Jason Payne
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The Qatari and Saudi national soccer teams secured places in next summer’s World Cup after a soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll changed qualification rules to give them extra rest and home-field advantage.
How Saudi Arabia and Qatar Benefited From Rule Changes to Reach the World Cup
A soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll gave them extra rest and home-field advantage to set up World Cup qualification.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Qatari and Saudi national soccer teams secured places in next summer’s World Cup after a soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll changed qualification rules to give them extra rest and home-field advantage.
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For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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Happy Marathon day to all who celebrate (I'm still in my pjs drinking coffee).
October 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Marathon day to all who celebrate (I'm still in my pjs drinking coffee).
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At a time when sacrificing one’s life for the nation was considered a duty, Moulin Rouge Shinjuku star Ashita Matsuko told soldiers she prayed for their safe return.
“Before they were soldiers, they were my fans. The war stole their youth.”
“Before they were soldiers, they were my fans. The war stole their youth.”
Shinjuku's Moulin Rouge: The Theater That Danced Through War and Censorship - Unseen Japan
Japanese imperial authorities frequently raided it and censored its scripts. Despite this, the women at the Shinjuku Moulin Rouge danced on.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
At a time when sacrificing one’s life for the nation was considered a duty, Moulin Rouge Shinjuku star Ashita Matsuko told soldiers she prayed for their safe return.
“Before they were soldiers, they were my fans. The war stole their youth.”
“Before they were soldiers, they were my fans. The war stole their youth.”
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Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans
www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...
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The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode
Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.
www.polygon.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans
www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...
www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...
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Love how people are realising that the bluesky leadership team is just a bunch of liberals. Nothing new or special here. Just a bunch of white liberals doing white liberal stuff; the heavy policing/moderation of content from BIPOC and other marginalised groups, and also cosying up to fascists.
September 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Love how people are realising that the bluesky leadership team is just a bunch of liberals. Nothing new or special here. Just a bunch of white liberals doing white liberal stuff; the heavy policing/moderation of content from BIPOC and other marginalised groups, and also cosying up to fascists.
WB and DC willing to look like shit over people their characters would hate is wild
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
WB and DC willing to look like shit over people their characters would hate is wild
Yall owe Nick Spencer an apology #SecretEmpire #Marvel
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yall owe Nick Spencer an apology #SecretEmpire #Marvel
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her dumb ass can't make a profit NOW while generative AI tools are cheap and subsidized. this company has no path to success.
BtB gets more downloads in 3 months than her whole company did in two years. there's no shortcut to actually paying someone to make something good.
BtB gets more downloads in 3 months than her whole company did in two years. there's no shortcut to actually paying someone to make something good.
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
her dumb ass can't make a profit NOW while generative AI tools are cheap and subsidized. this company has no path to success.
BtB gets more downloads in 3 months than her whole company did in two years. there's no shortcut to actually paying someone to make something good.
BtB gets more downloads in 3 months than her whole company did in two years. there's no shortcut to actually paying someone to make something good.
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important to note that for all her talk of "profitability" the company doesn't appear to be profitable yet. her plan is to produce literally millions of podcasts each of which maybe gets a couple dozen listens a year
this company is going to fail
this company is going to fail
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
important to note that for all her talk of "profitability" the company doesn't appear to be profitable yet. her plan is to produce literally millions of podcasts each of which maybe gets a couple dozen listens a year
this company is going to fail
this company is going to fail
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Kurt Angle Reveals He Has No Discs Left In His Neck, Can't Feel His Pinkies
Kurt Angle Reveals He Has No Discs Left In His Neck, Can't Feel His Pinkies - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News
WWE legend Kurt Angle reveals his neck has fused into bone and shares how it affects his motor skills and daily life.
www.fightful.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kurt Angle Reveals He Has No Discs Left In His Neck, Can't Feel His Pinkies
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found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
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Japanese prosecutors have conveniently determined it's "not necessary" for the lawyers for Abe Shinzo's assassin, Yamagami Tetsuya, to interview his mother & other believers of the Unification Church - despite Abe's ties to the Church being his motivation for the crime.
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教団めぐる母の尋問「必要ない」 安倍氏銃撃、公判前に検察が反対：朝日新聞
2022年の安倍晋三元首相銃撃事件で殺人罪などに問われた山上徹也被告（44）の公判をめぐり、世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）の影響について被告の母親や宗教学者ら5人の証人尋問を求める弁護側に対し、…
unseen-japan.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Japanese prosecutors have conveniently determined it's "not necessary" for the lawyers for Abe Shinzo's assassin, Yamagami Tetsuya, to interview his mother & other believers of the Unification Church - despite Abe's ties to the Church being his motivation for the crime.
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Yamagami says the Church drove his mother bankrupt. The assassination sparked investigations into the ties between the church and Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), eventually leading to the Church's official legal dissolution in Japan.
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Japanese Government to Ask Court to Dissolve Unification Church - Unseen Japan
The Japanese government looks to deal a major blow to the Unification Church - the object of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's assassin's ire.
unseen-japan.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Yamagami says the Church drove his mother bankrupt. The assassination sparked investigations into the ties between the church and Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), eventually leading to the Church's official legal dissolution in Japan.
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Probably a good time to remind folks that Abe, while in office, had an uncomfortably close relationship with the public prosecutor's office:
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Celebs, Manga Artists in Japan Protest Abe Power Grab - Unseen Japan
Breaking taboo, a horde of Japanese celebrities - from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to popular manga artists - are challenging a controversial change to Japanese law.
unseen-japan.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Probably a good time to remind folks that Abe, while in office, had an uncomfortably close relationship with the public prosecutor's office:
unseen-japan.com/celebs-manga...
unseen-japan.com/celebs-manga...
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#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'
A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."
www.wcpo.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
I need the COD fans to drop #Battlefield already because why aren't reviving the medic that just revived your entire squad? #BF6
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I need the COD fans to drop #Battlefield already because why aren't reviving the medic that just revived your entire squad? #BF6
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August 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Yes, Annihilation will stream on Paramount starting August 1. No, the movie wasn't much hated. No, it didn't flop in the usual way. The new Paramount leadership suffocated it by releasing on too few screens. Per screen take was robust. share.google/4PHbY6q65jJk...
7 Years Later, Alex Garland's Hated Sci-Fi Horror Will Land On Streaming
Cosmic horror fans will love this alien invasion film.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yes, Annihilation will stream on Paramount starting August 1. No, the movie wasn't much hated. No, it didn't flop in the usual way. The new Paramount leadership suffocated it by releasing on too few screens. Per screen take was robust. share.google/4PHbY6q65jJk...
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Woohoo, I have page proofs for my book!
July 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Woohoo, I have page proofs for my book!