The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

I was worried about how little business we did last summer. But you were right.

I think we’ve seen Spence play there once. Stacked at CB right now.

Twenty eight years before Ilia Malinin dazzled at Milan Cortina, Surya Bonaly decided to go out on her own terms — and became the only person to land a backflip on one blade at the Olympic Games ⛸️

Read for free with this gift article from The Athletic’s archives: www.nytimes.com/athletic/313...

I’m not big on the disciplinarian model. I think you can see in any workplace that most adults don’t respond to it. But given that we all we need is someone to shake things up and win 4 matches, it should be ok.

Italian sources (DiMarzio, Moretto, Romano)

I missed that iain post. That photo makes me laugh so hard!

The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!

New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.

This questioning is very good. More of this from lawmakers, please

I saw a tweet from him that said he was hearing it would be De Zerbi (something to that effect).

Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’ Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis

Climate win: In Naperville, IL, which gets its power in part from a coal plant that's one of the top 10 climate polluters in the country, city councilmembers just voted to stop negotiations w/ the agency keeping them hooked on coal.

I first wrote about this here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We should remember that sport is a microcosm of society & entrenches rape culture in so many ways (athletes, coaches, media narratives). We can’t have a better world if we keep making exceptions for sporting outcomes. If you don’t take a zero tolerance stance then you *are* tolerating it, period.

Can’t wait for your book “Listening away the pounds.” But also congrats!

I haven’t listened to it, I’ve only seen the reporting, but I wish he would have not said that stuff. I expected him to couch it more to be honest.

Disappointing to listen to several pods discussing the prospect of De Zerbi getting the Tottenham job with no mention of how he enthusiastically rehabilitated Mason Greenwood while at Marseille.

It's a hard no from me for that alone, and I hope enough of the fanbase feel the same

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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It was cathartic to listen to, as well.

WTTW’s new season of ‘Firsthand’ hopes to show that democracy is ‘a participatory sport’ The made-in-Chicago documentary series this season follows a teacher, a suburban grandmother and others who have found their own ways to fight for democracy.

The made-in-Chicago documentary series "Firsthand" this season follows a teacher, a suburban grandmother and others who have found their own ways to fight for democracy.

It will be very generic!

It’s kind of silly to say that when you look at how poorly we’ve been playing. It’s not like we’re in 8th place and demanding CL qualification.

Kudus is March, too?

Reminder that sh*tification (and misogyny) of X is having real impacts on women's football and women footballers, including at Spurs.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...

Spot on.

In southwest Idaho FBI raid, officials zip-tiped teens and used aggressive force, lawsuit alleges • Idaho Capital Sun A lawsuit by ACLU of Idaho alleges law enforcement used aggressive tactics and unjustly detained hundreds of people, including children.

After a 16-year-old complained his zip-ties were too tight at a an ICE/FBI raid in southwest Idaho, an officer laughed and tightened them, the ACLU alleges in a new lawsuit.

He still has scars, months later.

I was wondering the same thing!

📬🆕 The February edition of our women's football newsletter is out today!

We focus on the Champions League knockouts, the WSL, Liga F, and we have an exclusive interview with Spurs player Tinka Tandberg.

Read here:
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Now sack Lange

The media angle is quite interesting. When I’m feeling charitable I think maybe the media finally understands that the club’s issues go beyond the manager bc Thomas Frank is someone they sympathize with. But I don’t think any other manager at a big club would get this leeway. Kind of baffles.

I was thinking that, too. Not exactly making a great case for yourself, Thomas.