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@NatalkaKyiv 😂

[Aigle @Aigle_e]

‼️Environ 822 records absolus & mensuels confondus sont tombés depuis le début de la phase la plus intense de la #canicule en France Métropolitaine il y a 3 jours, dont la plupart sont re-battus le lendemain (doublons).

L'étendue des >40-42°C est historique à 16h.

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

Heat waves are indeed completely natural. The fact that they are increasing in frequency and intensity is not.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

Tolkien’s greatest insight was that evil loses because it cannot imagine goodness.

That makes The Lord of the Rings far deeper than a simple story of heroes and monsters. Sauron is stronger than his enemies in armies, weapons, fear, and force, yet he makes one fatal mistake: he assumes everyone else wants power the way he does.

He cannot imagine someone carrying the Ring all the way to Mordor just to destroy it.

That is why Frodo’s mission works. Gandalf, Aragorn, Galadriel, and Elrond understand the temptation of evil, so they refuse the Ring.

Sauron understands only domination, so he watches the wrong places, fears the wrong enemies, and misses the small, broken hobbit walking toward the fire.

Even Gollum matters because Tolkien refuses to make the moral world too clean. He is dangerous, twisted, and ruined by the Ring, but he still receives pity. Bilbo spares him. Frodo pities him. Sam struggles with him. In the end, the creature everyone wanted to dismiss becomes part of the world’s rescue.

And that is why Tolkien still hits so hard.

Victory in Middle-earth comes with wounds. The Shire is saved, but Frodo cannot fully return to it. The Ring is destroyed, but beauty fades with it. Evil falls, but the cost remains.

Tolkien understood something most modern stories forget: goodness wins when it refuses to become what it is fighting.

And that is the age old lesson that many nations have yet to learn in the modern day.

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@Olkimosay @Aigle_e Aahahahaahah 😀😀

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@golemsklub2 @MeteoParisiene Ahahaha che figuraccia!

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@SlovanVerdadONE @jacopo_iacoboni 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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@silupescu Sembra un film di Kusturica

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@silupescu @dsabatinelli Quanto vorrei leggere o vedere le reazioni odierne dei russi che vivono lì!

[Unwetter-Freaks @unwetterfreaks]

Wow! 🤯 Diese gewaltige Shelfcloud (Böenfront) ist vor etwa 15 Minuten über die Region von Middelburg (Provinz Zeeland) in den Niederlanden gezogen. Was für beeindruckende Strukturen! ⚡️

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@pieromerola @LucaBizzarri Era un calesse

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Learn how to do the most powerful whistle of your life.

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@SqSehrish 100

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@Mimix1907 4

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A map of mytical beasts in Ireland

[Yasmina @yasminalombaert]

Belgrade’s "Back Door" is open and Moscow is walking right in.

While the rest of the continent tries to hold the line against putin’s regime, Serbia is busy handing out passports to Russians.

A chilling investigation from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) published this June has pulled the curtain back on the operation: in just the first five months of 2026, Russians received "national interest" citizenship at a rate four times higher than every other foreign nationality combined.

It is a deliberate, dangerous loophole. We aren’t talking about everyday citizens looking for a fresh start.

RFE/RL identified recipients linked to sanctioned oligarchs and the Kremlin’s inner circle, people who should be persona non grata.

Thanks to Serbia’s visa-free access to the Schengen Area, these individuals, people who are effectively blacklisted by the democratic world, now have a golden ticket into the heart of Europe.

Belgrade wants the perks of being an EU candidate, but it refuses to play by the rules. You can't claim to be on a "European path" while acting as a revolving door for the Kremlin’s interests.
The EU has been patient, but this "dual-track" strategy is dead. If Serbia wants to sit at the European table, it needs to stop opening the back door for Moscow.

Europe needs to stop being naive. Scrutiny isn't just an option anymore. It is a necessity.

How long is Europe going to let a candidate member undermine Europe’s collective security before they actually hold them accountable?

#Serbia

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

To understand the scale of today’s Russian crime against humanity’s historical heritage: it is the equivalent of bombing St. Peter’s Basilica in a war of conquest against Italy, or Notre-Dame de Paris against France, Westminster Abbey against Britain, or Aachen Cathedral.

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@AmourskyCyrille What he said?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Fun fact.

Only 13% of the world's population lives in the southern hemisphere.