Among the six sites competing to host new nuclear power plants in France, only four will be selected, with the final decision from the state expected by the end of the year. (translated)

Among the six sites competing to host new nuclear power plants in France, only four will be selected, with the final decision from the state expected by the end of the year. (translated)

🚨🚨 UNE NOUVEAUTÉ EN LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS : LE PATCH POUR LES NOUVEAUX JOUEURS DANS LA COMPÉTITION. ⭐️👕 À partir de cette saison, les joueurs qui disputeront leur tout premier match en Champions League porteront un patch spécial « DEBUT » sur la manche de leur maillot. Après la rencontre, le patch sera récupéré puis intégré à une carte unique et dédicacée par le joueur. 🗞️ @David_Ornstein #LigueDesChampions #Football #Nouveauté
🚨🇫🇷 FLASH LE NOUVEAU MAIRE RN DE CARPENTRAS SUPPRIME ET RÉDUIT LES SUBVENTIONS DE PLUSIEURS ASSOCIATIONS, NOTAMMENT DANS LE SPORT, LA CULTURE, LE LOGEMENT SOCIAL ET LES DROITS DES FEMMES ❌ Élu il y a à peine quelques mois, Hervé de Lépinau a fortement réduit et supprimé plusieurs aides municipales accordées à des associations de Carpentras, au nom des économies et d’un recentrage de la commune sur ses compétences. 👉 Le Planning familial voit sa subvention passer de 3 000 € à 0 €, une première en Vaucluse. L’association agit notamment dans l’accès à la contraception et à l’IVG, l’éducation à la sexualité, l’information, la prévention et l’accompagnement des femmes. Le maire assume aussi une dimension politique à cette suppression, reprochant notamment à l’association ses prises de position contre le RN. Fervent catholique, Hervé de Lépinau avait comparé en 2020 l’avortement à un "génocide", aux "crimes de Daesh" et à la Shoah. 👉 Ironie de l’histoire : après que la mairie a coupé les vivres au Planning familial en supprimant ses 3 000 €, l’association a lancé un appel aux dons et récupéré l’équivalent de cette somme en seulement 24 heures. 👉 Le BMX Carpentras perd 35 000 € de subvention. Fondé en 1985, ce club sportif consacré au BMX accueille des pratiquants dès le plus jeune âge, des enfants aux adultes, et organise également des compétitions officielles. 👉 "Carpentras fait son cinéma" perd 59 000 €. Après six éditions, ce festival faisait participer les habitants aux tournages et avait accueilli plus de 5 000 personnes lors de ses spectacles et cérémonies. La suppression de la subvention a conduit à la non-reconduction du festival. L’association affirme avoir appris la décision par la presse. 👉 Les Guinguettes de l’Auzon, qui attiraient environ 5 000 spectateurs chaque année, perdent également le soutien de la mairie. La municipalité évoque désormais une réflexion autour d’une nouvelle programmation estivale sur les berges. 👉 La compagnie résidente Archibald Caramantran voit elle aussi son aide tomber à 0 €. Elle pourrait désormais être cantonnée au carnaval et sa participation aux Noëls insolites n’est plus garantie. 👉 Soligone AIVS, une agence immobilière à vocation sociale qui facilite notamment l’accès au logement des ménages modestes, perd 3 500 €. 👉 La radio associative Territoire Ventoux FM perd également 1 700 €. ➡️ AU TOTAL, LES AIDES CONSACRÉES À LA CULTURE BAISSENT DE 31 %. Dans le même temps, la nouvelle majorité RN a acté le recrutement de 11 policiers municipaux et 11 ASVP. Pour financer ces recrutements, Hervé de Lépinau assume des "vases communicants" : les 700 000 € jusque-là consacrés au 'Big Bang', un budget participatif permettant aux habitants de proposer et de financer des projets pour leur ville, seront supprimés puis réorientés vers la sécurité municipale. (Le Dauphiné Libéré / Le Parisien / AFP / RTL / La Dépêche / ministère de l’Intérieur / Carpentras fait son cinéma) #Carpentras #DroitsDesFemmes #Culture
After her victory at the Lausanne Grand Slam, judoka Léa Fontaine condemned a wave of attacks on her physical appearance, emphasizing that no athlete should be humiliated for their appearance after winning a competition. (translated)

What happens in the Arctic affects Europe directly. This morning I opened the EU Arctic Forum in Brussels with Commissioner Costas Kadis. The Arctic is warming fast. With melting ice come new shipping routes and new raw materials opportunities, but also more competition. https://t.co/sRzDmCkY7a #Arctic #ClimateChange #EUEnergy #EU #BR
Bernal: "C'est le Barça, le meilleur club du monde, il y a beaucoup de concurrence, une compétition saine" "Raphinha est une référence pour nous, il nous aide beaucoup" "Nous voulons atteindre tous les objectifs" #FCBarcelona #Barça #Football
Babiš's ANO movement did not gain a majority in the towns affected by the tornado, despite winning in the parliamentary elections in 2021, which was reflected in the criticism of its representatives after the disaster and in the paradoxical positive effects of the tornado on the modernization of the towns. (translated)

