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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social
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🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
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Trump is legitimately starstruck
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Thank you, Adam.
Every two years we have R E A L I G N M E N T discourse and I have to remind people that the defining feature of fascism is the co-option of rhetoric and aesthetics of left politics to peel people away to white nationalism that will, at the end of the day, always serve capital There is no R E A L I G N M E N T there is simply more sophisticated nazis with a shit load of dark money and a liberal establishment that would rather hold on to a dying neoliberal ideology than align themselves with leftist policies in any meaningful way
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Let’s be clear: this (inspiring) amputee football tournament is a direct consequence of Israeli athleticide—the deliberate maiming of Palestinian athletes in an attempt to render them incapable of performing athletic national identity.

This tournament is thus a profound act of refusal.
Screenshot of the Athleticide paper just published in the Sociology of Sport Journal
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Trump really has no core beliefs beyond self-interest, self-indulgence, and self-congratulation.
Rupar: Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao Pic of Trump shaking hands with Mamdani after smiling at and congratulating him
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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So proud of the fact that Fredericton will be raising the Palestinian flag on December 1.
Palestinian flag to be raised at Fredericton City Hall on December 1 from 12pm to 1pm
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Images of the first amputee football tournament in Gaza by photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad.

nbmediacoop.org/2025/11/21/p...
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Images of the first amputee football tournament in Gaza by photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad.

nbmediacoop.org/2025/11/21/p...
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Okay, okay, but if you had to draft a quarterback…
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Incredibly, it gets funnier
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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A city-contracted plow operator in Toronto drove through a crowd protesting the US/Israel occupation of Gaza.

The operator apparently “feared for her personal safety.”

The fearful operator:
“Our operator was trying to do her job under difficult circumstances and feared for her personal safety,” Di Carlo said. “She had no other option but to remove herself from the situation slowly and carefully which is what she did ... The driver made a gesture that was inconsistent with our standard of conduct when engaging with the public and that A & F Di Carlo regrets.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Wondering how things are going for Elon?
Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Ever wondered what CTE actually is?

Who better to explain than BU’s Dr. Jesse Mez.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Former coach @rusbradburd.bsky.social explains that college basketball is one big pyramid scheme.

For more of this conversation, including discussion of his new novel Big Time, check out episode 166 of @endofsportpod.bsky.social podcast.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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DHS fascists are apparently coming to Durham, NC today.

I hate this so fucking much.

Much love to the beautiful people of Durham.

www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
According to an N.C. state senator, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activity is expanding to Durham. The report comes after a Monday night announcement from Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell that border patrol would be entering the state’s capital. Currently, there have been six confirmed sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Durham, according to Siembra NC, an immigration and Latino advocacy organization, and Nida Allam, Durham County Board of Commissioners Chair. At least three arrests have been made so far, largely in personal vehicles and public space parking lots. Early in the day, the N.C. senator and a spokesperson for the Durham Police Department had said they had not been made aware of immigration officials coming to Durham to carry out operations. Since then, the situation has “changed dramatically.” It remains unclear where Border Patrol agents will be operating in Durham, how long they will stay and how the city will respond. Durham elected officials have previously said the city and county police departments will never act as an extension of ICE and will only cooperate with CBP when necessary by law.
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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On @traumacode.bsky.social, I explain why sport is actually far more significant than you might think in the context of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

You can find the whole conversation here:

open.spotify.com/episode/6Dvf...
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Very gratified to learn that we were nominated for UNC Press' inaugural Readers' Choice Award.

We'd appreciate it if you would consider voting for *The End of College Football*!

uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Vote for The End of College Football in the UNC Press Readers' Choice Award
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Tracie Canada (@traciecanada.bsky.social) explains how regulation and plantation dynamics define college football.

Check out @endofsportpod.bsky.social ep. 169 for the full conversation.

Image: “Cotton Bowl” by Hank Willis Thomas
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Where is this communist takeover I was promised?
We have officially entered into the darkest time in Canadian history. The Communist takeover of Canada is complete. Once all those Bills get passed the gulags will be open for business. We are now without a doubt the dumbest country on the planet. The Uni-Party won today. We’re fucked!!! Congrats to all you that have no idea what’s coming down the pipe.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Anna Posbergh (@annaposbergh.bsky.social) explains that we never discuss the performance *disadvantages* trans athletes face in the moral panic over trans inclusion in sport.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Chen Chen explains that capitalism is the ghost in much progressive sports management scholarship—the system that organizes inequality yet isn’t named.

For the full conversation: @endofsportpod.bsky.social ep. 114.
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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“Here’s what the data shows: Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”

This absolutely tracks with years of teaching members of Gen Z.

newrepublic.com/article/2030...
This finding demolishes a central assumption of contemporary political analysis. Those young working-class whites, as well as young Latino and Asian men, that everyone assumes are driving reactionary politics? They’re more progressive on race than boomers, Gen X, and even college-educated elder millennials. Many commentators have highlighted “educational polarization,” the growing gap between college and non-college voters on partisanship and attitudes about race and culture. But the generational gap completely overwhelms this education divide that supposedly defines modern American politics. The progressive shift appears across every demographic slice you can imagine. Young men and women are moving together, becoming less racially resentful over time.
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The government of Canada needs to directly address why a 95 year old human rights expert and former UN Special Rapporteur was treated as a threat to national security for coming to speak about Israeli genocide.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But upon arriving at customs at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday with his wife, he says border agents took their passports and led them to an interview room. He said border agents told him they needed to determine whether he and his wife were a national security threat to Canada. “That never happened to me in my long life,” said Falk. Thursday also happened to be his 95th birthday, he said.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM