Laurie Laker
@laurielaker.bsky.social
🇬🇧 🇪🇺 in 🇺🇸 | Communicator | Arsenal devotee | he/him | #Feminist, #Antifascist, #BLM | My views |
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Reposted by Laurie Laker
“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
We have the chance to exact vengeance on this weekend's visitors. The Black Cats are on the prowl, intent on clawing. Can't allow it. Let's make it count. COYG!!! ❤️🤍
⚽️ Arsenal vs. Sunderland
🏆 PL
📅 2/7 | ⏱️ 9a
📍 The Local, 55402
#Arsenal #AFC #COYG #UTA #TheArsenal @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
⚽️ Arsenal vs. Sunderland
🏆 PL
📅 2/7 | ⏱️ 9a
📍 The Local, 55402
#Arsenal #AFC #COYG #UTA #TheArsenal @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
See you tomorrow!!! COYG!!!
We are NINETY MINUTES from a cup final. We begin with a slender lead, and all to play for against a hated rival.
Let's make it count. COYG!!! ❤️🤍
⚽️ Arsenal vs. Chelsea
🏆 League Cup
📅 2/3 | ⏱️ 2p
📍 The Local, 55402
#Arsenal #AFC #COYG #UTA #TheArsenal #CarabaoCup @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
Let's make it count. COYG!!! ❤️🤍
⚽️ Arsenal vs. Chelsea
🏆 League Cup
📅 2/3 | ⏱️ 2p
📍 The Local, 55402
#Arsenal #AFC #COYG #UTA #TheArsenal #CarabaoCup @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 AM
See you tomorrow!!! COYG!!!
I’m just proud beyond words.
Can’t say more than that.
Can’t say more than that.
Thank you all SO much. This is beyond anything we imagined. ❤️🤍
We are in awe of our communities, and the support we’ve received from across the country and around the world.
The Twin Cities remain strong, united, and resilient. That will never change.
Whatever The Weather.
We are in awe of our communities, and the support we’ve received from across the country and around the world.
The Twin Cities remain strong, united, and resilient. That will never change.
Whatever The Weather.
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I’m just proud beyond words.
Can’t say more than that.
Can’t say more than that.
JOIN US!!!
🔴⚪️ AN ARSENAL DOUBLE-HEADER WEEKEND!!! 🔴⚪️
Sat: ⚽️ Leeds vs Arsenal (Men)
🕘 9a | 📍 The Local, 55402
Sun: ⚽️ Arsenal WFC vs Corinthians
🏆 Champions Cup Final
🕛 12p | 📍 A Bar of Their Own, 55404
PACK THE PUBS! COYG!!! 🔴⚪️
#Arsenal #ArsenalFC #AFC #COYG #UTA #AFCUSA #AWFC @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
Sat: ⚽️ Leeds vs Arsenal (Men)
🕘 9a | 📍 The Local, 55402
Sun: ⚽️ Arsenal WFC vs Corinthians
🏆 Champions Cup Final
🕛 12p | 📍 A Bar of Their Own, 55404
PACK THE PUBS! COYG!!! 🔴⚪️
#Arsenal #ArsenalFC #AFC #COYG #UTA #AFCUSA #AWFC @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
JOIN US!!!
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Huge thanks to @amylawrence.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social, & @ianstonecomedy.bsky.social for the #HandbrakeOff shoutout.
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
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UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Huge thanks to @amylawrence.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social, & @ianstonecomedy.bsky.social for the #HandbrakeOff shoutout.
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
If anyone feels like donating to our fundraiser or sharing it around, this links to donate are here:
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January 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If anyone feels like donating to our fundraiser or sharing it around, this links to donate are here:
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A friend of mine, Matthew Barry, asked me to reflect and write on what's been going on in the Twin Cities, and how it intersects with the football culture I'm a part of here.
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Laurie Laker: Soccer and Community In Icy Conditions
A special guest blog from a friend on the ground in Minneapolis
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January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
A friend of mine, Matthew Barry, asked me to reflect and write on what's been going on in the Twin Cities, and how it intersects with the football culture I'm a part of here.
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I think a useful response to the political plans of well-funded fascists is not "how ridiculous, they could never achieve those laughably cruel aims" but instead "they mean what they say, they are going to kill a lot of people before they are stopped, how about we make sure they don't get to try".
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I think a useful response to the political plans of well-funded fascists is not "how ridiculous, they could never achieve those laughably cruel aims" but instead "they mean what they say, they are going to kill a lot of people before they are stopped, how about we make sure they don't get to try".
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there are people going out in the freezing cold and literally putting their lives on the line in defense of their communities and the multicultural secular society they believe in. not interested in what some online wannabe dnc consultant type wants to tell me what is and isn't possible now
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 AM
there are people going out in the freezing cold and literally putting their lives on the line in defense of their communities and the multicultural secular society they believe in. not interested in what some online wannabe dnc consultant type wants to tell me what is and isn't possible now
Black Hart remains the best of us.
