Tim Curry, the English actor who became a massively popular cult figure thanks to his performances in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Clue" and the TV miniseries "It," has died. He was 80. https://t.co/hzlPdBVamd
God bless HMRC for making us question these types of stories:
• Never booked 3 League Matches in a row his whole career
• Never played Walsall in FA Cup
• Played in League Cup but not under Mourinho*
*League Cup was under Mourinho with a card but no Utd game on the horizon
Its potentially conflating stories & the human brain is shite at remembering stuff properly but if youre using this as an example, the details matter 🤣
🚨 Carlos Baleba to join Manchester United from Brighton & Hove Albion on 5+1yr contract; personal terms verbally agreed & 22yo to do #MUFC medical on Saturday after deal struck with #BHAFC at £65m + £5m + sell-on clause @TheAthleticFC post @FabrizioRomano https://t.co/PVzrRhSp1U
Carlos Baleba set to sign 5-year contract at Man United, with +1 option.
Final details to be sorted over weekend. Visa pending. Then official announcement.
Brighton wanted Moises Caicedo money last summer. #MUFC get now for ~£45m lower price.
#MUFC
https://t.co/y50H3H8LAV
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United closing in on deal to sign Carlos Baleba from Brighton & Hove Albion. #MUFC offer for 22yo Cameroon midfielder ~£60+5m; below #BHAFC valuation but amicable talks continue as all parties work to reach agreement @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/WmP1bD2JuT
In every way, he is the model of what I am teaching my son not to be: vile, small, cruel, ignorant, petty, corrupt. And he models it daily. Today’s example:
Trump announced a subscription service: If you pay HIM 100K per month, you can have access to Federal policies ahead of being implemented, so you can do insider trading. Just when is this shit going to be stopped? How many crimes can any one person commit before it's enough?
Musk did an interview with the editor of the Economist, a posh white woman, centrist, daughter of an army officer.
It went badly for Musk.
So now she’s a ‘traitor to the West.’
Totally normal response from a normal guy.
THIS is how the media should handle power.
Zanny Minton Beddoes just showed how to interview Elon Musk. She didn’t defer, flatter, or let claims go unchallenged. She pressed for answers in real time; the kind of accountability powerful people should expect from every interview.
I can't speak to issues like humanitarian aid, but I can say with certainty that Elon's DOGE cuts impacted watchdogs such as the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC).
What is the WRC? People who have been following me for a while may have inadvertently seen WRC reports, as sometimes I post them to show when a company is relying on global supply chains connected to labor abuses. The WRC is a US nonprofit that monitors labor abuses abroad and fights for those workers' interests.
I will give you an example. In 2024, the WRC uncovered labor abuses at a Guatemalan factory, where the factory owner was withholding some $5 million in back wages to over 750 garment workers. This practice, called waged theft, is common in the garment industry, as garment workers are often in precarious positions and not always able to fight back.
The WRC identified a South Korean company, SAE-A Global Trading, as one of the factory's largest customers. SAE-A was essentially getting things made here and then selling those clothes to Target, the US retail chain. The WRC then pressured SAE-A to pay the back wages owed to those workers, which they did (to their credit).
By cutting the WRC's funding, the government has hobbled their efforts. It has become harder to know when labor abuses occur abroad and to fight for those workers. So, in a way, Elon's claim can't be disproven. It's hard to prove that people have been hurt because you've slashed funding for the very watchdogs that monitor for labor abuses.
Importantly, this has happened at the same time as US manufacturing continues to decline. Since 2025, there has been a decline in both manufacturing jobs and new factory construction. This means that Americans continue to rely on imports, especially in clothing, and this is unlikely to change in the near future.
This, in turn, means two things. By hobbling watchdogs and continuing to rely on imports, Americans are less likely to know when their garments are made with exploited labor. And by making it easier for factories to hide exploited labor and hobbling our ability to pressure suppliers to pay back wages, we've put US companies at a further disadvantage. It's now easier to sell a $2 T-shirt in the US, as you can exploit workers abroad and never be held accountable.