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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 3h

"Peace is a good broadcast deal and a viral PR moment." @karimzidan.com excellent as always on Infantino and the 'peace summit' at @sportspolitika.news www.sportspolitika.news/p/nfantino-p...

Gianni Infantino, Peacemaker

Infantino’s diplomacy is not the diplomacy of treaties and compromises. It is the diplomacy of branding and spectacle. Where others see conflict, he sees opportunity.

www.sportspolitika.news

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Chad Orzel @orzelc.bsky.social · 4h

It's amazing how many other contexts you can find in which to use the ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN line "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 5h

Investors are betting big bucks on the idea that AI will create an explosion of leisure time...e.g. it was a key part of the public rationale for the massive $55bn takeover of video games maker Electronic Arts. But are they right?? (short thread linked to my column today www.ft.com/content/4011...)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 9h

I know I keep going on about how it's structural, but the structure doesn't half propel the worst characters into the most senior positions.

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 10h

Gianni Infantino's latest Instagram post on how FIFA is going to help the Palestinians is only for those with strong stomachs. Infantino appears to be laying the ground to buy off the Palestinian Football Association and get them to drop their complaint against Israel, which has FIFA in a corner.

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 11h

"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.

www.thenation.com

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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 22h

“No one in the Middle East and likely beyond will ever forget the Israeli slaughter, nor the U.S. weaponry that facilitated it, nor the U.S. mercenaries of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" who murdered starving people seeking aid.”

FOREVER WARS @foreverwars.bsky.social · 22h

“If Israel wants to actually prevent the next October 7, in whatever form it will take, it must free Palestine,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social. “The rest is commentary. Or avoidance.”

‘The Barbarism of The Enemy’

Notes on the third ceasefire, and prayers that there won't have to be a fourth. Free Marwan Barghouti. Free Palestine

www.forever-wars.com

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 22h

I think hope just means a prominent political actor who we can believe is a good person and can conceive of doing good things.

That's really important right now, because all the votes of despair land with Reform.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 23h

Good time to read a profile of the City owner here

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...

The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords

www.nytimes.com

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 23h

That’s right, reminder that we’re still waiting for a result in the 130 charges case.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 1d

FIFA has been sitting very awkwardly on a renewed complaint about the Israel Football Association since March 2024. If they are going to try and wriggle out of it, this will be the moment to do so.

Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 1d

Reports that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has arrived in Sharm el Sheikh for the Middle East peace summit. Unclear why he would be required or what his role is.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 1d

Reports that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has arrived in Sharm el Sheikh for the Middle East peace summit. Unclear why he would be required or what his role is.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver is good at his job

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 1d

In advance of tomorrow's match between Italy and Israel, here again is my and @antoineduval.bsky.social piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on the serious governance failures that mean Israel is still allowed to compete. And no, the peace-plan changes nothing josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

josimarfootball.com

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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 1d

Saudi women continue to be horribly oppressed but 5 yrs on there's been no display in solidarity with them, although Wor Flags have featured NUFC chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan, also a Saudi minister and right-hand man of Mohammed bin Salman. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-un...

Newcastle United v Athletic - A Different Way To Live Football

NEWCASTLE UNITED V ATHLETIC - A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE FOOTBALL

www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Yes

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2d

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 2d

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to share that my book will be released in paperback next May, just in time for the 2026 World Cup.

It's available for pre-order.

www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-...

Brazil 1970 by Samindra Kunti | Waterstones

Buy Brazil 1970 by Samindra Kunti from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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