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Partying makes hard work worth it particularly with good friends. White wine is best with sloe gin catching up!

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Tartan Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @TartanArmyGroup]

We’ve learnt some bad news that Donny Strathie passed away in Boston on Sunday. He had a ticket for the Morocco game, but never got the chance to realize his World Cup dream.

It would mean a lot to his family if we could organise a minutes applause in the 76th minute of the Morocco game.

#TartanArmy #TartanArmyTribute #RIPDonny

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

If there is a group that doesn't deserve thugs terrorising its streets it is the people of Belfast. Their city bears the scars of decades of violence and unrest. Shame on the louts subjecting them to more and the cretins encouraging them.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

There are credible allegations made against Donald Trump that he mutilated a child’s nipples while raping her.
Allegations so serious, his inner circle had to meet in the Situation Room to discuss them.

I mean, how the fuck isn’t this the biggest scandal in the world right now?

[The Footy Feed @TheFootyFeed]

Ian Wright is an absolute hero for saying how we all feel about this World Cup…

“I've just read that the Somalian referee has been denied entry. Every few hours it's another story, another story about fans denied, players denied, officials denied, journalists denied, now refs," Wright said.

"You know something I'm laughing but it's not funny, it's actually not funny and something has to be said.

"The expensive tickets, the most expensive tickets ever, expensive accommodation, transport through the roof. It has to be said.

"Is this how the hosts behave really for the greatest game, the greatest tournament in the world, is this how the hosts behave?

"Are we not hearing more? Are we seeing how Qatar got dragged, are we not hearing more? Is this the spirit of football, really?

"You know who I feel for? I feel for the American fans who are desperate for this, American soccer fans who are desperate for this, how embarrassed they must be. How embarrassing for them this must be.

"This is the World Cup, this is a World Cup of chaos. Whoever wins this World Cup is going to have to go through some serious chaos to get this done.

"I hope we can do it, but something has to be said now. This is the World Cup."

[British Indians Voice 🇮🇳🇬🇧 @BritIndianVoice]

One Sikh man committed a murder.

535,000 British Sikhs did not.

They served in our armies.

They built our cities. They fed our homeless.

They sheltered our children after Manchester.

Know your allies. Don’t let hatred win.

#BritainTogether #BritishIndians

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A message to all sane Republicans:

He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.

He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.

He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing.

He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing.

He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.

He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing.

He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing.

He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing.

His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing.

He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing.

His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing.

He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing.

He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing.

It’s time to start talking.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

It would be pretty cool if billionaires started competing over who could plant the most trees, house the most homeless people, and remove the most pollution from the Earth.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Current summary of right wing UK politics:

Conservatives - We've suddenly remembered lots of things we accidentally forgot to do during our 14 YEARS in government that we would definitely do straight away this time, promise

Reform - The Conservatives who messed the country up for 14 years were worried you wouldn't vote for them again so have made another party and are hoping you won't notice it's full of the people who messed up the country for 14 years

UKIP - We still think it's 1998

Restore - Led by a bore in need of a golf club. Been chucked out of Reform for being racist? We're the party for you!

[Sansky @sanskarstine]

Nobody was ever killed for Being Straight,

So stop with your bullshit,

And yes we need pride month!!

And if you don't like?
Then fuck off and stay home!!

[girlsay. @_GirlSay]

"Men go through false r@pe cases" ok then stop having s€x with women. Don't put yourself in dangerous situations. Stay home. Don't let women into your house.Don't give s€xual vibes. Be a good boy and don't ask for it

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Great to be with Tennessee Rep. @BrotherJones_, a leader in the fight against the MAGA effort to silence Black voters across America.

WE WON'T BACK DOWN!

We have to meet this moment with urgency — in every state, at every level.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Let me get this straight.

Trump, the only president since Nixon not to release his tax returns, and who promised he would release his tax returns when he was president, is suing the government for $10 billion dollars in "damages" for leaked tax returns which reveal his corruption.

And his DOJ, which is run by his personal lawyer who he appointed as "Acting AG," is going to settle.

So the American people are now gong to personally pay a corrupt president $10 billion of our hard earned tax dollars, because his feelings got hurt when his shady tax returns were leaked?

Got it. 👌

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

REMEMBER WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

No matter how you vote in the #LocalElections, Labour will hold power nationally for 3 years with a big majority, that won’t change

What WILL change is your local council’s Competence, Accountability & the Quality of Your Public Services

That choice is yours
Your vote matters

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about the £5m.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about his support for the Iran War.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about Nathan Gill.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget his support for Trump, Orban, Le Pen and Milei.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about his antisemitism.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about DOGE failing.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about the Clacton house.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about the councillors dropping like flies.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about the council leaders sacked for racism and ineptitude.

Nigel Farage wants you to forget about the racist candidates, the misogynists, anti-Muslims, the hypocritical and criminal Reform UK candidates.

Tell everyone, don’t let anyone forget.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Myth: "I only wear vegan fabrics. Better for the animals, better for the planet."

Let's check in on Doris's annual contribution.

Once a year, in late spring, Doris is sheared. The procedure takes approximately three minutes. Doris does not enjoy it. Doris does not, by any visible measure, suffer from it. Doris is, immediately afterwards, a noticeably more comfortable animal in the British summer.

The fleece weighs approximately 3 kilograms. It is sold to the British Wool Marketing Board for, depending on the year, between £0.40 and £2.50 per kilogram. The shearing costs more than the wool fetches. Brian is shearing Doris at a loss.

The wool is then:
- Naturally flame-retardant
- Naturally antibacterial
- Moisture-wicking
- Biodegradable
- Renewable, annually
- Carbon-storing while in use

The replacement, in performance fabrics:
- Polyester
- Polyamide
- Acrylic
- Polypropylene
- All petroleum-derived
- All shedding microplastics on every wash
- All requiring fossil fuel inputs to produce
- All non-biodegradable, with a typical landfill lifespan of 200-500 years

A single wash of a polyester fleece can release up to 700,000 microplastic fibres into the water system. These fibres are now in: every tested water source on earth, every tested human placenta, every tested rainfall sample, the deep ocean, the Arctic ice, and the lungs of marine mammals.

A single wash of a wool jumper releases: nothing. The wool, when eventually disposed of, returns to soil within a few years.

The fabric being marketed as the "ethical" alternative to wool is plastic.

The plastic is "ethical" because nobody has been asked to slaughter the polymer.

The polymer also has not been asked.

Doris, by being a sheep on a fell, is producing the most thoroughly sustainable performance fabric humans have ever made.

Brian is selling it at a loss.

The fashion industry, meanwhile, is selling petroleum at a profit and calling it ethical.

Reject plastic. Wear wool.

Doris is, this morning, growing next year's batch.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Louisiana’s GOP governor just declared a STATE OF EMERGENCY to CANCEL an election.

Not for a storm — but to redraw maps so he can ERASE a historically Black district.

They’re not even hiding it. MAGA is rigging elections to silence YOU.

[Alethea Bernard @Tush27J]

This is Nigel Farage at a Reform Party Conf mocking Keir Starmer over the freebie glasses Starmer received.
It is now revealed Farage received an undeclared £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
Farage is a HYPOCRITE.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Trump: Biden gave 350 billion dollars for Ukraine, which was insane. It’s one of the reasons why the war went on.

No, you f*cking traitor. The war continues because your buddy Putin is still bombing and occupying Ukraine, and you won’t hold him accountable for it.