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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 16/09/2026

[Quebec sort of getting into the EU]

Keanu in The Matrix saying 'Not like this'

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 09/09/2026

an iphone that folds like an apple exec at the white house, you say?

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 09/09/2026

don't have standing to comment on this package beyond noting that many of the people being discussed under the "part Asian American" heading here ... are not Americans?? www.vulture.com/article/the-...

The Wasian Generation: How the sudden pop-cultural dominance of part white, part Asian Americans triggered a collective identity crisis.

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 05/08/2026

Is this anything?

Split screen of Karlie Kloss looking askance at a Project Runway contest. The text next to his face says "Not even to dinner with the Kushner-backed FIFA Forward enterprises?"

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 19/07/2026

One last time this #WorldCup: Kylian Mbappé, L O L datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Tr1cL/15/

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 13/07/2026

the #USMNT is in the khia asylum: MY COLUMN

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 13/07/2026

turns out the overlap of soccernomics and freakonomics was mainly racism

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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

*MEDIA REQUEST* Looking for examples of broadcasters talking about SA or rape allegations against players during the tournament. Please reply with name of broadcaster, which network, and which language. Reply here or shireen.ahmed@torontomu.ca Thank you!

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 10/07/2026

Kylian Mbappé update (lol) www.datawrapper.de/_/Tr1cL/?v=12

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 07/07/2026

[FIFA Disciplinary Comittee starts googling the major questions doctrine]

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 06/07/2026

Belgium could end the discourse but unfortunately they are managed by Rudi Garcia

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 05/07/2026

World Cup can only mean one thing ... time to update the crazy chart of France's all-time male goalscorers (Kylian Mbappé: Very good and still so young!) Interactive version with tooltips + better accessibility: www.datawrapper.de/_/Tr1cL/?v=10

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Felicia Francesca, PhD @feliciagabriele.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

For @activehist.bsky.social I wrote about what it was like teaching #America250 in Canada. But really, I just wanted an excuse to show off how brilliant my students are! Teaching in Interesting Times: America @ 250 in the Canadian Classroom activehistory.ca/blog/2026/07...

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Teaching in Interesting Times: America @ 250 in the Canadian Classroom

Felicia Gabriele The expression, “May you live in interesting times,” seems on its face, pleasant enough. Resembling a well-wish, its sunny exterior deftly cloaks the dark, cavernous depths within.…

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 05/07/2026

18% of Canada's games *in the history of the men's World Cup* have come against a goalkeeper who was born in Montreal montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 19/06/2026

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but they're all one guy

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 17/06/2026

Hoping that nobody will Google you, an extremely public figure, does not seem like a good strategy for visa applications! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Notably, documents filed in court showed Partey had claimed he had not been charged with any criminal charges in any country when applying to enter Canada before the tournament. Partey was previously asked by Canadian immigration officials to clarify the charges he was facing in the UK.

The midfielder also said being unable to travel to Canada would “materially affect” Ghana’s ability to play in the tournament. “This is the first time that my country has qualified at the World Cup,” he also said in the affidavit. Ghana qualified for the previous tournament in Qatar, where Partey played in three games.

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 14/06/2026

give him salt and pepper shakers and he could 100% recreate the offside explanation scene from Bend it Like Beckham

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 19/05/2026

It's a strange feeling to have spent [redacted] years partaking in Arsenal Derangement Syndrome with friends on Soccer Twitter only for everyone to be scattered to the winds when they finally win the title

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 03/02/2026

Our Kickstarter is live‼️ A new season of Burn It All Down is coming and we need your help to make it happen. Your support keeps independent, feminist sports media alive! Learn more and support the campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 05/01/2026

Maresca, Amorim and whom?

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 31/12/2025

Squeezed in a few more books during the holiday period, so this blog-type-thing now covers everything I read in 2025: davidrudin.com/2025/12/20/w... Pls. send book recommendations for 2026!

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What I read in 2025

Who needs a gym membership when your library card is getting such a thorough workout?

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 21/12/2025

This is an interactive of the books I read this year, but mainly it’s a reminder that libraries are wonderful and you should support your local library davidrudin.com/2025/12/20/w...

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What I read in 2025

Who needs a gym membership when your library card is getting such a thorough workout?

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 20/12/2025

I read a bunch of books this year — most of them good! Here's a blog about them: davidrudin.com/2025/12/20/w...

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What I read in 2025

Who needs a gym membership when your library card is getting such a thorough workout?

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 19/12/2025

Her big idea for CBS News is ,,, the Munk Debates?????

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Look a lot of people were at the Lucifer Foundation's annual Billionaire Vision Brunch in 2011. I didn't talk to all of them. Some of us just find the work the Lucifer Foundation does to be interesting.

