@theotherjacques.bsky.social
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The world should not come here. There should not be a World Cup here.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
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.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
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.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The world should not come here. There should not be a World Cup here.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
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Arsène Wenger used to pursue football so good that it could be interpreted as art and I loved him for that.
Now it's more clinical than ever, a futile and self-defeating pursuit of perfection, and it breaks my heart that he's involved in that.
Now it's more clinical than ever, a futile and self-defeating pursuit of perfection, and it breaks my heart that he's involved in that.
"Arsène Wenger has said there will be extra VAR powers for the World Cup covering corner kicks and second yellow cards and insisted that his daylight offside plan must be trialled to see if it is too radical." [Times]
January 21, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Arsène Wenger used to pursue football so good that it could be interpreted as art and I loved him for that.
Now it's more clinical than ever, a futile and self-defeating pursuit of perfection, and it breaks my heart that he's involved in that.
Now it's more clinical than ever, a futile and self-defeating pursuit of perfection, and it breaks my heart that he's involved in that.
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don’t make me tap the sign
January 18, 2026 at 1:36 AM
don’t make me tap the sign
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I saw it in my head and now you get to see it too
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I saw it in my head and now you get to see it too
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C’est une ClayStation
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
C’est une ClayStation
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Four of the last six manager of the month winners have been fired from their jobs.
March Nuno Espirito Santo
April Vitor Perreira
August Arne Slot
September Oliver Glasner
October Ruben Amorim
November Enzo Maresca
March Nuno Espirito Santo
April Vitor Perreira
August Arne Slot
September Oliver Glasner
October Ruben Amorim
November Enzo Maresca
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Four of the last six manager of the month winners have been fired from their jobs.
March Nuno Espirito Santo
April Vitor Perreira
August Arne Slot
September Oliver Glasner
October Ruben Amorim
November Enzo Maresca
March Nuno Espirito Santo
April Vitor Perreira
August Arne Slot
September Oliver Glasner
October Ruben Amorim
November Enzo Maresca
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Did you hear about the new Trump-class ships? When you send them to battle, they suddenly get bone spurs and turn the other way.
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Did you hear about the new Trump-class ships? When you send them to battle, they suddenly get bone spurs and turn the other way.
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My new Arsenal long-read is out. On Madueke, Gyökeres, Hincapié, and building chemistry under pressure.
Connections
On building chemistry under pressure, Madueke’s fresh legs, Gyökeres and the Pinnock Test, Hincapié’s trial by fire, and the ripple effects of Saliba’s absence
billycarpenter.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My new Arsenal long-read is out. On Madueke, Gyökeres, Hincapié, and building chemistry under pressure.
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We’ve all done it.
easyJet flight halted as British family ‘accused of trying to wheel their dead grandmother on board’ | LBC
Passengers claim the 89-year-old was helped onto the aircraft by five of her relatives, who told staff she was unwell and had fallen asleep
www.lbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We’ve all done it.
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Let’s go.
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Let’s go.
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I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him
December 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him
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"I cannot understand how life existed 5 years ago without the product I'm selling"
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"I cannot understand how life existed 5 years ago without the product I'm selling"
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When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
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The last two Premier League matches that Arsenal have started a game without William Saliba or Gabriel Magalhães in their starting XI:
2-1 win vs Southampton (25 May 2025)
5-0 loss vs Man City (28 August 2021)
2-1 win vs Southampton (25 May 2025)
5-0 loss vs Man City (28 August 2021)
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The last two Premier League matches that Arsenal have started a game without William Saliba or Gabriel Magalhães in their starting XI:
2-1 win vs Southampton (25 May 2025)
5-0 loss vs Man City (28 August 2021)
2-1 win vs Southampton (25 May 2025)
5-0 loss vs Man City (28 August 2021)
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If Arsenal concede fewer than three goals against Chelsea, they will equal the record of 107 straight games in all competitions without conceding three goals in a match set by an English club (Man Utd October 2016 to August 2018).
#CHEARS
#CHEARS
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If Arsenal concede fewer than three goals against Chelsea, they will equal the record of 107 straight games in all competitions without conceding three goals in a match set by an English club (Man Utd October 2016 to August 2018).
#CHEARS
#CHEARS
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Beyond Man City, other clubs which profit directly from emirati patronage should ask themselves some inconvenient questions; and if they do not of their own accord, we fans should be pressuring them into doing so. These other clubs very much include Arsenal FC.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Beyond Man City, other clubs which profit directly from emirati patronage should ask themselves some inconvenient questions; and if they do not of their own accord, we fans should be pressuring them into doing so. These other clubs very much include Arsenal FC.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Ideal outcome 3-3 draw, two red cards each, a massive fight that sees both teams deducted points and Haaland and van Dijk injuring each other in a freak clash where their man-buns get tangled up in an aerial challenge that sees them out for the season.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ideal outcome 3-3 draw, two red cards each, a massive fight that sees both teams deducted points and Haaland and van Dijk injuring each other in a freak clash where their man-buns get tangled up in an aerial challenge that sees them out for the season.
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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Arsenal have won their last eight matches without conceding in all competitions, the joint-longest run ever by an English top-flight side (also Preston between January-September 1889 and Liverpool between January-February 1920).
#SUNARS
#SUNARS
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Arsenal have won their last eight matches without conceding in all competitions, the joint-longest run ever by an English top-flight side (also Preston between January-September 1889 and Liverpool between January-February 1920).
#SUNARS
#SUNARS
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Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York.
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York.
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
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Arsenal have gone 15 games from the start of the season, conceding just three goals - the outright best defensive start to a campaign by any English club in history after 15 matches.
#BURARS
#BURARS
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Arsenal have gone 15 games from the start of the season, conceding just three goals - the outright best defensive start to a campaign by any English club in history after 15 matches.
#BURARS
#BURARS
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7 - Arsenal have won seven consecutive games without conceding in all competitions for just the second time in the club’s history, previously doing so between September and October 1987 (also a run of 7). Serious.
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
7 - Arsenal have won seven consecutive games without conceding in all competitions for just the second time in the club’s history, previously doing so between September and October 1987 (also a run of 7). Serious.
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Main thing I’ve enjoyed this year how much we control games. Not as much verve yet but the control may be even stronger than the back end of 23/24, which I hold as the benchmark.
Wrote in the summer about what needed to change re control, and I’m really delighted with Zubi off the back of it.
Wrote in the summer about what needed to change re control, and I’m really delighted with Zubi off the back of it.
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Main thing I’ve enjoyed this year how much we control games. Not as much verve yet but the control may be even stronger than the back end of 23/24, which I hold as the benchmark.
Wrote in the summer about what needed to change re control, and I’m really delighted with Zubi off the back of it.
Wrote in the summer about what needed to change re control, and I’m really delighted with Zubi off the back of it.
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Carlos Cuesta's Parma hold Cesc Fàbregas' Como side to a 0-0 draw. Como with 71% possession, Parma outshoot them 10-6 anyway. Exactly how I'd expect a Arteta-Wenger protégé derby to play out.
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Carlos Cuesta's Parma hold Cesc Fàbregas' Como side to a 0-0 draw. Como with 71% possession, Parma outshoot them 10-6 anyway. Exactly how I'd expect a Arteta-Wenger protégé derby to play out.
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openai are disgusting freaks
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
openai are disgusting freaks