Ezra
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Fascinating half. Brentford are good. Arsenal are good.
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Fascinating half. Brentford are good. Arsenal are good.
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
-Madueke great except for the final action, or corners, or crosses. Think he'll work well in tandem with Gyokeres, who can mop up chaos instigated by M.
-With Mosquera's injury, have four nominal fullbacks in the back line. A height worry on..
Strong team, strong bench.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Strong team, strong bench.
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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
Four cards to our defensive five, going to be walking a tightrope all second half without some changes.
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Four cards to our defensive five, going to be walking a tightrope all second half without some changes.
What a game, what a team, what a set of results, what a week so far. Alone at the top of every table.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What a game, what a team, what a set of results, what a week so far. Alone at the top of every table.
Had no idea David Luiz was still playing until he just equalised in the Pafos-Monaco CL tie I'm watching...
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Had no idea David Luiz was still playing until he just equalised in the Pafos-Monaco CL tie I'm watching...
It took a third of the season, but the writers are now on board.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It took a third of the season, but the writers are now on board.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The "People in India and other low-wage countries are farming racist rage-bait on X" phenomenon is downstream of Elon Musk manipulating the X algorithms to prioritize promoting racism.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
For today only, am quite ok with Newcastle getting away with general butchery repercussion-free
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For today only, am quite ok with Newcastle getting away with general butchery repercussion-free
The trajectories of Chelsea and Liverpool couldn't be more different.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The trajectories of Chelsea and Liverpool couldn't be more different.
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between this, his hoarse voice, and the quiet piggy thing you can tell he's handling the Epstein stuff really well and definitely isn't starting to fray around the edges as his control over U.S. media attention gets eroded by his link to a pedophile sex predator
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
between this, his hoarse voice, and the quiet piggy thing you can tell he's handling the Epstein stuff really well and definitely isn't starting to fray around the edges as his control over U.S. media attention gets eroded by his link to a pedophile sex predator
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
The lengths entitled people go to turn their persecution complexes into fake reality.
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The lengths entitled people go to turn their persecution complexes into fake reality.
Pretty sure most people see prosperity in relative rather than absolute terms. If they're not earning more than their neighbour or that guy they hate, it won't register as much of an improvement.
Weird thing: the UK minimum wage has risen against inflation for years. It's now really high. Millions of people are earning more than they were as a direct result of this policy. And the impact on the vibes of the country is… entirely absent?
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pretty sure most people see prosperity in relative rather than absolute terms. If they're not earning more than their neighbour or that guy they hate, it won't register as much of an improvement.
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im beginning to think it was a mistake to stake our entire economy on chatbots and fake internet money
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
im beginning to think it was a mistake to stake our entire economy on chatbots and fake internet money
With seven attackers out and three away games this week, had a lot of tired heads and legs, not as sharp as usual, could have used better subs, were a bit slow on their goals, but dug in. Feels like two points dropped but will be a useful point down the stretch.
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With seven attackers out and three away games this week, had a lot of tired heads and legs, not as sharp as usual, could have used better subs, were a bit slow on their goals, but dug in. Feels like two points dropped but will be a useful point down the stretch.
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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
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Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
After an 18-month siege, a two-day massacre with the piles of bodies and pools of blood visible from space. Horrific. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
‘A true genocide’: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkiye, Jordan and Qatar express alarm as more evidence emerges of mass killings by paramilitary forces in Sudan's in el-Fasher.
www.aljazeera.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
After an 18-month siege, a two-day massacre with the piles of bodies and pools of blood visible from space. Horrific. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
For the cup, would go full rotation with 2-3 exceptions.
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For the cup, would go full rotation with 2-3 exceptions.
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
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🇷🇺 Moscow (dpa) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to give NATO and EU countries a non-aggression guarantee. ➡️💭 I mean, I learned in high school history class that non-aggression agreements were worthless...
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🇷🇺 Moscow (dpa) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to give NATO and EU countries a non-aggression guarantee. ➡️💭 I mean, I learned in high school history class that non-aggression agreements were worthless...