Plus their breakfast pizza (yes you read that right) is the stuff of dreams.
Plus their breakfast pizza (yes you read that right) is the stuff of dreams.
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Black Hart remains the best of us.
Plus their breakfast pizza (yes you read that right) is the stuff of dreams.
Plus their breakfast pizza (yes you read that right) is the stuff of dreams.
One micropenised clown leaving the scene is not full withdrawal and abolition.
Zero letup. None.
All gas, no brakes.
Fuck ICE.
We will winl.
Zero letup. None.
All gas, no brakes.
Fuck ICE.
We will winl.
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
One micropenised clown leaving the scene is not full withdrawal and abolition.
Zero letup. None.
All gas, no brakes.
Fuck ICE.
We will winl.
Zero letup. None.
All gas, no brakes.
Fuck ICE.
We will winl.
Huge shoutout to @jonnyarsenal.bsky.social for sorting me with this.
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Huge shoutout to @jonnyarsenal.bsky.social for sorting me with this.
Once again, I am begging us for a genuine finisher and some box lethality.
EXPECTED ASSISTS
• Bruno Fernandes: 5.6
• Bukayo Saka: 5.1
ASSISTS
• Bruno Fernandes: 10
• Bukayo Saka: 3
(data: opta)
• Bruno Fernandes: 5.6
• Bukayo Saka: 5.1
ASSISTS
• Bruno Fernandes: 10
• Bukayo Saka: 3
(data: opta)
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Once again, I am begging us for a genuine finisher and some box lethality.
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I have completed my monthslong investigation into Bukayo Saka’s form. Here it is in its entirety:
He’s playing quite well, but missing shots. Bit annoying.
Thank you for reading.
He’s playing quite well, but missing shots. Bit annoying.
Thank you for reading.
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I have completed my monthslong investigation into Bukayo Saka’s form. Here it is in its entirety:
He’s playing quite well, but missing shots. Bit annoying.
Thank you for reading.
He’s playing quite well, but missing shots. Bit annoying.
Thank you for reading.
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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In times like these, community is all we have.
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
January 24, 2026 at 9:38 PM
In times like these, community is all we have.
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
A very dear and brilliant friend of mine once wrote words that continue to echo with me now, and have done every day since she put pen to paper.
"Rage will keep me focused. Love will light the way."
"Rage will keep me focused. Love will light the way."
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A very dear and brilliant friend of mine once wrote words that continue to echo with me now, and have done every day since she put pen to paper.
"Rage will keep me focused. Love will light the way."
"Rage will keep me focused. Love will light the way."
Suck — and I cannot stress this next part enough — my ENTIRE reproductive anatomy, you pricks.
Fox News: "I've gotten my hands that AG Bondi said she sent to Gov. Tim Walz. It is strongly worded. The AG calls for the governor to support the men and women of ICE, to repeal the state's sanctuary policies, and to allow the DOJ to access state voter rolls."
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Suck — and I cannot stress this next part enough — my ENTIRE reproductive anatomy, you pricks.
Alex was my age. 37. White, male.
It can be anyone, of any age, identify, or demographic, at any time.
Fuck everyone who voted for this, or even casually told me “it won’t get that bad.”
It alway was going to. This is what they wanted. This is their greatest wish.
Fuck them.
We will win.
It can be anyone, of any age, identify, or demographic, at any time.
Fuck everyone who voted for this, or even casually told me “it won’t get that bad.”
It alway was going to. This is what they wanted. This is their greatest wish.
Fuck them.
We will win.
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Alex was my age. 37. White, male.
It can be anyone, of any age, identify, or demographic, at any time.
Fuck everyone who voted for this, or even casually told me “it won’t get that bad.”
It alway was going to. This is what they wanted. This is their greatest wish.
Fuck them.
We will win.
It can be anyone, of any age, identify, or demographic, at any time.
Fuck everyone who voted for this, or even casually told me “it won’t get that bad.”
It alway was going to. This is what they wanted. This is their greatest wish.
Fuck them.
We will win.
Do it
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Do it
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Lawful gun owner with a permit to carry has a gun on him? Fuck CPB. Fuck ICE. Fuck DHS. Monsters all of them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Lawful gun owner with a permit to carry has a gun on him? Fuck CPB. Fuck ICE. Fuck DHS. Monsters all of them.
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All of them. At every level. Logistics, admin, the lowliest, most distant pencil-pushers. All of them. Every single one. Even if it takes decades to find them all and the last ones are old and remorseful when they get caught. All of them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
All of them. At every level. Logistics, admin, the lowliest, most distant pencil-pushers. All of them. Every single one. Even if it takes decades to find them all and the last ones are old and remorseful when they get caught. All of them.
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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.