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I was reading a @bostonglobe.com article about basketball great Larry Bird and this photo of his school team reminded of playing under-15's football against certain teams in the Hull Sunday league as a kid. I'm sceptical that the no.40 on the left was under the age limit.

The Locked-Out Generation: Europe's Housing Market Is Failing Its Young Across the continent, soaring prices and stagnant supply have turned homeownership into a mirage for many young Europeans

Unemployment was the big issue for my generation when we were young. For the current young generation, it's housing. This situation is unsustainable and has to be tackled. www.socialeurope.eu/the-locked-o...
via @socialeurope.bsky.social

Leeds Rhinos thrash Hull KR in Las Vegas as four-try Maika Sivo stars Maika Sivo's stunning four-try display helps Leeds Rhinos thrash Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.

It's sad to hear that @hullkr.bsky.social can't ever come home again. But rules are rules - "what's hammered in Vegas, stays in Vegas". #RugbyLeague #NRL
@forty20live.bsky.social
@therfl.bsky.social @hullfcofficial.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

"They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future," Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said. "Today, their lives were brutally cut short.”

Read more: https://wapo.st/4r7izC7

It's almost as if after all these, er, months the FIFA Peace Prize has no meaning. Say it ain't so, Gianni. You grovelling wretch.

Sporting brothers boxing clever in search for ‘Hometown Heroes’ — The Hull Story By Rick Lyon , Co-Editor Local sporting legends Tommy and Lewie Coyle have joined forces with KCOM in a search to find Hull’s ‘Hometown Heroes’. Former Commonwealth boxing champion Tommy and Hull C...

The Coyle brothers are a credit to the city of Hull. @ricklyon.bsky.social
www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/...

By sending ambassadors such as Charles Kushner (a convicted criminal who once hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law & then sent a video of the encounter to his own sister) to allied countries, Trump thinks he is insulting them. In reality, he is seriously undermining & humiliating America.

Advising people to take to the streets whilst bombs are falling on them does not sound like particularly sound advice from a would be leader -
"Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah of Iran, released a message to Iranians imploring them to take to the streets." Seen in the @economist.com

Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City

The human reality of America & Israel's needless & utterly avoidable attack on Iran:-
“I rushed to school to get my daughter from middle school. The girls were hiding under the stairs and crying,” Ali Zeinalipoor, a Tehran resident. Via @nytimes.com .
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

Thanks, Ukrainians Say, but Please Stop Calling Us Resilient

Ukrainians urgently need more support to end Russia's evil assault on them, not empty praise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/w...

My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni Murderous governments and armed groups always considered reporters like Marie Colvin a nuisance – now they see them as legitimate targets, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni

My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni

How war stopped working Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan — the story of the century so far is the ineffectiveness of force

War. What is it good for? Absolutely not much anymore, argues Janan Ganesh convincingly.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com

From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr Reform is promising a ‘patriotic school curriculum’ – but what does that mean? In the end it comes down to submission to the leader, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Column. On the nationalist core of Faragism and why it doesn’t need conspiracy, transaction or even knowing complicity to serve a Kremlin agenda. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The death of the Trump trade Investor backlash against US markets appears to be real

"The world is moving on, slowly but surely" - away from America. And not just in financial markets. Americans should be very concerned. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com .

Huge credit to U2, Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia for this tribute. But most of all, of course, thank you to the heroes of Ukraine.

Keir Starmer: "We stand with Ukraine, now and always.

Slava Ukraini."

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The only words that truly matter today are "Slava Ukraini". Thank you to all of the heroes who are fighting for the freedom of their country, Ukraine, and all of Europe. Support them with everything we have.

A sobering summary of just how massively Putin and Russia's illegal & unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has failed. Let's stand ever more strongly with Ukraine and help them bring this to an end before another grim anniversary comes around.

America Doesn’t Need a Deal or a War With Iran Why the rush, when Washington has all the leverage?

What is the urgency for a deal or war with Iran right now? The Trump administration is certainly leaving itself open to accusations that it is drumming up a crisis to detract attention from other matters.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

‘Crisis of his own making’: Donald Trump weighs another war with Iran The US military build-up was designed to coerce Tehran — but has failed

Didn't some people claim they voted for Trump because he promised not to get the US tangled up in any more Middle East regime change calamities?
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Oh yessss

Russland Krieg in der #Ukraine tobt nun im fünften Jahr. Noch immer findet Russland zu viele Wege, um Sanktionen zu umgehen & so den Krieg zu finanzieren. Dazu gehört die #Schattenflotte von Öltankern, die auch unsere Gewässer passiert. Höchste Zeit, dass Europa dies stoppt!

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European Support for Ukraine Stumbles on Eve of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary

I realise the Hungarian elections & hope Orban will lose may be playing a part in the EU soft-peddling this. But there are bigger things at stake here - Europe's security - and the EU should have suspended Orban's corrupt, anti-democratic & pro-Putin Hungary long ago.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/w...

“We don’t need to be better than the U.S., we need to be better than Russia”. Great point by @cemoll.bsky.social. That's a much lower bar & means European security autonomy is more quickly achievable than some think. (It's still sickening that Trump and Putin are forcing us to focus on war though).

President Macron:

We must work on a total ban on maritime services for Russian oil exports, intensify our joint efforts against what is called the Russian shadow fleet.

Hull FC full-back Will Pryce suffers serious knee injury as prognosis given A gutting injury for Will Pryce and Hull FC.

Terrible news for Will Pryce. I wish him all the best for his surgery & recovery. I'm sure he'll get strong support from all at @hullfcofficial.bsky.social . Is there any club in RL, or any other sport, that has such consistently bad luck with injuries?
www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Vladimir Putin is caught in a vice of his own making Russia’s president cannot win the war, but fears peace

"Putin does not yet seem to feel enough pressure to end his war". It's pretty clear what Europe and the rest of the world's job is, then.
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

No-one should be sorry to see the back of Iran's vile regime, which just murdered at least 6,000 of its own citizens. But that does not mean Trump bombing Iran as a distraction from his domestic disasters will help the Iranian people at all.

Please could anyone who believes these two things are not connected contact me immediately. I have a bridge to sell to you.