Dogs are welcome with their owners at a homeless shelter in Brazil
I grew up in Northern Ireland during the conflict. I was nearly murdered once and hospitalised twice. I covered the Troubles as a reporter. Be in no doubt: this is frightening & real. Violence in Northern Ireland is of a type that folk in England, Scotland and Wales don’t understand. This scares me.
I’m not going to pretend to be the world’s biggest soccer fan, but I do love global sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. And this piece by @lebassett.bsky.social nails the disgraceful, dumb, and racist bullshit we are pulling as a host country. open.substack.com/pub/laurabas...
not loving the way this worldwide game of mad libs is turning out
Man, as a World Cup fanatic this hits hard.
Laura‘s @lebassett.bsky.social latest dispatch as she settles into Brazil is a must read.
Her writing is becoming more prolific, so it’s a great time to become a paid subscriber.
www.laura-bassett.com/p/us-is-deli...
Perfectly sums up my summer of discontent with the World Cup, my favorite sporting event since I was old enough to remember. As I live in a host city, hoping to catch some spontaneous joy with tourists outside of the stadium.
www.laura-bassett.com/p/us-is-deli...
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Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter
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Locking fans, team staffers and even referees out of the country for the biggest sporting event in the world is embarrassing, insulting, and financially stupid.
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Locking fans, team staffers and even referees out of the country for the biggest sporting event in the world is embarrassing, insulting, and financially stupid.
Locking fans, team staffers and even referees out of the country for the biggest sporting event in the world is embarrassing, insulting, and financially stupid.
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Elon Musk incited pogroms in Belfast.
Ted Cruz on Talarico: "If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by it would blow him over like a feather."
Elon Musk is unambiguously calling for a violent race war.
This is far from unprecedented. The Rwandan Genocide was stoked and enabled by Felicien Kabuga, the wealthy owner of the RTLM radio station that helped coordinate the genocide and used euphemisms like "go to work" to signal attacks.
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#BBCBreakfast: "... families had to be led to safety through the flames.. it wasn't just homes, cars were also torched by young masked men in these predominantly unionist streets, but the target here was immigrants.."
This is what the likes of Reform are inciting.