🚨 Djibril Sidibé 🇫🇷 est devenu le REMPLAÇANT LE PLUS RAPIDE À RECEVOIR UN CARTON ROUGE EN LIGUE 1… 😳❌ Depuis qu’Opta analyse la compétition (2006-07). 🥇 Djibril Sidibé 🇫🇷 - 43 secondes 🥈 Benjamin Mendy 🇫🇷 - 47 secondes 🥉 Yohan Cabaye 🇫🇷 - 52 secondes 🗞️ via @lequipe https://t.co/UNmoucnbgX #Ligue1 #Football #Statistiques
🚨 Bruno Genesio : "On a besoin d'avoir un effectif assez conséquent pour pouvoir être compétitif dans toutes les compétitions. Mais lorsque vous ne pouvez pas le faire, vous ne pouvez pas le faire. Je dois m'adapter." [@lequipe] https://t.co/CPMFk4SGzb #Football #Compétitions #BrunoGenesio
🚨 Franck Haise sur Abdelhamid Aït-Boudlal 🇲🇦 : « SOIT IL APPREND VITE, SOIT ON LE CHANGE… 😬 Il y a de la concurrence à tous les postes. Il peut faire des choses bien, mais SI TOUS LES WEEK-ENDS C’EST UN BUT… » 🎙️ @Jlechevestrier https://t.co/Ix3rJXeTfY #Football #Compétition #Performance
On a fait une academie KCBS ENVOYER DES JOUEURS/COACHS AU PLUS HAUT NIVEAU Accueilli les VCL A EVRY Accueilli les WORLDS 2025 A EVRY Roster GC ---- QUALIF WORLD 2026 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 ENVOYEZ LE VCT 2027 Partner Team !! #Esports #JeuxVidéo #Compétition
Ça parlait mal du maillot… mais le palmarès de ce maillot : 🥇 Major RLCS 2026 Paris 🥈 Finale EWC LoL (en battant T1 en demi) 🥇 Champion d’Europe VALORANT 🥇 Perfect split LEC 9-0 https://t.co/XIlM9xxpyu #Esports #Compétition #Gaming
on a gagné sunset avec double pistol comme une équipe professionnelle. et on gagne ascent en perdant double pistol comme la grande équipe qu'on est. #KCWIN #Gaming #Esports #Compétition
🇨🇳 🌎 China may be winning the global industrial battle while destroying part of the profitability of its own companies - Nikkei 📉 Chinese companies are trapped in such intense competition that they have to invest more, expand capacity, accelerate technologically and cut prices https://t.co/BsmH7HdG5i #China #GlobalEconomy #IndustrialCompetition #CN
Carlos Alcaraz is making his return to competition after a five-month absence due to a wrist injury, preparing to defend his title at the US Open while showing encouraging signs during a mixed doubles match alongside Serena Williams. (translated)

