Just got an advert for the UFC for America's 250th. Looking forward to Power Slap at the 300th shindig.

Have players or officials been barred entry at previous World Cups? Somali referee Artan barred from entering USA - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Appiah is 72. Boghossian is 69. Fine is 80. Henrich is 58. Fleming is 60. Merchant is in his late 50s. Morson is 78. Rosen is 63. Rubin may actually be young. Wilentz is 75. Is it any wonder that this crowd came up with a "back in my day" themed report?

With the World Cup coming up, it's a good time to share this article that we wrote before the Qatar World Cup. Many of the same concerns apply, in their own ways. Full article: Sportswashing: Complicity and Corruption www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Every time I watch Clarkson's Farm, Charlie reminds me of my PhD supervisor (now the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, which is fun).

The "most inclusive World Cup ever", another update.

"I switched all the labels on my wife's Spice Rack." "I'm not in trouble yet, but the thyme is cumin."

The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has written to FIFA after "countless" journalists from Iran and African countries have faced US visa restrictions ahead of the World Cup despite being accredited by FIFA to cover the tournament.

I’m not a football person but I am a taxpayer who is tired of being taken advantage of by sports teams. Fuck the Bears. Let them become the Hammond, Indiana Bears. The City of Chicago should sue them if they call themselves the Chicago Bears, and no Chicagoan should ever go to a game again.

He isn't.

This is a good read!

A terrifying scene!

Saw a clip of that guy from Staind saying that Bruce Springsteen duped us with Born in the USA because it’s actually not patriotic but I don’t think it’s really duping people to ask them to listen to more than four words of a song

For more than a year, I've been asking about the Sheriff's Office's interactions with ICE. We finally have some information - and it's about what many of suspected. MCSO was turning people over, even after routine traffic stops. rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/sheriff-ba...

Very proud to be on the advisory board for this campaign. If of interest, please sign and share. ——— Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name to this mass complaint: rebootfifa.com/sign?utm_sou...

Went to a Club World Cup match last year and saw at least three people faint at half time so I'm sure this will be great.

Today's Cryptick Daily Clue is from me! Recording a sea creature’s mournful cry (4) #cryptic #crossword #cotd

"They’re going to have to fire him. No amount of HR speak will have him retract what he said," one CBS staffer just told me, adding: "For an anti-woke crusader, this is pretty woke of [Bari] to accuse Pelley of after firing the entire leadership of his show and two correspondent colleagues."

The World Cup is about celebrating exotic host nation cultures

Pope Leo, writing Magnifica Humanitas: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

My "here's why agent-regret is different to moral distress" paper* is shifting into a screed against the concept of moral distress. *PowerPoint I might one day write up

Looks pretty good to me. If anyone is annoyed at this, they can comfort themselves with the other 99.9999% of UK streets where motor vehicle drivers basically do whatever the fuck they want.

It’s a stupidly high bar but I believe this to be Craig Brown’s finest work

some writer at the Onion just dramatically crumpled up a piece of paper and chucked it in the trash

lmao

“FIFA has turned buying a ticket to the World Cup into a gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly high prices”

Nice to see Target selling terrible AI crap

2026 Me: Hey 1996 me, in 30 years time you'll be furious at everything Tony Blair says and think John Major makes some pretty sensible points 1996 Me: Fuck, so I'm doomed to become more conservative as I get older 2026 Me: Well not exactly

I'm 95% complete in my negotiations to become Arsenal's new goalkeeper.

This is completely deranged: Iran is required to play games in the US but ISN’T ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. They will instead have to fly back to Mexico. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

No country should be allowed to host the World Cup if they refuse to welcome any team.

Ordered a double espresso and it filled an 8oz cup. I thought maybe it had been watered down, but is in fact half a pint of espresso. Aggressive. I feel burdened by responsibility.

Is that 60 club goals for Kane?

The hotel iron shot out some steam that stained my shirt. The employee was originally quite helpful, and pointed me towards the in-house laundry. I went there, saw it was coin operated, and went back to ask for the coins. A fun argument ensued:

Huge sigh of relief at the EFL as Hull score in injury time. Sports lawyers up and down the country crying into their Moet.

Feeling some sympathy for this author as I read the abstract for their paper. The fact/fart distinction does seem important though.

imagine wanting to give up having Bukayo Saka on your national team because you find his name hard to pronounce. loser shit tbh

Has anyone considered it's the haircuts ?

Ah, so he moves away from the sports part to lean into the washing part.

Couldn't make the book workshop in person, but I am celebrating with an excellent beer (many hours later)

Registration is open for the BSET conference. Excellent programme. Register by 29 June www.bset.org.uk

America. Where an 81-year-old has to do live streams to pay for her grandson’s cancer treatment and a “prank” includes calling a SWAT team on someone. www.reddit.com/r/news/s/lA9...

They'll be partying on the streets of Aston Villa tonight!

That's a banger

I'd be really interested to know how hotels have adjusted prices for the World Cup: if (as I suspect is unlikely) prices haven't been hiked, this seems a problem. But if they've been hiking prices then maybe some introspection is required! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Tomorrow!