ben
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Arsenal, overzealous coffee drinker, MSW student & music guy in Brooklyn
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Arsenal, overzealous coffee drinker, MSW student & music guy in Brooklyn
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sure cuomo lost but at least he was able to tell everyone that he is racist
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
sure cuomo lost but at least he was able to tell everyone that he is racist
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Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
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VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush
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Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11
The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84.
A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.
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"Painfully dull" Arsenal currently have:
🔺 Highest defensive line in the Premier League
🔺 Most touches in the opposition penalty area
🔺 Most shot-creating actions in the league
🔺 Second-most goals + third-most total shots
With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.
🔺 Highest defensive line in the Premier League
🔺 Most touches in the opposition penalty area
🔺 Most shot-creating actions in the league
🔺 Second-most goals + third-most total shots
With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Painfully dull" Arsenal currently have:
🔺 Highest defensive line in the Premier League
🔺 Most touches in the opposition penalty area
🔺 Most shot-creating actions in the league
🔺 Second-most goals + third-most total shots
With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.
🔺 Highest defensive line in the Premier League
🔺 Most touches in the opposition penalty area
🔺 Most shot-creating actions in the league
🔺 Second-most goals + third-most total shots
With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.
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September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Caught today’s @arsenalfc.bsky.social match with Spike Lee in Fort Greene (not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to write).
September 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Caught today’s @arsenalfc.bsky.social match with Spike Lee in Fort Greene (not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to write).
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OPINION | Liverpool Are Playing Football the Right Way
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
OPINION | Liverpool Are Playing Football the Right Way
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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"We are going to have to live here with each other" is one of the most revealing things he could have said, because it ignores the fact that many people in America have had to live in the same streets and towns as those who dehumanise them - and to accept that grim reality - for their entire lives.
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"We are going to have to live here with each other" is one of the most revealing things he could have said, because it ignores the fact that many people in America have had to live in the same streets and towns as those who dehumanise them - and to accept that grim reality - for their entire lives.
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An ode to Noni Madueke, and the story we didn't care to tell
No indecision
You always, always come home.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
An ode to Noni Madueke, and the story we didn't care to tell
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Zohran Mamdani’s idea for publicly funded groceries in food deserts is a bad idea. Here’s why I support Donald Trump plan to nationalize Intel
By Megan McArdle
By Megan McArdle
As a principled free market libertarian, I support Trump’s march towards state capitalism.
August 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s idea for publicly funded groceries in food deserts is a bad idea. Here’s why I support Donald Trump plan to nationalize Intel
By Megan McArdle
By Megan McArdle
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The explicit plan is to ethnically cleanse Gaza with US help while the whole world watches.
(AXIOS) - The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of issue tell Axios.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/07/18/i...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/07/18/i...
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The explicit plan is to ethnically cleanse Gaza with US help while the whole world watches.
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For more than three years, Thomas Partey played for Arsenal after being accused of very serious sexual offences.
The midfielder left the club last week and was charged four days later.
@gunnerblog.bsky.social examines what Arsenal knew when — and the impact of their decisions.
The midfielder left the club last week and was charged four days later.
@gunnerblog.bsky.social examines what Arsenal knew when — and the impact of their decisions.
‘It’s Arsenal. They won’t just ignore it’ – Thomas Partey, the allegations and what the club knew
Arsenal have been aware of complaints about Partey, all of which he denies, for more than three years. Questions are now being asked
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For more than three years, Thomas Partey played for Arsenal after being accused of very serious sexual offences.
The midfielder left the club last week and was charged four days later.
@gunnerblog.bsky.social examines what Arsenal knew when — and the impact of their decisions.
The midfielder left the club last week and was charged four days later.
@gunnerblog.bsky.social examines what Arsenal knew when — and the impact of their decisions.
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Statement from Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence.
July 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Statement from Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence.
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I'm planning on continuing to talk about Thomas Partey, Arsenal and rape culture as long as it is a problem within football
open.substack.com/pub/feverpit...
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An Open Letter to Arsenal Football Club
Today, the news broke that Thomas Partey, an Arsenal player until the beginning of this month, is being prosecuted for five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm planning on continuing to talk about Thomas Partey, Arsenal and rape culture as long as it is a problem within football
open.substack.com/pub/feverpit...
open.substack.com/pub/feverpit...
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Not like it hasn't been in the post but a dark day for Arsenal. The club should be ashamed.
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not like it hasn't been in the post but a dark day for Arsenal. The club should be ashamed.
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It's shameful that we were even considering renewing him.
The people at the top of the club were not blind to this situation, and still considered it in the interests of sporting expedience.
Lessons should be learned.
The people at the top of the club were not blind to this situation, and still considered it in the interests of sporting expedience.
Lessons should be learned.
Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey charged with rape
Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey charged with rape
Former Arsenal football player Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape.
news.sky.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's shameful that we were even considering renewing him.
The people at the top of the club were not blind to this situation, and still considered it in the interests of sporting expedience.
Lessons should be learned.
The people at the top of the club were not blind to this situation, and still considered it in the interests of sporting expedience.
Lessons should be learned.
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If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
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Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.
Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.