Brendan O’Connor
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very important and famous writer
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in this essay: the ideology of amateurism and the development of modern organized sports; the history of PED use and their regulation; transhumanism and Silicon Valley's obsession with death; athletic labor and the body
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
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Beyond All Boundaries | Brendan O’Connor
The Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza’s new multisport competition, embrace doping “to safely transition mankind to a new super-humanity.”
https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/beyond-all-boundaries-oconnor
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maybe: leif weatherby
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Marx never missed
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Tad DeLay
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Regardless of genre the self-evident axiom remains: if nobody bothered to write this, nobody should be bothered to read it
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Molly White
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...
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that's some graphic
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7 days ago
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a pet conspiracy theory / conjunctural analysis of mine was that the collapse of neoliberal hegemony was a consequence of Epstein getting sidelined by all of the media attention and criminal investigations…
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we're all trying to find the guy who did this
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no way
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Timothy Burke
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we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
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they were complaining about this on the Libero podcast this week lol
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Meet the new spatial fix, same as the old spatial fix
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13 days ago
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you’re telling me an object oriented this ontology??
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Melissa Gira Grant
14 days ago
Tom Homan is a wannabe profiteer.
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Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign
A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...
https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-homan-border-czar-trump-mark-hall-charles-sowell
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Nick Turse
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While Minnesotans Rejoice Over Greg Bovino’s Ouster, His Replacement Is a Deportation Hard-Liner
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/g...
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While Minnesotans Rejoice Over Greg Bovino’s Ouster, His Replacement Is a Deportation Hard-Liner
The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Greg Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people — and done it at a national scale.
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/28/greg-bovino-tom-homan-ice-deportation-trump-minneapolis/
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Today will see scattered flurries, a high of 22 degrees, and a low chance of Bonapartist palace coup
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Border Patrol shot someone in Arizona
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/person-shot-border-patrol-involved-arizona-rcna256137
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Every paragraph of this story makes me feel more disconnected from reality
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many such cases
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Carly Goodman
17 days ago
Finally a sensible voice
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Michael Carrick is going to get Manchester United playing football again and save the world
18 days ago
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"Machines are as pitiful as we are but, unlike us, they can’t feel shame. We can be grateful, I guess, that at least they confess when they lie. For now."
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List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/list-and-shout-kiesling
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Adam you are crazy for this one
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
21 days ago
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starting a little side project
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Coming soon: Fieldwork
Informal writing on the work of football.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-185329917
22 days ago
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the empire is dying; imperialism is alive and well
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remember NFTs lol
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catching up on the news from Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Workers recapture 15,000 crabs ‘making bid for freedom’ after truck entered ditch
Haul worth €60,000 spilled into Co Donegal field
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/13/workers-recapture-15000-crabs-making-bid-for-freedom-after-truck-entered-ditch/
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Democracy Now!
30 days ago
“Stolen from Us”: Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Black Father Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent
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“Stolen from Us”: Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Black Father Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent
Activists in Los Angeles are demanding justice for Keith Porter Jr., an African American 43-year-old father of two, who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve. His family is deman...
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/keith_porter_jr_ice_shooting
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Xabi Alonso come to Spurs have you not always wanted to manage Connor Gallagher
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Laleh Khalili
about 1 month ago
Statement by the union of Iranian bus-drivers.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/s...
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Where to watch Tottenham Hotspur Why to watch Tottenham Hotspur How to watch Tottenham Hotspur without feeling embarrassed Tottenham Hotspur supporters support group Why does love have to hurt
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I don’t care about losing but I hate being embarrassed
about 1 month ago
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Oh look we played some football.
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Thomas Frank what is it exactly that you do all week
about 1 month ago
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ICE have shot nine people and killed two in the last four months
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/ice-shootings-minneapolis-other-cities.html?smid=url-share
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Thomas Frank’s greatest crime is making Tottenham fucking boring
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A goal? From open play?? In the first half???
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Thank you Hamilton
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If “AI” is a fundamentally a labor saving technology, what use does Wikipedia—which runs on the freely-given labor of its editors—have for it?
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8 months ago
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Very sad to see that Jonathan Liew is still suffering from Ange Derangement Syndrome. Hope he recovers soon.
www.theguardian.com/football/blo...
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Ange Postecoglou’s triumphant sacking holds the key to modern football | Jonathan Liew
The Australian’s fluctuating fortunes at Spurs expose how much the game has become an act of persuasion
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2025/jun/10/ange-postecoglou-tottenham-sacked-europa-league-post-truth-philosophy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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USMNT is greying Poch like he’s the president
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Jeremy Lindenfeld
8 months ago
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
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John Herrman
8 months ago
TRUMP VS MUSK will be a disappointment. Deep down we know this!
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Your Saturday morning read: my Baffler essay on the reactionary futurism of the Enhanced Games
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
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Beyond All Boundaries | Brendan O’Connor
The Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza’s new multisport competition, embrace doping “to safely transition mankind to a new super-humanity.”
https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/beyond-all-boundaries-oconnor
8 months ago
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Very good post mortem
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Why Tottenham sacked Ange Postecoglou, the manager who ended their 17-year trophy drought
The inside story behind Levy's decision to sack Postecoglou, after a historically bad domestic season but also Europa League glory
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6402238/2025/06/06/tottenham-sack-postecoglou-inside-read/?source=user_shared_article
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RIP Ange you did the impossible. Forever a Tottenham legend.
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"The darkest prospect for literary studies is not its wholesale dissolution, but its residual subsidy as a loss leader for a few elite schools that can afford it."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/rev...
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Crise en Abyme | Colin Vanderburg
Anyone who has ever emerged from a multiday academic conference will recognize this truth: as the sun sets on the jetsam of crumpled programs and the custodians vacuum the carpet, you set out for the ...
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/reviews/crise-en-abyme/
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The Ditch
8 months ago
A Fine Gael senator on the Seanad agriculture panel didn’t declare more than €16,000 in farming income while serving as a county councillor last year. Paraic Brady was elected to the Seanad on the agricultural panel in February 2025.
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
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FG senator didn’t declare more than €16k in farming income
He sits on the Seanad agriculture panel.
https://www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-senator-on-agriculture-panel/
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Jesus Christ man
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in this essay: the ideology of amateurism and the development of modern organized sports; the history of PED use and their regulation; transhumanism and Silicon Valley's obsession with death; athletic labor and the body
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
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Beyond All Boundaries | Brendan O’Connor
The Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza’s new multisport competition, embrace doping “to safely transition mankind to a new super-humanity.”
https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/beyond-all-boundaries-oconnor
8 months ago
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David_j_roth
8 months ago
Incredible blog here. This is a gift link:
defector.com/what-world-d...
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What World Does Bitcoin Want To Build For Itself? | Defector
LAS VEGAS — “We often talk about baseball games as a metric for where we are, and we’re literally in the first inning,” one of the Winklevoss twins gloats. “And this game’s going to overtime.” It’s th...
https://defector.com/what-world-does-bitcoin-want-to-build-for-itself?giftLink=652b421e2ad5368e496e978045e2337a
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