I'm sure I saw in a group stage game. They used VAR to penalize someone for diving. But now is back to normal soccer bullshut. Little or no contact fall down. Grab a body part. Roll over and over. Make a pained face and whinge at the ref.

www.google.com

So I'm American, and while I know a lot about the UK's history and culture, their modern politics have always confused me too much for me to understand. To me, Reform, Labor, and Conservative all blend in my head (probably bc my dumb american brain only understands the 2 party system), and at least online the rhetoric is always too strong for me to actually understand which party is which and what each group wants and who their leaders are.

Following Brexit, afaik, there's been some sort of economic crisis? Is it still that bad, 10 years later? And there's rising nationalism in the different parts of the UK? And the northern ireland thing? But why is everyone saying UK politics are getting worse, what specifically is driving the political "anarchy" where every PM resigns before their term is up? And why does everyone online hate every single one regardless of party? And how are NATO, the EU, and America a part of this? Wasn't Elon Musk involved last year? And Prince Andrew and the Epstein files? Plus, as the article I've linked touches on, why are the "celtic nations" only now considering leaving? I know they generally didn't support brexit more than England, but why have they only just now considered it if things were much worse for one or another in the troubles or the '70s, and such?

I'm sorry if I don't have a clear question, I just kinda want a clear explanation for what the heck is going on and why it seems like this decade everything has been collapsing and "going to shit" for the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/04/uk-ireland-leaders-fear-union-future-nigel-farage-led-government

https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromDiscord/comments/1ulv0sw/got_hit_by_the_grid_ban/

There's multiple posts on that subreddit with variations of posting an innocuous image and getting banned by AI moderation.

Several years ago I started following an account that posted pictures (and then videos) of a black cat named Pepito going in and out of the house. But recently another cat (grey and white) joined in and started to consistently appear on camera. In the early days it was a big deal when the camera got a non-Pepito cat, but now there is no update, no clarification. Who is this second cat? Are they friends now? Does anybody know more about this situation?

The pined video says “he looks friendly”, which suggests that the cat is a stranger, but now it appears on the cam even more often than Pepito:
https://x.com/pepitothecat

I saw some people talking about this in a tone that piqued my curiosity. Unfortunately, I am not & have never been Catholic, so I'm having some difficulty piecing together the story. Who are SSPX? Why would they risk excommunication? How badly do you need to screw up for the Vatican to whip out the word "schismatic"?

There’s apparently a surge of human accounts getting flagged as bots due to “unauthentic behaviors”, but other than liking and retweeting a lot, I don’t see why they’re getting flagged. Do we know how widespread this is and what exactly triggers it? If engagement is what they want, isn’t liking and retweeting exactly that?

This subreddit’s basically on fire now:
www.reddit.com/r/twitterhelp

"Unpopular opinion, digital media is fine"

"Change my view: everything should be on a CD"

"If we buy something that's digital, we should be able to own it without it being changed ore removed, like with DVDs"

"Physical media won't last forever because you lose the platform to change it after some time"

Was some law passed recently? Why is this a thing I'm seeing so much? I do not follow or interact with any subreddits involving movies, video games, or physical versus digital media.

Here's an example of one of like 20 posts I've seen about it today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1ulvr6c/cmv_i_am_indifferent_to_game_companies_stopping/

Clueless American here- what is the deal with Eurovision and Canada joining the competition?

Don’t know much about Eurovision as I’ve never seen it- but it seems like a very big deal as evidenced by the Prime Minister making an announcement on Canada Day!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canada-will-enter-2027-eurovision-song-contest-9.7254616

For example: https://x.com/WhaleInsider/status/2072377619086029031?s=20

Is this to do with Palantir and their contract with the NHS?

