RSS Parrot

R to @NaomiOhReally: My piece https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/14/irish-troops-take-part-in-huge-bastille-day-parade-as-macron-showcases-europes-awakening/

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2077094510593450276#m

Published: July 14, 2026 18:14

My piece irishtimes.com/world/europe/…

Irish tricolours could be seen among visiting soldiers who took part in Macron’s final Bastille Day parade — a massive military show making a statement about his vision of French power within an assertive Europe. It’s something Marine Le Pen wants to dismantle if she is elected

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2077094285292306614#m

Published: July 14, 2026 18:14

Irish tricolours could be seen among visiting soldiers who took part in Macron’s final Bastille Day parade — a massive military show making a statement about his vision of French power within an assertive Europe. It’s something Marine Le Pen wants to…

"May the best team win, and may racism lose," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after comments from a former conservative prime minister revealed people still struggling to be normal about the French team https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/13/racism-row-overshadows-france-spain-world-cup-semi-final/

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076971223347527832#m

Published: July 14, 2026 10:05

"May the best team win, and may racism lose," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after comments from a former conservative prime minister revealed people still struggling to be normal about the French team irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/…

R to @NaomiOhReally: Some depictions of the Forest of Fontainebleau in art: Two Renoir landscapes Monet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe in the Musée d’Orsay Forest of Fontainebleau (1834) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, in the National Museum of Art in Washington

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076721702025720133#m

Published: July 13, 2026 17:33

Some depictions of the Forest of Fontainebleau in art: Two Renoir landscapes Monet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe in the Musée d’Orsay Forest of Fontainebleau (1834) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, in the National Museum of Art in Washington

R to @NaomiOhReally: I tried to capture the broader cultural significance of the Forest of Fontainebleau for France and the world in my piece https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/13/fire-ravages-protected-france-forest-that-inspired-the-artists-of-paris/

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076711890432995640#m

Published: July 13, 2026 16:54

I tried to capture the broader cultural significance of the Forest of Fontainebleau for France and the world in my piece irishtimes.com/world/europe/…

R to @NaomiOhReally: “Nature is disappearing. Most of the vast expanses have shrunk,” Sand wrote. “If we are not careful, the tree will disappear and the end of the planet will come about through desiccation, without the need for a single great cataclysm, through the fault of man.”

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076709759344943284#m

Published: July 13, 2026 16:46

“Nature is disappearing. Most of the vast expanses have shrunk,” Sand wrote. “If we are not careful, the tree will disappear and the end of the planet will come about through desiccation, without the need for a single great cataclysm, through the fault of…

R to @NaomiOhReally: “All the inhabitants of France have a direct interest in not allowing France to be stripped of its vast shade-giving forests, reservoirs of moisture necessary for the air they breathe and the soil they cultivate,” George Sand wrote in her appeal for its protection

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076709339490832478#m

Published: July 13, 2026 16:44

“All the inhabitants of France have a direct interest in not allowing France to be stripped of its vast shade-giving forests, reservoirs of moisture necessary for the air they breathe and the soil they cultivate,” George Sand wrote in her appeal for its…

The forest south of Paris being burned up in wildfire isn’t just any forest. The Forest of Fontainebleau was central to the development of Impressionism, is in paintings by Monet and Renoir, and the campaign to protect it inspired one of the earliest environmental manifestos

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2076707590461866400#m

Published: July 13, 2026 16:37

The forest south of Paris being burned up in wildfire isn’t just any forest. The Forest of Fontainebleau was central to the development of Impressionism, is in paintings by Monet and Renoir, and the campaign to protect it inspired one of the earliest…

👀

https://nitter.poast.org/NaomiOhReally/status/2075518509631611253#m

Published: July 10, 2026 09:52

👀 Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 (@alemannoEU) We expect that Ireland will recuse itself from any role in these two areas during its presidency and as a practical matter, we propose therefore that the renegotiation of any relevant files is run by the next country…