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Nur.

[Amara Nwankpa @Nwankpa_A]

The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic.

Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination.

Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football.

The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation.

Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline.

That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility.

Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty.

People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.

[ༀ Koriuma @Koriumaa]

The reason nature heals people is because nothing in nature is performing an identity.

[Friday @fiko_amoako]

They had the guy in the front row.
Ready with his bottle in his pockets.
Waiting to unleash it when City win.
Cameras were ready, interviews booked.
Everyone on standby...
@SkySportsPL , @talkSPORT et al.

Everything set for the biggest troll...
But.. But... Nothing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Everton thank you.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

My dog after eating my philosophy book

[goma @soigomaa]

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers bloom...where crows remember human faces -especially those who were cruel to them - and pass that memory on to their young. where ants build entire cities. where cats purr at a frequency that can help heal bones. where forests, after fires, grow flowers first.

[Usman Shamaki @aushamaki]

How 200 million people being misled, mistreated & abused by a handful of people who owe them a huge responsibility, became so docile & accepting of their fate to the point of idolizing their oppressors & reducing everything to “may Nigeria not happen to you” needs to be studied.

[Àlàbá Ònájìn @Alabaonajin]

I'm particularly fond of drawing Portuguese-style buildings. The meticulous attention to detail is a therapeutic exercise like no other. #Procreate

[King Kendrick @missprivelove]

Kendrick Lamar & SZA full ‘Gas Station’ skit for the Grand National Tour by Alexandre Moors ⛽️🔥

[V @VectorThaViper]

God Mode Only… A7

[Angelique Kidjo @angeliquekidjo]

🇧🇯🌟Benin in the Spotlight! 🌟🇧🇯
🎉 Happy Independence Day🎉
@Forbes @ForbesAfrique @forbesafrica

[Pastor Kyle. @itsqail]

And to my children I leave 127 open tabs on safari

[Eniola Mafe @EniolaMafe]

Why not drop Mr. Fantastic the usual way?
Because this isn’t the usual story.
In The WOLF world, discomfort is the doorway.
If you’re a fan of ⁦@MI_Abaga⁩ you’ll already know to walk through it.
https://t.co/SmOX8qSMm5 https://t.co/Oe2mfmfBdA

[Trees etc. @arborsmarty]

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

[Big Cuz @imohumoren]

Washing machine is faulty and I had to wash my shirt by hand! What next? I make my own dinner ? turn on my own TV and respond to my own emails?. Oh the horror!!!

[Tony @2n3Ro]

mama

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Happy 50th birthday to the iconic Lauryn Hill.

[Ab-Soul @abdashsoul]

THANK GOD FOR ME. NO REALLY, THANK GOD! ON MY BEHALF AS WELL AS YOUR OWN. I’D APPRECIATE THAT.

⛪️

[GREEN_BERET!!! @3Star_GOD]

As Soldiers🪖, we are out here holding down the red lines 4 you the good citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria🇳🇬 to be safe. Just put us in your daily prayers as most times we wake from gun sounds not having the opportunity to pray for ourselves. #Sentinel #ThankASoldier

[Dwin, The Stoic @DwinTheStoic]

We can’t keep judging art on whether or not it ‘scales’. Yes there’s a capitalist element to this endeavour and it sustains the artist but art doesn’t need money to be important. The alte movement, for existing alone, is important.

[Tony @2n3Ro]

Bismilah!

[servant of Allah @alouibrahim92]

Ya Allah, by Your Grace and Mercy our task begins. May we succeed, Ameen.

[Tony @2n3Ro]

She's Genius. 🖤

[Genius @Genius]

💐sending a huge happy birthday shout to the one and only @rapsody 🎉🥳