3 d. ago I watched a woman clear her shower drain – and realised I had to get my own life in order | Emma Beddington

From answering emails to booking appointments, there’s nothing I haven’t postponed and postponed and postponed. TikToker Christi Newrutzen showed me a better wayHow long would the tasks we’re putting off actually take? TikToker Christi Newrutzen has gone viral for timing herself completing chores she has been avoiding. “I have been procrastinating on making a dentist’s appointment for three years,” Newrutzen said in one video, viewed 3.6m times (presumably by people like me, ducking their own drudgery) before filming herself doing it in a mere nine minutes. Clearing her shower drain for the first time ever took only seven (albeit impressively revolting) minutes.Newrutzen is comfortingly unvarnished and relatable; people have started thanking her for inspiring them to tackle the long-neglected corners of their own lives. After a week of algorithmic nudging to watch her, I too felt compelled to try, despite a sense of foreboding. (Surely I have good reasons for letting things fester?)...

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4 d. ago Liam Scales looks back on pivotal Celtic moment that launched career as he reveals madcap Rangers preparation

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8 d. ago Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rule book as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

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Dons celebrate with fans as Thelin takes joy from extra-time win

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