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Failed writer, failing better. MDANT, so there's that.
Never change, Guardian.
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Is Adrian Chiles on holiday this week?
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The gulf between critics and audience has never been wider – just look at Melania’s Rotten Tomatoes score
Critics have given the Flotus flick 11% on the aggregator site, but the ‘verified ticket buyers’ score is a near perfect 98%. Fake views, or a sign of our politically disparate times?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/17/melania-trump-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-critics-public?CMP=share_btn_url
5 days ago
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He's running on ice wearing knives on his feet.
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7 days ago
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My only question would be 'why didn't he land on Bannon?'
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Gary R Simonds
7 days ago
Convicted Felon
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Would also be fun to hear him explain why they're wearing the Saudi national flag against a team who wear claret and blue, rather than black and white stripes.
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Clarefella
8 days ago
British former skeleton racer, Lizzy Yarnold, who won consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2014 & 2018: "The IOC have got it badly wrong over Heraskevych ban and owe him an apology."
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Olympic chiefs have got it badly wrong over Heraskevych ban and owe him an apology | Lizzy Yarnold
As athletes we try to focus on our event and the task at hand, but our lives do not take place in a vacuum
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/13/milano-cortina-olympic-chiefs-vladyslav-heraskevych-ban-winter-olympics-ukraine
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Mic Wright
8 days ago
It’s not actually thinking. Please, stop this.
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TIL that whoever ran up the credits for Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon wasn't concentrating on the job.
8 days ago
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#TOTP
Dear Lord, Ruby Flipper were stealing a living, weren't they?
9 days ago
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The problem with this Demis Roussos deal is you can't watch it without seeing Kenny Everett's take.
9 days ago
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When you're dedicated to fighting equine crime, but first you have to run round in a circle.
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#questiontime
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Caught Nadine Dorries after
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#713 (09.02.2026) I scored 892/1000🏆 1️⃣📍494 m - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200 2️⃣📍15.6 km - 🗓️16 yrs - 🥈166/200 3️⃣📍258 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈167/200 4️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈165/200 5️⃣📍6.4 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
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13 days ago
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#712 (08.02.2026) I scored 658/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍2.7K km - 🗓️30 yrs - 🎗️58/200 2️⃣📍2.9K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈132/200 3️⃣📍3.1K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈130/200 4️⃣📍13.8 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥇175/200 5️⃣📍1.1K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈163/200
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14 days ago
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#711 (07.02.2026) I scored 679/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍2.5K km - 🗓️11 yrs - 🥈127/200 2️⃣📍1.5 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 3️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥈160/200 4️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈169/200 5️⃣📍14.9K km - 🗓️28 yrs - 🎗️23/200
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16 days ago
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#709 (05.02.2026) I scored 813/1000🏅 1️⃣📍383 m - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200 2️⃣📍964 km - 🗓️38 yrs - 🎗️71/200 3️⃣📍229 km - 🗓️12 yrs - 🥈171/200 4️⃣📍356 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇180/200 5️⃣📍3.1 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇198/200
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17 days ago
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#708 (04.02.2026) I scored 960/1000👑 1️⃣📍275 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇187/200 2️⃣📍2.3 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200 3️⃣📍9.0 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 4️⃣📍797 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈174/200 5️⃣📍5.6 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
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#707 (03.02.2026) I scored 769/1000🏅 1️⃣📍2.9K km - 🗓️11 yrs - 🥉123/200 2️⃣📍5.1 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200 3️⃣📍1.9K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈144/200 4️⃣📍5.4K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥉116/200 5️⃣📍336 m - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200
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19 days ago
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#706 (02.02.2026) I scored 808/1000🏅 1️⃣📍9.8 km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥇185/200 2️⃣📍11.2K km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥉97/200 3️⃣📍583 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇178/200 4️⃣📍24.8 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇190/200 5️⃣📍69.4 km - 🗓️18 yrs - 🥈158/200
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20 days ago
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Scenes from a Maltese bar... Malta v England, Euro qualifier 1972 - Joe Royle looming large in these two, then...
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This smacks slightly of sending Heydrich to Prague...
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Donald Trump says he is sending his ‘border czar’ Tom Homan to Minnesota – US politics live
President makes announcement on Truth Social and also makes unsubstantiated claims about protests in Minnesota
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/26/minnesota-minneapolis-ice-protests-alex-pretti-donald-trump-us-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url
27 days ago
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Griffin Dunne, After Hours?
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28 days ago
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David, Host of The Cold War
28 days ago
Boycott the World Cup Boycott the Olympics Disinvite the Administration from anything that gives them a platform on the world stage.
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Mickey Kuhns
28 days ago
Question: What’s the difference between these two executions? Answer: Nine additional bullets. 🤬
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Mark Ruffalo
29 days ago
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
This is what we need to do!
