I keep forgetting to say - on the blog I wrote about being called a contrarian for doing history, why misunderstandings of the "Dark Ages" ignore materialist circumstances and also just, you know, any history at all whatsoever.
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How bad is it for Manchester United?

Let's just say I've seen Spurs fans laughing.

Really struggle with the idea that recognising Palestine is being treated like a way to try and moderate Israel's conduct - the diplomatic equivalent of a threat to send a naughty child to bed early if they don't behave properly - rather than the inalienable right of an entire nation of people.

It should go without saying, but politicians rushing to do PR visits with wanted genocidaires *while they are still committing the genocide* is an order of magnitude more extreme and hateful than e.g. a certain recently proscribed direct action group have done. It is apeshit stuff!

It's one year since Chris Sutton was asked if Mbappe would be able to play with his broken nose in the Euros and he wrote the funniest thing I've ever read.

As football news goes, this site is incredibly important. It's also much cheaper than some other football 'news' sites

AI algorithms have finally calculated how many dead, starved & mutilated civilians it takes to morally outweigh a Facebook post about a mural

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Ian Rush has put his name to a 90-minute, score-settling, AI musical in the style of Hamilton about his legal battle against a Surrey scaffolding company and a small Wigan law firm, in so doing attacking, among others, Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher.
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You're probably going to be hearing a lot about this weekend's mad finish in the National League South over the next couple of days, so here's an attempt to explain what the bloody hell is going on there.

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If cutting benefits for the poor and disabled is the tough and difficult choice then one can only wonder how it is that, decade after decade, Britain has been blessed with an unbroken streak of bold and courageous governments.

There's only so many times you can claim that making the poorest foot the bill for government decisions is taking a "painful choice" before it becomes apparent that it is, in fact, simply a reflection of your political values.
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It's great when individuals who work for broadcasting outlets that have shows like 'Ref Watch' and who focus so, so much of their match coverage on refereeing decisions start wondering why there is so much focus on referees and conclude that it is because of Mikel Arteta.

Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.

Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.

It’s all about labour 🧵

Introduce yourself with 4 video games... (god I'm old)