Afif Rahman

Passionate about #impinv, socioeconomics, media, and culture. Founder @knowcapinc @poligonnational. #ballislife

[TRT World @trtworld]

Israeli soldiers torture a one-year-old child in Gaza, including burning his leg with a cigarette and inserting a nail into his leg, according to a report, to pressure his father to make confessions
https://t.co/v0be37LwpV

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

Liberating Iranian women by murdering Iranian girls.

Classic American imperialism at display.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

The United States of America and Israel has just bombed a school full of students in Iran.

~40 students killed and 48 injured.

This violates Article 52 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly doesn’t apply to the U.S. and Israel.

[Packrip Ewing @PackripEwing]

in your entire life, you will never do anything in 4 minutes as impressive as Alysa Liu’s gold medal free skate

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

We're at that time of the year when they get triggered by Ramadan.

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

@PeakWTACity What’s formula for geo mean? Obvi diff from arithmetic mean. Assuming round of opponent factors in?

[wta @WTA]

A moment Elena Rybakina will never forget 🤩

#AO26

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

RYBAKINA!

AO Winner!

@lenarybakina absolute champ!

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

RYBAKINA! @lenarybakina

[Isaiah Thomas @isaiahthomas]

6 guys beating the shit outta ONE person then KILLING him!! Fuck the ICE agents. 6 against one and yall still shoot and kill somebody. Yall had him out numbered and decided to KILL him like it was a video game and he can just he his life back smh

[Caroline Garcia @CaroGarcia]

This Is Why We Turned Down $270,000

Today we turned down a $270,000 sponsorship offer from a betting company for our podcast.

It’s a huge amount of money, especially for an independent sports show and for me, someone who just retired from pro tennis.
But here is why we said no.

Over the past two years of interviewing players, coaches, agents, and parents, one theme keeps coming back again and again:
betting has become one of the biggest sources of pressure, abuse, and hate in modern sport.

Every player, from Top 10 stars to ITF grinders, has stories.
DMs full of insults after a match.
People demanding money back because they lost a bet.
Even death threats.
Not because of sport.
Because of gambling.

I do not want Tennis Insider Club to contribute, even indirectly, to a system that fuels addiction, destroys lives, and turns athletes into daily targets.

Betting companies spend millions on sponsorships because it works.
It shifts attention.
It shapes behavior.
It normalizes gambling.
But we do not want our community pushed in that direction.

This is not a moral crusade.
I am not judging anyone who bets casually, or athletes who accept betting sponsors.
I am simply choosing what we want to stand for, and what we do not want to amplify.

Our mission is to tell real stories from inside tennis, inspire people, and grow the sport in a way that is healthy for athletes and fans.
Taking betting money would move us in the opposite direction.

And if we expect athletes to trust us enough to be vulnerable on the podcast, to share their fears, doubts, and mental health battles, then we need to show them that we choose values over money.

$270k is a lot.
But building something long term, honest, and good for the sport is worth more.

We will find partners who believe in that vision, who want to grow with us, not exploit the pressure athletes already face.

Thank you for supporting what we are building.
We are just getting started. And we are doing it the right way.

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

Insane community note. Evil hall of shame.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has left large swathes of the Strip in ruins, including parts of Gaza City which was the focus of Israel’s offensive before the ceasefire.

AP drone footage taken on Saturday showed massive destruction of the city’s Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.

[Rabbi David Mivasair @RabbiMivasair]

I was right there in 1971. The whole area was rubble of Palestinian houses that had been demolished after the families living in them were thrown out so Jews could have more room to pray at the Wall.
I didn't really know what I was seeing. Now I understand clearly.
There is no "holiness" in a house built on stolen land.
אין קדושה בארץ כבושה.

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

@InternetH0F Last line is a bar tho

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

@MaxBlumenthal Bars

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

@ivyswift_03 @sebsharfam2 I’m trying to understand the math. She had 3913 points in 2025 in the WTA race to the finals just before Ningbo. After winning Ningbo, a WTA 500, how would she be at 4305 (+392) and not at 4413 (+500)?

[TIMES OF GAZA @Timesofgaza]

Palestinian journalist plays with a little baby boy who survived an lsraeli airstrike, Gaza.

[Afif Rahman @AfifTheChief]

@NothingMajorPod Rublev didn’t make the hottie draft? Draft INVALID. What a stud.

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Every time that Andrey Rublev served in suits, ate, and left no crumbs: