Andrew Cooke

In case you’re not sure how it’s going down here, America.

Putin says Trump must go further before he’ll even agree to meet.

Putin is entirely in the driving seat. The US has alienated its own allies, given Russia nearly all of what it wanted, bought Putin’s warped view of reality, and can’t even guarantee a meeting. The art of the deal, indeed.

Holy shit this cartoon.

Following controversy over WBD's decision to scrap Eurosport in the UK and Ireland, and incorporate cycling and several other sports into TNT channels, at a 400% price increase, I wrote an op-ed piece for the Escape Collective. You can read it here;

Well worth going to see it. I then turn off all social media and watch it the same evening.
Amazing way to spend the day

Great stuff. On D+ now and was on Eurosport before that so hopefully will be bribed to stay…

Sounds good, thanks Dave.
Struggling to find anything other than being diverted to discovery… any tops on finding the deal?

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

When reached for comment, Visma spokesperson, Elon Plugge stated, "the thing he said, the thing that you recorded him saying, he did not say it. This is just woke, DEI using the truth against this man who did not say the thing he said."

Plugge's Tesla then blew up, an incident he also denies.

Never forget…

Phenomenal work from Henry @threebeansaladpod.bsky.social

So, us Brits can't watch our CX nationals tomorrow and the Dutch cannot watch theirs either. This is really pretty poor.

French were showing on Discovery+ but are now gone. Which ones are being televised locally, and would people mind posting links here? (may be firing up the VPN, who knows)

Yes, Alright.
But apart from all this…👇
You’ve got to admit Brexit has been a bloody great success.
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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

Repost if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

A tweet from CSPAN quoting Senator Durbin asking NCAA President Charlie Baker how many athletes are in U.S. NCAA schools, to which Baker responds, "510,000." Durbin then asks how many transgender athletes he is aware of, and Baker replies, "Less than 10." The image below shows Charlie Baker speaking into a microphone at a formal setting.

This is the trans athletic scare that has half the nation in a tizzy. It’s manufactured fear, playing off of ignorance and bigotry.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

looks a great calendar, but all sold out on bookshop.org is there anywhere else I can find it?