How is it possible that every time I call a company they are experiencing greater than normal call volumes?
something beautifully circular about FIFA bringing in a rule about covering your mouth after an Argentine player (Prestianni) is accused of racist abuse, and then another Argentine player (Messi) abusing that rule to try to get another player sent off. this is why we can't have nice things etc
Part 1 of 2. This isn’t news. But the way @tonyrush.bsky.social conceptualizes it makes in accessible…and actionable.
A Special kind of stupid is way too common in this country and is only surpassed by its racism.
"I do not think the people deciding rules about the most advanced technology on Earth should look like they're steam-powered" Jon Stewart
A presumably somewhat fictionalised account of a dinner conversation about Israel. It does beautifully capture the utter ignorance of the vast majority of commentary on this subject. danielclarkeserret.substack.com/p/the-people...
The people who know nothing know everything
At an insufferable anti-Israel dinner party, a masterclass in dealing with pro-Palestinian idiocy.
danielclarkeserret.substack.com
How dare Belgium beat America and use our president’s own jerkoff dance against him!
Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket. Never before has a politician gloried in having enriched themselves by breaking the rules, and then demanded a mandate to continue doing so indefinitely
Nigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal Weakness
The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
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A rescued swan 🦢 hugging the vet who saved its life, the sweetest thank you ever.💞
Mbappe fires back at the racist Paraguayan senator who said he grew up with chimpanzees
You’d think it’s strange they’re admitting this. MAGAts will blow it off as a liberal fake account. But no liberal would spend their time posting the vitriol of this MAGAt. All to piss off people… and to lose this health care. They’re that stupid.
Jon Stewart remembers the last time Donald Trump tried to do math, 20 years ago
NEWS!! Woman Who Isn't Involved In Politics Experiences Consequences Of Policies We Support.
Weird how the right both believe Thatcher's council house sale is the best policy in history and that anyone who benefitted from it is bad and wrong.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story
In Spain today: installation of solar panels above major irrigation channels. Channels of more than 100 kms transport water from dams to farmland. - Reduces evaporation -Provides large agricultural areas with power & supports irrigation -Decreases use of water in food production, doubling the crop.
After months of war, nobody thought to call Iran's nuclear inspectors before 2am on Sunday night?
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