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Russell
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A Londoner in Lusaka.
Why aren't you watching Benfica v Real Madrid?
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate

BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man, 37, shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I have an inescapable sense that what is currently happening to white people resisting federal agents in the US has been happening to non-white people for beyond as long as I can remember.

Maybe things have to reach this point for substantive societal change to take place?
This reminds of the way black parents give advice to their kids on how to survive being black in a majority white environment.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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The first tenderness anyone ever teaches you is not language but proximity. Before you learn to call anything by its name, someone’s breath grazes the soft place above your eyebrow; someone’s lips hover near your cheek; someone steadies your head with a palm

open.substack.com/pub/elnathan...
The Hidden Life of a Kiss
Private Truths, Public Silence, and the Grammar of Desire in Hausa Culture
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The market for wingers / wide forwards this summer is going to be really something.

Could be looking at Diomande, Yildiz, Vinicius, Barcola, Rodrygo, Bahoya moving.

Arsenal only need one.
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Throughout their win vs Botswana at AFCON, a DR Congo supporter replicated the stance of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in African and Congolese independence who was assassinated in 1961 following a joint plot between political opponents, Belgium, the US, and UK 🇨🇩
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am hoping Kai will be our first choice for most important games, with Gyokeres and Jesus subs to be brought on for different game states and types of opposition.
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Villa finding that the dildo of underlying metrics overperformance rarely arrives lubed.
December 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Give a lifetime contract to the ball boy who made Martinez walk all the way over to him at 2-0 then dropped the ball at his feet.

Even better, Martinez picked up the ball cone and moved it closer for his next goal-kicks, and the ball boy moved it back.
December 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Uh oh
August 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If Madueke on the left means tap ins for Saka at the back post, this could be the new Sane / Sterling.

Not to mention Odegaard at the top of the box or Rice / Merino crashing the box or Gyokeres / Havertz in the middle.

If we can score first, and teams have to come out and play, it could get ugly.
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A) In what world is Foden an adequate replacement for KDB?

B) KDB had been injured most of the season, so if Foden was the solution, wouldn't it be more obvious?
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
March 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tim's articles are always a good read.

This one is even more so than usual, reinforcing my view that Arsenal has one of the world's best football coaches in Mikel Arteta.

@tim-stillman.bsky.social

Agents of Chaos arseblog.com/2025/03/agen...
Agents of Chaos
Amidst the unexpected goal feast in Eindhoven on Tuesday night, Arsenal’s seventh goal was probably the most extraordinary of the lot. In the words of Mikel Arteta, ‘Calafiori makes a run as a nine an...
arseblog.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Had a look a few minutes of Ekitike on the You Tubes, and I don't really think we can consider ourselves serious if he isn't playing in Arsenal red at The Carpet next season.

We deserve nice things.

Also, his fee is 80% of a Zubimendi less than Isak.
March 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Wow
February 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Perhaps Arsenal are finally turning a corner on commercial performance and player sales?
February 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Take out the 0.79 for the pen and I'd have to guess this is another win Liverpool didn't quite merit
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Is this behaviour from INEOS accepted practice when sponsors experience commercial headwinds?
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Significant moment in Norway, where clubs from the top two divisions have voted to abolish VAR. Will be their formal recommendation to Norwegian FA ahead of decision in March.
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some of our fans are genuinely disconnected from reality.
January 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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It is the time of the coward.
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM