Morocco now lost back to back home AFCON final's (women and men) in successive years. There'll be fans in that stadium who were at both games.

Probably owe gratitude to all involved in that. That match seemed to ignite broso Bluesky in a way I've never seen before.

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Anywhere from 25 yards or closer, Hanson is a problem if the ball's on her left foot. Can generate power with zero backlift. Wilms set-pieces also a threat.

The level of control and accuracy in the choices made by a first time director are among the best of recent memory. If anything I’m selling Victor short as there’s so many other different and equally valid ways to compliment this wonderful film.

“Americans have been misled by pundits who proclaim the US a “nation of laws”. It makes no difference if the US is a nation of laws when courts are selective in their application. Autocracies are nations of laws, too. The US is a nation of targets.”

Today, the England and Wales abortion statistics for 2023 were published by the Department of Health and Social Care 📊 These new statistics underline why choice and access matter more than ever. 🔗 Read our full comment: www.msichoices.org.uk/news/new-abo... #Abortion

I wrote about the rise of prediction markets, which have FINALLY made it possible for crypto bros to cosplay as war profiteers while getting fleeced by actual war profiteers

Still trying to pay the rest of the month's bills. At 375/600. Thanks in advance 🙏🏾

At this rate, you may look at the Shadow Cabinet and not see a single white face.

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The @financialtimes.com columnist @edwardluce.bsky.social has argued that in annexing Greenland, the US ‘would kill Nato in one swoop’. But would it? Trump appears to think Europe’s leaders are cowed enough to accept even this. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

Édouard Louis, great French writer of a white working-class family saga, who grew up gay in a poor far-right-voting village, tells me how he escaped, and later helped his mum to do the same. About white working-class memoirs and Cinderella @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/cd31555e-9...

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Manchester City lead Chelsea in the WSL by six points. They have won all 11 games since defeat on the opening day to their title rivals. The perennial champions are their only rivals. @meganferinga.bsky.social on a top-four race split in two. bit.ly/4aVF4W3

The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.

I have a terrible head cold. I'm gonna go to urgent care tomorrow to get a nose swab and all that jazz just in case. My ex has been sniffling all week, claiming "it's just allergies." I didn't believe it. I still don't.

Morning my loves. It was off to Burgess Hill Town yesterday for their match against Billericay Town, where the game wasn't especially good, but at least my hands were warm. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

The Trump Regime Smear Machine is now a taxpayer funded venture that smears victims of state violence by justifying their killing. This should be familiar, it is a common practice in the aftermath of police shootings of black people (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Today in Proximities: - Burkina Faso says foiled plot to assassinate Ibrahim Traoré - Iran says “no leniency” for protesters, blames U.S. and Israel - Chinese foreign minister begins annual Africa tour As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/burkina-fa...

"Whitlock didn’t steal scenes as much as he elevated them, becoming a part of the fabric of storytellers like David Simon and Spike Lee, who knew exactly how to use this stealthy genius,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in his tribute to the late Isiah Whitlock Jr.

A piece about Martin Chivers: unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/thank-you-...

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‘The US occupation of Iraq happened in part because no one learned the lessons of Vietnam, and it seems that whatever happens in Venezuela, no one has learned the lessons of Iraq or Afghanistan – forever wars against which Trump campaigned.’ Forrest Hylton on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

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Today in Proximities: - At least 50 killed in Nigeria market attack - Syrian government and Kurd-led SDF fail to reach deal - Myanmar releases 6,100 prisoners in amnesty As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/nigeria-my...

On Maresca, Amorim, Nancy, head coaches, managers, and the difference between the last of those two. open.substack.com/pub/unexpect...

A Jackson Pollock painting or England's bowling?

Saturday turned out to be a freeze-out across the non-league game, but I didn't have anything like a wasted Saturday. But we do need to talk about what feels like a lack of process when it comes to matches being postponed. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

In 2026, we must stop letting techbros decide what art is and how it should exist.

Was just saying in a group chat how in the past year she stopped being an exciting young talent with a world class ceiling. She’s now just world class.

Seated!

A bit of a review of 2025. Not much of one, I have to admit. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-best-o...

I stg if a single one of you non-New Yorkers try and tell us New Yorkers that we’re not allowed to criticize or yell at Mamdani I’m gonna lose my entire shit at you. Part of the reason we WANT people like him in office is we can tell him when he fucks up.

A rare and joyful example of watching a film and me straight DiCaprio meme going “I know that place! I’ve been there! And there! My sister lives 15 minutes from there!”

Isn’t this basically the plot of Mickey 17?

A timely new book published this year by the cultural critic Philippa Snow observes how the female celebrity magnifies the experiences of her everyday civilian counterparts, using examples from Pamela Anderson to Amy Winehouse.