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- 1High school blockade in Alès turns violent, officer injured●"On a essayé de les contenir mais ils étaient trop nombreux" : des lycéens agressés et un policier blessé, le blocus à A
A high school blockade in Alès, in southern France, degenerated into violence, with students reported assaulted and a police officer injured. A police source quoted locally said officers tried to hold back the crowd but were overwhelmed by numbers. The incident has drawn attention to tensions surrounding the school blockage and the police response.
- 2Argenteuil high school students blockade for equal opportunities●[Article] Blocus au lycée Jean-Jaurès d'Argenteuil : « nous aussi, banlieusards, on a le droit à l'égalité des chances »
Students at the Jean-Jaurès high school in Argenteuil, north-west of Paris, have blockaded their school as part of the wave of protests sweeping French high schools demanding better study conditions. In a statement, the students say that as 'banlieue residents we also have the right to equal opportunities', framing the movement as a demand for the same educational resources and prospects as students elsewhere in France.
- 3Penguin Random House launches new imprint●Hmm… https:// locusmag.com/2026/09/new-pengu in-random-house-imprint/ # books # media
Locus reports that Penguin Random House is launching a new imprint, a move now drawing attention among science fiction and fantasy readers and publishing watchers. Details of the imprint's name, editorial focus and first titles remain limited, with the announcement circulating mainly through book-industry channels.
- 4ASU doctoral student studies how diet drives locust movement●ASU doctoral student explores how diet drives locust movement
An Arizona State University doctoral student is researching how nutrition influences locust swarming and movement patterns. The work examines the link between what locusts eat and how they travel, which could inform efforts to predict and control locust outbreaks that threaten crops and food supplies in affected regions.
- 5Locus Communis app lets readers build a library of favourite passages●The best sentence in a book deserves more than a dog-eared page. Locus Communis lets you read, capture the passage word
Locus Communis, a reading tool for capturing book passages word for word, is being promoted as an alternative to dog-earing pages. Users can save the sentences that stay with them and build a personal library of quotes. Readers and book club members are being invited to sign up and start their own collections of memorable lines.