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"I focus on letting them know what I’ve learned. And the crazy thing about grief is it’s like rain: Sometimes you can smell when the rain is coming, and sometimes it just comes outta nowhere."

File photo shows Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff performing at the Rototom Sunsplash festival in Benicassim, in Spain's Castellon province, on August 16, 2014

File photo taken in Paris on February 1, 1984 shows Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff performaing during the radio programme Studio 1 on Europe 1

Jimmy Cliff, the iconic Jamaican reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said on Monday. He was 81. ➡️ u.afp.com/Shqq

Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win reactions equivalent to small earthquake Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory When Scotland qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years, supporters were propelled into wild celebration – and even made the earth move in the process. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), when Kenny McLean scored from the halfway line to seal a breathtaking 4-2 win over Denmark, which are ranked 18 places higher in the world than Scotland, the reaction at Hampden Park was equivalent to a very small earthquake. Continue reading...

Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win reactions equivalent to small earthquake

“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...

The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.

you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong

YouTube video by Box Set Go The Stone Roses Fuji Rock 27.06.12

Probably the best circulating Stone Roses reunion video : full gig, pro-shot footage from the screens on the night in 2012. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJXY...

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...

Oh joy.

Fly well, Mani😥

Gary "Mani" Mounfield Of The Stone Roses & Primal Scream Dead At 63 Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist who helped the Stone Roses define the Madchester era, then joined Primal Scream for some of their most vital works, has died. Mani’s brother Greg announced his death...

Gary "Mani" Mounfield, bassist for the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, is dead at 63

Gary "Mani" Mounfield, the bassist in The Stone Roses and also a member of Primal Scream, has died.

Mani performed on both The Stone Roses' albums and was also involved in their 2010s reunion. He was in Primal Scream from 1996 to 2011.

No cause of death has been given yet.

The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?

I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

how is it that still (as i make use of housesitting and their subscriptions) only the first 5 seasons of the great pottery throwdown available to watch in the US??? it’s been YEARS!

A year discussing football and free trade in North America The World Cup and a review of the USMCA trade deal mean 2026 will be a pivotal year for North America. Donald Trump’s influence looms over both events

As host nations, Mexico, the United States and Canada will all compete in the 2026 World Cup. The review of their free-trade deal will be uglier

Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths The NFL season has been rife with tragedy—not that the league or its media partners have noticed.

More interested in betting lines than the players suffering outside the lines. What a moral sewer. My latest for @thenation.com
"Sports Media - cough, ESPN - Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths"
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

OPINION | It was a great end of the beginning for the NSL, with more hard work ahead | CBC Sports The buzz around the Northern Super League in its inaugural season has been plentiful, as it and the six franchises continue to build an audience.

After an amazing first season of the Northern Super League, I wrote about the successes and also what needs to be done.
My wrap on the inaugural season of the NSL for CBC Sports.

www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...

haha, neither do i! but knowing i can weed through the ads and my carefully cultivated feed of animal clips/sportsball/synthpop to relocate friends far away (in distance and/or time) should i wish to, is reassuring.

if it wasn’t so effing convenient a way for an introvert to keep up with people i’d ditch it all.

my personal insta (people i know irl with a few exceptions) - the content of which is mostly pics of my dog, just got suspended by some automated filter as suspected of phishing 🤯 i’d have thought my public insta more sus since i repost loads of local art events…

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.

This is so cool - scientists are attaching trackers to butterflies to watch them migrate! (NYT gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

US unveils World Cup visa system but warns fans could still be denied entry Ticket-holders to be fast-tracked for visa screening while Trump again threatens to relocate games from some cities

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Yes. By the same token, I don't think Germany as a society truly understands what Germany's complicity in all this means for the country. I predict Gaza will be a significant factor in alienating or repelling the "high-skilled" workers the economy needs: www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/g...

To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track

To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track

Adelante, Adelita House Speaker Johnson’s arbitrary and hostile refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva for close to two months was an absolute disservice, not only to her and her constituents, but to our democracy. As fe...

“Our democracy only works when everyone has a voice."

What’s going on at Teen Vogue? Last week, several prominent staffers at Teen Vogue—including culture editor Kaitlyn NcNab and politics editor Lex McMenamin—took to socials to share bummer news. A round of layoffs had hit half th…

Confused about what’s happening at Teen Vogue? @britt-kathryn.bsky.social explains.

Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51 Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.

A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.

I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.

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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Trump sees a ‘con’ in climate change. Xi sees cash.

Trump sees a ‘con’ in climate change. Xi sees cash.

They don't show all the modern shit.