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James Niyi

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Football, Books, Philosophy, Religion.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026
tell me you flunked geometry without telling me you flunked geometry
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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Phil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"They are a financially doped club. "They have enhancement of performances through financial resources which are unlimited. For me, it's a kind of doping because it's not in any way linked to their resources." Arsene Wenger re: Chelsea in 2005. Same shit, different club.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...
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Keeper Notes @keepernotes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All-time NWSL roll call as we welcome ATL back into the wosopro fold! 2013 Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars FC Kansas City Portland Thorns FC Seattle Reign Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western NY Flash 2014 Houston Dash 2016 Orlando Pride 2017 North Carolina Courage (WNY sold & relocated)
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Queen Gooner @sofire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watching Belgium Vs France on the train back to London and it's end to end stuff. Excellent match
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Pitch Mr. Perfect @michaelwaterloo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You want details? I go into DEEP details on how they landed with Atlanta City FC. Lots of behind the scenes convos. Take a look. #NWSL I @theixsports.bsky.social
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OptaJack @optajack.optajoe.com · 28/09/2026
8 - On Sunday, Cloé Lacasse (goal) and Mina Tanaka (assist) contributed to a goal in the same match for @utahroyalsfc.com for the eighth time this season, tied for the second-most such games by teammates in a season in #NWSL history (S. Kerr, Y. Nagasato - 9 for CHI in 2019). Pair.
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 28/09/2026
Messi come on man
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FBI fires two stars: “Both Burgwald, a West Point graduate, and Rae have served in high-profile posts in which they received attorney general’s awards over the past two decades. Rae supervised the FBI’s response to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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OptaJack @optajack.optajoe.com · 26/09/2026
3/3 - @thekccurrent.bsky.social's Haley Hopkins is the third player in #NWSL history to score a regular-season hat-trick on just three shot attempts after Jazmine Reeves in 2014 and Ludmila in 2025. Efficient.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Beyond two parking tickets for not moving his vehicle during snowstorms, Abdullah has no criminal record in Minnesota and was working legally as a mechanic while his asylum application was pending. He arrived in the United States in early 2023.”
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James Niyi @fefang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It has to be said, the way #NWSL commenters/analysts were talking so much about how it was going to be the end of KC Current if they lose and how the owners had basically ruined the team, I knew they were setting up an impossible task for Denver bcos they would face a motivated KC.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
"Anti-immigrant march" is such a telling phrase. An immigrant is just a person who exercises the freedom they are born with, which is recognised by all human rights legislation, and moves across imaginary lines on the ground. Being "anti-immigrant" means anti-movement, anti-freedom and anti-person.
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Iwiri 🌟 @iwiri.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm really fearful of May 2027. If Reform clean up in next year's local elections, they will officially control my city's council. They are dumb as a bag of bricks and they need to be prevented from taking power.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Abigail Segel @abigailsegel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
INTERVIEW: I spoke with the undeniable Ashley Sanchez, who is on the precipice of tying the NWSL all-time single season goalscoring record. The North Carolina Courage winger talked about how she looks back on challenges she’s faced, why her new position works, and what a USWNT call-up would mean:
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‘A lot of people counted me out’: Ashley Sanchez on goal records, grit and potential USWNT return
After playing zero minutes at the 2023 World Cup, Sanchez embraced a new club and a new position. Now she’s making NWSL history in North Carolina
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i am simply asking democrats to treat the supreme court as the ideological political opponent that it is
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Sid Lowe @sidlowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raphinha didnt know he was a no9, but it turns out he’s the best there is. Didnt know he was a captain either, and he’s the best captain too. What a joy talking to him. “They saw in me something I didn’t” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Raphinha: ‘In my head I was leaving Barça, but a few small words can change you’
The Brazilian had thought his time at Barcelona was ending but now, he tells Sid Lowe, he is thriving as captain and the most potent No 9 in Europe
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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This puts mainstream Democrats in a real pickle. Should they support their incredibly popular mayor or a foreign leader who is best friends with Trump and works overtime to get Republicans elected. No easy answer here
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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Statement from the Black Women Player Collective regarding the commentary towards Jordynn Dudley this weekend in North Carolina vs Gotham.
