*blood-drenched

I've been asked to do interviews on my reporting on sexualized violence in football, and allegations against some of the players in this tournament. It is of no surprise to me that every journalist I have seen covering this topic is a woman.

SPAIN ORDERS BLACKLISTING OF U.S. TECH GIANT PALANTIR FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES AMID CONCERNS OVER POTENTIAL MISUSE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

This World Cup is proof that more people should be watching the African Cup of Nations (AFCON). 9/10 African teams reached the knockout stage. One (Morocco) eliminated the Netherlands. Another (DR Congo) is pushing England to the brink. Don't underestimate African football.

so many people were confidently declaring this had no Islamophobic motive once it was announced the suspect was an Iranian national, but there are plenty of Islamophobes among the Iranian diaspora, as you might expect given they are the diaspora of a brutal, repressive Islamic theocracy

The thing about this is that on the very warmest day last week the local beach, normally packed on a hot summer day, was almost deserted. It was too hot for the beach.

Fucking LOL

Fucking LOL

Two major Mexican seizures of cocaine this month, including a ‌rare bust in a state neighboring Mexico City, suggest the cartels are moving greater quantities of the drug into the capital to meet a demand spike linked to the World Cup, according to analysts. www.reuters.com/world/mexico...

Pico Lopes will be on Fox in the U.S. tonight. What a moment, what a tournament for the Cape Verdian/Irishman!

HISTORIC ! 42 DEGREES IN HUNGARY Hottest day in history for the country 42.0C at Szécsény Several all time records including 41.0C at Szeged and 39.0C at Eger 100% of the stations broke the June record with up to 4C margins. Insane

With thanks to Alister Pearson for the heads-up — the Swedish title screen for my Doctor Who story TERMINUS

There isn't another country in the world in which Alexi Lalas would be invited on television to talk about football. A vacuum of intelligence and charisma - and he's sitting beside Zlatan and Thierry Henry on Fox. #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup

If we're going to be culturally accurate, the Norwegian fans should be miming driving an electric car. #WorldCup

Still with the beach pictures eh.

Canada will play Morocco on July 4th in Houston. 🇨🇦 v 🇲🇦 Fun fact: Morocco's GK Yassine Bounou was born in Montréal, QC. He could have played for CanMNT. But he will be facing them in the round of 16.

Lol Verbruggen. #WorldCup

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

This Paraguay match obliges me to repeat my favourite football lookalike: Miguel Almiron and Ernest Borgnine.

It's so disheartening to see this level of hatred on the continent to each other. In case you didn't know, anti-immigration sentiment is happening far afield too.

I've come around to the probably sensible assertion that you should pronounce the lived in short-lived with a long vowel, but I still can't do it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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The country in the world with the most Japanese people, facing off against the country with the second-most Japanese people, in the country with the third-most Japanese people.

Nine out of the 10 African teams at the World Cup advanced to the second round in a major breakthrough for the continent’s football that could lead to bigger representation at future tournaments. #WorldCup www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Immaculate vibes in Vancouver after Canada's big win today

Det finns bara två möjliga förklaringar till det här haveriet. 1) Expressen har kommit fram till att sånt som öppen nazism och våldsfantasier om ickevita inte är så värst farligt. 2) Hela ledarredaktionen har drabbats av akut kollektiv minnesförlust om vad ”SD:s övertramp genom åren” bestod av.

There is no ceasefire. There is genocide.

I haven't liked or commented on a Facebook post for two years. So Facebook thinks it's ok to suggest a post by a far-right politician from the National Party? We need to have a very serious conversation about people still using Facebook, much like the conversation we had about Twitter

> Poll an issue > Overwhelming majority oppose > Print this headline anyway This is the sort of presentation the Sunday Business Post should be ashamed of and a clear case of representing poll results in a certain way to pursue an agenda

SOM man kommer att fira när de här rassarna åker ur riksdagen kommande höst.

KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.

Unless you're from a Muslim country.

Fuck Jimmy Goebels. No pasaràn.

Been round this road before. Iris Robinson carefully claiming that, actually, being gay is worse than child abuse, knowing that she was sleeping with a teenage boy at the time.

Contrast this with what they did to Iran.

In the Collections warehouse, suitcases belonging to Auschwitz victims are kept in specially designed cabinets, ensuring each item is preserved & protected to serve as a testimony to those who suffered and were murdered in the camp. -- Photo by: https://www.instagram.com/k_thompson_humanus_network/

Yeah, this will end well.

Worked in very young male dominated field of corporate finance for a bit - the amount of gambling every single day they all did, was so jaw dropping to me. Every lunchtime this was the chat

No pasaràn

In the mosh pit too!

Spoke to #NewZealand🇳🇿 Sarpreet Singh in the mix zone moments ago. #FIFAWorldCup2026 #WorldCup2026

Other people were wearing wigs. Barry Manilow denies meeting, offers partial refund. What a story!

"The stakes could not be higher", and we're sending in Do-Nothing Mickey and his cohorts of useless fuckers ...

Most of that was me.

Lol

Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick as his ruthless already-qualified France side claimed top spot in #WorldCup Group I with a 4-1 win over second-string Norway on Friday. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Sizing up World Cup spectators reut.rs/4f3xTN4