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I twanged my achilles playing pickleball. Here’s what it taught me about tendons – and human nature

You learn so much when you’re forced to clop around town in a great big boot, writes Adrian Chiles. And you make so many friends …

The Guardian - UK

How much is that doggie in the window seat? How we flew from Australia to Europe with our chihuahua

When we moved overseas, there was no question of leaving our fur baby. But flying with a pet in the next seat involved hidden costs, reams of paperwork and weeks of training

The Guardian - AU

‘Russia is not winning’: Ukraine frontline soldiers say ‘weak’ Moscow should be negotiating with its back to the wall

On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, frontline soldiers tell world affairs editor Sam Kiley that it’s Russia that should be suing for peace

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Elizabeth Warren's Hubris Allowed Trump To Defund the CFPB

Instead of isolating the CFPB from Congress' budget-making authority, Warren and former President Barack Obama made it easier for a president to effectively shut it down.

Reason

Keyshawn Johnson Eviscerates Aaron Rodgers After Report of Impending Jets Divorce

Johnson slammed Rodgers for his antics in 2024 in wake of reports that the Hall of Fame quarterback is done in New York.

Sports Illustrated

Why Trump’s rage defies historical and literary comparisons, according to a classics expert

The Greek divinity Nemesis, rarely depicted in art, has no place in the Olympian pantheon of a dozen gods and goddesses. But she’s an omnipresent force of retribution, an implacable force of punishment that arrives, if not sooner, then later.

The Conversation

The heroes of Homer’s Iliad are eco-warriors battling to protect nature

Homer’s Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the broad scenario of the Trojan war, triggered by the Trojan prince Paris’s abduction of the Greek beauty Helen, “the face that launched a thousand ships”.

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Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Leaders Liverpool seek to pull 11 points clear of Manchester City at Anfield by inflicting a fourth successive league defeat on the champions

The Guardian - UK

The gladiatrix missing from Gladiator II

Regarded by historians with either denial or disdain, these women warriors have always had to fight for recognition

Salon

‘Each bears his own ghosts’: How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land

“Fear stalks the land, including the Upper West Side,” I wrote to a friend the other day. A week before the election, everyone seems to be afraid.

The Conversation

‘You can’t murder a people and walk away scot-free.’ In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker explores morality in war

The first volume of Pat Barker’s trilogy of the Trojan conflict starts with an epigraph taken from Philip Roth’s The Human Stain: “All of European literature springs from a fight”.

The Conversation

Penthesilea review – three tribes go to war in gripping, grungy battle

In Eline Arbo’s taut production of the neo-classical play, Ilke Paddenburg’s Amazon queen presents a fearsome clash of sensuality and aggression

The Guardian - UK

Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties has quietly become one of the best historical Total War games ever

One of the biggest updates in the history of the franchise has left us with a rich Bronze Age sandbox.

PC Gamer

‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden

President Joe Biden’s current fraught situation, showcasing both his weakness and his determination, is dramatic because it touches upon more than the political moment and more than one man’s character.

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The Independent UK

Pat Sajak is leaving Wheel of Fortune: Here are some of the show’s most ridiculous guesses

Longtime host Pat Sajak is retiring from his post after more than 40 years

Inverse

20 Years Ago, An Ambitious War Epic Fumbled an Impossible Premise

Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom made a beautiful if misguided 2000s spectacle that was hopelessly overmatched by its ancient source material.

The Guardian - UK

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Manchester City take on Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday while Arsenal face West Ham at the London Stadium

Top News

Vergil Ortiz Jr Welcomes New Baby Brother with Love and Joy

Vergil Ortiz Jr introduces his newborn baby brother Achilles with a heartwarming photo, radiating love and joy in their beautiful family moment.

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Cinemablend

32 Actors Who Have Been Seriously Injured While Filming

Movie sets can be dangerous places, and sometimes even the biggest stars in the world get injured on them. Here is our list of some of the worst injuries suffered while filming.

The Guardian - UK

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Manchester City play host to Sheffield United on Saturday while Liverpool take on Newcastle at Anfield on Monday night

Cinemablend

32 Most Inspiring Speeches In Film History

Whether it's to hype up a sports team, or inspire themselves, a good speech can make a decent movie great and a bad movie good.

The Conversation

Ex-Speaker McCarthy's departure from Congress reads like Greek tragedy – but stars a 'slight unmeritable man' and not a hero

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s departure from Congress brings to mind ambition and the other side of ambition’s coin, humiliation – the thirst for fame and power on one side, ignominious failure on the other.

Total Film

32 of Brad Pitt's greatest movie movements

The defining leading man of Hollywood taught us how to love and fight

The Conversation

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Rodgers’s Injury: Achilles Tendon Experts Answer Key Questions

Did turf cause his injury? Did his calf strain make him vulnerable? Was it a fluke? Could the Jets have seen this coming—and therefore taken preventative steps? Is there any way to predict tears?

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