Dishen Kumar

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[Dishen Kumar @dishenkumar]

Share the saddest moment on a TV show. 😭

I'll start:

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:

• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.

• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.

• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.

• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.

• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.

• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.

• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.

• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.

• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Travel Jimat @TravelJimat]

TERKINI‼️

Tempoh sah laku Passport Malaysia dinaikkan ke 10 tahun dengan bayaran RM350 bermula hari ini!

[Bitcoin Malaya @bitcoinmalaya]

I hope Anthony Loke is listening…..

2 Malaysian Chinese brothers raced in high speed recklessly with their luxury vehicles in Kluang and killed an entire family of 4

including a 10-year-old child

many people are angry calling for death penalty

but do you know what is the max penalty for him under our Road Transport Act 1987?

• max 10 years prison
• max RM20,000 fine
• that’s it

this Chinese guy is wealthy and he will hire great lawyers……

we must voice up together for the Malay family to uphold the justice

Anthony Loke, I hope you are listening

[Keano🇳🇵 @UTDKeanoo]

🚨 JUST IN: This week on The Overlap.

[Richard Oluwamayowa @Olaogun_]

Hello @LCFC

I’m Olaogun, a winger also played as a striker from Nigeria. I’ve spent the last 3 years training daily to get one shot at professional football.

I’m not asking for a contract. I’m asking for 7 days on trial to show you what I can do. If I’m not good enough, I’ll walk away with no hard feelings.

I’m fast, direct, and I work harder than anyone on the pitch.

My highlights are here: https://t.co/nD68FCLsMn

Thanks,
Olaogun
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[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

Up the I'm far too fucking hot to think of something witty so I'll just say that I hope Spurs go down but if they don't then I'm more than happy with West Ham taking their place and here's to Bruno getting the assist record and annoying Roy Keane Manchester matchday Reds.

[CakoiPunk @Benny_TehVerto]

aku dah 3 kali undi , setiap kali nak sampai PRU
isu perkauman confirm berlambak

kalau makan lagi hasutan camni, korg confirm jenis bodoh gampang

[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

I did not expect to start my Wednesday morning with tears running down my face, but here we are.

[6ɪx✦ @ok6ixx]

I went to a small coffee shop in Shimokitazawa every morning for a week. By the third day, the barista started making my order as soon as I walked in.

On the fourth day, something different happened. She brought my coffee in a specific mug - bright blue ceramic with a chip on the handle.

I didn't think much of it until the next day. Same mug. And the day after that. Same mug.

On my last day, I asked her about it. She said "ah, you noticed. That is your cup now."

I said, "What do you mean by my cup?" She said "regulars get their own cup. I remember which cup belongs to which person. Your cup is the blue one."

I'd only been there five days. I said I'm not really a regular, I'm leaving Tokyo tomorrow. She looked surprised. "Oh. But you came every day at the same time, ordered the same thing. That is regular."

She said "I thought you lived in the neighborhood. I gave you a cup on the third day."

I asked what happened to my cup now. She said "I will keep it for you. Maybe you will come back someday. Your cup will be waiting."

I asked if she really keeps cups for people who might never come back. She said "yes. I have many cups in the back. Cups of people who moved away, people who changed jobs, people who maybe died. But their cups are still here."

"When someone becomes regular, they become part of the shop. Even if they leave, they still belong here."

I went back to Tokyo six months later. Went to that coffee shop. She saw me walk in and smiled. Went to the back and brought out the blue mug with the chip.

"Welcome back," she said. "Your cup missed you."

[hasbee running on fumes ♿🧠🦻- #AmendAktaOKU @hasbeemasputra]

Oh no. We are paying for it, through our taxes.

Bila healthcare & minyak, kemain ungkit subsidi lah, kerajaan tampung lah.

Skang aku ungkit, ini bukan free - it's paid for by taxpayers.

[6ɪx✦ @ok6ixx]

Got in a taxi in Hiroshima. The driver had a photo taped to his dashboard. Young woman in a graduation gown.

We drove in silence for a bit. Then I asked "is that your daughter?"

He said "yes. She graduated university last year. Mechanical engineering. Very smart."

I said that's great. He said "yes. I am very proud."

Then he said "she is the reason I drive a taxi."

I asked what he meant. He said "I used to be an engineer. Good job, good money. But very busy. Many nights I work late, weekends I work. I miss her childhood."

