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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like outages, arch user repository and phishing. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was sharp-eyed.

But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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  1. mycketforvirrad
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    ’I’m not a model!’ Uruguay’s Bielsa defends bizarre World Cup portrait The Guardian – Jonny Weeks – 16th June 2026

    ’I’m not a model!’ Uruguay’s Bielsa defends bizarre World Cup portrait

    The Uruguay head coach, Marcelo Bielsa, has lived up to his maverick reputation by refusing to cooperate during a photoshoot for Fifa. Bielsa stared down at the floor, hands in pockets, statuesque, during the obligatory media duty last Wednesday and the 70-year-old hit back when asked about the incident after Uruguay’s 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia on Monday.

    The Guardian – Jonny Weeks – 16th June 2026