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🚨🇪🇸 OFFICIAL: José Mourinho wins the La Liga Manager of the Month award for October.
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🚨🚨Virginia Fonseca, Vinícius Jr.’s ex-girlfriend, has reportedly shared to a Spanish magazine ¡HOLA that she was the one who suggested to Vinicius to undergo facial augmentation surgery 😳:
🗣️ Virginia: “It started one evening while we were getting ready to go out.
Vini was standing in front of the mirror. I was sitting on the bed, waiting for him.
He turned to me and asked, ‘Would you change anything about me?’
I said, ‘Do you want the romantic answer or the honest one?’
He laughed.
‘The honest one.’
So I told him plainly.
‘I think you should consider chin augmentation surgery.’
He turned away from the mirror.
‘Chin augmentation? You think I should change my chin?’
‘Yes,’ I said. ‘I think a more defined chin would suit your face. I’ve thought about mentioning it before, but I didn’t know how you would react.’
That suggestion came from me.
He hadn’t asked about surgery. He hadn’t told me he wanted anything done to his chin. I introduced the idea that evening.
He looked at himself again, then looked at me.
‘You really think it would look good?’ He asked.
I told him ‘I do. You’re my man. I want you to look your best.’
People might find that blunt, but that was our conversation.
I cared about how we looked together. When we walked into a restaurant or arrived at an event, I wanted to feel proud walking beside him.
He sat down next to me.
‘You know what? I like the idea,’ he said. ‘If I’m happy with the result, I think it could boost my confidence too.’
We talked until we were late for dinner.
A few days later, he brought it up again.
‘That chin augmentation surgery you suggested—I want to find out more about it.’
He arranged consultations, asked his questions and eventually decided to go ahead with the surgery. He was so happy with the result.
Afterwards, when he was ready to go out again, he spent longer choosing his jacket than I spent choosing my dress.
I teased him about it.
He said, ‘You started this. Now you have to wait.’
We laughed the whole way to the car.
That is the evening I remember when people bring it up now.
Then his performances for his club started getting worse, and suddenly everybody had a theory of a stunt double. Those conspiracy theories were hilarious.
They talked about his appearance. His concentration. Our relationship.
Every missed chance and bad performance became another conversation about his face.
His poor form was unfortunate. But honestly, I didn’t care about his football performances when I suggested the surgery.
I cared about my man looking good for me.
That was my reason. I wasn’t thinking about goals or league positions during that conversation in our bedroom.
We’ve broken up now.
We had problems that a better photograph or a beautiful evening together couldn’t fix.
But I still believe I changed his life by encouraging him to have that chin augmentation surgery.
He told me he felt more confident. I saw how pleased he was with his appearance.
Our relationship ended. That part of his life continued.
The last time we spoke about it, he smiled and said, ‘You really think you deserve all the credit?’
I told him, ‘Keep the credit, Vini. I remember who started the conversation.’”
Mark Akol retweeted
Allanaron la casa del presidente de Paraguay y encontraron una bóveda secreta de tecnología biométrica israelí. Hermano, latinoamérica es un capítulo de Black Mirror.
Let’s goooo!!
Online betting so wild rn 😭😭
Brazilian President Lula:
The end of online betting is already having a positive impact on the economy. Without spending money on gambling, families have increased their consumption.
Online betting destroyed lives and must remain in the past, like a nightmare from which Brazil has finally awakened.
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Mark Akol retweeted
Molo Fikile, this is the right speech. It is 15 years too late.
The decline did not start with the MK Party or the GNU. It started at the ANC's peak.
These are the moments when this speech should have been given:
2007–2008, Polokwane and the recall of Mbeki. Factionalism became the main business of the movement, and COPE was the first split. That is the "internal divisions" you mention today.
2008, the start of load shedding. It was the first big sign that the state was failing at basic infrastructure.
2009–2011, the rise of service delivery protests. Communities were saying then exactly what you're saying now: no water, no refuse removal, no roads, councillors who don't show up. This was the moment for this speech.
2012–2015: Marikana, the Gupta landing at Waterkloof, the Nkandla findings, and Nenegate. Each one was a chance to choose accountability over loyalty. Each time the ANC defended the individual instead of the people.
2016, the loss of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay. That was the last clear warning before things became irreversible.
2018, VBS. Limpopo municipalities lost money that should have gone to water and roads. We still feel it here.
If this speech had been given in 2011 and acted on, with consequences for failing councillors, cadres deployed on merit, and corruption prosecuted instead of protected, the ANC would not be at 31% today and many of our towns would not be in the state they're in.
And to be honest, the words are not new. "Renewal" and "self-correction" have been in ANC conference documents for over a decade. The problem has never been diagnosis. It has been implementation and consequences.
So the humility is welcome. But people will judge you on one thing: which councillors, mayors and officials face consequences in the next 12 months. Show us that, and the trust might follow.
[WATCH] THE ANC IS SELF INTROSPECTING
The people of South Africa have spoken. As the ANC we have heard that my people. We recognise that many South Africans who once placed their confidence in the ANC have chosen to support other parties. Others have withdrawn from electoral participation altogether. We recognise their concerns, we will not question their judgement or explain away their decisions.
We will confront the reasons why people who
once regarded the ANC as their natural
political home have become disillusioned with our movement. We must acknowledge that in too many communities local government has fallen short of the expectations of our people.
Where communities have experienced unreliable water supplies, failing infrastructure, uncollected refuse, deteriorating roads, corruption and poor municipal administration, they have every right to demand better.
Where public representatives have become distant from the people they were elected to
serve, the people have every right to hold them accountable. And where our own internal divisions have distracted us from the needs of communities, we must accept responsibility.
We cannot ask the people to trust us merely because of our history. Our history gives us a responsibility to serve. It does not give us an entitlement to govern. The ANC must earn the confidence of the people through what it does today and what it delivers tomorrow. That is the lesson of these elections. And it is a lesson we accept with humility.
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Workers in Bangladesh are shutting down factories and striking for better wages.
These workers make clothes for companies like Walmart and H&M on starvation wages.
All power to the people! ✊
