The news thread

[DJChameleon]

Kate Middleton has cancer.

Breaking right now.

Get well soon Kate ❤️

So many wild conspiracies came out leading up to that announcement. 😳

[jimmy jazz]

So many wild conspiracies came out leading up to that announcement. 😳

They are but I think something is a bit off anyway but I can't describe it.

They Royals never disclose info about health issues really and now we've had two senior Royals in a month go public with a cancer diagnosis. The Queen was believed to have died from it too.

People used to joke about how the Royal Family never gets cancer.

I dunno.

Maybe there is absolutely nothing to it and they're just being more open now.

[DJChameleon]

They are but I think something is a bit off anyway but I can't describe it.

They Royals never disclose info about health issues really and now we've had two senior Royals in a month go public with a cancer diagnosis. The Queen was believed to have died from it too.

People used to joke about how the Royal Family never gets cancer.

I dunno.

Maybe there is absolutely nothing to it and they're just being more open now.

Well I feel like she had to go public because it was getting to a fever pitch, with people trying to steal her medical records and leaking her condition.

[jimmy jazz]

Well I feel like she had to go public because it was getting to a fever pitch, with people trying to steal her medical records and leaking her condition.

Fair point. Could just be that.

Correction BTW it's actually three Royals in three months as Duchess Ferguson has got cancer as well.

[DJChameleon]

Fair point. Could just be that.

Correction BTW it's actually three Royals in three months as Duchess Ferguson has got cancer as well.

Oh wow didn't know she has cancer as well.

[Janszoon]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68632034



TL;DR Nike 'pride-ified' the St George's cross.

Why do politicians care what's on a sports jersey? And what exactly is the complaint anyway, it's not red?

[jimmy jazz]

Why do politicians care what's on a sports jersey? And what exactly is the complaint anyway, it's not red?

It's not about the shirt, it's about the national flag. And the issue is that it's a political message and Nike have altered the flag for that message.

[SGR]

This cargo shipping company is going to have a lot of explaining to do.

I can't imagine how horrifying it must have been to be on that bridge when it collapsed. Nothing in life would ever prepare you for that.

[Trollheart]

Fair play to the officials who rushed to close the bridge to traffic though. Many lives were saved that would otherwise have been lost. I bet for a short time this was thought to be a new terrorist attack. Any figures on the death toll? I know everyone on the ship is all right but a lot of cars went into the river anyway.

[SGR]

Fair play to the officials who rushed to close the bridge to traffic though. Many lives were saved that would otherwise have been lost. I bet for a short time this was thought to be a new terrorist attack. Any figures on the death toll? I know everyone on the ship is all right but a lot of cars went into the river anyway.

No word on the # of casualties yet I don't think. We don't know the cause yet, so it's still possible it was a cyber-terrorist attack, but that seems somewhat unlikely (because this doesn't really track with patterns of other terrorist attacks, and the disaster happened at a time when there'd be the fewest number of people on the bridge). They better damn well have a good explanation for why it happened though.

[Janszoon]

It's not about the shirt, it's about the national flag. And the issue is that it's a political message and Nike have altered the flag for that message.

What's the political message? I thought they said it was based on some design from some event in the 60s or something.

[jimmy jazz]

What's the political message? I thought they said it was based on some design from some event in the 60s or something.

That's what they've said but it looks nothing like the 66 jacket. It's obviously based on the pride flags.

[Janszoon]

That's what they've said but it looks nothing like the 66 jacket. It's obviously based on the pride flags.

It looks absolutely nothing like a pride flag.

[jimmy jazz]

It looks absolutely nothing like a pride flag.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual_flag

Course not. Looks more like that than the jacket in the article. You'd never admit it anyway though.

[Lexi Darling]

I'm not seeing it either. The bi flag is top-down magenta, purple, blue. The symbol on the jersey is dark blue, lighter blue, purple.