Gautam Paul

Ski jumping: Wada responds to penis injection claims World Anti-Doping chiefs will investigate claims male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance, if a complaint is made.

Now that's what a call a great sports headline:
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...

I've opened so many bottles, vainly hoping, only to be consoled with the booze inside.

He's not a news guy.
He's a capitalist.
Therein lies the problem.
Most countries claiming to be democracies, haven't been, for a long time.
Therein lies the other problem.

So back from the Abel Tasman walk. Anything been happening?

Tomorrow we start three days of walking in the Abel Tasman. No wifi, no phones, no TV. Just walking in nature.
I. Can. Not. Wait.

this gave me the tiniest sigh of relief.

Alex Honnold free solos Taipei 101 skyscraper in live Netflix climb US climber takes an hour and half to scale one of Asia’s tallest buildings without ropes or a harness

Hats off and Bravo!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Pregnant sows spend 16 weeks in gestation crates, another 3-4 weeks in slightly larger farrowing crates, they’re impregnated again, repeat.

Imagine the misery😢

They have no choice, you do:

Choose #vegan over cruelty:

HowDoIGoVegan.com 🌱

www.howdoigovegan.com

Another proud day for America.

Great use of words. Calm throughout.

Sticky fingers album by the Stones. I couldn't put it down.

Imaging if it said "citizens of the world unite"

He only speaks 'merican

In French and English. Classy.
Bravo

good practising christian?
If I was of that faith (I'm agnostic) I'd convert immediately.

Will ice call a draw?

No matter how much money you have, you cant take it with you.
This is why I want a funeral pyre when it's my time to go.

How many barrels of oil did she promise him?

Elon Musk's X to block Grok from undressing images of real people Grok will no longer allow users to remove clothing from images of real people in jurisdictions where it is illegal.

Where it's illegal. WTF
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Say hi from me.

Have a wonderful time. You catching up with Jane?

Good point! Not sure why, but I will make a point to check from now on.

Giant video screen behind them, so obviously pre recorded with the same movements etc. The whole event was beautiful performance art.

Thank you David Byrne and all the musicians/performers. What a great night. #Auckland #SparkArena

Off to see David Byrne in Auckland.
Hopefully it isn't a road to nowhere.

cazique

I remember us talking about "Chariots of the Gods?"
Bloody aliens/astronauts coming over here and giving us all the legends and religions that we now believe as ours.

Excellent book. There's three: The universe next door, The trick top hat and The homing pigeons.
You'd like these. He also wrote about the Illuminati.

First read Schrodinger's Cat back in 1985. Reading it again now

Israel is quietly erasing Palestinian refugee camps from existence in the West Bank Israel has begun implementing its plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue by demolishing its most important symbol: the refugee camp.

Entire Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank are being erased. Bulldozed, dismantled, disappeared. Here’s what’s happening and why it matters. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...