Ezra
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Arsenal, politics, humour. Author of three books, journalist, photographer, scriptwriter. Free weekly minifiction: ezraezra.substack.com
Listening to podcasts, reading some articles and the Arsenal feed here. Seems like everyone is hugely down on Gyökeres, most ready to write him off now the cavalry is getting fit again. Way too early for the negativity, no? Not even half a season, half of which he was injured, without ...
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Listening to podcasts, reading some articles and the Arsenal feed here. Seems like everyone is hugely down on Gyökeres, most ready to write him off now the cavalry is getting fit again. Way too early for the negativity, no? Not even half a season, half of which he was injured, without ...
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Carr is destroying everything from broadband consumer protections and media consolidation, to oversight of prison telecom monopolies and robocallers.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
Big Telecom, Robocallers, Love Brendan Carr’s Plan To Lobotomize The FCC
Last month Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced his “DELETE, DELETE, DELETE” initiative. It’s basically a plan to lobotomize FCC corporate oversight and consumer protection at th…
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December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Carr is destroying everything from broadband consumer protections and media consolidation, to oversight of prison telecom monopolies and robocallers.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
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It’s also chilling to see the evidence presented at the trial and realize how little sway it would probaly hold in today’s cynical age of AI-generated images and manufactured doubt on everything.
We’re in danger of losing not just the lessons of the past but that past itself…
We’re in danger of losing not just the lessons of the past but that past itself…
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It’s also chilling to see the evidence presented at the trial and realize how little sway it would probaly hold in today’s cynical age of AI-generated images and manufactured doubt on everything.
We’re in danger of losing not just the lessons of the past but that past itself…
We’re in danger of losing not just the lessons of the past but that past itself…
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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There's dogshit Netflix homogenized consolidation, which is definitely bad, and then there's authoritarian state television dominated by the planet's second richest techno fascist asshole, which is significantly fucking worse
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There's dogshit Netflix homogenized consolidation, which is definitely bad, and then there's authoritarian state television dominated by the planet's second richest techno fascist asshole, which is significantly fucking worse
Feel like the Madueke chaos can benefit Gyökeres. On the whole, though, maybe too many new relationships to work out for players who haven't played much together. Expect a disjointed first half.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Feel like the Madueke chaos can benefit Gyökeres. On the whole, though, maybe too many new relationships to work out for players who haven't played much together. Expect a disjointed first half.
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It's quite mad to live in a world where you come across something and think 'That's the worst thing I've ever seen.'
Until tomorrow, when a new thing is worse than the last thing.
Every. Day.
Until tomorrow, when a new thing is worse than the last thing.
Every. Day.
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's quite mad to live in a world where you come across something and think 'That's the worst thing I've ever seen.'
Until tomorrow, when a new thing is worse than the last thing.
Every. Day.
Until tomorrow, when a new thing is worse than the last thing.
Every. Day.
Liverpool so defensively insecure, then went ahead with a header, 5 minutes of var to spot the handball by Ekitike, ruled out. I thought the decision was fair.
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Liverpool so defensively insecure, then went ahead with a header, 5 minutes of var to spot the handball by Ekitike, ruled out. I thought the decision was fair.
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the absolute mountains of modern cultural energy spent trying to pretend that unbridled greed with zero accountability is some sophisticated, intellectual ethos worthy of debate
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the absolute mountains of modern cultural energy spent trying to pretend that unbridled greed with zero accountability is some sophisticated, intellectual ethos worthy of debate
Fascinating half. Brentford are good. Arsenal are good.
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Fascinating half. Brentford are good. Arsenal are good.
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
Strong team, strong bench.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Strong team, strong bench.
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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
Four cards to our defensive five, going to be walking a tightrope all second half without some changes.
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Four cards to our defensive five, going to be walking a tightrope all second half without some changes.
What a game, what a team, what a set of results, what a week so far. Alone at the top of every table.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What a game, what a team, what a set of results, what a week so far. Alone at the top of every table.
Had no idea David Luiz was still playing until he just equalised in the Pafos-Monaco CL tie I'm watching...
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Had no idea David Luiz was still playing until he just equalised in the Pafos-Monaco CL tie I'm watching...
It took a third of the season, but the writers are now on board.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It took a third of the season, but the writers are now on board.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
For today only, am quite ok with Newcastle getting away with general butchery repercussion-free
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For today only, am quite ok with Newcastle getting away with general butchery repercussion-free
The trajectories of Chelsea and Liverpool couldn't be more different.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The trajectories of Chelsea and Liverpool couldn't be more different.
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between this, his hoarse voice, and the quiet piggy thing you can tell he's handling the Epstein stuff really well and definitely isn't starting to fray around the edges as his control over U.S. media attention gets eroded by his link to a pedophile sex predator
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
between this, his hoarse voice, and the quiet piggy thing you can tell he's handling the Epstein stuff really well and definitely isn't starting to fray around the edges as his control over U.S. media attention gets eroded by his link to a pedophile sex predator
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
The lengths entitled people go to turn their persecution complexes into fake reality.
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The lengths entitled people go to turn their persecution complexes into fake reality.