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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 5h

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

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 2d

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

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 4d

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...

Jacques Cartier and France’s Atlantic Horizons by Elvira Viktória Tamus

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 expla…

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 10d

If only. Have to go where the jobs are.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 10d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 11d

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-...

Cannibalism at the Siege of Sancerre with Amanda Coate

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

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 16d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 18d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 20d

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 25d

Every time there's a mass shooting a ton of ignorant Americans say, "At least we have freedom to own guns unlike you Euros," not knowing that Europeans have extremely high gun ownership.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 25d

Every time there's a mass shooting a ton of ignorant Americans say, "At least we have freedom to own guns unlike you Euros," not knowing that Europeans have extremely high gun ownership.

The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 28d

Visualization by me, data by www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Gun homicides 22 times more frequent in U.S. than European Union

The day after six people died in a mass shooting at a Chesapeake, Virginia, Walmart, Del. Cliff Hayes Jr., D-Chesapeake,

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Not really. It has half the population of France. Per capita it is worse than most Euro countries. I love Canada but gun violence-wise it is worse than most developed countries. The US just makes it look better

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 4

Source for US mass shootings: The Gun Violence Archive. www.gunviolencearchive.org

Gun Violence Archive

Near real-time tweets of American gun violence incidents. Non-profit. Non-advocacy. Just the facts.

www.gunviolencearchive.org

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...

Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics

Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 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.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 4

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Sep 1

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.

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