Eid Mubarak. Today, our thoughts are with the people of Palestine, Sudan, and Congo, who are once again enduring Eid amidst the horrors of genocide, war, and persecution. Please consider supporting them through the resources in this thread if you can 🧵

More important than winning the CL.

now World War II doesn’t sound fun. but being in a trench sounds awesome. just in a hole with your boys. writing love letters. eating beans. and best of all it’s Christmas

Finally.

Pope Francis has died. One of his last public statements about the ongoing genocide: "I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza. Unarmed civilians are subjected to bombings and shootings. It is terrorism."

Gary Lineker: “I know where I stand —against the mass murder of thousands of children (in Gaza)…” When told the BBC must be impartial, he points out that it wasn’t on Ukraine. When told it all started on Oct 7, he rightly corrects it: “It started way before Oct 7…”

Learnt today that you can type any nonsense into Google followed by "meaning", and AI will assume you're searching a well-known human phrase and frantically come up with what it thinks it could mean.

Conclave is finally streaming in the UK. Beautiful.

Jackie Chan accidentally getting stuck inside a gorilla costume and then having to fight off 100 guys

Cool people choosing to work with an abuser will always be disappointing.

Just an incredible piece out of POLITICO Europe: Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the conclave IRL A majority of the cardinals were appointed by Pope Francis and haven’t been around long enough to know how it all works. politico.eu/article/cardin…

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🚨 Whistleblower reveals that the BBC has DIRECT instructions to safeguard Israel’s image.

Slightly more than I expected tbf it is a pretty mainstream list.

They should make a Frasier bar. Like a sports bar except they play Frasier