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This is not an exceptional event and there was no damage.
I will try posting every time I feel an earthquake to give an idea of the frequency for people who never lived in such active countries.
I think I feel one about once a month. So far, it's mostly feeling a shake and, for the biggest I have lived, seeing the lamps move.

The app where this screenshot is from is called "NERV Disaster Prevention".

COPENHAGEN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade

Children's Streets” consist in pedestrianizing the streets around nursery and elementary school. The aim is to make the route between home and school safer for children, but also to combat pollution.

Removable barriers are installed wherever possible. They allow the passage of emergency vehicles and services (garbage trucks, etc.), but prohibit the passage of other motorized vehicles.

More picture and before/after sliders at the bottom: https://www.paris.fr/pages/57-nouvelles-rues-aux-ecoles-dans-paris-8197#des-rues-aux-enfants-avec-un-amenagement-specifique

Usually, it is organized and covered by your company and the results are sent straight to the company, with all the results of all the exams you have passed. If you do it separately you have to send them the results anyways, the law says they have to keep your results for 5 years.

As far as I know, it started from a good intention. Because too many companies were abusing their workers, the government made companies responsible for the health of their employees. But that was creepily applied as having the company know everything about your health so they can push you do do more health exams, get treated and change your lifestyle.

I guess it's part of the philosophy of putting the group before the individual.

While it seems most companies are respectful and will not check for anything not strictly necessary for the job, there are, as expected, horror stories of employees getting discriminated based on health results, for exemple missing a promotion because there's some warning in the results. There are also people who do a "healthy month" before the checkup so the company will see better results than reality.

I did check if the GDPR could protect me, but no, it only applies when you reside in EU.

The exam itself at the clinic was very professional and efficient.

Source: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/113519957252535501

The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial where she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds.

Résumé par MLL:

L'article de Guillaume Delacroix, publié sur lemonde.fr, aborde la découverte d'ADN de squelettes anciens à Rakhigarhi, en Inde, qui remet en question la notion d'une "race" aryenne pure, défendue par les nationalistes hindous au pouvoir. Les fouilles archéologiques dans cette région ont révélé des squelettes datant de l'ère Harappéenne, dont l'analyse génétique a montré un mélange de populations, incluant des ancêtres de groupes nomades d'Iran et de chasseurs-cueilleurs d'Asie du Sud-Est.

Cette découverte est particulièrement significative dans le contexte politique indien, où la théorie aryenne a été utilisée pour promouvoir une vision nationaliste de l'identité hindoue. Les résultats scientifiques, qui indiquent une diversité génétique et des migrations plutôt qu'une ascendance unique, provoquent des tensions avec les idéologies nationalistes. Le RSS, un groupe influent de l'extrême droite, commence à réévaluer ses positions face à ces nouvelles données, ce qui entraîne des modifications dans les programmes scolaires.

L'article souligne également les risques encourus par les chercheurs qui s'opposent aux narrations nationalistes, ainsi que la complexité de l'histoire génétique de l'Inde, qui ne peut être réduite à un groupe racial monolithique. En somme, la recherche archéologique et génétique à Rakhigarhi ouvre un débat sur les origines des Indiens et remet en question des croyances profondément ancrées dans la société.

Source is in French, pay-walled and talking about the in-coming issues with fat-bikes: https://www.lemonde.fr/m-perso/article/2024/11/09/gros-pneus-et-coups-de-sonnettes-vers-la-suvisation-du-velo_6385307_4497916.html