@FishingNiche Shame that fish didn't bite his arms and legs off, maybe he'd have more respect for the crab. Before anybody kicks off I enjoy eating crab, just not torturing them.
This is the crisis everyone refuses to talk about in America.
I work alongside City Harvest, one of the largest food banks in the country.
There are 1.2 million people in New York City who are food insecure right now. Over half of them are children.
We go into the public schools and ask kids why they’re not doing well.
IT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE HUNGRY.
And yet we’re slashing the food programs.
In New York, Hochul and Mamdani held the line, but nationally this is what’s happening.
I’m fine with unequal outcomes, that’s capitalism and it works, but if you don’t create a basic platform of equal opportunity regardless of what family you’re born into or what zip code you grow up in, you’re going to lose the whole structure that made this country prosperous in the first place.
You can’t have capitalism without enough fairness to make people believe the game is worth playing.
A message from The Tartan Army 🏴
"Football was built on pies, bovrils and going to the game with yir da.
"No VIP lounges, $20 pints or $500 tickets"
"Get it right up ye" 🏴
The full UK State Pension is now worth around £12,548 a year. That's less than half the earnings of someone working full-time on the National Minimum Wage, despite many pensioners paying taxes and National Insurance for 40, 50 or even 60 years.
Yet every time the Treasury needs money, the same voices appear demanding the Triple Lock be scrapped.
Why?
State pension spending is forecast at around £154 billion this year, but that supports over 13 million pensioners, many of whom rely on it as their primary income. Meanwhile, billions continue to disappear into failed projects, government waste, bureaucracy, consultants, quangos and policies that deliver little value to ordinary taxpayers.
The Triple Lock isn't some gold-plated luxury. It exists because politicians allowed the State Pension to fall behind for decades. Even today, a full State Pension is barely above the poverty line and is nowhere near a typical working wage.
If politicians want to save money, start with waste, inefficiency and failed spending programmes.
Leave pensioners alone.
They worked, they paid in, they built this country and they deserve dignity in retirement, not another raid on their income.
🥹 Jurgen Klopp posted this for Jota:
To Diogo, wherever you are now... When the whistle blows for the 2026 World Cup, everyone will not just look at the green pitch; our eyes and hearts will all turn toward the sky. You were always that brave, relentless warrior—the player who gave everything for the badge he wore, whether it was the famous red of Liverpool or your Portuguese national team jersey. Your tragic passing left a void and a heartache that no tournament or victory can ever fill. We used to talk a lot about this World Cup, and your immense passion to represent Portugal on the world's biggest stage. Today, despite your physical absence, I am absolutely certain that your fighting spirit and determined smile will be the most prominent presence in your teammates' dressing room. I am supporting Portugal in this tournament for you. I will cheer for your teammates because I know they won't just be playing for the trophy; they will be carrying your legacy and passion with every kick and every goal. Your number 21 jersey will remain alive in the memory of everyone who loved you and shared those historic moments with you. Rest in peace, my boy...❤🇵🇹
🇯🇵 A Cruel End for Japan’s Warrior Captain
Some footballers leave their mark with tricks, headlines and highlight reels. Wataru Endo left his with honesty, courage and an unfashionable devotion to the team.
The moment he limped out of Liverpool's season at Sunderland, the fear was immediate. You watched a player who would willingly put himself in harm's way for the cause, and you wondered whether the price had finally become too high. Sadly, it has.
There's something particularly cruel about a captain being denied his final World Cup. Endo had earned that stage. He'd earned the armband. He'd earned the chance to lead his country one last time before passing the torch.
The reaction from supporters tells its own story. Not of a global superstar, but of a footballer held in genuine affection wherever he has played. People speak of a warrior, a professional, a man of character. Those aren't empty compliments. They're the tributes reserved for players who make others better, who carry responsibility without complaint and who never ask for applause.
Football increasingly celebrates the spectacular. Endo belongs to an older tradition. He wins duels, covers ground, protects teammates and accepts the hard work that allows others to shine. Every successful side needs players of his kind, even if they rarely occupy the headlines or match reports.
Japan will miss him. The game will miss him too.
A fine footballer, a respected captain and, by all accounts, a thoroughly decent man. His is a career worth saluting.
YNWA Wata 🔥
Run down the checklist of everything Vladimir Putin would want an American president to do.
-Go after our allies.
-Praise our adversaries.
-Unsanction Russian oil
-Pull 5,000 troops out of Germany.
Trump is doing every single thing on that list.
His tariffs are illegal and the war in Iran can’t seem to end.
That’s the scorecard. Make of it what you will.
My dad was a crane operator, earned union wages, putting in the time, and felt pretty good about himself.
He wasn’t Jeff Bezos, but his kids were going to do better than him.
That was the deal in the US and he believed in it.
When you feel that way, you’re basically agnostic to immigration.
But when you’re in decline, when the affordability crisis has you missing mortgage payments, skipping the dentist, watching your kids fall behind where you were at their age, the immigrants become the threat.
Not because they actually are, but because fear needs somewhere to land.
That’s not racism. That’s economics.
Fix the economics and you fix a lot of the rest.
The whole Liverpool side of X all talking about Darwin Nuñez coming back to Liverpool.
Let’s be honest that would be THE most exciting signing we could make this window.
Don’t care about the missed chances. I care about the passion, the intensity, the fact he’d die for that badge, and the fact he’s the one of the most entertaining players we’ve ever had in the league.
I haven’t given up on him, and I know I’m not alone.
BRING BACK THE CHAOS.