This Masie Davis of Gwalia Lightning is a hell of a prop and could eat up a lot of defences on international rugby. Here’s hoping she gets picked for 6N #celticcup #waleswomen

Osaka out citing injury.

I know we should all be willing to expand the sport but someone needs to do a serious piece abt the nastiness that targets players bc extremely casual fans don’t understand rules. Sinner didn’t do anything wrong. He can’t raise the temperature on a whim (maybe Roger tho). He got lucky but that’s all

www.koha.net/en/arberi/re... this is what Tribunals face when they do outreach activities & try to educate students about court functions. Btw they have been visiting schools for years. @guydelauney.bsky.social

50k ppl in Minnesota turned out in freezing temps to March and businesses closed down in a general strike against ICE. 100 priests & ministers were arrested protesting…

open.spotify.com/episode/40B6... this is going to be very important going forward and Balkan heads remember this is the prosecutor who investigated Thaci who’s case has just ended. Closing arguments to begin in Feb

Will not tolerate any criticism of this man.

www.koha.net/en/arberi/dy... 109 ppl arrested for vote fraud in Prizren, Kosovo. They are recounting the whole country so if more CNN ppl are caught might be new elections

This is absolutely what I’ve been hearing from former colleagues in many US agencies. But for the FBI this is incredibly bad and that so many would put their names on this is stunning. The Trump admin can still go after them. BTW it reminds me of the Balkans - a lot.

Upset alert: Baptiste just mauled Gauff to take the first set.

The pathway leads to england and France. An unintended consequence of the WRU's deliberate destruction of the domestic game is that it makes other countries' leagues stronger. You have to stand back and admire the staggering incompetence of it.

Strike then is it? At one point does the board realize it’s time to change course here. There is ce not point having a grassroots pathway if that pathway leads nowhere.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 8 Republicans can end this. So USians if you’re sitting there reading this call the GOP reps today.

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"Welsh rugby’s leadership has united Cardiff fans with Ospreys supporters against them. That alone should end any claim that this is being handled well. When rivals agree on who the problem is, the problem is obvious". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/w...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/w... I posted the full speech by Carney but this an excellent article about the background of it. The speech is gorgeous @tracyquannyc.bsky.social

Welsh people get on it!! Call your MPs now!!!

He was never that successful as a businessman

Welsh fans need to call their political reps and start harassing them to do cut off the WRU from any funding. Rugby is the Welsh national sport. Tell them if you don’t do something no one will vote for you again. Get Jiffy to read their names out.

Mjuzik from Mitrovica www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5qn...

balkaninsight.com/2026/01/20/b... My latest in Balkan Insight. I wanted to turn a head on all the stereotypes & do a story on a success from the north. Also there is just way too much misinformation about the north.

www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/... Time to get your lawsuits out.

just 8 Republicans need to caucus with the Dems & end all this. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundow...

I don't like to speak for everyone but I can't see how anybody is in the mood mentally/spiritually/physically/morally temperamentally for the Welsh squad to be announced today

Good diplomatic reasons for Europeans to try to appeal for calm and work it out behind the scenes with the US. But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.

Trump posted this text from Macron. Stunning

Monfils is depressing me. And I know how hard it is to recover while playing with cramp but I just want to go down and shake him.

www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch... from the world of holy fuck Trump is essentially trying to make himself the global king. I’m not at all kidding read the Board of Peace manifesto for yourself. I don’t whether to laugh or cry

"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... This morning I had a huge convo abt what Dems or are not doing. Here’s what happens when a Democratic congresswoman does he job & the Trump admin tries to make an example of her: 1m USD in legal costs; 17 year possible jail sentence. Congress people are…

I think if I explain why I think Schumer is a good Senator it’ll explain why I think getting news from Comedians is a bad thing: Schumer did the unpopular thing keeping the govt open but it was needed. As I have explained *we would have no govt* Trump intended to destroy it. I know so many ppl…

Denmark confirms that European allied forces will increase their military presence and exercise activity in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. "The security situation is constantly evolving, and tensions have spread to the Arctic."

BREAKING Trump tells Norway PM 'world is not secure' unless US has complete control of Greenland

It’s truly a special kind of unhinged psychotic who will come up with “You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’m going to start World War 3.”

Oh Alicia Parks you need some Djokovic mentality here playing Eala and the crowd.

Pegula is just *handling* Zakharova but I like that Zakharova is a risky player taking all the crazy shots. Incl that serve which is risible.

And no one I’ve heard of in Europe is thinking about the Democratic Party or Chuck Schumer right now because the Democratic Party is *not in power*.

Idk I think ppl are shocked right now in Europe. They thought they quelled this but the problem is Trump is entirely unpredictable. Who knows which way he’ll turn next? And this is truly unprecedented. So ppl saying Europe shld do this or that or Dems who hold zero power now shld do this don’t know

Trump announced that he would impose a 10% tariff on all goods entering the United States from Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden and the United Kingdom on Feb 1, until Denmark agreed to sell Greenland. Tariffs would increase to 25% on 1 June 2026, unless a deal was made.

spectator.com/writer/bronw... me on Tony Blair & nation building

Assume 20k for France, 15k for Scotland, and 35k for Italy unsold Assume 5-10k more sold for each fixture between now and then That's 45k unsold tickets @ £50 each, is £2.25M the WRU misses out on... before getting to the lost beer money

I should come and just stand outside waiting for freebies. Christ alive this is bad.

These are matches that routinely used to sell out months beforehand. The fact that they can't even sell the cheapest tickets just a few weeks before the matches is nothing to do with a lack of glamour; it's because the WRU have been asset-stripping our game for their own personal enrichment.

www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-... 20k tickets unsold for Wales v Fra???!!! Btw this article claims “glamour” draws aren’t playing at home. But France is glamour. And Scotland and Italy should be good match ups on paper but 😬😬

Rugbypass missed a trick bc Fiji is holding the Coral 7s w/literally every top 7s star incl the Irish guys w/ Terry Kennedy & Jordan Conroy. Perry Baker & all the old SA guys & Luke Treharne plus Mike Friday is out their coaching. No female sides unfortunately it seems. But what a treat. Maybe tho..

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... what a story

Did someone get them having a drink after cause it looks like it was needed.

www.instagram.com/p/DTgp7aWCIB... do we thank Ardie Savea?

apnews.com/article/trum... Kosovo, Albania, N. Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia on this list. So no more immigrant visas to the US