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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Why Aren’t China, India, and Pakistan at the World Cup? @karachikhatmal.bsky.social and Chen Chen join to break down the significance of the world’s most popular sport to the culture and political economy of the world’s most populous regions. open.spotify.com/episode/3qKX...

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Thanks Derek! Was a long running dream to discuss cricket and (American) football together so I had the most fun time!

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The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Cricket and the India-Pakistan Rivalry @karachikhatmal.bsky.social joins to talk CRICKET, including the sport's colonial history and recent events in the world's most heated rivalry. We had A LOT of fun with this one, with something for novices and experts alike. open.spotify.com/episode/3SZ4...

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Hahahah thanks I'm hoping this catches on

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Bill Belichik is on the GoT trajectory* 👀 *late career moves that erase a legacy of genuine quality

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

There's only one line on more contemporary work that queries the Eurocentric world view - work which unpacks and eviscerates colonialism, gender, white supremacy, etc - is dismissed as culture wars. Which I feel is how white intellectuals frequently dismiss critiques of their canon.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

On the face of it, this review of a collection of academic writing represents a very learned, intellectual elite perspective. Yet the mounful undertone regarding the end of European intellectual celebration feels very much like posh highbrow MAGA. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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Silent Catastrophes by WG Sebald review – academic writing at its most sterile

A collection of professional leftovers that can only diminish the posthumous reputation of a master of high literature

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

how do you ensure that all the teams play each other regularly and the same number of times, like with any other league?

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Although this post above also reminds me that this is why I quit social media. These small moments of outrage pile up every day, and you're frequently feeling irritated, angry or anxious without truly knowing why. And there's never any shortage of things to outrage about.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Read the story to confirm, but this is 'offensive' only because it shows an obviously Muslim man endorsing the burning of notes. Replace him with a crypto-bro and no one would have batted an eyelid.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Went through many Katie Bs on here before regretfully posting without tagging you. Glad to be able to follow you now.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Hahahaha on that Saim call. Great call on Saeed tho

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

"Kyle Shanahan projects an energy that is... one part Kendall Roy, and one part Jeremy Strong talking about Kendall Roy." @theringer.com.web.brid.gy with some poetry from Katie Baker.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating, especially those in Pakistan and Karachi! ❤️💚🎄🎅🏾

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"Almeida and his partner also make a special effort to include their sons during preps. The motivation behind the effort is at once simple and profound. “We are engaging them not in any hope, but just to say this is something that we belong to,” he says “This is our heritage.”"

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Eternally grateful to Norbert Almeida, Luciana Fernandes and Belinda Fonseca for sharing their stories. Huge thanks also to Khaula Jamil for allowing me to use the pictures she took for the piece.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A couple of years ago I worked on a story which I really loved. Unfortunately, the magazine it was written for went defunct and I was never able to share it. Have finally gotten around to doing so now. My article on a Goan Christmas in Karachi. karachikhatmal.com/a-goan-chris...

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A Goan Christmas in Karachi | karachikhatmal

An essay on the foods with which Karachi's Goans celebrate Christmas.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Watching Rabada bowl to Saim feels like jannat. Aesthetic perfection.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Couldn't find the lyrics for it, but while searching for them I found that there was a TikTok famous song also called Pakistan. (this might be famous already and I just didn't know) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry1m...

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D-Block Europe - Pakistan ft. @Clavish (Official Video)

YouTube video by D Block Europe TV

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The venn diagram for this factoid is like 12 people, but former Super Bowl winning Kansas City wide receiver Kadarius Toney had been making rap songs since he was in school, and one of his songs is called Pakistan... www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5H-...

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Yung Joka - Pakistan (feat. MDK6)[Official Video]

YouTube video by Yung Joka

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

If you are a journalist in cricket & your work over the last decade hasn't included criticism of everything @osmansamiuddin.bsky.social takes down here, you've been absolutely failing at your job. And by you, I mean almost every cricket journalist in the world www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-re...

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The resolution of the India-Pakistan Champions Trophy standoff was a win? Not by a long shot

We've heard it said that the ICC has been reduced to an event management firm, but is it even that now?

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In hindsight, this was prolly true all along. But think back to when he was considered one of the best hosts for Celebrity Jeopardy & widely acclaimed for his geeky interests. IIRC he was also pro-BLM and praised for that and other political stuff. Covid changed everything. bsky.app/profile/velo...

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Kinda perfect that Aaron Rodgers - a huge GoT fan who appeared as an extra on the show - has had the same arc as Game of Thrones itself. Both were hugely popular across all demographics for most of their run but then had such disastrous final few seasons that it forever tainted how you viewed them.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Why does it look like that instead of grounding his bat he's about to sit down aalti-paalti

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Hope you don't need me to tell you who stopped commentating before the runs dried up again and a wicket fell.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Those from Twitter might remember that there has been statistical analysis done on this phenomenon, and it confirmed that Rambo stints coincided with catastrophe for Pakistan's performance, and if anything good happened, it was almost always when he was off. There are exceptions, but v rare.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

South Africa went all guns blazing as he opened his stint. He went off, and two overs later they had an abject collapse. He came back on, and literally the second he spoke SA hit a boundary.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

All cricket writers & analysts - myself included - always conclude that Pakistan is too unpredictable a team. You can never tell what they're going to do next. It pains me to reveal that there is in fact a very simple way to know how Pakistan will play. Is Rambo commentating currently or not?

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

hahahaha ok thanks for explaining. I was most intrigued by that code you were running.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Its crazy how rarely we ever get to read an insight like this, which should be obvious to most but isn't. "this is how cricket has always been run, a sport built on empire that has never quite been able to shake off its feudal instincts."

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

@jonathanliew.bsky.social wanted to appreciate you for continuing to be political, and progressively so, in your writing. Several of your Guardian Sport colleagues never had good politics, and several others only find their voices when its an Other they get to criticise.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Could you pls explain what's going on I've gone a long way back and can't find what the PCB is doing with you

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Quite a few Indian celebs who have curdled with the combination of age and fascism but none have been as petty and obnoxious as this guy.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"The PTA Chairman, Major (retd) Hafeezur Rehman, reassured the committee that there was no policy in place to intentionally slow down internet speeds." So much revealed in this simple sentence.

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karachikhatmal.bsky.social @karachikhatmal.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tempted to give "Bad Leiutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" a go after this. My personal addition to this list would be "The Fall", which while thematically apt, tragically sells short one of the best movies ever made. collider.com/good-movies-...

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10 Good Movies With Bad Titles, Ranked

Quantum of Solace, Nope, and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery are among the best movies with bad titles.

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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Massive away win for the little fella.

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