25 May 2024 - Saturday Squiz

This week was full-on but fab, and we’ve embraced it much like this horse has heavy metal music… This Saturday, if you’ve had a wet weather disaster experience, a favourite potato recipe, or anything else you want to share, hit reply.

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This week's top stories

The most clicked link from the Squiz Today newsletter this week was in a story on Princess Kate’s new portrait. After photogate earlier this year, we’re sure the Royals were happy it didn’t develop into a top news story this week…

1. Iran’s President dead - Seven others died in the helicopter crash on a foggy mountain in the nation’s north on Sunday that killed President Ebrahim Raisi. The nation’s top man it the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - he led prayers at their funeral service in Tehran. If you’re feeling sure nerdy this weekend, this is a great read on what it might mean for the future of Iran.

2. A deadly bumpy flight - Let’s cover this one by the numbers… There were 211 passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight scheduled to fly from London to Singapore on Tuesday, including 56 Australians. After hitting turbulence and making an emergency landing in Bangkok, it was revealed more than 100 passengers suffered injuries, and British man Geoff Kitchen died from a heart attack. There are 22 people who remain in intensive care with spinal injuries, and 6 have brain and skull injuries.

3. A big football game in Melbourne - It wasn’t AFL or NRL… English Premier League sides Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspurs played at the MCG on Wednesday night. But all the attention came from Spurs coach Ange Postecoglou on his return to his hometown for the first time since 2019. The former Socceroos coach is a bit of a real-life Ted Lasso…

4. Boxing gets a new heavyweight world champ - we didn’t cover this one, but Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk defeated Brit Tyson Fury in a points decision in Riyadh on Sunday. People who know about the sport said it was the biggest fight in a generation…

5. That winning feeling - An Adelaide man won Thursday's $150 million Powerball jackpot, becoming Australia's biggest lottery winner. He came forward yesterday after a big Thursday night when he "just kept checking the ticket". Good for him. We’re not jealous at all…

S’Quiz me real good…

Reckon you know which Aussie city ranked #2 in the world for quality of life? Have a crack at the Squiz Quiz.

Picture of the week

UK PM Rishi Sunak called an early election this week in front of 10 Downing St - as is tradition. Great, but it was in the pouring rain… We’ll see if he can ignite more than a damp response from voters by polling day on 4 July…

Question of the week

Which emoji do you find most confusing?

Oooh fancy - “Getting glammed up for a catch up with you 💅, windy day 💨, and this one’s confusing I don’t get it, but I’ve used it… 🙃.”

We can see how you got there… - “I thought it was a bunch of bananas... 💅.”

Context goes a long way - “It could mean a fart, could be smoke, who knows… 💨. “

In the Kitchen

You know we love potatoes, so when this red Thai curry baked potato recipe subbed out the traditional rice for a roasted spud, we gave it a try. It’s hearty and delicious, and you can also sub the chicken for chickpeas if you want a veggie alternative…

What we Squized this week

Your Shortcut to switching off the 3G network. It’s a development that could impact around 500,000 Aussies who are still using phones and other devices that rely on 3G. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we get into why 3G is being retired, how that’s going to happen and how it’ll affect Aussie phone customers. Have a read or a listen here. 

News Club on the truth about Baby Reindeer. Made in the UK, it’s described as a dark comedy drama-thriller miniseries, but it’s the label it gave itself that has thrust the show into the news - ‘this is a true story’. This News Club episode gets into the conversation about entertainment and the truth. Have a read or a listen here. 

Squiz the Week

Saturday - You do you, it’s Geek Pride Day… And at 7.35pm you can catch the A-League grand final between Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory on 10Play

Sunday - The French Open kicks off, it’ll be showing on 9Now from 7am. And it’s National Sorry Day, commemorating the Stolen Generations 

Monday - National Reconciliation Week begins and Canberra has a public holiday for Reconciliation Day 

Tuesday - It’s Kylie Minogue’s birthday and International Burger Day. We’re not sure what Kylie does to celebrate her birthday, but there’s some synergies there…

Wednesday - The Bureau of Stats drops the Monthly Consumer Price Index for April… And South Africa heads to the polls for its general election

Thursday - It’s the best day of the year - International Day of the Potato 

Friday - Closing out the week with some more soccer… The Matildas are playing China in a friendly at Adelaide Stadium at 8.10pm (it will be live on 10Play). And Italian football teams AC Milan and AS Roma are playing in Perth at 9pm on 7Plus

*All times in AEST

Double-Tapping

This week France honoured the baguette by launching a stamp that smells like one (mmm, bread…). They’re a limited edition though, with 600,000 released.