Your occasional reminder that more than 1 in 3 Americans continue to express approval of the guy this show was put on for. And almost 80 million of them voted for him — three times — to lead their country

When referring to military personnel, you must include an interjection, like when mentioning the name of the prophet: "The crowd of mostly US troops — thank you for your service — are cheering Pereira, who is facing fresh sexual assault and domestic abuse allegations from multiple women"

I know people don't like hearing this, but what's happening tonight at the White House is about as American as Apple Pie and White Supremacy. Trump is the inevitable end result of our nation's obsession and refusal to confront capitalism, racism, & cruelty. Tonight is a celebration of all of it.

It's a measure of how coarse and cheapened public life in the US has become that what should be regarded as routine anodyne statements like this seems inspirational

I see "Stanley Cup" is trending - never underestimate the popularity of those overpriced coffee mugs

If the Democrats do manage to retake the US presidency, the administration is likely going to have to deal with Trump's surrender to Iran in the same way Biden had to handle Trump's surrender to the Taliban

This is so sad. Thirty-four years old, top-level elite athlete. I hope she gets all the joy in the world from whatever time she has

No team involved in a tournament should be disadvantaged in this way. The Olympics should be the last major international sporting event awarded to the US

It's occasionally tiresome, but mostly the insecurity of it is amusing. I remember my first Labor Day in the US at 18 - my hosts at a party handed me a hotdog. A sudden hush descended as everyone present waited for me to take a bite. I'm not sure what they were expecting - it was a fucking hotdog😁

The entertainment-industrial complex in full swing

Cute video, but that's a little grebe, not a moorhen (have to do a repost to point that out as replies to the original are restricted)

Well done to the demonstrators who turned out in their masses to counter the far right in Brighton. Good people outnumber these hateful little nobodies and always will.

I may have said this before, but by god he's a handsome devil #dog #dogsky

My curiosity mild. My confusion total. No idea what's going on at all. Knicks is basketball?

Absolutely huge crowds in Belfast to reject the far-right, paramilitarism, racism and border violence. A loud message to the politicians who pandered to violent paramilitary groups this week

Are they going to give the Kennedy Center letters back to Trump so he can try putting them in other places? Kind of looking forward to The Donald J Trump and Four Seasons Total Landscaping

OK, looks like they've got the A-Team in at the Kennedy Center. Seems Murdock's volunteering to kick things off

This is quickly becoming a symbol for the consequences the current administration has faced for blatant corruption and abuse of democracy

The shift is inevitable. Once it becomes undeniable, those who fought hardest to prevent it will be the loudest claiming credit. Bookmark this

Live look at the Kennedy Center scaffolding

We currently have three white hats who seem to be discussing whether a bar is fully horizontal. They may be waiting for someone to bring a spirit level

Having done plenty of it myself, I don't think I've ever seen such slow, meticulous construction of scaffolding as what's going on at the Kennedy Center. Contrasts with how the façade was originally vandalized using a couple of scissor lifts

Elon Musk is a wonderful example for young people. Richer than anyone in history, and he's so clearly still bitter and miserable

There are a lot of comparisons of the USA to 1930s Germany, particularly with the concentration camps and the demonisation of specific groups such as Somalians and trans people. The corruption, though, and media capture, are heavily reminiscent of 1990s Russia. It won't be easily rolled back

You have to love how a bunch of Loyalist nazis - who are rabidly enthusiastic about emphasizing their Britishness - are somehow an "Ireland" problem. To be clear, Ireland has its own nasty extreme-right pricks, who need to be called out. These aren't them

I suspect this may be a preview of what it could be like trying to eventually get Trump out of the White House

"Gardaí suspect he was on his way to carry out a hit here when he was killed." The news as Guy Ritchie jape

We're going to have to find a way to start geoblocking that country from posting takes about other places in the world. You know the one.

Neighbour out early and hard at work🙂

US Americans every time Trump commits another egregious abuse of democracy: "What are we - some Asian country?" Meanwhile in Asia...

John Wayne, Muddy Waters, and Eminem have the same initials. [Insomnia files]

1/2 My feed is full of insecure yanks going "See? Europeans just discovered mac & cheese and are LOSING THEIR MINDS!!!" Calm down. We know you have some great food - like us, largely thanks to immigrants. Your lack of safety standards & proliferation of convenience sludge are more of an issue

We’ve now had two nights of violence in Belfast and yet almost nobody talking about loyalist paramilitaries, the marching season etc Look at where violence is. These are very particular parts of Belfast And yet hear more about ‘Protestants and catholics coming together against migrants’ than this

My daughter's interested in learning about the Irish side of her history. We were talking about the civil rights movement recently, and how the marches were attacked by thugs. She asked "So then, did the police step in to protect them?" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

There is no more quintessentially American trait than the ability to pontificate confidently about foreign countries from a position of absolute ignorance. Cuts across all political boundaries.

This shows you how much of a clue they have - and why Americans getting involved in anything outside their own borders is a recipe for disaster. Apparently all the Loyalist gangs want is to be Irish. Imbecile

The result, the matches do not interest me one bit. I will keep an eye on World Cup-related news on the probably delusional off-chance that US Americans will use the spotlight to carry out daily rolling protests. Boycott the World Cup

We all know that what Israel is doing is barbaric. How could we not. The divide is between those who want to shine a spotlight on its actions and those who want to turn that spotlight off.

No one in the US really thinks their country can fall to a fascist takeover. Everyone knows that no matter how bad it gets, everything will be sorted out by an emotionally tortured military veteran, reviving his marriage after becoming wracked by guilt over missing his daughter's violin recital

Just a reminder: US Americans are no longer allowed to make cracks about North Korea, Turkmenistan, or any other weird cult

Don't understand the term "sportswashing"? Not to worry, @theguardian.com is here to explain, with an easy-to-understand example. Boycott the World Cup

At least some of the traditions have survived, such as the customary pre-tournament "Do England have the best player in the world?" article

It's truly pathetic that in 2026 newspapers are unable to publish the word "shit". Like, what do they think is going to happen?

Somalian authorities held a match in honour of referee Omar Artan as he returned home having been prevented from entering the United States. Boycott the World Cup Source: Somalisnaps on Instagram

Shower of embarrassing seoiníní. We all know damn well what they'd have been up to in 1916

Everyone's going to claim, unconvincingly, that it's too late or too complicated to do anything about this fiasco of a World Cup. But at the very least, countries should prepare to lobby as strongly as possible against any future US bids to host major events. Boycott the World Cup

I had to check whether this was a parody. It really is incredible what people can be persuaded to spend their money on

Honourable and mature from the family of the knife attack victim. Who thinks the people using the stabbing as an excuse for a pogrom will respect their wishes?

The flipside of this is how blasé they are about people in high positions doing blatantly evil shit on a daily basis. Zero civic sentiment - if it doesn't affect me directly and immediately it doesn't matter

Well, she's got it half-right