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Pro Humanity. No time for racists and warmongers! Free Palestine, Sudan, Congo always!
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God”.

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

WTF

AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books. Scanning their contents to train models. Then turning the originals to pulp.

The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded.

Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently. The knowledge survives only as training data inside a system no one can hold, browse, or resell.

What used to sit on a shelf for centuries now exists as weights in a model that might get deprecated next quarter.

[ℤ𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕙𝕦! @zee_zhu_]

This movie is sad because it's actually based on a true story

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

They have to use AI because there's not a single video in existence of Elon demonstrating the behaviors you'd associate with being a good parent.

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Welcoming the stranger lies at the heart of the Christian Gospel and our shared humanity. As we mark 75 years of the Refugee Convention, may we renew our commitment to ensuring that people forced to flee are met not with fear or division, but with the safety, dignity and hope that every person deserves.

[Javier Tebas Medrano @Tebasjavier]

En escasamente un mes Gianni Infantino retira una tarjeta roja bajo "sospecha"de intervención política.
Después, un requerimiento del Congreso de EE. UU para aclarar retirada de acusaciones por parte de FIFA,de ex miembros de FIFA condenados por corrupcion, entre otras cosas
Y ahora, FIFA promete más de 10.000 millones de dólares y hasta 20 millones adicionales a cada federación mientras prepara la entrada de inversores privados en sus derechos y competiciones.
No parece una reforma. Parece una campaña electoral financiada con el futuro del fútbol.
El desarrollo no puede utilizarse para comprar votos ni silencios. Las competiciones y los derechos comerciales de FIFA no son patrimonio personal de Infantino.
Quien mezcla política, disciplina, dinero y poder sin transparencia no puede liderar nada.
Infantino no es la solución a la gobernanza de FIFA.
Es el problema.
Nos vamos adentrando en el Icerberg y lo que queda por salir a flote.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (John 11,19-27)

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise."
Martha said to him, "I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day."
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world."

https://t.co/y43B8RHB0d

[BinfaceFanComm @BinfaceFanComm]

Reports that Binface is currently leading Nigel Farage.

Interesting...

Vote Binface for Clacton!

[Vatican News @vaticannews_es]

#29DeJulio ¡Muy buenos días! En este miércoles de la XVII semana del Tiempo Ordinario compartimos el #EvangelioDeHoy según san Juan 11, 19-27. Puedes leerlo aquí: https://t.co/W6W5XIYCCQ

[JPC @jpxan71]

For context, MattGPT had spent a couple of minutes calling for national service to be brought back and fighting back against machete wielding Tesco thiefs…
And then he got his ass handed to him all over again … which was very Gorton and Denton

[José Vico 🔻🇵🇸🇿🇦 @josevico4]

PP y Vox en les corts valencianes recortaron un 9% en prevención de incendios, ENTRE APLAUSOS, justo tres días antes del incendio de la Vall D'uixó en Castelló.

A la vez bajaron los impuestos a los ricos, también entre aplausos.
Quienes los votáis sois cómplices de esta mierda

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

A reflection by Pope Leo XIV

"Indeed, the search for truth is a good worth desiring and passing on. As we pursue it methodically, we come to understand that no field of study can be reduced to mere speculation. Precisely because it involves the exercise of both intellect and will, study is rather a commitment, requiring self-discipline and conversion: a transformation of the mind, which we cultivate like fertile soil by honing our tools of the trade. By doing our very best, we become responsible stewards in society without being seduced by careers focused on money. Let us rather recognize that culture is the good of humanity: truth sets us free, while falsehood distorts names and things. In the face of what dehumanizes people – especially the least among us, the poor and the sick – I ask you to be witnesses to Christian humanism."

(Address to the German Catholic Student Associations - June 5, 2026)

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Michael Gove turned up at work to vote completely off his face.

It's totally unacceptable, if you turned up to work like that you would be fired on the spot.

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

Five million visitors. One safer city.

As London welcomes millions this summer, we're continuing to make our city safer.

In Westminster alone, neighbourhood crime is down by 36% in the last year.

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

This one is really dicey.

FIFA is registered as a non-profit association under Swiss law. Its 211 member associations own it. It pays no corporate tax in Switzerland. And right now, while the ink is barely dry on the 2026 World Cup final, it is in advanced discussions to sell a minority stake in its commercial operations to private investors, with JP Morgan acting as financial adviser and Thrive Capital, whose chief executive is Josh Kushner, expected to lead the investor group.

UEFA is responding. And I see reason with them. Their statement called it a crossing of a line and said the soul and governance of football are not assets to trade.

Let me explain what is actually happening here and why both positions are legally and commercially coherent at the same time.

