Roger Federer will forever be an icon of tennis, a champion who defined the aesthetic of the sport for so many fans. But through his career, he has also become a sports megabrand unto himself. @philbuckingham explains how ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/4xMRbN5

🇷🇺🔥 RUSSIA’S REFINERIES ARE BEING HIT FASTER THAN THEY CAN RECOVER This is not a Ukrainian battlefield estimate. It comes from an International Energy Agency analysis published on September 17. By the end of August 2026, only five major Russian refineries had never been struck. Across the first eight months of the year, a refinery was hit on average once every three days. Some facilities have reportedly been targeted as many as 15 times since 2022. The impact is showing in output. Russia had 6.5 million barrels per day of installed refining capacity, but only 3.8 million barrels per day were running in June, around 30% below the previous year. Gasoline production was down 20% year-on-year. Diesel production was down almost 30%. Moscow responded with increasingly severe export restrictions: gasoline exports were banned in April, kerosene followed in mid-June, reportedly for the first time in Russian history, and diesel exports were halted on July 8. Then came the financial cost. Between April and August, the Russian state reportedly poured 1.5 trillion rubles, roughly $18 billion, into subsidies for refiners. Five months. $18 billion. Meanwhile, strikes kept returning roughly every three days. Ukraine’s long-range campaign is no longer measured only by explosions at individual facilities. The pressure is now visible in refining volumes, fuel exports and the amount of money Moscow is spending to keep the system functioning.

🧵The White House repeatedly begged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop bombing Russian refineries. Forty-eight hours later, Ukrainian drones incinerated Rosneft's Kuibyshev plant, wiping out 1.4 million tons of annual diesel capacity before dawn. 1/🧵

Yes, Laura Loomer is this fucking stupid.

Have y'all noticed how Elon stopped tweeting about politics? It's because he knows the Democrats are about to win their elections and drag his ass before congress to testify about election interference and buying votes

Sabalenka is not transcending anything. Jordan, Federer, Ali, Brady yes . You confuse bad behaviour with aura. BTW im not hating on Saba.

Remember folks, a #BlueWaveIn40Days won't happen unless you personally make it happen. Fewer people usually vote in the midterms, which makes your vote more powerful. Use it. Stop the Trump agenda in its tracks. Hold the bastards, thieves, and insurrectionists accountable. Do it.

From @TheAthletic: Roger Federer's brand is among the biggest in the sports world. His earning potential continues to be vast. “Forbes” estimated that the tennis great became a billionaire last year, only the seventh athlete ever to reach that status. nyti.ms/4AwPcPc

RT @GloOouD: Russian Lego. Went in with legs, came out without them.

Carlos Alcaraz and Rod Laver

45% of Russia's oil-refining capacity has been knocked out.🔥🔥🔥 Zelensky says Ukrainian strikes have destroyed 45% of Russia's refining capacity. No fuel means less mobility, less logistics and less money feeding Putin's war madness!! 🫡

I’ve tried my best to hold my mouth. He looks a mess.

For the first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its pride – its oil industry – is running on fumes. But oil itself is not Ukraine’s target. Not gasoline or diesel. Not factories or ports as such… Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal and more destructive. From an address to UNGA. (4/7)

Beauty is ready 😎🔥 And it looks like it’s waiting for a meeting with Moscow.

What can't he buy?

Well, obviously.

Because they enjoy supporting trash. It’s a sick society we live in.

He did exactly the right thing. Don’t give the rat any real satisfaction. Everyone knows he is a mediocre boring pusher.

Time for Trump to leave office. He has forgotten How & Why This Country Was Founded.