The UK has experienced the biggest fall in trusting news among G7 countries: from 50% in 2016 to 30% on 2026

Edinburgh in the history of football: John Hope, a 17 year old Edinburgh University student, founded the first 'foot-ball club' in December 1824 1824 1st Foot-ball club 1833 1st written rules 1851 1st medal 1858 1st inter-school match 1861 1st raised game for girls 1871 1st internatl.rugby game

Edinburgh & codified sport [From '1824 The World's First Foot-ball Club'] Bless the enterprise of the 'Embra: bourgeoisie: First clubs founded for archery, golf, gymnastics & 'foot-ball'; First rules for golf, bowls, curling, Foot-ball; First trophies for golf & bowls.

Rome & the USA: Two empires separated by 4000 miles & 1700 years but both founded on slavery & the conquest of indigenous communities.

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Gora Euskadi! The English Premier League now has four Basque head coaches: Arteta (Arsenal) Emery (Aston Villa) Iraola (Liverpool) Alonso (Chelsea) Eddie Howe (Newcastle) is now the only English manager. No English coach has ever won the EPL. Population: Euskadi 2.2M England 58.6M

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Ocean Cleanup estimates that it covers 620,000 sq miles and contains over 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 110,000 U.S. tons. It is scattered debris, mixed with tiny fragments and larger objects, drifting through an enormous stretch of open ocean.

We produce 460 million tonnes of plastic every year — 230 times the amount produced in 1950. Only 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled; the rest is burned, sent to landfills, or quietly accumulating in the environment. Microplastic particles are in our blood, brain & placentas of newborns.

and... In north London, Arsenal claim "the streets are our own" Islington Council: stated that "over a million" people attended the celebration (which is considered the most reliable figure available). Arsenal ALL England 🏆 champs

Someone claimed Arsenal was simply the most multicultural club in Europe. WRONG arsenal is bigger than that It's OMNI-cultural: universal It's POLY-cultural: diverse It's MACRO-cultural: systemic It's MEGA-cultural: bloody huge Local & global Feel the love

*united republic

It wasn't anti-Tory sentiment against 6 MPs but against 14 years of Tory government. And why did the vote switch to SNP rather than stick with Labour in 2015? In 2015, the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats and 50% of the popular vote.

Solar and wind provide the cheapest, lowest emissions, most reliable and most resilient energy in history. At current growth rates, combined solar, wind and hydro generation will catch combined coal and gas generation in 2030. pv magazine International share.google/2gPvXFhi5WcR...

World's most dangerous on-line extremist identified 👇🏼

March 13, 2026, a federal jury in Fort Worth convicted nine people of providing material support to terrorists. Not for shooting anyone. Not for planning violence. For attending a protest outside an ICE detention facility while wearing black. open.substack.com/pub/critical...

Poverty in the USA: It takes much longer to get $1 in income in US than in UK, France & Germany Economist Olivier Sterck estimates the time it takes people to obtain $1 in income. In the U.S.it took 63 minutes in 2025. By contrast, in France, Germany & the U.K.only about 30 minutes are needed.

If this 👇🏼 is "debt" who owns it? Because sovereign governments can issue their own currency, they can never run out of money to pay off their debt, making the identity of the owner irrelevant in terms of solvency. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...

In a survey of people who think their fellow citizens are moral Canada & the USA are the most extreme: Canada: 92% think their fellow citizens are moral USA: 47% think their fellow citizens are moral. The ONLY country with a negative majority. 66% of Canadians live within 100km of the USA border!

In ye olden days women were undermined by being called girls

I'll never forget the joy I felt as a kid one morning when I realised I had the complete set of MAN FROM UNCLE bubblegum collector cards. As a close second: the UNCLE agent's ID card I sent off for. (Sad wee f*cker😂)

WAGES USA: 👇🏼👀 while both productivity & corporate profits relentlessly rise working class wages have stagnated SINCE THE LATE 1970s 👇🏼👀

The facts are hiding in plain sight 👇🏼👀 The profile of the American oligarchy in power: 👇🏼👀 the wealthiest 1% held $55 trillion in assets in 2025 — roughly equal to the wealth held by the bottom 90% 👇🏼👀 16 of Trump’s 25 wealthiest appointees & nominees were members of the 0.0001% (813 US billionaires)

Here's what comes up if you search Pinker on edge.org👇🏼 Surely this is a description of the intellectual salon with which Epstein lured the academic 'great & the good' into his spider web?

A.R.S.E.N.A.L. WHATEVER THE WEATHER 😎

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"In 2024, the bottom fifth of U.S. earners averaged $18,460 in household income. While small, their share of total national income has fallen sharply, declining by about 28% since 1974." "On the other hand, the top 5% of earners, averaging $560,000 in income, has seen it share expand by 6.6%."

Inequality today : "The top 0.001% (about 56,000 adults) have 3 times more wealth than half of the entire world population combined"

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