He said when she was in high school, she told him she barely remembered him from when she was young. "She said 'I remember mom reading to me. I remember grandma cooking. I don't remember you.' That hurt very much."

So he quit engineering and became a taxi driver. "Taxi jobs are flexible. I choose my hours. I was home every evening when she came home from school. I cooked her dinner. I helped with homework."

He said his wife and family thought he was crazy. "They said 'you make less money as a taxi driver. You waste your education.' But I didn't waste anything. I bought time with my daughter."

He said now she calls him every week. "We talk for hours. She tells me about her job, her life, and her boyfriend. She knows me now. Is worth more than any engineering salary."

I asked if he ever regrets it. He said "regret? No. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. I chose time. That was the right choice."

The photo on the dashboard wasn't just a photo. It was proof he'd made the right choice.

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

The KL Sessions Court has ordered Maybank to pay RM 166,000 in damages to a woman after finding it failed to prevent suspicious online banking transactions that drained her account.

Plaintiff Chan Yan Li said she lost the funds through multiple unauthorised transfers in 2021 without receiving SMS or app notifications.

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[Syed Jaymal Zahiid🌹 @SyedJymalZahiid]

FT Minister Hannah Yeoh revealed today that KL’s flood retention pond capacity has shrunk to just 30% of its original size. Why? Much of the land was ‘alienated’ to developers since 2015.

[6ɪx✦ @ok6ixx]

I borrowed an umbrella from my Airbnb host in Kyoto. I forgot to return it when I checked out, and realized when I was already on the train to Osaka.

I felt terrible. It was a nice umbrella, not a cheap one. I messaged the host apologizing.

She responded: "No problem! Enjoy the umbrella. It's yours now."

I said I'd mail it back. She said "please don't. Postage costs more than an umbrella. Just use it and think of Kyoto when it rains."

I insisted I wanted to return it. She said "okay, but I have a different idea. Next time you see someone who needs an umbrella and doesn't have one, give them this umbrella. Tell them to do the same when they are finished with it. Maybe an umbrella travels all around Japan helping people."

That idea was so beautiful I agreed.

Two weeks later I was in Hiroshima and it started pouring. A woman with a baby was standing under an awning looking stressed. No umbrella, the baby was crying.

I walked over and gave her the umbrella. Told her the story in broken Japanese. She understood enough.

She tried to refuse but I insisted. Told her "when you're done with it, give it to someone else who needs it."

She nodded, said thank you about ten times, and hurried off with her baby.

I got soaked walking back to my hotel but felt good about it.

Sometimes I wonder where that umbrella is now. Hope it's still traveling, still helping people.

[Richard Ker @richardker]

She was born the seventh of nine children in Kuantan.

Her father was a public servant who got transferred all over the country, so she grew up moving between small towns.

Her mother never finished school. But her mother worked harder than anyone she knew, and believed education was everything.

That belief sent Swee Lay Thein to medical school at Universiti Malaya. She graduated in 1975.

Then she moved to the UK and spent the next 20 years chasing one stubborn question. Why do some patients with blood disorders suffer terribly, needing transfusions their whole lives, while others barely feel sick?

The answer was hidden in a gene. Babies are born producing a special kind of hemoglobin that protects them. Then the body flips a switch and stops making it.

Swee Lay wanted to know what controlled that switch. If you could keep it on, you could save millions of lives.

It took her decades. She travelled across the UK collecting blood samples from families. She flew to Malawi to study a single family with 270 members across seven generations. She hit dead ends. She kept going.

In 2007, she and her team found the gene. They called it BCL11A.

That discovery led to Casgevy, the first FDA-approved CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. A real cure. Already changing real lives around the world.

Last month, Dr Swee Lay Thein stood on a stage in Los Angeles and accepted the Breakthrough Prize, often called the Oscars of Science.

She is the first Malaysian-born scientist to ever win it.
In her speech she said, "As a child hanging out with my older brothers, playing on old railway tracks in Malaysia, I never imagined being here today."

She dedicated the moment to her mother. The woman who never finished school.

A girl from Kuantan. A mum who believed in education even though she never got one herself. A daughter whose work is now saving lives around the world.

That is a Malaysian story.

Tahniah, Dr Swee Lay Thein. We see you. We are proud. 🇲🇾

[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

Never in doubt.

[Rebekka @rebekkarnold]

Kvaratskhelia is going to send Ben White all the way to Casa Amor in that final.