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German football executive urges World Cup boycott to protest Trump
Calls grow to weaponize football as the U.S. president escalates tensions with Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-football-executive-urges-world-cup-boycott-to-protest-trump/
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Kathie
29 days ago
I couldn't agree more.
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Benjamin Dreyer
29 days ago
Yes, we know.
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The poor man's Gilbert & George.
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29 days ago
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#697 (24.01.2026) I scored 968/1000👑 1️⃣📍429 m - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇196/200 2️⃣📍23.6 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇199/200 3️⃣📍220 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇185/200 4️⃣📍163 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇191/200 5️⃣📍675 m - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200
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That's it, I'm done.
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#694 (21.01.2026) I scored 800/1000🏅 1️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 2️⃣📍7.7K km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥉106/200 3️⃣📍150 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇193/200 4️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈145/200 5️⃣📍1.7K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈156/200
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about 1 month ago
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This is the guy who wants to run the UK, while bashfully admitting that he couldn't run a whelk stall.
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Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/21/nigel-farage-apologises-breaches-mp-code-conduct?CMP=share_btn_url
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#693 (20.01.2026) I scored 811/1000🏅 1️⃣📍2.2 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200 2️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇196/200 3️⃣📍3.4K km - 🗓️18 yrs - 🥉97/200 4️⃣📍4.1K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈129/200 5️⃣📍16.9 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇194/200
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about 1 month ago
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#692 (19.01.2026) I scored 746/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥈154/200 2️⃣📍1.5K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈161/200 3️⃣📍5.1K km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥉115/200 4️⃣📍557 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇181/200 5️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥈135/200
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Jon Cooper
about 1 month ago
“Nazis are, to the last man, fucking cowards.”
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That's all right, I'm not selling anything there, unless some MAGA wants to buy a bridge.
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about 1 month ago
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#691 (18.01.2026) I scored 791/1000🏅 1️⃣📍3.0K km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥈127/200 2️⃣📍467 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈162/200 3️⃣📍1.1K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈166/200 4️⃣📍2.3K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈143/200 5️⃣📍131 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇193/200
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about 1 month ago
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Newsroom asking Suzanne Moloney "what the US and its allies can do about Iran". The US doesn't have allies anymore. Trump's burned all that.
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#690 (17.01.2026) I scored 875/1000🏆 1️⃣📍9.5 km - 🗓️25 yrs - 🥈135/200 2️⃣📍10.5 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇198/200 3️⃣📍4.2 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200 4️⃣📍2.0K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈148/200 5️⃣📍17.8 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇195/200
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about 1 month ago
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#689 (16.01.2026) I scored 747/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍332 m - 🗓️23 yrs - 🥈143/200 2️⃣📍843 km - 🗓️25 yrs - 🥉110/200 3️⃣📍63.0 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇195/200 4️⃣📍7.4 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200 5️⃣📍6.1K km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥉102/200
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about 1 month ago
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US Treasury Bonds. Dump those fuckers. Bankrupt the rotten cunts.
about 1 month ago
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James Ball
about 1 month ago
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
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#688 (15.01.2026) I scored 779/1000🏅 1️⃣📍1.4K km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥈148/200 2️⃣📍542 m - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 3️⃣📍2.7K km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥉113/200 4️⃣📍5.8 km - 🗓️22 yrs - 🥈147/200 5️⃣📍734 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥈171/200
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about 1 month ago
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*smirks condescendingly in Afrikaans*: "See, you're doing that thing again where you confuse Frankenstein with the creature".
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Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors
AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on X
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-explicit-images?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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about 1 month ago
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Wordle 1,670 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strangely unsatisfactory.
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#687 (14.01.2026) I scored 911/1000👑 1️⃣📍656 m - 🗓️14 yrs - 🥈173/200 2️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200 3️⃣📍809 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈167/200 4️⃣📍4.8 km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥇187/200 5️⃣📍3.3 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200
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PERFECTLY NORMAL
about 1 month ago
Golfers really are the most morally bankrupt sportsmen out there. Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy
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‘So much leverage’: Golf star’s half-billion dollar demands after Brooks Koepka’s shock LIV departure
Bryson DeChambeau wants US$500m to stay with LIV Golf after Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360924173/bryson-dechambeau-demands-500m-stay-after-brooks-koepka-quits-liv-golf
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It's 8:15, I've been in the office for an hour and have already seen off one migraine and a reboot. I'm invincible, but tired, and my head hurts.
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#686 (13.01.2026) I scored 746/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍3.6K km - 🗓️18 yrs - 🥉95/200 2️⃣📍290 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇181/200 3️⃣📍1.7 km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥇185/200 4️⃣📍789 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈172/200 5️⃣📍724 km - 🗓️25 yrs - 🥉113/200
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