Five Lessons on Aggression and Dominance “There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that… it sides even with those who harm it.” Friedrich Nietzsche wrote this nearly 140 years ago, yet it still sounds contemporary. In *Chimpanzee Politics*, Frans de Waal shows that dominance, aggression, hierarchy and confrontation—often dismissed in humans as “toxic masculinity”—also appear in our closest relatives. These behaviors may reflect deep-rooted drives, not merely social constructs. **1. The threat of violence can keep the peace** Most chimp confrontations are displays, not fights. Only about 0.4% of male confrontations become physical. Rank depends on strength, alliances, displays and recognition. Violence matters partly because it is rare: conflict must be allowed to resolve before it escalates. **2. When respect disappears, violence rises** Chimpanzees maintain hierarchy through formal greetings, including bowing. At Arnhem, 22 of 37 serious male fights occurred when males had stopped greeting one another—even though such periods made up less than a quarter of observation time. Violence was nearly five times more likely when recognition rituals broke down. **3. Power requires alliances** Before challenging the dominant male, a chimp often grooms females and plays with their young. Like Machiavelli’s political challengers, he builds support before attempting to seize power. **4. Influence can replace force** Female chimps sometimes recruit males to attack rivals, signaling distress and flattering the enforcer while avoiding the fight. Power can operate through alliances and influence, not just strength. **5. Concentrated resources create conflict** Chimpanzees normally forage for scattered food, limiting competition. When humans provide concentrated food, aggression rises. Larger groups are also harder to govern because familiarity declines and hierarchies become unstable. Stable societies may require hierarchy, respect, controlled confrontation and distributed power. Suppressing every expression of dominance may not eliminate conflict; it may remove mechanisms that keep conflict contained.
How Did a Democracy Vote Itself Out of Existence? — The Birth of “Streitbare Demokratie” One of the most important questions in modern democratic history is: How can a democracy use democratic procedures to destroy itself? This question became central in Germany after the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Founded in 1919, Weimar Germany was a democratic state with universal suffrage, including voting rights for women, and strong civil liberties. Yet, within fourteen years, democracy had been replaced by Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship. The Nazi rise to power was not simply a military coup. The Nazi Party gained influence through elections, propaganda, and political negotiations. In 1933, Hitler became Chancellor, and his government used legal mechanisms, including the Enabling Act, to remove parliamentary control and dismantle democratic institutions from within. The lesson for post-war Germany was clear: a democracy can be destroyed not only by external enemies, but also by political movements that use democratic freedoms to eliminate democracy itself. When West Germany created its new constitution, the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), in 1949, its founders developed the concept of “Streitbare Demokratie”—a democracy capable of defending itself. The idea was that democracy should not be completely neutral toward forces that seek to abolish democratic rights. A democratic majority cannot legitimately remove the foundations that make democracy possible. Therefore, the Basic Law introduced several safeguards: Political parties that seek to undermine the democratic constitutional order can be banned. The Federal Constitutional Court was given strong powers to protect constitutional principles. Core values such as human dignity, democracy, and the rule of law were given special protection and cannot easily be removed. “Streitbare Demokratie” reflects a difficult balance. Democracy requires freedom of speech, political competition, and tolerance of different opinions. However, history showed Germany that unlimited tolerance toward movements committed to destroying democracy can allow democracy itself to disappear. The central question remains: How tolerant should a democracy be toward those who are intolerant of democracy? Germany’s answer after 1945 was that democracy must defend the principles that make freedom possible. A democracy is not preserved only through elections; it is preserved when citizens and institutions protect the foundations that allow free elections to exist.
The Pathology of Masculinity and Femininity Without Cultural Restraint Both sexes have evolutionary roles: men developed strength for protection, provision, and competition; women developed beauty and selectiveness for pair-bonding and survival. Culture channels these drives—family structure, dating norms, fatherhood, shame, religion—guiding strength toward building and beauty toward commitment. Remove the norms and the drives seek new avenues. For men, the open channel becomes force: aggression and risk can detach from responsibility, yielding robbery, assault, gang violence, and predation. The shadow side of masculinity is strength used to take rather than protect. For women, the channel shifts to extraction through simulated intimacy: monetized desire via platforms and influencer economies can turn closeness into leverage, often without the pair-bonding or family life it was built to support. The masculine ideal is protector and disciplined provider; its pathology is thug or criminal. The feminine ideal is nurturer and guardian of commitment; its pathology is the seller of simulated intimacy and extractor of attention. Both are corruptions of genuine virtues. Three accelerants intensified these patterns: stigma’s collapse, technology’s scalability of desire, and weakened communities and absent fathers. The root cause is the breakdown of family norms. Men are less destructive when bonded and mentored; women are less exploitative when raised to value enduring commitment. Consequences mirror each other: unchecked male pathology produces violence; unchecked female pathology produces mistrust, loneliness, and demographic decline. Both arise when culture denies that masculine and feminine virtues must be shaped and channeled rather than suppressed.
The Austrian Critique of Marx followed a line from value theory to economic coordination. 1) **Menger:** Value is **subjective**. People value goods because they think they satisfy wants; water in a desert can be far more valuable than water at home, with production labor unchanged. 2) **Böhm-Bawerk:** Marx’s surplus value is flawed. **Time and capital** matter: wages and costs are advanced before revenue arrives, so interest/profit reflect time preference, risk, and production structure—not unpaid labor. 3) **Transformation problem:** Marx’s labor-values should imply different surplus values by industry, but competition pushes toward equal profit rates. Marx tried to convert values into **prices of production**, yet the inconsistency with his earlier theory remains debated. 4) **Mises:** The key issue is whether socialism can **calculate**. Rational planning needs prices for **capital goods**, which only markets under **private ownership** can generate. 5) **Hayek:** Knowledge is **dispersed** and local. **Prices** transmit that information so coordination can occur without everyone knowing the full cause. 6) **Rothbard:** Profit isn’t necessarily exploitation. Capitalists bear uncertainty, organize production, and pay wages upfront; workers get an agreed wage, while profit is what remains if the venture succeeds. So the deepest split is not only about profit source, but about coordination: Marx asks who appropriates value; Austrians increasingly ask how millions coordinate exchange, knowledge, and expectations at all.