we are now as far from three lions on a shirt as three lions on a shirt was from the last england world cup win

This isn't prophecy it's basic pattern recognition

Being an England fan feels more like an incurable affliction than anything else

England parking the bus

Joan of Arc! Jules Maigret! Rayman! Jean Luc Godard! JMG Le Clezio! Michel Foucault! Madeline! Les Légions Noires—can you hear me, Les Légions Noires! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

Why is the Trojan horse being pushed by space marines?

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Seems pretty obvious to me that Mitch McConnell is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.

That's just being a great striker.

This is NOT what the FIFA World Cup is about. The FIFA World Cup is about *opens history book* uh oh *Frantically starts flipping though pages* uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

Easy answer: @upthetwerx.bsky.social

This is just good banter.

One year when we lost to Portugal a bunch of lads smashed up a Nandos this is exactly how stupid this country is.

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Song of the summer. youtu.be/EzAAYfQ--Mo?...

Having mental illness be like

Liking a team because it's your team vs attempting to find some coherent logical or moral justification for why your team is the team you support

Shams today:

Who the potential Warriors lineup played against in their first game as professionals

Damn mateyboy is straight up GOBBLING hell yeah brother

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Once again tips for dealing with the heat. These tips don't guarantee that you will enjoy the heat but they will make it easier than not doing them.

no more protein!! no more!! we are done!! pack it in!!

all ‘friends of israel’ organisations should be proscribed. if there is a definition of ‘terrorism’, stuff like this is so far over the line it’s on another planet

the write ups of the pm's fall never mention his biggest reforms—those that made the uk far, far worse for minorities my latest for @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/

imma level with you the ferret bit is not my biggest concern with this story

these are the voters every Labour Together planning session for the last decade has been desperate to find

If there was a chance the new guys would be markedly different and better, about half of their MPs would be on TV right now going apeshit. They are not doing that, so we can conclude agreements have been reached and deals have been made, offscreen.

Oh no did the ratfucker get ratfucked?

Beautiful lady

Four random things from my record collection

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This is how people act like Wemby was moving.

Thrilled to report the Arizona Rattlers CHUG CAM appears to be sponsored by an intervention and recovery center

Impressing a cool smart literary girl by telling her I have lots of Black Library books until she realises I don't mean Zora Neale Hurston, Percival Everett and Toni Morrison.

i often think about the modest, stable, full life my parents were able to make and am furious it’s out of reach for almost everyone i know

We used to just call them LAN Parties.

There should be an option on Discogs to sort your collection by year of original release not just year of the pressing you have when I look up what 2023 records I have I don't want to see Black Sabbath - Sabotage.

Knicks fans analysing game footage

Oh I'm sorry I thought this was America

You can go a little loopy if you begin thinking of yourself as a Political Operative simply because you post about politics. This is why it's so important to drop an occasional grounding post like "The brain is the ass of the head" to remind yourself that you are just some guy

Knicks fans analysing game footage

Well he should be.

I think that if you understand what’s happening here as “none of us have a clue what we’re doing but we’ve bought these magic beans off a wizard and we’re quite optimistic” then that will cover you for most of the ensuing outcomes.

I opened my phone to check the score this morning like it was the box at the end of Seven.

Transatlantic world cup banter:

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