#French

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

This is the 7th instalment of #deanehistory.Simon Murray is a magnificent lunatic who told his girlfriend that if she didn’t agree to marry him, he would join the French Foreign

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

In middle age I've come to believe that a lot of libertarian & civil libertarian stances are essentially a dodge -- a strategic deferment of some fundamental fights for a

Kate Jamieson ⚓

kejamieson_

History thread time.The famous 'Battle of the Nile' at Aboukir Bay which started #OTD 1798... By July 1798, Horatio Nelson was becoming increasingly frustrated and desperate to find Napoleon’s fleet.The French were

Benjamin Wolf

benbawan

In 1990, the population of Western Germany (62 million) and France (58m) was within a whisker. Then reunification happened – and Germany suddenly had 80 million.In 2050, France’s population could

Rama

photos_floues

"Laïcité" in France is nothing more than a policy to manage churches, and not even the only one, at that.If tempted to make a statement, try to remplace "Laïcité" with

#ReleaseTheKRAKEN BrunoBarking

Bruno062418

1/FINALLY decoded the Vive / Viva text, classified at the highest level. Suspected it, but was very sobering to see in 'black and white'. Need to see #Justice for these

Tom Forth

thomasforth

My thanks to @mathieugallard for sharing a few days ago the latest annual report on attitudes towards racism, anti-semitism, and xenophobia in France --- by the French commission on the

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

moutet

You're barely scratching the surface here. The truth is that French regional accents (and patois) *were* ruthlessly suppressed under the Third Republic. Yet they were killed off by television, not

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

Ah, the battle cry of the French pre-dreadnoughts...Liberté! Égalité! Explodité! This thing here is the French pre-dreadnought Liberté, and by the standards of the pre-dreads it's almost disappointingly normal. Part

oblivxxn

blinkxonticide_

did yall forget that France is still extorting 14 Afrikan nations out of $500B annually? These 14 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African

big dybbuk energy

bagelpicbot

oh my god so i signed up to this organisation thing where uni students studying french get paired with old people in france who are lonely to have conversations over

Pierre Aldama

paldama

This morning, on a major French radio, a minister said: "We have doubt about AZ efficacy on older people" and explicitly *used it* to escape questions about the EU &

Andy Flattery

andyflattery

300 years ago France was on fire because of the Mississippi Bubble, an all-time financial mania. Speculation on the investment potential of the Louisiana Territory had created interest in new

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

This is the 16th instalment of #deanehistory.Diana Rowden served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, & then Special Operations Executive.She died in a concentration camp when she was 29 years

ريان‎ نور‎

Ally_Ali18

Everything wrong with COIN and warrior ethos.I've used the French in Algeria, however this is a British example of how bad it can turn.https://youtu.be/R6OOsoqSKaw Points to note:#1 Racism is systemic,

PEG

pegobry

Interview with a high school philosophy teacher in Trappes, a Muslim-majority Banlieue in France, who is now under police protection because of death threats. Some selected tidbits...https://twitter.com/F_Desouche/status/1358375474318217217

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