Instagram post reading: During Saturday's September 19th Gotham FC vs. NC Courage match, commentary following an incident where Jordynn Dudley's hair was pulled in the 53rd minute crossed a line into unfair critique.
Hair pulling is an objective foul, regardless of intent. Yet instead of addressing the infraction, commentators criticized Jordynn's hair length, framing the foul as a "consequence" of her style and a "risk" to opposition players.
A player's hairstyle should not be used to shift responsibility for a foul onto the player who was fouled. Players should be able to wear their hair in a way that reflects who they are without it becoming justification for unfair criticism when an opponent commits an infraction.
Congrats on the brace and cinching, Jordynn. Good luck in the playoffs.
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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 24/09/2026
a friend’s dad was taken by ICE and they’re looking to raise money for legal representation. share and donate if you’re able to www.gofundme.com/f/our-dad-wa...
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Donate to Our Dad was taken by ICE, organized by Victoria Rudenko
Our dad has called the United States home since 1996. He came here 30 years ago and has s… Victoria Rudenko needs your support for Our Dad was taken by ICE
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some CNN staffers were still barred from entering the White House this morning following a judge’s ruling blocking Trump’s ban on multiple outlets
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Some CNN Staffers Still Unable To Enter WH Following Court Ruling
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026
New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
France's President Emmanuel Macron dismissed peace efforts in Gaza, saying that not one humanitarian corridor had been opened and that what was happening was "a spectacle that should shame us all." reut.rs/4yNcZZB
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The win over the league leaders gave the former Liverpool forward his seventh goal this term, and was new manager Thomas Reis' debut. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...
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Trabzonspor’s Mohamed Salah scores hat-trick in 4-0 win over Galatasaray
The win over the league leaders gave the former Liverpool forward his seventh goal this term, and was new manager Thomas Reis' debut.
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Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It still kinda feels a little hot take-ish to say that Michael Olise is the best soccer player in the world, but ... Michael Olise is the best soccer player in the world.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
everything this administration does is a horrifying coverup
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you NYT for reporting on this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportations (Gift Article)
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
- oh it’s *definitely* the latter. “After seeing it, I can understand why Israel finds it so threatening. Its subjects described factory-scale targeting, enabled by artificial intelligence, in which little effort was made to avoid enormous numbers of civilian casualties.”
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18/09/2026
“Donald Trump… has decimated every office, every agency that tracks Russian or other foreign influence operations.” Journalist @davidcorn.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that Trump disarmed the U.S. in the face of Russian manipulation. Watch: zeteo.com/p/russia-and...
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These Football Times @thesefootballtimes.shop · 18/09/2026
“He was the PlayStation attacker every gamer has created just to see what it would feel like for someone so unstoppable to exist on a pitch.”
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The heartbreak of Ronaldo at Internazionale
This feature is part of The Football Italia Years Ronaldo was more force of nature than footballer. He was an irrepressible dribbler, a powerful runner
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Simon Jones @seimon76.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I really do think that modern football fans have no idea how majestic Ronaldo was at his best. An absolute unplayable mix of power and panache
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
skipped a pretty key step in the movie review process here
the free press: Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary
There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,, including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.I haven't seen the film. This means I cannot confidently assess its editing, corroboration, or the
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
so the FBI director testified before Congress about bestiality and the president of the United States is holding the Kennedy center hostage and it’s only thursday!
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“we did everything we said we would and it sucks, pls elect us again”
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Emotional Support Homo @hungryfool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hate this so much. There’s just no reason for this. So many people who just want to build something for themselves and there’s absolutely no downside to enabling them in doing that.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."
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Diana Kristinne @dianakristinne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Honestly, objectively, if you want to watch beautiful fun football, you should definitely watch Barça this season.
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Iwiri 🌟 @iwiri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans
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