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If I was being threatened by annexation by the White House I probably wouldn’t tell the FT I was interested in Chinese opportunities for my mineral wealth. on.ft.com/4jk9At2

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Not a highlights reel! 🫨

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Billy Joel has canceled all of his upcoming concerts because of a brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH, which has led to “problems with hearing, vision and balance,” he announced in a statement on Friday.

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Some local politics. Concluding his final speech in Western Australian state parliament having not been re-elected in the recent state election, Kyle McGinn partakes in the local tradition of chugging a beer from a shoe.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

the new pontiff really is a remarkable man

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What horrid horrid horrid news Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer, his office says www.bbc.com/news/article...

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oh this is absurdly fun

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Not even an abortion clinic. Someone bombed an IVF clinic where frozen eggs and embryos were stored

submitted 10 days ago • 21 comments

Haahahahahah Switzerland

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Australians really are the Americans of Europe

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The Ukrainian Jury:

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12 POINTS

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Guten Abend Austria

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Looking for a good pub chat topic tonight? China’s CO₂ emissions are falling, and clean energy is the reason. For the first time ever, renewables and EVs are flipping the world’s biggest emitter into reverse. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...

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I actually think this is the completely right approach

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More lettuces surely as he’s been Prime Minister for longer ?

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Reading ownership nightmare finally over after Dai Yongge sells club to Rob Couhig

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Better than the play-offs 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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This is a really interesting piece on “the closet” in recent gay culture. Coming Out of the Closet Was a Liberation. Why Are Some Peeking Back In? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/t...

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London feels feral tonight

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I have never seen a ship this big on the Thames before!

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‘The whole city was touched’: Bradford prepares to mark 40 years since Valley Parade fire www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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The biggest sign of how catastrophically the X brand has failed is that in Kanye West’s Heil Hitler song he still calls it Twitter

submitted 16 days ago • 35 comments

What’s the rush

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They’re gonna televise the sentencing of the Sycamore Two. Imagine they put it up in town squares like the World Cup final

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

submitted 19 days ago • 75 comments

Come on

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This is very good. Some stats: Infantry made up 15% of the Army in NW Europe in 44-45 but suffered 70% of casualties. The 7 Brit infantry divisions in Normandy suffered 75% casualties by the end of August. A junior infantry officer had a 1 in 10 chance of making it from June 44 to May 45 unscathed.

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‘a Rusi associate fellow, believes Russian-sponsored violence will now ramp up. “I think we will see pretty soon a growing number of terrorist attacks in Europe,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time.”’ observer.co.uk/news/interna...

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on.ft.com/3YZrx8Y Warren Buffett devotees say farewell at poignant Omaha ‘pilgrimage’

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Just a lovely letter.

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