Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy at World Cup, says report * US special envoy Zampolli hopes for Italy involvement * Doubts remain over Iran’s participation An envoy to the US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Continue reading...

Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy at World Cup, says report

The dumbest headline I’ve seen this year

Old but gold

He actually looks like Christy Brown there

like living with an elderly bulldog

Olympic deception: Russia’s doping program is run by the same FSB team that poisoned Navalny FSB colonel Dmitry Kovalev has traveled the world to support Team Russia, sitting with his colleagues in the stands at hockey matches in South Korea and…

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Goring matadors isn’t cruel, it’s part of our culture, insist Spanish bulls The Spanish bull community has defended the goring of a matador in Seville , insisting that the upholding of a centuries-old tradition is definitely not cruel.

NEWS! Goring matadors isn't cruel, it's part of our culture, insist Spanish bulls newsthump.com/2026/04/22/g...

Passed this a million times and never noticed that it’s actually quite a nice building

Yet again I remind everyone (as Elizabeth does in her very next tweet) that "foreigners are corrupting our pure blood with weakness & disease" is Fascism 101. Not some variant, not some metaphorically similar thing, not some echo -- the thing itself.

‘Donnyland’? Ukraine Proposes Naming Part of the Donbas in Trump’s Honor.

Yeah this is a real thing happening in the actual world. They are going to rename the Donbas "Donnyland" so an orange toddler-brain demented psychopath feels less pro-Russia.

I have a history degree. Genuinely I don't know of any precedent for this much stupidity.

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Rise in Speeding Fines Linked to More Drivers Breaking the Limit Speeding fines and convictions have risen sharply across the UK in recent years, with new figures indicating that more motorists are exceeding limits and more of them are being caught. Consumer expert...

Outstanding journalism from the BBC here. www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cm2...

And that's enough Twitter for now

21.00 FILM: TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, FIREMAN, DETECTICE, NURSE, ESTATE AGENT, BANKER, LATHE OPERATOR, BUS DRIVER< OPTICIAN, JUGGLER, OFFICE MANGER, DRIVING INSTRUCTOR, BARISA, PLUMBER, DENTAL NURSE, TRAFFIC WARDEN, ANY OF THOSE ALAN? John Le Carre's classic tale about a rather desperate secondary school's careers advisor.

A local tattoo artist posted a video on Instagram of him asking two blokes in hi-vis not to put up an England flag on the lamp post outside his shop. Consequence: a flood of bad Google reviews including the predictable “paedo” allegations (“he touched my daughter” etc). Truly the shittiest people.

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

For the first time in 114 YEARS, Chelsea have lost five straight league games without scoring 🤯

Neo-Nazi and Extremist Connections Emerging Related to Perpetrator of Deadly Shooting in Mexico A deadly shooting at Teotihuacán, Mexico, exposes the accelerating convergence of neo-Nazi ideology and online subcultures that glorify mass violence, after a self-identified Nazi sympathizer carried ...

A deadly shooting in Mexico, exposes the accelerating convergence of neo-Nazi ideology and online subcultures that glorify mass violence, after a self-identified Nazi sympathizer carried out a calculated attack, highlighting how this digital ecosystems are shaping acts of terror.

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Tonight's sunset at Paisley Road Toll in Glasgow.

#glasgow #sunset #architecture #kinningpark #paisleyroadtoll

Finally, the pièce de résistance, also 2016:

Sounded better in the original German.

Nope.

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

That was his father

Anyone who uses the adjective "cheeky" to describe his choice of mediocre food or drink is invariably a cunt.

No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections

👉 NEW -- No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar

by Martin Williams

Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections

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HOW'S YER HOOP YA TORTURING BASTARD MON THE FUCKEN BULLS

Don’t think so knobchops

Some of the other stories I gathered here include the time Prince invited me to his house, a glimpse at the Myst-like CD-ROM game he released in the 90s, some digital artifacts that I had the only copy of—including Prince’s own notes on his greatest hits, and the message behind his Super Bowl show.