The IOC is a risible bunch. Well done, Heraskevych. A noble sacrifice and total victory in the public relations sphere. Slava Ukraini.

You might not think it, but this is what peak winter Olympics performance looks like.

Andy Farrell talked about a 'lack of intent' in Ireland's play after their loss to France in the first round of the Six Nations. Here's a short video looking an example of that lack of intent off Ireland's 1st lineout, and what could have been better. #RugbyAnalysis

Rep. Stansbury after coming out of the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition: „The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”

F-16 spectacularly destroys a russian drone in mid-air. To eliminate the target, the Ukrainian pilot used the aircraft’s cannon.

Great story here from James Stafford. Family pride, heartfelt hope and expectation, a touch of self deprecating hubris and crushing, inevitable nemesis. Love, history and good humour. Tip of the hat.

I can’t get past how ashamed the dog looks.

It’s raining again…

Few things are ever certain and/or clear, it seems. In such pervasive uncertainty, it is comforting that one has some iron laws of the universe. Fiona Hill, Timothy Snyder, and Marina Hyde are always and invariably right, is one (or three?).

The video of the Obamas superimposed on apes…He (Trump) is just the worst person. The absolute worst.

Wales and Scotland Abu! I am undeterred in my support of both. They may not like us and/or like us far less than we might have assumed. I care not. I love them both. C’mon the Celts.

Dear Irish Rain Gods, I would like to thank you for your quite relentless attention over the past, seemingly interminable, weeks. Now, any chance you could kindly feck off and go sprinkle your bounty somewhere else? Amen.

Things we know today: 1. Lions’ hangover (both players and staff) is a thing. 2. There is a gulf between ☘️ first 15 and their understudies. 3. Sam freaks out his own team. 4. Coaching team is feeling the pressure. 5. 🇮🇹,🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and, most especially, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, all smell blood in the water.

Test rugby is a bear pit. Few places are as unforgiving as Paris. Triply, so when the French are being … well … French. And double again when you are losing collisions to cede the front foot. Many ingredients to that calamity; one of those may is that Sam freaks out his own defensive line.

Epstein is like the evil Forrest Gump, somehow present and responsible for every terrible thing of the last twenty years.

It's Sixmas Eve, a time for rivalries, anticipation and giving. Our gift to you all this year is a story, it's a history story, one that hopefully we can all come back to during times when our inspiration is low over these next few weeks...

It is an unremarkable statement that history will certainly vilify Trump’s second administration. However, I am also of the view that the current Roberts Supreme Court will be similarly excoriated. The case for “packing” seems overwhelming if only to save its last vestiges of integrity / probity.

What happens to Pam Bondi and the DoJ officials who have deliberately withheld papers in the Epstein Files with damning references to DJT (in contravention of the Act passed by Congress.) when they come out after his death?

Fuck you Space Karen

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How the shooting of Alex Petti happened - analysis of bystander videos. In short: it's murder. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

PM of Poland: "On December 22, 2011, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, I took part in the farewell ceremony for the five fallen Polish soldiers. The American officers who accompanied me then, told me that America would never forget the Polish heroes. Perhaps they will remind President Trump of that fact."

New Game of Thrones series ep 1 was a bit dull, wasn’t it?

Midnight Mass, interesting concept and generally well done but, Jesus, the monologising!!

Anyone surprised? Feeding info to Putin? Today we read he’s invited Putin to serve on his peace team for Gaza? Translation Putin has the P tapes, Putin has the Epstein files!

“With him, all roads lead to Putin.”

The fact that it is Denmark - a small, but entirely resolute and committed ally of the US - that Trump is menacing and threatening to dismember, leads to the unavoidable conclusion that the Europeans must accelerate current efforts to protect their eastern borders on their own.

Thought strikes, listening to the Rest is History podcast on Joan of Arc, all the historical figures are so consumed with the France v England 100 years conflict and, of course, entirely ignorant that the apocalypse (Black Death) is incoming in a matter of a mere decade …

The latest from Caligula: you didn't give me a peace prize, so I'm going to start a war. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

This might be the single most pathetic thing I've seen in my adult life.

Jay Powell v Box of Whine; not exactly a clash of the Titans.

If someone sneaks in a Peters’ projection of the world map, would Neon Nero lose interest in annoying the Danes about Greenland?

La Garde in concert with heads of central banks in the EU and Pierrakakis should design a mechanism for ECB /EU Member States (perhaps ex Hungary / Slovakia) to simultaneously dump US Bonds. (Invite Bailey / Starmer). Trump only recognises brute strength/ability to punch back

The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States. Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔

Further videos of the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota have emerged. The incident is plainly and demonstrably a culpable homocide. The current administration’s propaganda campaign, in the face of the patent evidence, is gross. The seizing of jurisdiction by the FBI is disturbing.

Absolute gibberish spoken by Kristi Noem in respect of the patently, and it must be stressed PATENTLY, illegal killing of Renee Good.

Landman. Every scene with Billy Bob is good. Everything else is bafflingly terrible.

“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty” Emmanuel Macron

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

The United States has quietly lifted sanctions on several firms previously accused of supplying russia’s military. The changes were posted on the U.S. Department of the Treasury website on December 18 — without any public explanation or accompanying statement. Source: Euromaidan Pres

Anatomy of a Cancellation on BBC Sounds is certainly worth a listen. An anatomy of a particularly febrile period in the recent past. The moral indignation and righteous censoriousness of the sharp edge of progressiveness, online mobbing, et al. Fascinating.

Liam Neeson is Jakob of Thorn www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

In re AI, it seems to me four things are true: 1) LLM AI is being and will continue to be utterly transformative. 2) Current AI valuations are a total bubble. The market correction is going to hurt. 3) AGI / Singularity remains a pipedream.

Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) has died today. Loved that programme as a kid. Quite the crush on Wilma in her very tight white flight suit.