#French

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Since 2010 UK state spending has shrunk by 6% of GDP. In the same period the French state has shrunk by just 1% of GDP. This comparison is quite a

Dan Hill

DanHillHistory

I spent the day yesterday exploring this fascinating location in the foothills in the pyrenees in southern France. Despite the beautiful setting, it was the scene of massive hardship and

Love is Free ,Love is Nonlinear

NonlinearDarren

The Chinese biological laboratory in Wuhan is owned by Glaxo!Who, by chance, owns Pfizer! (the one who produces the vaccine!)Which, by chance, is managed by Black Rock finances.Who, by chance,

Tyler (cult member)

IrritatingBoyTy

Now that it's the fourth of july, it's once again time for me to be pretentious about history, so if anyone wants to hear me rant about why the american

Jonathon Owen

ArrantPedantry

This is . . . not how rhymes work.Would you like to learn how rhymes really work? Of course you would! So let's talk about syllables and stress.https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1326557538570002432 Pretty much

Eric Hittinger

ElephantEating

Currently reviewing a paper for a French-language journal and I just learned that the French call a "pie chart" a "camembert". Now I want to know what pie charts are

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

My weekly crunch of French Covid stats shows that the 2nd wave of the epidemic is now receding rapidly. Even the average daily death rate – a very lagging indicator

Sean M Joyce

SeanMJoyce1

The American Revolution Timeline Thread v.21763-1787*Links/citations/further readings in the comments of each tweet. February 10, 1763The French and Indian war (Seven Years' war) ends with the signing of the Treaty

Matt/BrySanity Guy

BryGuy59er

There are few bigger examples of how poorly our education system is than when it comes to the issue of SlaverySlavery was forced onto the American colonies by the British

Costin Raiu

craiu

1/9 The French National Cybersecurity Agency @ANSSI_FR released a report on Hades / Sandworm infecting Centreon servers with a PHP backdoor, followed by deploying the Exaramel Linux backdoor. Some notes:

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

“It must not be forgotten that the leading figures of the New Africa Sékou Touré, Kwame Nkrumah and some Mali and Congolese revolutionary democrats were…shaped and tempered politically and ideologically

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the #Kilcmichael Ambush. I’ve long been struck by the parallels between it and a key event in Algerian War, the Palestro Ambush of May

Bong Capital

BongCapital

So, LVMH is trying to walk away from TIF. Again. And LVMH has finally said in a press release that it is not able to close the transaction (although I

Robert P. George

McCormickProf

1/ In 1834, the German poet Heinrich Heine, whose books would later be burned by the Nazis because of his Jewish heritage, made a prophecy. A great insight is at

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan تاریخ خراسان

BiruniKhorasan

Pictures of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir", the legendary anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban commander. Very aesthetic man. Ahmad Shah Massoud speaking French. He studied at Kabul´s French Lycee.https://www.youtube.com/wat

Jay Hulme

JayHulmePoet

Now we’ve just eaten way too much food, is anyone wondering why British food is Like That (and by "Like That" I mean traditionally kind of bland)?It turns out that

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