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New substack article from @TheHurtch titled "The Unending G(r)ift of Onyeka Nwelue:
thehurtch.space/p/the-unendi…
There are two types of people in the world:
People who take the world as it is, and people who take the world as they desire it to be.
Mark Carney seems to be the later.
🚨 BREAKING: EU countries have dropped the idea of offering Canada "associate member" status in the 27-member bloc, opting instead for softer language promising "ever closer association," according to a draft statement, seen by POLITICO.
Full story: vist.ly/5qd4s
LMAOOOO
Niggas swore they hated Pax Americana but will truly cry and beg for it when it's finally gone [and Pax Sinica takes its place]
LALIGA lamenta profundamente la ofensa que los recientes comentarios de Kylian Mbappé han causado entre los aficionados chinos. Estos comentarios fueron realizados a título personal y no representan a LALIGA. En la medida de nuestra responsabilidad institucional, pedimos disculpas en nombre de LALIGA y de todos sus clubes.
El fútbol español defiende el respeto, la convivencia y la unión entre personas de todas las culturas. Trasladamos nuestro respeto a China, a sus instituciones y a su pueblo, y valoramos profundamente el apoyo de los millones de aficionados que nos siguen cada semana. Reafirmamos nuestro compromiso con una relación construida durante años.
Estamos trabajando con nuestros socios e interlocutores institucionales en China para abordar esta situación. Asimismo, pondremos en marcha, en colaboración con los clubes y los jugadores, un protocolo de sensibilización y comunicación que promueva el respeto a las distintas culturas y contribuya a prevenir situaciones similares.
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Contexto importante: Mao Zedong fue efectivamente un dictador.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
BBC is so awful.
This is an horrible headline framing for a cleric killed because he was known to preach against extremism.
Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria bbc.in/4sto6Fj
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He is not controversial in any sense, he encourages peaceful coexistence and calls for dialogue with other religions.
metoricpost.com/2025/06/02/102…
In the face of growing anti-Pangram propaganda, it’s important to state that it remains the most efficient [and accurate] AI-writing detection tool in the market.
But the efficacy of "AI detection" technology is not equally distributed.
For example, [trained] humans are still superior at detecting AI-gen images and manipulative algorithms.
But indeed [and as a matter of fact], software can easily and accurately detect AI-gen texts now.
This is one of the reasons I have always considered “white supremacy” from Europeans (particularly Brits) to be both hilarious/pathetic.
There are things KKK bros in the US can get away with (because it’s a rich country) that you can’t get away with.
More bad news for UK universities with another sharp fall in visa applications to study in September. Latest drop means 83,000 fewer international students applied to come to UK universities in summer recruitment window in 2026 compared to 2023 timeshighereducation.com/new…
Even more remarkably, some British citizens already gain from fees supported by international students, yet they still demand lower local rates while somehow holding anti-immigrant views.
How in god’s good name is this supposed to function in any sensible way?
Populism is such an awful poison and France appears to be firmly in its grip.
In my view, the right-wing surge in Latin America is better understood through an anti-incumbency lens than through the USAID, Trump, or American frameworks many seem to prefer.
This movement has also appeared in Europe and even the United States itself.
France currently stands at the edge of a financial crisis that could make the Greek fiscal collapse seem like a joke.
“May you live in interesting times…”
