Gautham Rao

Also every set piece takes ages

the beautiful game

Just so dispiriting. The game between 1st and 5th can't just be reduced to this shit.

Nothing more than an aesthetic critique, I know.

The rugby era of the PL

And that he’s not very good at keeping goal

Chelsea’s outfield players would do well to remember their goalkeeper is right-footed

Vicario angrily planted a clearance into the Haynes stand after excessive defensive faffing

Spurs determined to not press or defend in any meaningful way

The “security concern” that Thomas used to justify not showing up in person was likely: “a group of about a dozen…students had gathered outside the venue to protest the justice’s appearance and the Trump administration. They carried placards with the message “No Kings.””

Hope they were my students!

America First Legal Files Class-Action Lawsuit over the Philadelphia Police Department’s DEI Hiring and Promotion Practices America First Legal (AFL) has filed a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of white male Philadelphia Police Department officers who were passed over for promotions and denied advancement because of...

Stephen Miller’s goblin law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against the Philadelphia PD on behalf of white male cops who say they “were passed over for promotions and denied advancement because of their race and sex.”
Fellow goblin Jonathan Mitchell is co-counsel…

If you want info on Iran, follow @rezahakbari.bsky.social. A brilliant doctoral student working on a commensurately brilliant dissertation on modern Iranian politics. He knows what he’s talking about and tells it like it is.

Gen. Ahmadi Vahidi, Soleimani's predecessor as Quds Force chief, has reportedly been named IRGC chief commander. A brutal commander and notorious for his radical approach even among his own IRGC comrades. Headlines are filling the vacancies rapidly. #Iran

War is peace

Ah yes Joe’s Seafood. Just like a SCIF but you can get a seafood turducken of shrimp stuffed with crab AND a heads up about global apocalypse.

Holmstrom!!! #isles

A fool’s errand to try to discern ideological sinews from anything Trump does but this Iran war fits with the permanent emergency approach.

‘Trust you plebe, dear Leader has to do crazy shit to protect you.’

The football was poor but the result was excellent

Element of Surprise by Board of Peace founding member and FIFA Peace Award winner

By Bret Stephens

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Game’s gone

Ashley Barnes?!?!?

Why the Secretary of Defense would be in an old folks home/crime scene in Florida during an illegal and undeclared war is quite the question

Inventing a Confederate Washington in Richmond, Virginia I really wanted to enjoy the new Amazon miniseries The Gray House, which is based on the story of Richmond, Virginia’s Elizabeth Van Lew, who organized an extensive spy ring for the Union Army in the ...

Inventing a Confederate Washington in Richmond, Virginia 🗃️ #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

It’s a simple game Neil

Element of Surprise by Board of Peace founding member and FIFA Peace Award winner

By Bret Stephens

Up the Shite-But-Up-3-Nil Reds!

I say that line whenever an ump unmasks