Maja

The EU right now.

Not a dry eye in the house as Wout van Aert wins the Queen of the Classics 🥹

WOUT VAN AERT WINS! 💛 #ParisRoubaix JOY FOR CYCLING FANS GLOBALLY! 😱

WOUT VAN AERT WINS PARIS-ROUBAIX

thinking about how easy it would have been to feel uncomplicated joy at the miracle of humans going to the moon if half of the world wasn't currently actively being butchered and amputated in part by the people who sent them there

Whenever I hear “AI is inevitable” I am reminded of J. Weizenbaum’s comment: “The myth of technological & political & social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience. Its service is to remove responsibility from the shoulders of everyone who truly believes it.”

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931-1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao

They want you to be a stupid, illiterate, friendless automaton garbling up AI slop and betting your meager savings on rigged NBA games and if you try to be anything better they want to be able to murder you in broad daylight.

Being a European today basically means having a pretty excellent day until around 5 pm when the White House starts posting the dumbest shit you've ever had the misfortune to read. Every. Damn. Day.

@cycloben2 1818

ADOPT A RIDER FOR YOURSELVES - 2026 EDITION This is the third year of this series, and this year it also serves as an almost perfect season opener, as the Women's Tour Down Under starts in a week. What do you need to do? In the comments, write a number between 1 and 1827; under each number, there is someone with a valid contract for 2026. This could be a World Tour, Pro Tour, or even a Continental rider, both from female and male rosters, and this time they are listed together. You might get a star, or a relatively unknown, rising talent - the point is to remember them, and we'll definitely revisit how the riders you were given performed at the end of the season this year! If you choose someone who's already been assigned, you'll get the next number in line! The 'game' starts now :)

Sinners and One Battle After Another was the perfect goodbye to the theatres

BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza - with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system - has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded. This is not war: it is genocide.

Tucked away in the #Pluribus credits, it reads, “This show was made by humans.” “I hate AI,” creator Vince Gilligan told Variety with a chuckle. “AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires. I think they’re selling a bag of vapor.” Read the full “Pluribus” story from @ethanshanfeld here: wp.me/pc8uak-1lGwMi

Entire team collapsing but I was told by reliable sources who had my best interest at heart that the protests "didn't help the cause"

@DLappartient @NicolasSarkozy

J’ai une pensée amicale pour mon ami @NicolasSarkozy en ce jour si spécial. C’est un immense serviteur de la France qu’il aime si profondément. Je peux témoigner de son énergie, son enthousiasme et son courage. Il aime les gens ! À très vite sur le vélo. Amitiés sincères !

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🇵🇱 A model teammate and an exceptional climber, twice polka dot jersey of the Tour in 2014 and 2016 and three-time stage winner. Congratulations on your career, @majkaformal and enjoy your retirement! 🇵🇱 Un équipier modèle et un grimpeur d'exception, deux fois meilleur grimpeur du Tour en 2014 et 2016 et triple vainqueur d'étape. Bravo pour ta carrière Rafal, bonne retraite !

@DerekGee7 Enormous respect to you Derek, we’re all with you! 🙌

Adams is stepping back at IPT ‘With steadfast commitment to our riders, staff, and valued partners, the decision has been made to rename and rebrand the team, moving away from its current Israeli identity. In sport, progress often requires sacrifice, and this step is essential to securing the future of the team.’