US private credit firm backs loans for World Cup ticket flipping Eagle Point Credit Management to capitalise on high prices and demand of football fans to attend the tournament

World Cup for Horrible Bastards

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I recommend reading this if you’re feeling dumb or imposter syndrome or anything inadequate because it will cure you of it all because someone else is stupider

Headline: man dressed as giant gannet launches Edinburgh Central election challenge against SNP's Angus Robertson

A man dressed as a giant gannet (but one that wears a tie?) holds a sign that says "I'm running for Scottish Parliament"

Meanwhile in the UK...

Phil Jupitus - who is NOT gay

Dead

hashtag blue wave be liberal but also not homophobic challenge go

seriously i have no idea what any of this is about because I have blocked all the keywords they're probably using and instead engage only with poasters with a 5% hit ratio

not the bluesky elders i beg

Imagine what they'll do when they find out cars park illegally, regularly break speed limits and come equipped with incredibly loud horns.

Not sure about this one. I live in a south facing flat that is unbearably hot during the summer. I hope these new single aspect flats come with some rules on ventilation and cooling...

If this guy turns up at work and starts asking about your kids you're either going to prison or disneyland

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TFW you hate cycling, government spending AND Rachel Reeves but you still have to write a headline

I can't stop looking at this porcupine

Screen grab from a BBC news article. The caption says "buy one get one free deals for unhealthy food banned"

my water bill just went up by 45%

Calling @jim.londoncentric.media

A lady once tried to grab my seat to help her stand up but actually grabbed my entire head

Trying something

The Mini Crossword: Thursday, August 28, 2025 Org. for Wizards and Magic: three letters.

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This was my thinking for a while, but I guess everyone has their own limit. I considered rejoining the labour party this week just so I could resign again.

Clay Davis world NEVER

Also they're not "illegal immigrants", they're asylum seekers, but I guess the Tories know that

$10 to reply YET YOU'RE SILENT ON CHEETO SATAN when the NYT posts a lifestyle piece on a cool way to cook a potato

BirdApp doing an impression of Tinder this morning

I guess I'm moving to Australia

Congrats! Loved getting our pictures back and it was like 500 photos of me cackling all day and night.

My favourite bluesky "activists" are the ones who comment ARE YOU KIDDING ME WHAT ABOUT DRUMPF under a post from NYT lifestyle section about a cool way to cook potatoes.

I would say I hear that horn at least 50 times a day, maybe four days a week. So about 10,000 times a year, conservatively. 🫠

Can we at least jail the guy who operates a forklift up and down a one way street sounding his horn seven days a week and the council won't do anything because the grocer "needs to be able to receive deliveries"?

I'm going to unlike this so I can like it again