ShoeShave
@shoeshave.bsky.social
25 years working internationally on all continents. Likes Jazz and Cricket and one particular football club from the best city in Sweden.
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
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The kind of question that can make a lot of people yell at you for being an idiot, but... does Steve Smith count as a great Test cricketer?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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Steve Smith stands out as different to the rest as he takes place among the greats | Geoff Lemon
The Australian batter will enter the 10,000 Club for Test runs to less fanfare in Sri Lanka but with a career record that is as unique as his style
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January 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The kind of question that can make a lot of people yell at you for being an idiot, but... does Steve Smith count as a great Test cricketer?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
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I dunno it seems destabilizing to create a cadre of heavily armed extremists who are fanatically loyal to the president and have reason to believe they are legally untouchable.
January 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I dunno it seems destabilizing to create a cadre of heavily armed extremists who are fanatically loyal to the president and have reason to believe they are legally untouchable.
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Terry Pratchett's "Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness". The best quote I've ever read about why being poor can be so expensive.
January 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Terry Pratchett's "Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness". The best quote I've ever read about why being poor can be so expensive.
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I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
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December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
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The Biden administration didn't anticipate Assad's downfall, nor did it pursue his downfall: America had no real Syria policy for four years. You don't get to retroactively take credit for an unforeseen consequence that you had almost nothing to do with www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Biden team seizes on Assad’s fall to defend its Middle East record
White House seeks to reframe a beleaguered policy as a success. Critics say Gaza tragedy should not be downplayed.
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December 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The Biden administration didn't anticipate Assad's downfall, nor did it pursue his downfall: America had no real Syria policy for four years. You don't get to retroactively take credit for an unforeseen consequence that you had almost nothing to do with www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Israel invaded Syria and destroyed most of its military capabilities within 48 hours of Assad regime's fall — my latest @theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Israel invaded Syria and destroyed most of its military capabilities within 48 hours of Assad regime's fall — my latest @theguardian.com
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On Israel’s Syria blitz. “as we will explain, even by an expansive approach to self-defense of the kind embraced in recent decades by US and UK governments, Israel’s actions cannot be justified as self-defense.” www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...
Israel’s Use of Force Against Syria and the Right of Self-Defense
On December 8, the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), augmented by other rebel forces, successfully overthrew the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad following more than five decades of rule …
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December 16, 2024 at 8:16 AM
On Israel’s Syria blitz. “as we will explain, even by an expansive approach to self-defense of the kind embraced in recent decades by US and UK governments, Israel’s actions cannot be justified as self-defense.” www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...