Late kick off was a tough one for me as I’m delighted for Algeria but hated seeing Jordan eliminated. I feel like we all just got here!!

These Kalshi ads are absolutely relentless and I am definitely clicking all the ways through to block any “content creator” that makes them, gtfoh

"I don't call him Ronaldo I call him Cristiano here is only one Ronaldo and he wore 9 not 7" Henry just hit the hardest slide tackle of the entire world cup while standing in the studio

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Gutted for Cape Verde

I’m winding up my dissertation and I never want anyone to read it, I hate it, however, it’s main premise is that Britishness would be in a healthier place if people were better able to consume northern culture by Black and South Asian writers as British culture Anyway what the fuck

Sam Coates of Sky News went to Manchester (43% Black and Asian) to do a piece on Andy Burnham’s prospects and in his 17 minute video interviewing residents failed to interview a single Black or Asian person news.sky.com/video/sam-co...

"for sale: baby shoes, never worn" is a singular and specific short story. "Netherlands versus Sweden in Houston" is a sprawling modern epic with more stories than pages that could tell them

The comparison between Messi’s position with Argentina & Ronaldo’s with Portugal has three main differences: 1) Argentina have young players around Messi that do his running. Portugal have Fernandes and Silva who can’t do it. 2) Messi is three years younger. 3) Messi is still good.

I wanted that draw for CIV, but they looked exhausted. They should still get through, but nothing is guaranteed. They'll be a bad matchup for some favorite.

No Brazilians have shown up with actual joy so we must find joy where we can

I need Ivory Coast to go through and am now supporting all results that help them, obviously and starting with them winning their third game

i know we're all (rightly!!) mad about the hydration breaks but i need us to be just as angry about the use of ref cams in this tournament with zero!! ZERO!! footage of everyone crowding around the ref and yelling and/or begging

~anyway~ glad to see youse all caught up with me it seems

no wonder tunisia fired homeboy

Cody Gakpo did NOT cut inside 🚨

Head-to-head record instead of goal difference is so annoying man. I assume it’s to account for third game changed squads on the part of already qualified teams? Annoying nonetheless

The Milwaukee Messi v funny as a statement

I don’t flog Netflix products often but there’s a documentary on the police called Power that I think does a pretty good job on a lot of things, including documenting how police escalate stops routinely & how loads of stops might make someone act more frustrated than you, a never stopped, might act

I *did* really like The West Wing as a baby who likes rhetoric and feeling good, and watching it again is wild bc sometimes it’s grand but so often it’s so heavily entrenched in the times (gay rights; my god the season five episode entitled “Gaza”), but there’s one main thing:

By the way if we can find a way to ban the stuff I’m talking about here I would start using this app like Twitter. As it is, I get the ick every 5-7 posts when I veer off my following TL bc it’s weirdos pretending America was Pristine and Perfect the second before Trump took office. Euuuugh.

“Too often we come together because we are forced to by tragedy. What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy.” This is really good. Good enough that I checked the time & I’d been listening to a fan of teams I don’t follow talk for 7 minutes? It’s very cool when someone Gets It.

Palestine didn’t “fail to qualify” for the World Cup. Israel literally killed everyone on the team.

In April I bought a brand new car after years without having a vehicle and it’s been hit TWICE while parked in April and May — and then someone running a red light in daylight almost plowed into us turning left on a green yesterday. It’s a bright red car??? 😭

We could have Nigeria here smh

Nigeria, feel deep deep shame for allowing this South Africa side to gain automatic qualification over you

Yes, England fans are now doing what Arsenal fans did all along: engaging in the hypocrisy of all football fans in supporting the ugly, frustrating thing when it helps their team win. As a non-England fan I can confirm I found the approach to set plays ugly and frustrating still lmao

Think this is my most “true neutral” game yet. It’s fun! I hope everyone has a good time!

Cowards run up rewarded, smh

Highlights package

Today, Christiano Ronaldo will tie the record for most World Cup matches played without winning the tournament, setting a record impossible for Messi to break.

Possession stats are largely meaningless on their face etc etc but the internet has pointed out that Cape Verde had more possession against Spain than Arsenal v PSG in that Champions League final, and that’s earnestly very funny

One of my favorite World Cup subplots is almost every country having the time of their lives in the host cities while England has had their equipment stolen and massive thunderstorms

Earnestly would be very funny to call nothing a foul and then give that pen though, but alas

Referees ignoring fouls is getting a bit irritating I have to admit

I remember sitting watching astonished that same night as four fellow Labour MPs were interviewed together on Newsnight about it, and all spoke about “social media abuse”, and it was not at all clear that they were talking about “from Nazis”.

Remarkable scenes in the mixed zone tonight - both players lingering well beyond what FIFA comms asked of them, stepping off the dais to answer more Qs even as their handlers sought to shepherd them out of the area Seemed eager to express what they're dealing with and how challenging all this is

I’m trying the FOX stream and it is wild how it feels Not Like The Same Sport with just a random advert break???

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet if you feel like it. It’s not the one I was looking for but he looks happy

Like this is good and great to them but also these referees have been calling pretty much fuckall to a “what’s going on with that?” extent and that does color this stat for me lmao

In case you’re wondering, it’s called Tip Toe because Russell T Davies spends the entire show tiptoeing the line between acknowledging the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in Britain, whilst avoiding assigning any blame to the mainstreaming of anti-trans views caused by his “gender critical friends”.

World football has simply moved beyond any need for Belgium I feel. Lackluster despite high promises for my entire lifetime. Get rid.

Only semi-surprised at how much I’m enjoying the quick fixes on incorrectly called corners v goal kicks you know

Incidentally, I think it can help a tournament favorite to have a really unexpectedly tough game and disappointing result in the opening game. Knocks out any complacency. Just ask Argentina.

Hell yes fútbol. I’m not crying, you’re crying.

I think it’s pretty cool how many of the Spanish players ply their trade in Spain

Sure, but the point here is not “this is coherent and it makes sense”. The point - the entire point - is “Fuck you, we’re in charge”.

It is a bit wild to me that it’s cheaper for me, an American, to fly to Liverpool and watch three matches in person (while paying for a hotel, not even staying with anyone!) than it would be to watch one (1) World Cup game.

For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.

Canceling my ESPN subscription today: ESPN Dude: Reason for canceling? ME: The NBA Playoffs are over. ESPN: Did your team win? ME: Hell yeah, Go Knicks! ESPN: Many very angry Sprus fans canceled today. This is why I ask. ME: Where you from? ESPN: From New York. Together: Hahahahaha