Jamie Long

IN LOVE WITH LIFE.

[Jamie Long @JamieLong33]

@BBCNews Canada is a failed state and a complete joke that has been ripping off the USA for decades. Their economy is minuscule and we don’t need them. Fuck them.

[Ian Cull @ianculltv]

BREAKING: Spokane Sheriff’s office released new body camera video from the Spokane area fires where they worked to evacuate 65k people on 8/1. There’s also new chopper video showing the size of the flames.
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[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Deshaun Watson after hearing there's a trailer park in Ohio that only charges $140

[The Timeless Traveler 🇺🇸 @TimelessTrvlr]

Oslo was once ordered to move.

In 1624, a fire burned through the old city for three days. King Christian IV decided not to rebuild it in the same place. Instead, he ordered a new city built closer to Akershus Fortress, across Bjørvika. The streets were laid out in a grid, residents moved their businesses there, and the rebuilt city was renamed Christiania.

That decision still shapes central Oslo.

The medieval city had stood farther east, around what is now Gamlebyen. After the fire, the new Christiania was built beneath Akershus Fortress with a much more orderly street plan and stricter building rules.

Walk through Kvadraturen today and you’re still walking through that 17th-century layout. The rectangular blocks, straight streets and proximity to Akershus all come from Christian IV’s decision after the fire.

Akershus had already been standing for centuries by then. Construction began around the end of the 13th century, and its position above the harbor made it one of Norway’s most important defensive sites. Moving the city closer to it gave Christiania better protection.

The city kept Christian IV’s name for roughly 300 years. Christiania later became Kristiania, and in 1924 Norway’s parliament voted to restore the old name.

On January 1, 1925, Kristiania became Oslo again.

That’s what makes central Oslo so interesting to walk.

You can start around the remains of medieval Oslo in Gamlebyen, move toward Bjørvika, then continue into the streets laid out after the 1624 fire. In a relatively short walk, you can see the city before Christiania, the city built after the fire and the modern waterfront that came much later.

Oslo can feel very new around the Opera House, MUNCH and the towers of Bjørvika. But a few streets away, the layout still reflects a decision made more than 400 years ago.

If I were visiting, I’d spend time at Akershus Fortress, walk through Kvadraturen, then head east toward Gamlebyen.

It’s a much better way to understand how Oslo became the city it is now.

I write about places like this in my newsletter. If you like knowing the story behind a place before you go, join us.

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[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Texans owner Hannah McNair has gone viral for doing the "Southside" dance for fans in Houston.

One of the best owners in all of sports.

😭😭😭

[Jamie Long @JamieLong33]

@joshtpm Well since you are a little bitch as well, you must really know what that’s like.

[American Grim @Americangrim80]

No Rules, Just Us 😎🖤

[WarshipCam @WarshipCam]

USS Beloit (LCS 29) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship moored at the deperming crib on Lambert's Point Magnetic Treatment Facility in Norfolk, Virginia - August 13, 2026 SRC: FB- The Drone Angle

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

If genitals don’t define gender, how does removing them “affirm” it?

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

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KEVIN O’CONNELL “INFORMING” KYLER MURRAY AND JJ MCCARTHY… WHO THE #VIKING STARTING QB WILL BE.

TEARS.

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[Robbie Mouton @mcgmouton57]

A 2023 cognitive study conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki using the "smartDOG" testing methodology evaluated over 1,000 dogs across 13 different breeds.

The Belgian Malinois scored the highest overall, achieving 35 out of 39 possible points.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Sports Illustrated changed their Sophie Cunningham karma headline after getting obliterated online. https://t.co/zxcn9A2ep6

[RobLogic @RobLogic]

Rare 1920s footage of the Dutch East Indies (today’s Indonesia), filmed by Dutch colonial crews.

[Jamie Long @JamieLong33]

@SInow This article is garbage. So is Sports Illustrated. Karma? What a bunch of woke hypocrites! I hope Sophie kicks the shit out of this loser.

[ᴅᴇᴡ @Remnantize]

USS Nebraska

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

A calm sea at Pointe du Hoc.

[Raksha @caraksha103]

Working in corporate you start to learn that people aren’t really that smart