Rod Lyall

This needs at least a half million reposts.

Really, is anyone surprised?

Before our American friends get too carried away by their 'record' number of gold medals, perhaps they might reflect that this is a function of the massive expansion of the Winter Olympic programme. It's only 10.34% of the 116 available golds, and in 2002-2010, for example, the US team won over 12%.

Supreme Court Rules Most of Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal In a 6-to-3 decision that cut across ideological lines, the Justices ruled Trump can't impose tariffs by claiming a national emergency

Though he claimed an emergency right,
Trump was spanked by the Court in this fight.
This might not leave him vexed
If he’d just read the text,
But he’s less about thought than his spite.

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Presumably you were unable to recite the works of Trotsky verbatim? Naughty, naughty. Clearly unfit to provide first aid to any demonstrators who need it.

If your diplomacy sounds like a warning from a crime boss, you’ve already lost the moral high ground.

Should underline, that this is a massive backwards step in broadcast reach.

West Indies women's home series have been available to watch in the UK in some form - either streamed or televised - since at least the 2013 tri-series with ENG, NZ.

#WIvSL
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Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

Some of us have been going on about this for years, not only re. T20, but ODIs as well. The FMs are mostly selfish, greedy, self-serving bandits, and the ICC funding model does little to encourage development between global events. Just a complete disgrace.

Associate teams impress while highlighting limitations of the system | The Cricketer As they used the global platform to highlight their skills on the field, there were consistent appeals from those involved for increased opportunity to test themselves against the best

"It would be a missed opportunity if these teams were trapped in a constant cycle of two-year gaps between significant progression."

Associate teams impress while highlighting limitations of the system | @oscarress.bsky.social

#T20WorldCup

Yep, still the same right wing propaganda, spiteful clickbait and roll call of inarticulate, opportunistic try-hard grifters. Who could say ‘no’? Fortunately, most of the country.

Italy aren't the equivalent of a non-league team playing against a Premier League team in the FA Cup third round. They're the equivalent of Preston North End playing in the quarter finals last year. Give them some respect.

I missed this at the beginning of the month.

$40+m for antisemitism (re)education initiatives

The Gonski antisemitism taskforce alone $5m.

The plan, the plan, the plan, boss.

YouTube video by MS NOW Lawrence: Nothing has separated voters from Trump more than the Epstein ‘cover-up’

OPINION: The constitution "the only shield we have"

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social reacts to op-ed calling Trump admin. "the most powerful crime syndicate in history."

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Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law.  The city council voted 27-17

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Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads - DeSmog

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#ClimateAction

So the ECB is now the London branch of the BJP?

The Hundred: IPL-linked teams 'not considering Pakistan players' Four sides in The Hundred with links to the IPL are not expected to sign players from Pakistan in next month's auction.

This is outrageous, and I would expect that anti-discrimination legislation should apply. The de facto ban on Pakistan players in the IPL is bad enough, but for it to be extended across the world can't be allowed.

no idea why this song is being shared. a song about wanting a dead dictator... any thoughts...?

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

Good God! We can't have people showing Nazis as Nazis!!!

Yes, but (a) the diehards are precisely people you need to nurture, and (b) if a qualifying nation wants to use the Cup for promotion (e.g. the KNCB), the longer they have to plan the better!

What makes you think the qualifiers' supporters matter to anybody?

Why hasn’t Donald Trump sued anyone who has accused him of being a pedophile?

Just how spot on was Jon Kudelka.

Pure and simple genius. #auspol

T20 Is A Shit Format, But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Be Shit At It Musings on the T20 World Cup from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer

T20 Is A Shit Format, But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Be Shit At It

Musings on the T20 World Cup from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #T20WorldCup 🏏

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Quite apart from anything else, the 'everything was fine with imperialism until 1945' line is unspeakably ignorant. Self-determination for the nations of Latin America began at the start of the nineteenth century. Not to mention the violence with which imperialism was imposed and defended.

Rubio's Munich speech is seriously alarming: he, Vance and Hegseth are the ideologists of a global, Christianist American colonial hegemony. Heart of Darkness revisited: 'leaders' like @albomp.bsky.social should be repudiating their vicious claims, strongly and unambiguously.

Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again | Mehdi Hasan Marco Rubio arrived at the Munich security conference with a disturbing message for European governments: empire is great

"The US secretary of state delivered what can only be described as a 22-minute ode to empire. A love letter to conquest and colonialism. A proud defense of the west’s territorial expansion."

My Guardian column on Marco Rubio's disturbing "MEGA" speech in Munich at the weekend.

One Nation say it's a different Liam Hall.

To put last sentence above in another way, Labor fedgovt inherited LNP fedgovt's gross debt of $888 bn, 25% of which was accrued by the previous Labor fedgovt.

Labor had to restore wage growth in low-paid areas & implement agenda while coping with interest payments of $60m per day!