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Raph V.

It's weird how you sometimes don't see things in your native language. When I started learning Dutch, I found it funny that one of the words for storm is "onweer", literally "un-weather". It's only years later that I realised my native French also has "intempérie" which is built the same and means the same.

#languages#French#Dutch
DoomsdaysCW

#French #NuclearPower production expected to be reduced on Wednesday

By Reuters
August 12, 2025

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - "Power production at France's #Bugey3 #nuclear reactor in the east of the country is expected to be reduced by 500 megawatts (MW) on Wednesday, data from operator #EDF showed on Tuesday, as high river temperatures reduce the plant's ability to intake cooling water.

"A #heatwave throughout #France has led to multiple warnings of power reductions at a number of #NuclearPlants, particularly on the #RhoneRiver in the east and the #GaronneRiver in the west.

"The #Bugey 3 reactor has a maximum capacity of 910 MW, which will be reduced to 410 MW from 2:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) to midnight on Wednesday as the reactor is required to meet environmental safety measures, EDF's data showed.

"The high water temperature warnings for the #SaintAlban plant - down river of the Bugey site - and the #Golfech site in the west were moved to August 14, but restrictions have not yet been issued.
Average temperatures in the country are expected to continue to peak throughout the week, reaching a high of 28.5 degrees Celsius (83.3°F) on Saturday, LSEG data showed.

"#NuclearPower accounts for about 70% of total French power consumption annually, but August is the main holiday season throughout the country and electricity demand is often limited."

Source:
reuters.com/sustainability/cli

#EuropeHeatWaves #France #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPowerPlants #ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
#LeNucléaireNonMerci

Ceryl

Madame Saqui celebrated #French tightrope walker collaborated with UK pyrotechnician Sarah Hengler for fireworks in her Vauxhall Gardens show & other British performances. Saqui's family troupe were headline act @ Prince Regent's birthday extravaganza #OTD 12 Aug 1816. Also performed at Astley's Amphitheatre, as its indoor space ensured against disappointment "in consequence of the badness of the [British] weather". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_S
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_He @CarveHerName @histodons

jdmccafferty

11 Aug 1626: Following expulsion of her #French attendants, both Countess & Duchess of Buckingham admitted to ladies of Henrietta Maria's bedchamber of #otd Up to this the Queen had refused Buckingham's request on behalf of his wife & mother (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Wine

France’s wine output set for 2025 rebound

France’s vineyards are bouncing back from last year’s weather-hit low, though wildfires and US tariffs could curb the recovery. France’s wine production is expected to increase …
#wine #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #beyondBordeaux #Bordeaux #Burgundy #Champagne #francais #france #French #FrenchVineyard #frenchwine #frenchwineproduction #LoireValley #UStariffs #weather-hit #Wine
diningandcooking.com/2226752/f

Dining and Cooking

France’s wine output set for 2025 rebound

France’s vineyards are bouncing back from last year’s weather-hit low, though wildfires and US tariffs could curb the recovery. France’s wine production i…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #beyondBordeaux #Bordeaux #Burgundy #Champagne #francais #france #French #FrenchVineyard #frenchwine #frenchwineproduction #LoireValley #UStariffs #weather-hit #Wine
diningandcooking.com/2226752/f

Douglas E. Welch

Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France via STOR Daily

This was an interesting read for me as I have Quebçois ancestors on my mother’s side. The family name then was Therrian (worker of the land) and when they moved to upstate New York, possibly due to expulsion by the British, like the Acadians, they anglicized the name to Farmer. I have one ancestor I can trace to the mid 1700’s. Perhaps my Quebeçois family found it’s beginning in the Filles du roi. More resarch is now required. – Douglas

On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada. While the men of the colony greeted them eagerly, the women were whisked away by an order of nuns already living in the area.

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/10

#france#french#women
Dining and Cooking

Binging on French fries thrice a week may raise diabetes …

Love to eat potatoes? Consume the starchy vegetable baked or boiled, but not as French fries, according to a study which showed that eating the popular snack item thrice …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchmeals #$20 #a #binging #by #Diabetes #francais #france #French #frenchmeals #fries #may #meals #on #raise #risk #Study) #thrice #week
diningandcooking.com/2224434/b

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