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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In America I ordered a milkshake and the young man turned it upside down over my head.

I did not move. A samurai does not flinch, even when the ice cream is above him and gravity is the law.

Nothing fell.

The cup hung there, upside down, defying the sky, and the boy held it over me with the calm of a man who has done this ten thousand times and buried his fear long ago.

This is the Blizzard. This is Dairy Queen.

If it falls, they told me, you get it free.

I understood at once. This was not dessert. This was an ordeal.

The boy was not showing off. He was swearing an oath, with his own arm, that he had made the thing thick enough to hang against the earth, and he was betting the price of it on his honor.

The flip is not a trick.

It is a vow.

In my land a smith proved his blade by cutting.

Here a boy of seventeen proves his by turning it over a stranger's head and looking him in the eye while the whole line waits to see if he lied.

He did not lie.

He set it upright, handed it to me, and said "there you go, man," then turned to the next customer as if he had not just gambled his good name across a counter.

I tipped him everything in my pocket.

He tried to give it back. He said it was just a Blizzard.

I told him it was not just a Blizzard.

I could not explain the rest in English, and there was a line, and he was busy.

So I bowed instead.

He said, "You too, man."

That answered nothing I had said.

It answered everything I had felt.

[ellen🍸 @algorecrave]

come on boys

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

On Argentina’s Independence Day, it’s always good to remember one simple historical fact:

The Falklands were the Falklands 100+ years before Argentina became an independent country.

Claiming ownership of something that pre-dates your own existence is… quite unusual! 🙃✌️

[Adam Hurrey @FootballCliches]

Mexico | Welcome to Dan Burn | Headers ● Blocks ● Bicycle kicks to the head | HD | 2026

[Will @Will_H_02]

We’re so back

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

From one small Atlantic island to another: good luck Cape Verde.

Purely island solidarity, obviously. 🇫🇰🇨🇻

[Cal_SCFC @cal_scfc]

Danny Murphy with a bizarre piece of commentary

[XavismoFCB @XavismoFCB_]

España: “Pues nos hemos puesto unos chalecos de hielo por el calor”.

Alemania: “Por aquí han caído algunos truenos”

Francia: “Hoy jugamos a por la mañana”.

El putísimo mundial de Inglaterra:

[Rangers Football Club @RangersFC]

🖋 We can today announce the signing of striker Lawrence Shankland on a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.

The @ScotlandNT international will join from @JamTarts on undisclosed terms once the transfer window opens.

➡️ Read more: https://t.co/23s7F5nDSw

[tom crisp @tomjc09]

someone call an ambulance i'm coming down with a severe case of world cup fever

[Carl Frampton MBE @RealCFrampton]

Blatant cheating and the whole world just saw it. It's nearly funny now

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Zohran Mamdani has turned blocks in front of 50 NYC public schools into car-free ‘Soccer Streets’ where children can play in celebration of the upcoming World Cup.

[Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636]

One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death.

Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

[Eye On Axis @eyeonaxis]

86-year-old Lao Huan and his cormorant fishing partner on the Li River. Yangshuo, China by Peter Yan

[__YC9__ @__YC9__]

Hits different now

[coist @coistbeck]

@drfc_official Japan

[coist @coistbeck]

@drfc_official Japan

[coist @coistbeck]

@drfc_official Made it to Japan @xLukeBailey

[The Rock Revival @TheRockRevival_]

Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure (Live at Maida Vale)

The Irish music scene right now is incredible 🤯