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[camilo @AscendedYield]

Gerry Adams says no to violent political expression

[Paul Sinclair @paulbsinclair]

Will the SPFL present Celtic with the Premiership trophy before or after the game against Hearts?

[Ryan Bourne @MrRBourne]

The Irish defending the principle of bigger countries having territory rights to local islands nearby. Interesting.

[Democritus Sr @DemocritusSr]

Jorge Luis Borges on the riches of English

[Ian Acheson 🇬🇧☘️ @NotThatBigIan]

The psychological energy required to convert a pitiless murderer of civillians into a bastion of human rights is the only impressive thing about this odious drivel. The 'lives well lived' were of those who refused to murder their neighbours in the name of a sectarian fantasy.

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the classic novel by William Golding. It's beautifully made, but it's still telling the wrong story.

A few years ago, I went looking for the *real* Lord of the Flies. I wanted to know: has it ever actually happened? Have kids ever been shipwrecked on a deserted island?

It took me a year of research, but I found it. In 1965, six boys from a boarding school in Tonga stole a boat, got caught in a storm, and drifted for eight days without food or water. They washed up on 'Ata, a remote, uninhabited island in the Pacific. They stayed there for 15 months, and what happened on that island was the exact opposite of William Golding's novel.

These boys set up a small commune. They built a food garden, stored rainwater in hollowed-out tree trunks, created a gym with improvised weights, and built a badminton court. One of them, Stephen (who would later become an engineer) managed to start a fire using two sticks. They kept it burning the entire time.

Of course they fought too. But then they argued, they had a rule: go to opposite ends of the island, cool down, then come back and apologize. As one of them told me: ‘That's how we stayed friends.’

Back home, everyone assumed that the boys – Luke, Stephen, Sione, David, Kolo and Mano — were dead. When they were finally discovered by an Australian captain named Peter Warner, he radioed their names to Tonga. After twenty minutes, a tearful response came back: ‘You found them! These boys have been given up for dead. Funerals have been held. If it's them, this is a miracle!’

Peter commissioned a new ship, hired all six boys as his crew, and named the boat the Ata, after the island where he found them. They remained friends for the rest of their lives – Peter and Mano even became soulmates. I tracked them down, and it became one of the central chapters of my book Humankind.

Here's what struck me most: William Golding (the author of Lord of the Flies) was a troubled man, an alcoholic who once said ‘I have always understood the Nazis, because I am of that sort by nature.’ I think he was projecting his own darkness onto children. And we turned it into a lesson about human nature that we teach to millions of kids around the world.

I think the real lesson is the opposite. When real children found themselves alone on a real island, they didn't descend into savagery. They cooperated, they took care of each other, they survived.

I'm not saying that the Tongan castaways were representative of all kids everywhere. But I am saying that every kid who has to read or watch the fictional Lord of the Flies also deserves to know what actually happened when it played out in real life.

Stories are never just stories. We become the stories that we tell ourselves.

[MUNDIAL @MundialMag]

"It’s brewed in The UK. It’s made in the same place as Carling. The little fella with the waistcoat is just part of the con, it’s not even Spanish. It’s not from Madrid. It’s bullshit."

[Toni @toniwriter]

This is absolutely wonderful! @BKA_5_SCOTS spotted @jimmyfallon (who’s in Scotland on a solo trip) & invited him to dinner. His hotel manager lent him his kilt & full regalia & one of the battalion made him his own kilt that night, as well as gift him a regimental cap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Ryan @Radgey1984]

@Bigapplebears Was with you in January past for the OF game at the Spotted Dog. No issue with the $5 charge. Just happy if ever in NYC, there's a Bear friendly bar that's so accommodating.

[Linda Mac @Nevrspeakagain]

Some beautiful and profound words from Mourinho about our boy, which I'm sure are heartfelt by us all.

"The protagonism found him because of his talent"..🥹
Outside the managerial antics. Jose has always had a real profound and genuine way with words. He's always meant it when speaking so very highly of our club, supporters and culture.

Indeed, "we suffer together"
Real classy of him, this ❤️

[𝐬 🇬🇧⸆⸉ @redelitist]

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[Ryan @Radgey1984]

@WinterJeff Fully endorse your message mate. Sorry to hear about your former colleague. Watched Six in NYC in December - was a great show.

[Sᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀᴄ @ottawascot]

Everything okay @sc_bho?

[𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 @RFC_Michael_]

💙 On the third anniversary of his passing, we remember @RangersFC’s legendary kit man Jimmy Bell.

Jimmy’s remarkable 41 year career at the club will never be forgotten.

My thoughts are with his Family, Friends and colleagues today.

#AlwaysRemembered

[𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 @RFC_Michael_]

🗣️ @GNev2 on European Nights at Ibrox Stadium.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Dog's happiness after learning that her family also adopted her sister..😊❤️🙏

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

The noise inside Ibrox last night was mad.

Also, a shout for Rory Hamilton for this commentary, it’s absolutely superb.

[Sᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀᴄ @ottawascot]

Celtics last 6 attempts at the Mickey Mouse European Cup(s)

- 3rd in group. Put out in Conference League last 32 by Bodo/Glimp
- Bottom of group, out.
- Round 32, 4-2 loss to Copenhagen
- Round 32, 3-0 loss to Valencia
- Round 32, 3-1 loss to Zenit
- Bottom of group, out.

[APSM Rugby Channel 🏉 @ApsmRugby]

2000 Richard Harris & Peter O'Toole
Twickenham, Heineken Cup Final

[The Ref’s View @TheRefsView]

Yeah it’s as bad and damming as we thought, there is absolutely no way that goal should have been overturned.

Alan Muir has made two calls in a VAR room this year regarding decisions on a line and guessed them.

Willie doesn’t cover himself in glory either, a total mess.