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football·Footballbycyrano

Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47959805

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world/africa/somali-referee-world-cup-us-entry-omar-artan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o1A.zByt.QoERofKRjUU0Open linkView original on piefed.social
unitedkingdom·United Kingdombycyrano

UK Fuel Price Intelligence

Some things I found that surprised me:

The rocket and feather effect is real and measurable. When stations raise prices the average move is 2.35p/litre. When they cut, it's 1.85p. There are also more up moves than down moves. I queried the raw history to check this rather than eyeballing a chart.

Motorway fuel is 28.4p/litre more expensive than everywhere else right now. That's about £14 extra on a 50L fill. Everyone knows motorways are expensive but I didn't expect the gap to be that wide.

The supermarket discount is only about 1.7p. I assumed it would be bigger.

Site: https://fuelinsight.co.uk/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009747Open linkView original on piefed.social