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The fastest woman alive flew to rural Australia to chase down amateurs on a grass field for $27,500. The Stawell Gift is a 148-year-old handicap sprint held every Easter in a town of 6,000 people in western Victoria. 120 meters. On grass. Uphill. Lanes separated by rope, not paint. The twist: slower runners get up to a 10-meter head start. The world champion starts at zero. Richardson gave away 10 meters to her closest competitor. Some runners started 25 meters ahead. She had to close that gap over 120 meters of grass while running uphill. She won her heat in 13.8 seconds. In 144 years of the men's race, only two men have ever won from scratch. In the women's race (started 1989), only two women. The handicap system is specifically designed so the fastest runner should lose. The race started in 1878 at the end of the Australian gold rush. The distance, 120 meters, comes from the gap between two pubs in Sheffield, England, where professional sprinting began. Competitors historically trained by chasing kangaroos. 737 athletes entered this year. Prize money: $40,000 AUD. Last year they paid Australia's teenage sprint star Gout Gout $50,000 just to show up. He got eliminated in the semis. The handicap ate him alive. Richardson said it felt like being a kid again, playing tag. The woman who runs 10.65 described the hardest race on her 2026 calendar as "playing rabbit."

Marco Rubio 2 days ago: “Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military” Trump today: “We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military” Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

My blood is boiling 🥵 don’t know how @itsdeaann keeps it together listening to this‼️

Ron DeSantis gave you the math at the podium. "If the Save America Act federally were to be enacted, 99.7 percent of Florida voters have already complied with what that law requires." His own number. His own podium. The Villages, this morning. Florida's Office of Election Crimes and Security put a finer point on it. The state's own January 2026 report found 198 likely non-citizen registrations out of more than 13 million people on the voter rolls. One hundred ninety-eight. In a state of 23 million people with an already-functioning prohibition against non-citizen voting that was written into the Florida Constitution in 2020. That is the problem the Florida SAVE Act solves. A 0.0015% rate, already illegal, already prosecuted, already constitutional. The bill still bans student IDs as valid voter identification. It still takes effect in January 2027 — conveniently after November's midterms, when it could have affected turnout. The ACLU and League of Women Voters filed suit the same day he signed it. He predicted that at the podium too: "They go to a liberal judge. The liberal judge sides with them. Then we appeal and then we win, right?" He signed a bill he expects to lose in court to solve a problem his own numbers say barely exists... and called it election integrity.

@JAviQt1 @TheNBABase @JCowleyHoops Pretty sure all of his responsibilities and team expectations were laid out in his contract, which he gladly signed.

If a man wants to play dress up as a woman and undress in a woman’s locker room that’s fine If the NBA wants to ask someone to participate in things that betray their religious conscience and it makes them “uncomfortable,” that’s fine. If LGBTQ rhetoric is pressed upon players daily, that’s fine. If players tell someone they’re homophobic and mentally ill that’s fine.

Internal issues leading to Jaden Ivey’s exit from the Bulls, per @JCowleyHoops - Destroyed the locker room “sanctuary” - Constant preaching made players uncomfortable - Religious rhetoric “pressed” upon teammates daily - Told players who was “righteous and unrighteous” Bulls reportedly viewed the behavior as “weirdness” in the workplace.

@kylegriffin1 Your daily reminder that Whiskey Leaks paid $500K to silence a sexual assault allegation. He also sucks at pull-ups.

@Andy280819 @qpe I know you think muscles are pretty and all but it's true.

@Third______ @qpe Cool story

Someone tell me how GGG is going to box when he’s on his back Aaron Donald isn’t some body builder he’s one of the strongest and most explosive elite athletes in NFL history. He’s used to bulldozing and manhandling 320 pound lineman GGG better KO him cold on his way in 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Andy280819 @qpe Only if you know how to use it in a fight. AD better have any kind of jab to keep GGG off him or its over. You've got to bend down for a takedown. What do you think happens when you put your face in punching range?

@qpe Size matters

@respalje @emeriticus When conservatives show any semblance of sympathy or outrage over children being murdered in schools without mentioning the 2nd amendment, maybe that would happen.

Newsmax is more sycophantic toward Trump than Fox News. It’s basically state media for MAGA. Trump lashing out like this is very strange. I think the question about him putting ICE in airports is what set him off because that deployment is a test run for deploying feds to the polls for midterms in an effort to suppress voter turnout through intimidation. Steve Bannon has admitted as much. Trump is like a child in that he thinks he can do something so brazenly corrupt and also have nobody notice what’s happening, which is why he gets so upset at this reporter from a pro-Trump network. And like a child, he knows he’s doing something he’s not supposed to be doing and gets angry when you notice.