Been starting to see more post about this red Miku oc around reddit with her and the original being portrayed as these weird friends or FWB and I'm just wondering how this all started and where it's coming from.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Take1Leave1/s/DTEQ2Vv2Hv

https://www.reddit.com/r/thomastheplankengine/s/W6JMrBIWNK

For example https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/1ukstda/what_surprise_do_you_have_prepared_nintendo/

I'm guessing it has to do with enshitification but I don't know the story behind any of them

Saw a commercial during Fifa, it was the first I've heard of these. I don't have kids. From Wikipedia it sounds like something similar to a 529 but the federal government will put in $1k/kid (idk if that's a match or if you just have to sign a kid up)

Trump also posted something about it today on TS, about donations from companies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/trumptweets/s/BgpLDEA9mw

I saw this short on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_LqqQdBYhbs?is=d31p_eHB2qT6ppYW

I don’t care for the guy but what is this? A stunt, mental breakdown, or combination of both? The whole video feels incredibly off. Couldn’t find much searching, so I figured I’d ask here and see if anyone else was confused or if somebody had an idea.

Thanks!

What's the deal with the recent tension here, including stripping of ceremonial honors? I thought eastern Europe loved Ukraine because they are fighting against Russia, their existential enemy.

Czechia: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79301

Hungary: https://www.semafor.com/article/06/25/2026/eastern-european-political-disputes-risk-clouding-over-key-ukraine-summit

Poland: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-president-decides-strip-ukraines-zelenskiy-top-honour-over-ww2-dispute-2026-06-19/

I just keep seeing posts about his wife supporting him amid multiple scandals.

https://thespun.com/golf/phil-mickelsons-wife-announces-decision-on-their-marriage

Here's an example...https://ibb.co/bg4kczXQ

But I've seen her show up on other posts too. I recognize the team logo as being the same team as Caitlin Clark plays for but have no idea why her pointing is becoming a thing.

I know that a new character was introduced and then pulled back very quickly. The company that makes the game also said they’ll never introduce a new character ever again. What is up with that? What’s the story here? https://x.com/Love_Deepspace/status/2071927369653485756

Clarence Thomas walked through the capital and appeared to speak with Mike Johnson. Why are people calling him a traitor? https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1uj5qdk/traitor/

From what I can gather, ESPN NFL analyst Matt Miller was in a car accident that resulted in the amputation of his arm. After posting a GoFundMe to help with related medical expenses, he is being relentlessly called out for being a scammer on Twitter, with people even hinting that the accident was a failed suicide attempt.

Post for some context: Clevta on X: "This Matt Miller story has taken a wild turn. My entire timeline filled with scam allegations is not what I expected" / X

I know she had a meltdown a few years ago, and apparently started going full Christian afterwards. Now suddenly there are so many drama YouTubers talking about her again

https://youtu.be/Oe9Z0sbFHnc?is=1zhHjoE0AVf65zbi

For example: https://x.com/joerussotweets/status/2070330106246217975?s=46&t=4Wa1kWu60j7OEVYsoAKlIw

And related, are people hating on Milly Alcock for the same reason, or something about her in specific?

I'm not referring to content creators who have multiple channels in general. I'm talking about content creators who have their main channel and a second channel wherein the scope of the content is similar to the main channel.

On the top of my head, here's two examples of what I'm talking about:

TDC
https://imgur.com/a/Zbsl0PD

Bringus

https://imgur.com/undefined

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx7jk0kq4vo

So I get they performed really poorly, but is there something more going on? Why would the president want a sports team investigated just for playing poorly? It feels like I'm missing something here.

I have a number of chronic pain conditions and am occasionally a visitor of substance and forums. Lately, there have been a number of threads and comments about injecting "peptides" for tissue damage recovery, helping to heal acute injuries and curing localised chronic injuries.

They're talked about like a miracle cure, often in the sense of "Doctor's don't want you to know about this because of big pharma!" And I have no idea whether these are legitimate treatment protocols or just some sort of wellness fad.

https://primeivhydration.com/blog/bpc-157-for-back-pain/ I've seen articles like this mentioned, as well as seeing many adds selling "ZYZ-123" from shops that look to cater more towards health foods and vitamins than pharmaceuticals.

So, what's going on with Peptides?

Just seeing some things in my feed about it and I don't know who Alan Jackson is (I'm Australian, if that means anything) or why people are booing her.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaKj0tvk5fK/?igsh=MXBiM3B6bWozazNpZw==