In 1981, Jean-Marie Le Pen didn't get enough signatures to stand for president. In 2002, he scraped through to the second round and won 18% of the vote. This Sunday, the party seems poised to seize power, or at least come very close to it. lemonde.fr/politique/visu…

"English exceptionalism comes in two forms. One is the idea that England is uniquely brilliant; the other that it is uniquely embarrassing." economist.com/britain/2024/0…

blokes just love wearing blue overshirts

Shauna Coxey is a brilliant commentator. Great technical analysis, picks up details her colleague misses

GOLD FOR TOBY ROBERTS!!! #Paris2024 #SportClimbing #Day5

Just incredible. No words. #Paris2024 #SportClimbing #Day5

Janja Garnbret defends her Olympic Gold, Brooke Raboutou banishes the demons of Tokyo 2020 to take Silver, Jessy Pilz wins Bronze in her second Olympic Final, and Team GB's Erin McNeice finishes in an incredible 5th place in in just her second senior season. Wow. #Paris2024

Janja tells Eurosport that her finger got stuck between two holds, which was the cause of her pain at the end of the boulder round. "I was crying, crying for some time, then said Janja, just focus!" - quote from Eurosport #Paris2024 #Sportclimbing #Day6

I could qualify for the 100m sprint, no problem.

If the person you’re dunking on has a blue tick, they will literally be paid for the extra views your quote tweet gives them. Hope that illuminates the dynamics of this platform

At the pool in Zagreb. Don’t need to book a slot in advance or wear a flotation device. Utterly depressing to see such permissiveness of spontaneity and disregard for health and safety. Hopefully a London council worker will teach them the proper ways soon enough!

Jeremy: All right. But I'm warning you, I'm only gonna do one unethical thing in my career. It just happens to be the very first thing.

Charlie Brown had hoes

aiming my big “the diminutive for Vladimir is Vova, not Vlad” cannon at the entirety of the Anglo-Saxon media

Read a couple of Bourdain books and enjoyed them. What are some more good food books that aren’t really about food?

Trieste

Building generational wealth

And in those days, pound coins had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. “Gimme five bees for a pint” you’d say.

Miyazaki: “Good job.” Yamamori: “It’s so short, though” Miyazaki: “But it was worth it.”