@atrupar Israel first Zionist Senator Rick Scott of Florida you know the one that ripped off Medicare for billions and is now trying to cut it and Medicaid along with subsidies for Affordable Health Care to give the money to Israel. Brave girl good for her.

@dickiep284291 @LordTyphus40000 @DefiantLs Then address it? Why is that ok? They were teenagers too. Make any kind or strong, merit-based argument for it and I might listen to you about Jennings' argument. I dont get how you can dismiss it but try to argue his point.

@LordTyphus40000 @DefiantLs Severely weak argument. This is what you stupid fucks are going to hang your hat on?

Scott Jennings: "If I can’t trust you not to put a boy in a teenage girl’s locker room, how will I ever listen to your plan for taxes and the economy?" "I will not, because I’ve already concluded you’re a lunatic."

@dirt_tard @AddyAdam8 @xevekiah Are you dense? How many bear videos are on the internet where no one is even injured? And where are you getting 25%? Either he's good or bad, it's 50-50. Is math hard for you?

@Third______ @AddyAdam8 @xevekiah No, it’s a 100 percent chance to be killed by the bear and a .25 prevent chance to be killed by a man.

"If you were stuck in the woods, would you rather find yourself alone with a man or a bear?" Women immediately and without hesitation: A bear. Men bitching about women picking the bear: you would not pick a fucking bear you liar. A quote I heard someone (itzkenny via TikTok) say in response to these type of men: "This is a hypothetical question and you still won't take no for an answer." *mic drop*

@HausenKS Funny that you only see the cult-like behavior on one side but have you condemned it on the other, far more dangerous side?

Last political post for awhile I hope, but this has to be said. I’m not a Trump supporter and honestly, a lot of people who aren’t Trump supporters are still completely fed up with the far left right now. Not because of “progress,” or “fairness,” or any of the values they claim to own. It’s because of the behavior: the purity tests, the tribalism, the reflex to label anyone who disagrees, even slightly, as an enemy. One wrong word, one nuanced opinion, one “I don’t fully agree,” and suddenly you’re a fascist, a bigot, or “part of the problem.” That’s not activism. That’s a cult mindset. Compromise is treated like betrayal. Questions are treated like violence. And “the science” gets invoked like a religious slogan, right up until the data becomes inconvenient, then it’s ignored, reframed, or shouted down. Meanwhile, the same people who demand empathy have none for anyone outside their in-group. Normal people are exhausted. We want solutions, not moral grandstanding. We want reality, not ideology. And we’re done pretending this kind of insane extremism is “just being passionate.” Sincerely, Normal people everywhere

@TMsalutesyou @RepFine The level of stupid here is staggering.

@RepFine When we Congress pass a law banning head dresses…this is America not Somalia …we want to see hair

You should be deported.

@dirt_tard @AddyAdam8 @xevekiah Love the math buddy. Its a 50% chance in the scenario. How do you not get that?

@AddyAdam8 @xevekiah We can respect the woman’s choice of certain, brutal death over a less than one percent chance of being the victim of a violent crime while also laughing our asses off at the sheer stupidity of said answer.

@FritzyPommes @SteezyyTommyy @xevekiah More likely, they hate him, that's why he's so bitter towards them.

@SteezyyTommyy @xevekiah All of your posts about women are either shitting on them or bringing up trans women when they're like 1% of women. Do you even like women?

@BananaBatmans @mr_mackie1 @rishab70113 @xevekiah Dude, you're the reason they choose the bear. You'd rather call them stupid or liars or any thing other than respect their choice. Learn to shut up, listen and learn and grow.

@mr_mackie1 @rishab70113 @xevekiah you women who do this fake bullshit are retarded. A bear will definitely attack you in person. Just because it’s not instant doesn’t mean it’s not a given. Even animal trainers get attacked by bears they raised since cubs. Women can rape, don’t see men crying over hypothetical

@23RED24 @xisastupid71 @rishab70113 @xevekiah Whats worse is that they're basing the choice on having experience with men in society. Thats the telling part.

@xisastupid71 @rishab70113 @xevekiah You’ve encountered a full grown bear up close in the wild? And still pick the bear?

@Brondain @JhalinTen @Mich_MHA @xevekiah Its like you couldn't miss the point more if you tried. Lol. From personal experience, women are saying they would rather face a bear than the 50% odds the man is a good person and not an opportunist with no witnesses around.

In other words, a break from reality. Yes, men are dangerous. It's good to be aware of that. Dangerous does not equal being a danger though. In the situation presented, your choice of a bear is choice made of ignorance laced with social conditioning. That said, you can choose the bear. I wouldn't stop you, nor would I save you from the inevitable consequences. That's called respecting women's right to choose. 👍