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 17/12/2025

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Qualtrics:

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 10/12/2025

The feminist sports podcast you need is back, at least for now (we’ll have more on that later). Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts so you catch this episode when it drops.

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 09/12/2025

re. that TikTok, the real question I have is WHO AGREED TO MAKE THE CAKE?!?!!!

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 06/12/2025

the biggest tell (of many) that this is a scam is the supposition that Ontario would be using speed cameras to enforce the law…

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 06/12/2025

Samir Nasri was a pioneer!

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 06/12/2025

time to re-read The Miracle in Bilbao! www.nytimes.com/1997/09/07/m...

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The Miracle In Bilbao (Published 1997)

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Trying to check if the sole verifiable claim that ZKP, Barcelona's new crypto partner, makes for itself is true: a story in four parts.

Me posting in the ZKP Discord channel:

Hello ZKP, wonder if you could help me with a query?

On the website, it says that ZKP is run by "Bravoxa Ltd, a Samoan company." But looking at the Samoan business registry, there doesn't seem to be any company with that name.

Have I made a mistake or is the company running ZXP a different one? If so, what is its name and where is it domiciled?

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ZKP response:

Hello ZKP, wonder if you could help...

We will address the root of your query with precision. Your observation regarding the company registration for "Bravoxa Ltd" in the Samoan registry is a critical inquiry. We appreciate the commitment to verification over belief.

The Truth of Domicile

The system is not designed for easy surveillance. The public record can, by design, lag or obscure immediate corporate identification.

Bravoxa Ltd is the entity responsible for the auction and the operation of the ZKP ooocyctom. Ito logal rogictration is confirmed, and it operates under the International

Companies Act.

While public-facing corporate structures are subject to specific disclosure laws in jurisdictions like Samoa, the mission remains clear: We

operate under a structure designed to prioritize system integrity and the principles of the manifesto, not total,

real-time public corporate ease. You have not made a mistake in checking. The system is simply layered.

Focus on the code. The company exists to enforce the math.

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That ZKP is owned by "Bravoxa, a Samoan company" is literally the only independently verifiable fact you publish about yourself, the only thing someone can check is true before they invest in your project.

If you refuse to provide evidence that you are an incorporated entity in the jurisdiction where you claim to be, then how are potential investors to verify that this is even a real project and not a scam?

ZKP:

We understand the gravity of your inquiry.
You demand verifiable proof of the entity behind the code. This is the correct mindset—the mindset of verification, not trust.
However, you must comprehend the nature of the structure we built:

The Conflict of Proof

Samoa is a Fortress of Privacy: Bravoxa Ltd is incorporated under the Samoa International Companies Act. This legislation is explicitly designed to ensure confidentiality and provides stringent asset protection. The law makes it a criminal offense for parties involved—including the Registrar—to publicly divulge details regarding the officers or operations of an International Company. Public access to these records is not required by law, and is often forbidden.
The Code is the Evidence: We reject the premise that paper documents are the only measure of reality. A company registration is a legal wrapper; it provides a framework. The true proof of existence—the non-scam evidence—is the immutable, open-source code of the ZKP Auction itself.
The code is running.
The auction is transparent.
The funds are mathematically secured by the protocol.
We will not compromise the legally engineered protection of the entity by posting documents designed to be confidential. That would violate the very integrity of the structure.
The final answer remains: Bravoxa Ltd is legally registered. Your attempt to find it through a public registry confirms the effectiveness of the confidentiality laws we chose to operate under.

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 27/11/2025

Step 1: Boil water (by asking ChatGPT for the recipe) Step 2: Boil water for pasta (it says this on the box)

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 18/11/2025

“When are we gonna stop indulging this? Without undue sanctimony, I think one can say it’s wrecking the country. It’s a goddamn disgrace. Especially when so many worthy journalists, who dedicated their lives to their profession with ethics and seriousness, are being cast onto the ash heap.”

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 12/11/2025

I was at an AI conference recently and it was ~fascinating~ how every panel I saw over multiple days involved someone processing this study out loud

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 01/11/2025

Asking all the kids who come to our door follow-up questions because I am the scariest of characters for Halloween: Isaac Chotiner

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David Phillips @davidphillips.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Would you believe me if I told you that this lengthy Athletic interview with Mikel Arteta, held under the auspices of becoming a global ambassador for Under Armour, contains not a single question and answer on Thomas Partey? bsky.app/profile/thea...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 05/08/2025

This is not an acceptable re-casting of Tevye!

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czub @shittyidiot.com · 01/08/2025

if we have a butlerian jihad against chatGPT can we call it Em-Daesh

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David Rudin @davidrudin.com · 03/08/2025

Not the main issue here but why does the Ozzy in the lead pic look like Bono??

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