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La course au soleil, vraiment ? ☀️👀

#ParisNice 🎥 Mathilde L’Azou

14.03.2026 09:50 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
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I think Jensen had the right idea at #ParisNice today 🤿 😂 #Plowright

14.03.2026 10:48 👍 27 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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🇫🇷 Paris-Nice queen stage cut to 47km due to heavy snow ❄️

📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/auro...

📸 Cor Vos

14.03.2026 10:50 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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❄️ Parcours modifié en raison des conditions climatiques sur Paris-Nice

Départ à 13h45 pour 47km en direction d’Isola 📈

📷 Mathilde L’Azou

14.03.2026 11:11 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Looks like the radical left is dam serious! 🦫

13.03.2026 17:31 👍 520 🔁 135 💬 64 📌 28
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Sartory-Säle, Köln, Germany, 19 jul 1981 FULL VIDEO LIVE CONCERT
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Sartory-Säle, Köln, Germany, 19 jul 1981 FULL VIDEO LIVE CONCERT YouTube video by Max Zarucchi Max1334

youtu.be/cXFwxiC4Y8A?...

13.03.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media Turns Its Head Mainstream English-language outlets refer to the war as the “conflict in the Middle East,” as if the region just got up one morning and decided to set itself on fire.

Mainstream English-language outlets refer to the war as the “conflict in the Middle East,” as if the region just got up one morning and decided to set itself on fire.

13.03.2026 19:00 👍 56 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 0
On a lovely summer evening, Northern DMU 158797 - presumably working 2H97 - is just passing a cleared semaphore signal on the Settle-Carlisle line as it approaches Settle Junction. On the left is the line to Carnforth.

On a lovely summer evening, Northern DMU 158797 - presumably working 2H97 - is just passing a cleared semaphore signal on the Settle-Carlisle line as it approaches Settle Junction. On the left is the line to Carnforth.

Approaching Settle Junction. 7 July 2018. #railway #photography

13.09.2025 06:51 👍 52 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Morrissey cancels Valencia concert after being left in ‘catatonic state’ by city noise After latest concert cancellation, singer also describes Valencia hotel as ‘indescribable hell’ that will require ‘one year to recover’ from

keep the noise down @cmbreports.bsky.social Poor old Morrissey can't sleep

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

13.03.2026 18:08 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

The need for Leveson 2 never went away.

13.03.2026 17:41 👍 162 🔁 44 💬 2 📌 0
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In 2022, Michael Valgren spoke about not wanting an injury to be the end of his career.

Four years later, he’s winning again #TirrenoAdriatico

A pretty inspiring comeback 💪

13.03.2026 19:01 👍 60 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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In 2025 Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose outsprinted Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel to win Amstel Gold. Here he tells Cyclist about his training principles, mental fortitude and how to beat Pog in a race.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/mattias-skjelmose-interview

13.03.2026 19:01 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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They flew in like rockets 😦🚀

Lenny Martinez and Jonas Vingegaard made the breakaway look like they were standing still as the GC favourites caught them on Stage 6 of Paris-Nice.

13.03.2026 19:20 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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FOOD?!
Maya is expecting snacks.

#alaskahusky #dog #petsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky #dogs #sleddogs #husky

13.03.2026 19:44 👍 69 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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883 Town Halls in the Czech Republic, 765 in France, Belgium, Luxembourg raised Tibetan flag on 67th Tibet uprising day - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Mar13’26) –A total of 765 Town Halls in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg raised the Tibetan national flag to show solidarity with the Tibetan people on the 67th anniversary on Mar 1...

#Europe marked Mar 10 with a strong show of solidarity for #Tibet: 765 town halls in #France, #Belgium & #Luxembourg raised the Tibetan flag, echoed by hundreds across #Germany, 883 town halls, municipal buildings & 106 schools in the #CzechRepublic.
www.tibetanreview.net/883-town-hal...

13.03.2026 16:54 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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A new place to store your mid-ride banana? 😅

🇳🇴 Sakarias Løland taking a new approach to storing a banana before the start of 🇫🇷 Paris-Nice stage 6! 🤣

📸 Cor Vos

13.03.2026 16:33 👍 42 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2

“Don’t proudly announce an international war crime for at least 20 minutes” Pentagon challenge.

13.03.2026 15:59 👍 576 🔁 138 💬 2 📌 0
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Tibetan monk Palden Yeshi is serving a six-year sentence for teaching and protecting the #Tibetan language, marking yet another way #China is eroding Tibetan culture.

Read more: savetibet.org/tibetan-monk...

13.03.2026 15:35 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Harold Tejada (XDS-Astana) s'impose sur la 6e étape de #ParisNice ! Le Colombien (28 ans) a profité d'un moment de flottement à 4,5km pour attaquer, après une tentative de Lenny Martinez. Il signe son premier succès en World Tour.

Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) est 2e.

13.03.2026 15:45 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That’s what the Spiked idiots are: rentawankers for anyone who is willing to pay, and their entire job is to explain to dullards that the positions of libs and the left - anti-racism, anti-austerity, antiwar - are dumb, hypocritical and disgusting, whereas being a total cunt about everything is Punk

13.03.2026 15:42 👍 81 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
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Michael Valgren (EF) wins Stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico, first win since 2021 and after a long spell out of the sport following his crash in 2022

13.03.2026 14:43 👍 42 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Oil price profiteering will not be tolerated, says minister Ed Miliband says the competition watchdog is primed to intervene if firms use the oil price shock to

UK govt "will not tolerate" energy firms profiteering from Iran war.

