Just found out that Borussia (as in Borussia Dortmund) is the Latin name for Prussia.
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Just found out that Borussia (as in Borussia Dortmund) is the Latin name for Prussia.
The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.
please can we stop pretending that any of this is remotely normal, and not alarming
The best response to any service provider who describes objections to online assaults on women as an ‘excuse for censorship’?
Ban his service until his company stops facilitating them.
Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.
As individuals we can all do little things to punish such behaviour. We don't have to visit the US. We can switch to Linux, Proton, etc, one step at a time. And as voters we can make it clear that we expect our leaders to make Europe strong enough that we need fear no-one.
www.ft.com/content/2848...
A squirrel buster brand bird feeders box image of a crying squirrel
Nothing helps with my bird feeder purchasing decisions so much as the tears of a squirrel.
Life moves pretty fast
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Marathon day hands down the best thing NYC does. Mobs of people lining the streets to cheer on regular-ass people doing a hard-ass thing. All of life should be like this!
In shocking news that will shock everyone - a regular, reliable and well-connected rural bus network has been a hit with, y'no, people - this whole public transport thing might catch on yet!
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Thanks for letting us know, Steve.
Leave the clocks alone for pity's sake. Please.
I don't care what time you settle on, just pick one. Please.
If the USA is to ever recover they not only need to try and convict as many of the most senior members of the Trump administration as they can, but they should be prepared to hand them them over to Colombia and other countries for their trials too.
All of you still on X should think about what you are supporting.
This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics
Pop psychology: anybody who assassinates a high profile political figure in a crowded public setting is very unlikely to be a rational actor, because rational people tend not to want to either die by gunfire or spend the rest of their lives in prison.
"according to the brewery's chairman, Lieutenant Colonel John Fitzjames Murphy, not only did television keep people at home and away from the pub, but the 10s or more they paid to rent or hire their TV sets was money that would otherwise have been spent on drink."
1961, and Irish people are wasting money that they should be spending on Murphy's stout (via @thezythophile.bsky.social):
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about five months of federal-law-enforcement training. Administration officials have cut that time roughly in half, partly by eliminating Spanish-language courses. Academy training was shortened to 47 days, three officials told me, the number picked because Trump is the 47th president. DHS officials said the training will run six days a week for eight weeks.
Absolutely bonkers personalist regime stuff www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
we love a story with a happy ending
FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
theonion.com/fbi-war...
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
Screengrab of section of news report on tax defaulter settlements showing that a tax rebate agent had to pay €188k in undeclared taxes, interest and penalties... Which is a 👩🍳 💋 if I've ever seen one
Every 3 months the Irish Revenue service publishes a list of tax defaulters.
This entry screams "you come at the king, you'd best not miss" www.rte.ie/news/busines...
A glass bottle with the label 'jamaica ginger'
In the 1930s Jamaica Ginger users experienced paralysis of the limbs that they called Jake paralysis. A manufacturer included a plasticizer usually used in paint. Blues songs were written about it, including Jake Walk Blues and Jake Walk Papa
Find out more in Hooked www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
It’s only a problem if no other catastrophe has already happened by then
Observing the US actually implementing Trumpism in the US appears to have had the same effect on the appeal of Trump-flavoured candidates in Canada and Australia as watching the UK do Brexit had on euroscepticism in the rest of Europe.
