‍♂️ Race begins with 19.6km route through Barcelona
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Emailing in, James Beardon does not think much of this new-fangled format:

“Not sure about this TTT. I’m not a fan of the ITT but TTTs are usually pretty entertaining just watching teams trying to stay together. The use of individual times just makes it an ITT, not a TTT – they just happen to go off at the same time. Seems a bit pointless to me (but it’s the Tour so of course I’m watching it!) Any thoughts or am I just being grumpy?”

Thanks James. My take: on the contrary, I think it is essentially a normal TTT aside from the last 4km. I fully expect most teams to stay together for the flat, first 15km and treat it in the manner we are accustomed to.

David Powell writes in remarking that it is hot in Barcelona, offering a charming selfie of an Englishman in the afternoon sun.

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Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics

Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace and AI company’s initial public offering.

A Guardian analysis of Musk’s posts, replies and reposts between 31 May and 12 June has shown the extent to which the social media activity of the world’s richest person, who lives primarily in the US, has focused on UK politics.

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Heat health alerts in place in most regions of England from Sunday to Saturday with mercury also rising in Wales

Another heatwave is on the way across parts of the UK with peak temperatures of 34C forecast.

Temperatures in the south of England could reach 28C on Saturday, according to the Met Office.

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Members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community gather to celebrate the annual parade in London

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They couldn’t, could they? They almost did. Fair play, Gianni Infantino, adding an extra knockout round has proved a worthy addition to the Geopolitics World Cup. Sure, the group stage occasionally dragged like a wet Sunday in February, with attendant Scottish and South Korean tears, and Uruguayan rage, but jeopardy is king content. And “the 32” signed off with an all-time classic that went close to delivering the greatest shock of all shocks.

Have to say I just unsubscribed from Football Daily because of the relentless negativity during the GWC, both from the writers and the letters that are being published. Normally I enjoy a bit of snark but, my goodness, this seven-day-a-week version of the email is on another level. What a shame” – Jeff Round.

In honour of Gianni Infantino, I have decided to introduce my own hydration breaks when reading Football Daily. Following several cans of Tin each day, it almost becomes funny” – Martyn Shapter.

Re: yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs (full email edition). Education minister Jacqui Smith may have been planning a disco nap before watching England, but her ex-husband is more famously a fan of jazz” – David Maddock.

Re: Rick Costigan asking about giving the USA USA USA their exclamation marks and dropping the A (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). Does Rick know that their fans are already supporting his campaign? Having recently returned from Boston, Miami and Atlanta (final one was a stop-off on the way home to see Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s birth place and resting place), the place was full of USA USA USA fans holding up signs and wearing T-shirts saying ‘Why not US?’. Does this count as the first mass movement in support of a letter to the Football Daily email?” – James Thomson.

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Omdat de Priesterbroederschap Sint Pius X tegen de wil van de paus nieuwe bisschoppen inwijdde, werd de broederschap geëxcommuniceerd. Bij de eerste mis nadien, in Utrecht, komt een groepje aanhangers samen. „Ben ik nu ook geëxcommuniceerd? Dat weet ik niet eens.”

SergioQ79 - Osanpo Photographer - has added a photo to the pool:

A Matsuyama il cielo promette pioggia, ma l’ingresso della Gintengai non lascia dubbi su dove andare. Lo shotengai è una risposta semplice e concreta: negozi, passaggio coperto, luce artificiale e vita quotidiana che continua anche quando il tempo cambia. Non è un posto da guardare da fuori. È fatto per entrarci e camminare.

松山の空は雨を予感させるが、銀天街の入口は行き先をはっきり示している。商店街はとても実用的な答えだ。店があり、屋根があり、明かりがあり、天気が変わっても日常が続いていく。外から眺める場所ではなく、中に入って歩くための場所だ。

In Matsuyama, the sky is ready for rain, but the entrance to Gintengai makes it clear where to go. The shotengai is a simple, practical answer: shops, covered passage, artificial light, and daily life continuing when the weather changes. It is not a place to look at from outside. It is made to enter and walk through.

SergioQ79 - Osanpo Photographer - posted a photo:

A Matsuyama il cielo promette pioggia, ma l’ingresso della Gintengai non lascia dubbi su dove andare. Lo shotengai è una risposta semplice e concreta: negozi, passaggio coperto, luce artificiale e vita quotidiana che continua anche quando il tempo cambia. Non è un posto da guardare da fuori. È fatto per entrarci e camminare.

松山の空は雨を予感させるが、銀天街の入口は行き先をはっきり示している。商店街はとても実用的な答えだ。店があり、屋根があり、明かりがあり、天気が変わっても日常が続いていく。外から眺める場所ではなく、中に入って歩くための場所だ。

In Matsuyama, the sky is ready for rain, but the entrance to Gintengai makes it clear where to go. The shotengai is a simple, practical answer: shops, covered passage, artificial light, and daily life continuing when the weather changes. It is not a place to look at from outside. It is made to enter and walk through.

Vandaag heb met PeakPing ontdekt dat van de achterdeur van het huis naar de poort van de tuin een verval heeft van 17 meter. Het is vijftig meter zoals de kraai vliegt. Dat betekent volgens mij een gemiddeld stijgpercentage van 33 procent.

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