It will do what?

Ofgem allows profiteering: electricity pricing formula is based on price of gas, renewables are the cheapest. Profiteering is built in.

Change the formula, levy windfall tax, prosecute profiteering execs.

13.03.2026 07:37 👍 447 🔁 190 💬 40 📌 12
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Medical update - Thibau Nys

Lidl-Trek is pleased to share that Thibau Nys has undergone successful surgery to address prepatellar friction syndrome in the left knee.

The whole Lidl-Trek family wishes Thibau a smooth and speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

Full update: racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl...

13.03.2026 13:49 👍 40 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
In war, geography matters as much as technology. Iran commands the entire northern shore of the Gulf, looming large over energy fields on its southern shore and all that passes through its waters.
Its Houthi allies are perched at the entrance to the Red Sea and along the passage to the Suez Canal; Iran is thus perfectly positioned to squeeze the global economy from both sides of the Arabian Peninsula.
Those in command of Iran today are veterans of asymmetric wars in Iraq and Syria. They are now applying the same strategy to fighting the US on the battlefield of the global economy. Drones, short-range missiles and mines setting tankers and ports on fire can have the same effect IEDs had in Iraq, only with greater impact
- disrupting global supply chains and sending oil prices higher.

In war, geography matters as much as technology. Iran commands the entire northern shore of the Gulf, looming large over energy fields on its southern shore and all that passes through its waters. Its Houthi allies are perched at the entrance to the Red Sea and along the passage to the Suez Canal; Iran is thus perfectly positioned to squeeze the global economy from both sides of the Arabian Peninsula. Those in command of Iran today are veterans of asymmetric wars in Iraq and Syria. They are now applying the same strategy to fighting the US on the battlefield of the global economy. Drones, short-range missiles and mines setting tankers and ports on fire can have the same effect IEDs had in Iraq, only with greater impact - disrupting global supply chains and sending oil prices higher.

Iran could sustain its counteroffensive more easily and for far longer. Furthermore, a ceasefire alone will not lift the shadow of risk that Iran has imposed over the Gulf, which is now experiencing its nightmare scenario. That is why Iranian leaders are saying they will not accept a ceasefire until Washington fully grasps the global economic cost of waging this war. Businesses, investors and tourists may not return to the Gulf states if they assume that war could resume again.
Unless the US is prepared to invade Iran to remove the Islamic republic's leaders and then stay there to ensure stability and security, confidence in the Gulf will only return if the US and Iran arrive at a durable ceasefire. The pressure is building on Washington to seek one. It is not just Gulf states that want an end to the fighting, but also countries across Asia, Africa and even Europe, all of which fear serious economic crises unless the fighting stops soon.

Iran could sustain its counteroffensive more easily and for far longer. Furthermore, a ceasefire alone will not lift the shadow of risk that Iran has imposed over the Gulf, which is now experiencing its nightmare scenario. That is why Iranian leaders are saying they will not accept a ceasefire until Washington fully grasps the global economic cost of waging this war. Businesses, investors and tourists may not return to the Gulf states if they assume that war could resume again. Unless the US is prepared to invade Iran to remove the Islamic republic's leaders and then stay there to ensure stability and security, confidence in the Gulf will only return if the US and Iran arrive at a durable ceasefire. The pressure is building on Washington to seek one. It is not just Gulf states that want an end to the fighting, but also countries across Asia, Africa and even Europe, all of which fear serious economic crises unless the fighting stops soon.

Cheerful stuff in the FT. Trump has started something that he cannot control. This is arguably far more significant for the world economy than the oil crises of the 1970s.

13.03.2026 08:33 👍 267 🔁 116 💬 12 📌 17
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🇫🇷 Paris-Nice Queen stage in jeopardy due to heavy snow and temperature forecasts as race organisers draw up ‘plan B’

📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/pari...

📸 Cor Vos

13.03.2026 11:58 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Spend the day with Olha Horenko, Doctors Without Borders Ambulance Doctor, who works near the frontlines in #Ukraine. 🚑

Olha and her team transfer patients from overcrowded frontline hospitals to safer medical facilities, making sure everyone stays stable, safe and well cared for along the way.

13.03.2026 13:03 👍 93 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 1
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💥💥💥 MICHAEL VALGREN WINS STAGE 5 AT TIRRENO-ADRIATICO!! After an incredible attack he rocketed to the finish line for a huge victory

📸: @gettyimages.com

13.03.2026 14:51 👍 54 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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'It's going to be the most beautiful of my life' - 🇨🇴 Tejada jubilant after first WorldTour victory

📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/its-...

📸 Cor Vos

13.03.2026 17:19 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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Over 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in #Lebanon, due to relentless Israeli bombings and widespread evacuation orders.

Watch Hisham Newashi and Zeina Ghantous, MSF Project Coordinators in Lebanon, share an update on the situation.

13.03.2026 17:28 👍 75 🔁 47 💬 0 📌 2
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Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5: American star matches Del Toro on searing climb to set up big GC battle this weekend. bit.ly/4sC8QEO

13.03.2026 17:45 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0