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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 14h

"Stay away from the United States. In our circus, the elephants run loose." @julesboykoff.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social on US 2026 and how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social could push the debate beyond ticket-pricing www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA. But He Doesn't Go Far Enough.

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 7h

Upon relisten, just a great interview

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 7h

We have our reasons

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 18h

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 22h

"Black History Is For Everyone" by Brian Jones: an incredible book about his ancestral history, US history, and the Black internationalism that sprung from the USA. Great interview. Also our West C preview w/Arya. Find out why we don't even mention the Warriors.
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...

“Black History Is for Everyone,” and a Western Conference Preview

Historian Brian Jones joins the show to talk about his book, and Arya Shirazi and I talk about the upcoming NBA season.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 22h

"Black History Is For Everyone" by Brian Jones: an incredible book about his ancestral history, US history, and the Black internationalism that sprung from the USA. Great interview. Also our West C preview w/Arya. Find out why we don't even mention the Warriors.
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...

“Black History Is for Everyone,” and a Western Conference Preview

Historian Brian Jones joins the show to talk about his book, and Arya Shirazi and I talk about the upcoming NBA season.

www.thenation.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

Bang

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

I should have added that I’ve known folk who’ve had interactions and yes so many positive stories. Hope you are well.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

I put this on a thread but I wanna underline it. Diane Keaton basically penned her own Oscar, won Woody his first screenwriting award, and her hat/tie look (which was Keaton’s own doing) was almost as iconic as Travolta’s white suit. She wrote her own damn ticket. Legend. Cracked the screen.

Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

Her born name was Diane Hall. Her family called her Annie. And that performance cracks the damn screen. The most three dimensional character - let alone most three dimensional woman - in any Woody film. And that’s because she formed the character. Woody - for her line reads - was a stenographer.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

Her born name was Diane Hall. Her family called her Annie. And that performance cracks the damn screen. The most three dimensional character - let alone most three dimensional woman - in any Woody film. And that’s because she formed the character. Woody - for her line reads - was a stenographer.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t talk enough about Reds. Flawed very gutsy film. But it holds because of the scenes with Keaton as Louise Bryant. She transcends the script, centers the film, and honors Bryant’s memory. Her scenes with Nicholson as Eugene O’Neill: #chefskiss

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

gonna go on a little cuz sad about this. DK had a thankless role in G1 but sells one of the most iconic scenes in movies. Your heart breaks with hers. But we don’t say enuf how she killed it in G2: "It wasn't a miscarriage, it was an abortion, Michael. Just like our marriage is an abortion!” Damn.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d

Diane Keaton such was a fave. In Love and Death she’s just funny and glowing and beautiful and perfect…and, again, funny….No I’M Don Francisco’s sister. Rest in Peace.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 3d

So where’s the video?

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 3d

@edgeofsports.bsky.social: Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—but He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

www.thenation.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

Only the true antichrist would sweat this much. Hell is hot! Dang, that face looks like a Virginia ham left out in the summer sun.

Information @erininformation.bsky.social · 4d

Gift article:"Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

Media blackout on this is staggering

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

More of this please. And not just in Chicago.

TheRightIsWrong (TRIW) @therightiswrong100.bsky.social · 4d

How many more reasons do we need to fall in love with Chicago? Besides being the most beautiful city in America, Chicago hates Trump and hates ICE

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

"You can tell the world is going to hell when politicians seize the circus. That a UFC show will soon take place on the White House lawn to commemorate the Declaration of Independence and an autocratic buffoon’s birthday is the sign of a country in grotesque decay." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won't matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

www.thenation.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

"You can tell the world is going to hell when politicians seize the circus. That a UFC show will soon take place on the White House lawn to commemorate the Declaration of Independence and an autocratic buffoon’s birthday is the sign of a country in grotesque decay." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won't matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

www.thenation.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

My latest piece written with @julesboykoff.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder"

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won't matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

www.thenation.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

How this isn't a bigger story or at least a part of the story of this curiously violent "peace" deal is a really shameful display by the msm. This is a media colleague..... doing the work they refuse or are scared to do. Not exactly a crew of @washingtonpost.com reporters on the flotilla.

Terry Kalb @teka21.bsky.social · 4d

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@edgeofsports.bsky.social @jewishcurrents.bsky.social

Sign the Petition

Release Journalist Emily Wilder from Israeli Detention

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 4d

Already signed and spread. Free Emily NOW.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 5d

(Just so it's clear, this skeet was posted **three days** before László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature)

Ghoulius von Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 8d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 5d

That's brilliant.

Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 5d

Is Jaa the best choice? Who would be your top 3 for Bruce’s shoes?

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