Ben Piggot

Software Developer and ex-Academic. Arsenal, but some other things too. I now have a substack where I actually publish (sometimes).

[Zito @_Zeets]

This is what the African nations especially have been pointing out. Others have been able to come and showcase their culture and fans, but this country’s racism is so blatant that it’s prohibited a wider cultural exchange. It’s so against what the World Cup is as a social event.

[Ed Baker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🚜 @EdBaker97]

The fact this stadium is hosting a World Cup final is an absolute joke.

In the middle of fuck off nowhere, have to go through a bloody shopping centre to access it. Followed by a death march to even get to the concourse.

Dallas and LA have been robbed by those wankers at fifa

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

France really is now easily the most talented footballing nation the world - a team just from the Paris region would probably be favored to win the World Cup

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@mattyglesias No for me and I expect many other dem voters, what did it for me was the pathetic reaction to the election. They acted like it was Dukakis losing in ‘88 as if trump was a normal politician from that time

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

Gilbert Mora has the potential to be the best Mexican player ever

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@EnswellJones I've nearly finished your book and it is truly moving me.

The parallels between your own life and mine are pretty uncanny. Not exactly the same, but enough that your story is hitting me hard.

[Sami Gold @souljagoyteller]

It’s not even this. They should’ve not responded to the beginning of Trump 2 by completely submitting to him.

Oh and also supporting a genocide

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@RaeComm Fair

[A. Bartaway🇺🇦❤️✊✌️ @Bartaway]

One state/two state isn’t really a question of preference.

The one state solution has already happened. This is it. The only remaining questions are how long the legal fiction will keep going and, if it ends and statuses are formalized, what form that will take

[Max Fisher @Max_Fisher]

It’s very funny that ten years ago beltway chickenhawks adopted an unachievable phony demand to justify opposing the JCPOA, Trump didn’t realize it was fake and fought a war to get it, discovered it was unachievable, and is now giving the chickenhawks the worst day of their lives

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@SenBlumenthal your time has past. Democratic voters don't support you anymore.

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

This is honestly pretty interesting. I'm a bit surprised Messi codes as left as this, because he in no way demonstrates he is left-wing

But not surprised at all by Ronaldo, who is basically the world's most famous manosphere influencer.

[Roger Tugas Vilardell 📊 @rogertugas]

⚽️ La gent d'esquerres prefereix Messi i la gent de dretes es decanta per Cristiano Ronaldo

Així ho determina un estudi a 26 estats amb més de 10.000 enquestes

La ideologia és l'element que més determina la preferència, però altres elements també hi influeixen [🧵]

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@EoinOCallaghan its a bit ridiculous they are allowed to qualify given their squad, which is basically a bunch of mediocre Brazilian mercenaries.

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

Qatar should not be allowed to participate in teh World Cup. They could never qualify if they didn't recruit mercenaries. All they do is suck and cause injuries.

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

She needs to go away. Just completely out of touch.

[Financial Times @FT]

Opinion: 'If even I, an implacable opponent of the president, can accept this as the best option, then surely others can too?' writes former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton. https://t.co/CM1hGghBiG

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@LaurensJulien great ending tho!

[Ilya Sheyman @iSheyman]

@TheDemocrats need to stop this line of messaging. This war has been a disaster. Using diplomacy to bring it to an end is good.

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@laythy29 glad you have enjoyed my hometown!

You've been a bit lucky with the weather - we usually get this kind of weather a bit later in the summer.

[Ben Piggot @BenPiggot]

@RationalArsenal tbf that is by the far France has ever played under Deschamps in the 2nd half there. At least since 2018.