Good BBC piece by Sarah Rainsford on what we do & don't know about the causes and consequences of the flashpoint crisis in Ceuta She opens with the 72 deaths: a death toll of this scale has been largely treated as an incidental detail in a news event + political clash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media

The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.

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(I get that Bluesky is very obviously the Wow We Loved Lockdowns website but I think it's absolutely fine, five years after the fact, to wonder if we got the balance right between "protecting older people" and "making sure younger people weren't getting entirely shafted", arguments are allowed)

Go UEFA

Where's the "protect are girls" now crew? Where's Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage, where's the "two tier policing" mob? Where are all the protesters? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military

Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelations

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I tend to agree with this. In particular how we all seem to be living like it never happened. Especially hard for our youngsters who have potentially been damaged in ways we have yet to understand.

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One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.

Who remembers jumpers? And coats!

I guess this is a good thing....?

It's raining!!! 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Fair play to John Healey, who managed to time his 5.5-week break from government to coincide exactly with the World Cup

The only team not to lose to Spain at the World Cup? Cape Verde.

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Five minutes of A G O N Y

Think I might go to bed

Me at kick-off / me at full time

Aaaaaaaaagh

Some notable exceptions but my impression:

Getting total flashbacks to my childhood at an American International school.

Do Americans like this shite?

Aaaaaaaaagh GO AWAY

I'm glad to report that my Blue Sky feed agrees with me that this ceremony is appalling.

This is awful. Bring back Shakira.

I'm not watching the football but just heard someone shouting "yes yes yes" outside so assume we've scored for a THIRD time WTF have France given up?

I guess it's not coming home. Or at least not for the men...

What? Wordle — The New York Times share.google/GZ8jdmYTZqJy...

"the amount of recovery aid the Trump administration has announced is just a fraction of the estimated $8 billion in revenues from oil exports it has taken out of Venezuela since the United States deposed the country’s ruler, Nicolás Maduro, in January" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/w...

With $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid

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It's the Gulf of England now, I don't make the rules.

Bloody hell. Worth waking up for. Sorry Mexico.

Oh come on. I want/need to go back to sleep. Long journey ahead today.