, and social integration.
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The French government changed my name! Names, identity, and civil status in France (opens the original)
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What you call yourself and how French officialdom identifies you can be quite different and take you by surprise if you’re from a different country. French regulations govern, in some detail, your named identity, how you can name your children, and how you might wish to legally change your name. You might even wish to “Frenchify” your name if you acquire French citizenship! Read on for details.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Y_y!,f_auto
Transparency: Required Legal notices (Mentions légales) for online entrepreneurs in France, including writers active on Substack (opens the original)
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Transparency: Templates for French Mentions légales (Legal notices) on Substack (opens the original)
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Transparency: Substack’s AI tools and the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (opens the original)
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When Substack rolled out its Pangram-based tool for detecting text written with Artificial Intelligence (AI), a passionate brouhaha broke out among users of the platform. That was on 21 July 2026, when CEO Chris Best announced the move in his post “Against Claudefishing: Building trust in the AI age.” In the announcement, he laid out the rationale for deploying the AI-detector in terms of culture, transparency and trust:When content made by no one takes over parts of the internet that are s
Deconstructing the “What nobody tells you” trope (opens the original)
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