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Conversely, Chad > Tchad and Czechia > Tchéquie

They didn't, alphabetical order in French is the protocol in question. The USA's name in French is États-Unis, putting it much earlier in the alphabet than it would be in English. Since France and Finland (both still start with F in French) were in the front row, we know that États-Unis would be too

It's more like it's called rapeseed for long. It used to just be called "rape", but people wanted to distinguish the name from the other meaning and it's mostly the seeds we grow it for

I absolutely love basically every scene she's in. Especially with how much she committed to the Belter accent

Gotta be careful with that. Every time I take my giant water bottle with me I resent it being heavy in my bag for the first half and then am relieved I brought it in the second

Oddly enough it's a total coincidence that they are homonyms. The plant's name comes from the Latin name for turnip, rapum

The Expanse has the justification of it meaning that they don't have to deal with representing long hair in microgravity situations, but they still have variety like Camina Drummer's ultra-tight braids and Naomi's curls which solve the problem without everyone having a crew cut

Vines' version of MGMT's Kids

Her style is a super stripped-down one with almost all instrumentation just being her voice through a vocoder. This cover includes a bit more traditional instrumentation than usual for her work, but it's still quite stark next to the original. It comes across as very pensive, which I think works nicely with the lyrics

Weather was glorious for it. I've been out of action over the winter but I'm itching to get my boots on again

Was at a cèilidh last night, had a cracking time. Long-buried memories of school PE came rushing back to the surface in the first two bars of each dance. I made a terrible choice of footwear though, I was skating about like a dog on ice

There's absolute heaps of wild garlic down by the river near me, so I might go do some foraging. I just need to double-check my reading because while the garlic smell is powerful, there are a couple of very similar-looking plants that grow in the same places and are poisonous

I have the slimmest of hopes that Nigel Farage's choice to attach himself to Trump will do Reform lasting damage. Fortunately we've got a good while before the next election

I wouldn't expect them to ever actually run out. As stocks go down they will reduce usage until production/purchases can cover it. That reduction is still good for Ukraine, of course