With its five LNG terminals, France is a major gateway for liquefied natural gas into Europe. In 2024, a third of this gas came from Russia, but it's difficult to know how much of it simply passes through France, or is consumed domestically.
A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a beer.The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you."The grasshopper says, "Really? You have a drink named Steve?"
A duck walks into a pub and orders a beer and a ham sandwich.
The barman looks at him and says, "But you're a duck".
"I see your eyes are working", replies the duck.
"And you talk!" exclaims the barman.
"I see your ears are working", says the duck, now can I have my beer and my sandwich please?"
"Certainly", says the barman, "sorry about that, it's just we don't get many ducks in this pub. What are you doing round this way?".
"I'm working on the building site across the road” explains the duck.
Then the duck drinks his beer, eats his sandwich and leaves. This continues for 2 weeks.
Then one day the circus comes to town.
The Ringleader of the circus comes into the pub and the barman says to him, "You're with the circus aren't you?, I know this duck that would be just brilliant in your circus, he talks, drinks beer and everything!".
"Sounds marvellous", says the ringleader, "get him to give me a call".
So the next day when the duck comes into the pub the barman says, "Hey Mr Duck, I reckon I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money!"
"Yeah?", says the duck, "Sounds great, where is it?"
"At the circus", says the barman.
"The circus?" the duck enquires.
"That's right", replies the barman.
"The circus?" the duck asks again.
"Yes" says the barman
"That place with the big tent?" the duck enquires.
"Yeah" the barman replies.
"With all the animals?" the duck questioned.
"Of Course" the barman replies.
"With the big canvas roof with the hole in the middle", asks the duck
This isn't a random youtuber and his video isn't clickbait. You not understanding why people are talking about him posting this video is not the same as these discussions being pointless or spam.
for your generation maybe?
You're right, i can't understand how someone can make a name by streaming himself playing games and then become a reliable source for browser comparisons or linux. I can't understand why anybody would like to watch someone else playing a "video game" either, but there is a whole generation that grew up with that. I have streamer neighbors. It's not only that i can't understand, but i think of these activities as pathetic.
let's end this useless conversation here. You can keep talking about him all your life, i prefer to filter him.
There was an interesting podcast about mr.Beast on the Guardian this week. I was never interested in his videos either, I remember reading his Wikipedia page some years ago to understand what he's about. For me, they're both negligible symptoms of something going really wrong. Their analysis may be interesting, they on the other hand are not.
the article seems to be well written and well studied too. Why is that statement (which seems to be the common thread in any documentary about Mongolia for the last 20 years) unqualified according to you?
most, if not all, people i've met who choose to not care, don't care not because they're "too consumed by everything else" but because caring and acting accordingly would need them to be slightly less comfortable.
And they strongly believe that they deserve to be as comfortable now as they can.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/03/05/russian-gas-continues-to-enter-french-ports_6738841_19.html
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