@JamesMa08575313@livbyrana@Varticoo It’s the oldest trick in the book. In German, it’s called ‘Einhaken’: the striker taps the ball very lightly, sees the defender charging towards him, and sticks his foot out. Here, Mbappé demonstrates it to perfection. It almost always results in a penalty.
@bopanc@peterfrankopan George W Bush called his memoirs *Decision Points*; the Iraq War was perhaps the most egregious mistake since the Trojans brought the horse into the city.
@bopanc@peterfrankopan There was an absolutely overwhelming consensus on this amongst Germans at the time. Merkel enjoyed an 80 per cent approval rating consistently for 16 years. It is hypocritical and simplistic to criticise this in hindsight simply because times have changed.
@WolfNatur@ira_joseph It was 140 TWh in 2012 and 34 TWh in 2023. 170 TWh would amount to a mere 7.6% of Germany’s total energy consumption in 2025 (2,250 TWh). Too expensive, too dangerous, too difficult to scale up. Yawn