The legal vehicle at the centre of this is called FIFA Forward Enterprise, or FFE. It is a FIFA-owned company that would consolidate all of FIFA's commercial rights, broadcasting, sponsorship, ticketing, licensing, and the operational delivery of FIFA tournaments, into a single entity.

Based on how things are proposed, FIFA would retain majority control and exclusive authority over governance, competitions, the match calendar, and all regulatory and sporting decisions.

Private investors would then hold a minority, non-controlling stake in the subsidiary, not in FIFA itself. FIFA says the proposal could deliver more than $10 billion in football development funding over the next four years.

Now here is the legal position.

Under Swiss association law, FIFA has broad autonomy over how it manages and commercialises its assets, provided it pursues its statutory purpose of promoting football and follows its internal decision-making rules.

Creating a commercial subsidiary and selling minority stakes in it to private investors is not categorically prohibited under any applicable law. FIFA already commercialises its rights aggressively through sponsorships, media deals, and licensing arrangements worth billions of dollars per cycle.

Placing some of that commercial activity into a valued vehicle and inviting outside capital is structurally an extension of what FIFA already does, not a departure from it. The proposal requires approval from the FIFA Council and the 211 member associations. That approval process is where the real legal constraints sit, not in Swiss corporate law.

What UEFA is objecting to is not the legality of the structure. They are objecting to the incentive architecture it creates once private capital is inside the tent. And again, that objection deserves to be taken seriously.

Even with formal majority control retained, private investors seeking returns will create ongoing pressure. They will request more matches, an expanded calendar. They will make decisions that prioritise revenue over player welfare or competitive balance.

Of course that pressure will not arrive through a boardroom vote. It arrives gradually, through the logic of what a return on investment requires. FIFA can retain exclusive authority over sporting decisions and still find that sporting decisions are shaped by the financial expectations of its commercial partners. Those are not mutually exclusive outcomes.

The legal permissibility of this structure is high if internal approvals are obtained. The binding constraints are member consent, political capital, and the risk that private capital incentives gradually reshape priorities even under retained formal control.

Football has watched that process play out at club level for thirty years. The question being asked right now, with genuine urgency, is whether the same dynamic should be allowed inside the institution that governs the game itself.

My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

UK cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne is one of the biggest donors in British political history - his millions have put Reform UK on the map.

But our investigations team has seen evidence that he has played the electoral system, by declaring Thailand as his home while also at times continuing to claim residency in Hampshire.

He’s recently moved back, although when we visited his small village no one we spoke to had ever seen him. It’s illegal to say you’re a resident somewhere if you’re not - but when asked about Mr Harborne, the council told us they cannot comment on individual cases.

The Electoral Commission is understood to be in touch with the local council about our findings. Mr Harborne declined to comment on our findings but his lawyers insisted he complied with all applicable laws regarding his resident status.

[Malas Lenguas @MalasLenguas_Tv]

🚒 La Justicia da la razón a los bomberos de Madrid

⚖️ El TSJ declara firme la sentencia que condena al Gobierno de Ayuso por desviar 37,8 millones de euros de la tasa de incendios que debían destinarse a mejorar el servicio de bomberos.

📺 "Confirma las trampas que hace el gobierno autonómico a la hora de explicar la inversión que realiza en la lucha contra los incendios", expone Manuel Rico #MalasLenguas

[Wolf 🐺 @PsyGuy007]

🚨 🇫🇷 ALERTE VIDÉO : Hier, un pompier a filmé avec ses Ray-Ban Meta des images inédites de la ligne d’appui lors de son renfort sur le mégafeu en Gironde. On y voit la dure réalité du terrain, la chaleur intense, le travail acharné, aucun blessé heureusement.

Un ❤️ pour les ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​pompiers‼️

[Ricardo Arce @ElGatoArceArce]

Aquí comenzó la conspiración contra Argentina

[Vassiliki Souladaki @Vsouladaki]

As a Greek, I was introduced to Homer almost as soon as I learned to read. His epics are among the first great works we encounter at school, and they remain a living part of our cultural consciousness.
Given that, I really don't care whether Christopher Nolan has remained completely faithful to Homer or has taken creative liberties.

What truly matters is that he has brought Homer back into the world's imagination. If his film encourages people to return to the Odyssey, discover the Iliad, or venture further into the treasures of classical literature, then it has already accomplished something extraordinary. Any work of art that sends people back to the source has, in my view, made a genuine contribution to culture.

[Higgins Cartoons @higginscartoons]

What if
Count Binface wins the by-election?

Clacton would instantly become a quirky destination on the world map.
Tourism, jobs, hotels, restaurants, merch and 99' Flakes for 99p.

It would bring Clacton back to life, certainly more than an MP who only turns up for photo-ops.