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Difficult to conceive of a clearer red card than this. Shoulder to the head ... red card.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Difficult to conceive of a clearer red card than this. Shoulder to the head ... red card.
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“A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future.”
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The Unholy Trinity: How Censorship, the Arms Trade, and Dynastic Wealth Threaten Our Future
The Architecture of Control A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future. This system ...
theaimn.net
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future.”
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.
BB King
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Crass
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
John Martyn
BB King
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Crass
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
John Martyn
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.
BB King
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Crass
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
John Martyn
BB King
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Crass
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
John Martyn
For anyone with a spouse who is not a US citizen, the US is a deeply dysfunctional society at war with itself.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For anyone with a spouse who is not a US citizen, the US is a deeply dysfunctional society at war with itself.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
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I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court.
That’s not due process.
That’s not due process.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court.
That’s not due process.
That’s not due process.
This is why the billionaire media-owning class are the biggest threat to humanity.
Daily Mail once again battles against fact because the "consensus that the drive to renewable energy leads to ... high energy bills instantly collapses the moment it makes contact with ... the real world."
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November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is why the billionaire media-owning class are the biggest threat to humanity.
English cricket playing the long game here .... the very, very long game.
Two-day Test could cost Cricket Australia millions in lost revenue after Travis Head brings swift end
Two-day Test could cost Cricket Australia millions in lost revenue after Travis Head brings swift end
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Aggressive play from both sides causes first Ashes Test to end on day two
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Head said he felt ‘sorry’ for fans who could no longer come to day three
Just weeks after forecasting a record year ahead, Cricket Australia is facing a multimillion dollar drain from the rapid-fire two-day Ashes opener.
A combination of Travis Head’s stunning Ashes century and England’s aggressive Bazball approach to batting led to the first game of the blockbuster series in Perth ending late on day two. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
English cricket playing the long game here .... the very, very long game.
Looks like someone emerged from the pouch to take a look at what's going on ....
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Looks like someone emerged from the pouch to take a look at what's going on ....
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That's terrifying shit
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
That's terrifying shit
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Nobody will be held responsible, a politician can kill 10,000 people through inaction and never see be prosecuted.
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Nobody will be held responsible, a politician can kill 10,000 people through inaction and never see be prosecuted.
Did Tandy just drop the man of the match?
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Did Tandy just drop the man of the match?
Nice to see Scottish team finishing strongly.
Too soon?
Too soon?
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Nice to see Scottish team finishing strongly.
Too soon?
Too soon?
Almost all problems in Welsh rugby stem from the abject failure of the WRU to understand what their role is. They think their job is to control the game, but their real job is to grow the game. That means attracting investment. By focussing on the former, they are effectively scuppering the latter.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Almost all problems in Welsh rugby stem from the abject failure of the WRU to understand what their role is. They think their job is to control the game, but their real job is to grow the game. That means attracting investment. By focussing on the former, they are effectively scuppering the latter.
This R360's a bit of a joke, isn't it? So many meaningless games, players jetting all over the place, no links with the roots of the game and all to make a few bucks.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This R360's a bit of a joke, isn't it? So many meaningless games, players jetting all over the place, no links with the roots of the game and all to make a few bucks.
This sets up a class of people are will always be outsiders and not part of society.
Racism is the bedfellow of elitism and sits so well with the UK class system.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Racism is the bedfellow of elitism and sits so well with the UK class system.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This sets up a class of people are will always be outsiders and not part of society.
Racism is the bedfellow of elitism and sits so well with the UK class system.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Racism is the bedfellow of elitism and sits so well with the UK class system.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In RU, yellow cards see players banned from the pitch for 10 min. If a player receives a red card, their team is permanently reduced to 14 players. So when World Rugby introduces a new card which sees a 20 min ban, why on earth do they insist on *also* calling that a red card?
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In RU, yellow cards see players banned from the pitch for 10 min. If a player receives a red card, their team is permanently reduced to 14 players. So when World Rugby introduces a new card which sees a 20 min ban, why on earth do they insist on *also* calling that a red card?
This is a remarkable statistic.
Wallabies face winless Europe tour for first time since 1958 reut.rs/3XjjZNr
Wallabies face winless Europe tour for first time since 1958
Australia face the prospect of a winless tour for the first time in almost 70 years after Saturday’s loss to Ireland made it three in a row and with a tough test against France to come next weekend.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is a remarkable statistic.
Welsh weather makes it to ABC news .... with a mention for the town of Mon-mooth.
Had me stumped for a while, there.
Had me stumped for a while, there.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Welsh weather makes it to ABC news .... with a mention for the town of Mon-mooth.
Had me stumped for a while, there.
Had me stumped for a while, there.
25 yrs ago Welsh rugby was offered 4 teams in an Anglo-Welsh. The WRU turned down the offer because they wanted Ebbw Vale to join the league as well. Now they're turning down 2 teams in an Anglo-Welsh when 1 of the current 4 has won 3 away games in the last 4 years & the other doesn't have a ground.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
25 yrs ago Welsh rugby was offered 4 teams in an Anglo-Welsh. The WRU turned down the offer because they wanted Ebbw Vale to join the league as well. Now they're turning down 2 teams in an Anglo-Welsh when 1 of the current 4 has won 3 away games in the last 4 years & the other doesn't have a ground.
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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An utterly ludicrous waste of police time, driven, once again, by the baying hyenas on the right of British politics.
Now confirmed: no action. news.sky.com/story/police...
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
An utterly ludicrous waste of police time, driven, once again, by the baying hyenas on the right of British politics.