Parisians always know who's a tourist. They will never let you practice your French with them.

You got to be kidding me.

The US military is now advising its soldiers in Germany, who are not receiving their paychecks due to the shutdown, to ask for food from local German food banks. One advantage France has of being one of the few countries in Europe without a US base: you don't have to feed starving US soldiers.

Place your bets! Which will happen first: the French government catches the criminals who stole from the Louvre or the US government starts working again?

Number of students learning regional languages in France, 2025. Credits in image.

“It’s difficult to take the French serious” -US Vice President Dick Cheney criticizing France for opposing the invasion of Iraq, 2003.

What do French people fear the most? Terrorism and online disinformation. Credits in image.

The US government just cut food stamps for 42 million Americans. It is still paying mega-corporations in contracts & subsidies. Workers starve while billionaire welfare queens Musk, Bezos & the Waltons take your money. The government isn't shutdown for the rich: just for the people.

I'm sure this is a fine product but 'bears with benefits' doesn't mean what they think it means...

Are you French? No, I'm ________, by region. Credits in image.

Realistic depiction of Louvre security.

They're on it

You'll never guess who opened the first children's hospital in France: Napoleon in 1802. While I strongly condemn Rob Schneider's false statements on children's health, it is cool that his lies pointed me to a fascinating truth: Napoleon opened the world's first children's hospital.

And then the thieves went on a two-hour long lunch break.

The ultimate plot twist

Items stolen from the Louvre (the crown of Empress Eugénie has since been recovered):

28-30 June 2025 France and Saudi Arabia put forward the 'New York Declaration'; a peace plan that included guarantees for Palestinian and Israeli security while supporting a two-state solution. However, the peace plan was scrapped due to a US veto at the UN Security Council (14-1).

In 4 days Israel has violated the newest ceasefire 80 times and killed 97 people, including an entire family. Who could have guessed Trump's 'peace plan,' which included no guarantees and gave all power to Israel, wouldn't work!? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Oh wow, a week after signing Trump's ceasefire which gave Israel all the power and no accountability, Israel has gone back to bombing Gaza. Who could have predicted this aside from everyone who doesn't consume American media?!

Algorithm-driven social media is a blight on humanity. I post OC & the algorithm decides, "This won't be popular," & doesn't share it to my own followers. I post what everyone else posts & the algorithm says, "This will be popular," & shares it. You aren't boosting engagement, you're killing OC!

Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum! In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift to the Louvre, forced a window into the Galerie d’Apollon.

The National Convention voted to execute Louis XVI by just one vote.

#OTD 17 October 1961 The Paris police, under the leadership of Maurice Papon, violently attacks peacefully demonstrating Algerians in Paris, killing over 100. The victims were brutalized, mutilated & thrown into the Seine to prevent their identification.

#OTD 16 October 2020 Chechan refugee Abdoullakh Abouyezidovich Anzorov beheaded history teacher Samuel Paty after learning Paty had shown an image of the Prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression.

Arc de Trump? US President Trump says he wants to create a triumphal arch for DC modeled on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which was made by Napoleon to commemorate his military victories.

In the past two decades France has leapt ahead of other European countries to become the world's second-largest arms dealer, behind only the United States. Many of these arms have gone to Middle Eastern states accused of war crimes, including Saudi Arabia.

The masterwork was carved in 1781 by French sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy and depicts Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duke of Montausier. He was one of the busiest sculptors of the late Ancien Régime with works that still adorn the Louvre.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy who will know the term of his incarceration on Monday after having been sentenced to five years in prison will become the first former head of state of a European Union country to go behind bars.

The Vatican has proportionally loss the most land out of any state in history that still continues to exist. The Papal States finally fell in 1870; the last French troops defending it from Italian Nationalists left to fight in the Franco-Prussian War.

Over the past 2 years there have been 4 UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire between Israel & Palestine. 14 of 15 members supported them. The US vetoed all of them, 2 under Trump. Absolutely absurd that Americans are praising the US for bringing peace to Gaza when its been the primary obstacle.

The top 10 countries & the UN/League of Nations for Nobel Peace Prize winners. France is the 4th most awarded nation & 5th overall. A French person shared the first Nobel Peace Prize with a Swiss national. The last time a French person won was in 1968.

Global warming is here. Images of the Rhône glacier retreat over 35 years. Glaciers in the Alps are among the fastest melting on Earth.

France's prime minister called a new government and resigned in 14 hours, in case you're wondering how things are going over there.

New episode! Explorer Jacques Cartier's voyages into the unknown mapped parts of the New World, but were also rooted in European geopolitics. Scholar Elvira Viktória Tamus explains Cartier's place in exploration, war and power. www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/jacques-cart...

Anyone live in the greater Fort Myers area want to make a new friend? I am looking to connect with people as I am new to the area.

When there's nothing left to eat, the French begin eating each other: a special new episode on cannibalism by Amanda Coate. www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/cannibalism-...

France with half the poverty rate, 1/5th the homicide rate, 1/10th the homelessness rate, 1/2 the sexual assault rate, less debt-to-GDP, higher education rates, listening to the US President say it's going to Hell yesterday at the UN.

Members of the Socialist Party have been debating advocating for a 2% wealth tax on those with over €100 million. Critics include Bernard Arnault, Europe's richest man, who has a net worth of €160 billion and increased his net worth by €4 billion just today.

France just officially recognized Palestine. Now Germany and Italy are the only major countries in Europe which do not recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation.

Yesterday 25 US senators and representatives threatened to impose sanctions on France, the UK, Canada and Australia if they recognized Palestine as a legitimate state.

France has one of the highest rates of gun homicide in the European Union with 887 deaths in 2023. However, it still has a lower gun homicide rate than 🇭🇷Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇧🇬 Bulgaria & 🇱🇻 Latvia. Below is a global comparison of France to other major developed countries.

Gun ownership rates in France and the US compared, 2017. Many European countries have some of the highest gun ownership rates in the world, though gun owners must have clean criminal records, a proven history of mental stability and responsible gun use & go through a process of authorization.

Firearm homicide rates: Italy: 0.35 per 100,000, 1/12th of the U.S. France: 0.32 per 100,000, 1/13th of the U.S. Sweden: 0.25 per 100,000, 1/16th of the U.S, Spain: 0.13 per 100,000, 1/32nd of the U.S. Germany: 0.08 per 100,000, 1/51st of the U.S.

Total mass shootings from 1946-present: Canada: 98 Germany: 112 France: 125 UK: 127 Italy: 147 Total mass shootings in 2025 so far: US: 293 Total mass shootings perpetrated by known transgender people since the invention of the first firearm around 950 AD: Outside the US: 0 US: 4

Mass shootings from 2015-2024: US: 4917 Transgender people in the US: 3 Trans people outside the US: 0. No recorded cases of trans-led mass shootings outside the US & in the US transgender people represent .06% of mass shooters. Naturally the GOP plans to ban trans people from owning guns.

Workers operate on scaffoldings around the wooden structure of the new spire of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in July 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron showcasing his Blue Eyes White Dragon Card as he celebrates France holding the Trading Card Games world championships, 30 August 2025. Macron is reportedly an anime fan, owning an illustration from One Piece among other items.