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[Mariana Oliveira @marioliveirain]

Além do papelão que fizeram em campo, quase sem chutes a gols ou domínio de bola, os jogadores da Argentina seguiram sendo pequenos na cerimônia. Vários deles ignoraram completamente a presidente do México, Claudia Sheinbaum.

[Gaffar Yakınca @GaffarYakinca]

Uzmanlara göre Dünya kupası finalinde maç yönetimi çok kötüydü, sayısız hatalı karar vardı. Futbol yorumcuları hakemlerin Arjantin için özel bir çaba sarf ettiğini söylüyor. "İspanya, Arjantin ve FIFA'ya karşı kazandı" değerlendirmesi yapılıyor.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hunter Biden on Trump: “Everything he does, from the time he was bankrupting casinos to the time he became president, is all an act. He’s been doing it since his dad handed him a $400M check and he lost most of it and said I’m a self-made man. We’ve known who Donald Trump was from the get-go. He’s a con artist”

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

The Murdoch media's attempt to normalise Australia's laziest MP Pauline Hanson and dog abuser Barnaby Joyce, while branding the most accomplished in Parliament the 'dippy teals', is the whole game, in one sentence.

Competence ridiculed, and extremism polished.

[Kevork Almassian @KevorkAlmassian]

U.S. soldiers were sent to die in the Middle East for Israel’s wars.

Meanwhile, the families of the people who pushed those wars are enjoying the World Cup from luxury seats.

The ruling class gets the view.
Ordinary families get the coffins.

[Craig F̶o̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ @Craig_Foster]

It’s a shame that the post-match behaviour of the Argentine team will be remembered more than their tournament.

There are many injustices in football, as in life, but as we saw with Argentina, these tend to be both for, and against.

Egypt were certainly denied a penalty against Argentina, for example.

It’s entirely in keeping with the tournament tone, however, since lashing out, abuse, violence is exactly what Trump represents, and what his tournament should be remembered for.

It was, then, a perfectly Trumpian end to a highly controversial and corrupt, nonetheless hugely enjoyable on the field, World Cup.

Particularly with Trump doing his utmost to steal the attention of a moment that others had worked and sacrificed their whole lives for.

And it ended just as the world is, right now.

Vulgarity and obscene commercialisation, the bastardisation of the game, the world trying to play by the rules while the powerful manipulate and destroy them, everyone feeling aggrieved and righteous, and violence, recriminations, conspiracies and carnage everywhere.

Exactly as an Infantino and Trump World Cup, should.

Even in that moment, however, when the whole world around them is descending into chaos and violence, the worst of emotions spilling over, we saw the good.

Lamine Yamal on his knees, praying. Faithful to his beliefs, giving credit elsewhere. The perfect counterpoint to the obscene narcissism and self-adulation of Trump and Infantino.

And Messi and Yamal, embracing.

Despite the devastation that Messi was feeling in that moment, carrying the burden of an entire country and the weight of his own legacy, the older genius passing on his best wishes to the next generation. And Yamal paying his respects to someone that had nurtured his dreams, participated in his development, served as a reference point.

The worst, and best of human nature was on display at the World Cup Final and, in fact, throughout the entire tournament itself.

Fitting, really.

[Stavros™ = Σταύρος© @dodona777]

This is a part of our kitchen. We also have a small electric oven & small microwave oven. We love it. So, not having $50k for some flash laboratory kitchen means we enjoy this. About $1k with the table etc.

[amanda ryan @amandazryan]

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[JIX5A @JIX5A]

I will keep exposing Argentina and the cheating tactics they used against Spain in the FIFA World Cup final

[Kon Kon ۞🧚‍♀️🚨💪🏼💜♀️ @kasoli17]

Están impidiendo difundir el video de la vergüenza de la @afa

[Nikhil Deshpande @Chaseeism]

Massive shoutout to @SBS who have absolutely smashed the FIFA World Cup broadcast in Australia with great coverage, decent panel and no sensationalized commentary and all of it absolutely FREE!

Goated stuff 🐐

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

'Field near the sea.' (c1962) In an interview Joan Eardley commented: 'When I'm painting in the north east I hardly ever move out of the village [Catterline] I hardly ever move from one spot. I find the more I know the place, the more I know the particular spot.'

[SON LAİK BÜKÜCÜ 🇹🇷 @TheLaikYobaz]

Leandro Paredes'in maç sonunda İspanyol futbolculara yönelik sert müdahaleleri dünya gündeminde.

Sosyal medyada çok sayıda kullanıcı, Arjantinli futbolcunun ömür boyu futboldan men edilmesi gerektiğini savundu.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

The Champions Who Forgot to Play Football!

Here is a statistic to frame above your fireplace and show your grandchildren: Argentina’s first shot of any kind in Sunday’s World Cup final arrived in the 115th minute, a record of futility for a World Cup. Spain finished with 20 shots to Argentina’s two, twelve on target to none. Not one. In a final. ESPN called it arguably the worst World Cup final in living memory, and that was the polite version.

NBC Sports put it plainly: Argentina were more concerned with fouling and fighting than playing football, and the way several players behaved was a disgrace that tarnished their legacy.

According to Football365, Scaloni’s men committed more first-half fouls than they completed passes into the attacking third. Their 12.29 fouls per game was, per NBC, far and away the highest of any semifinalist.

The punditry class reached for the thesaurus. “It’s a disgrace,” said Gary Neville on ITV. Alan Shearer told the BBC that Leandro Paredes “threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face” in the post-whistle brawl that earned him a red card after the final had ended. Joe Hart called it “disgusting.” Lee Dixon called it “anti-football.” Wayne Rooney simply shrugged: we’ve seen this from Argentina before.

And where was the captain? Sitting on the turf, weeping, while his teammates disgraced the shirt he made famous. Sorry, but no. A captain’s job in that moment is not to cry. It is to get up, wade into the scrum, grab the idiots by the collar and order them to behave like gentlemen. Messi shook every Spanish hand, as Hart noted, and fair play. But leadership was required, and leadership stayed seated.

Consider the route, too: a group of Algeria, Austria and Jordan, then Cape Verde in the round of 32. All the jeopardy of a heated driveway.

Spain were everything football should be. One goal conceded in eight matches, the fewest ever for a champion. Rodri took the Golden Ball, Ferran Torres the trophy. As Norwegian commentator Trond Johannessen put it: mighty scenes, but the right outcome. The victory bandits were finally caught.

Wherever Argentina play next, anywhere on Earth, they will walk out to a wall of boos. They earned every decibel.

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[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

"In Australia we investigate doctors who talk about Gaza. In Israel they beat one with an iron hammer."
@Lochinvar001 on @Ahpra #antisemitism & @HussamAbuSafiya
https://t.co/xEgrEvIcK7

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Hey @JDVance. I wish I knew how to quit you.

[Margaret Hollingdale @MargaretHollin1]

'Lowitja O'Donoghue, a trailblazing Aboriginal nurse turned Indigenous rights advocate, has been honoured with the renaming of a federal electorate.

The vast division of Grey, which covers the majority of South Australia, is being renamed as O'Donoghue'

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

Here's what really happened on October 7th...

1. 07 OCTOBER 2022.
Israeli forces opened fire on a group of Palestinian children near the Apartheid wall in Qalqiliya, killing a 14-year-old boy with live ammunition (UN OCHA report)

2. 07 OCTOBER 2021.
Israeli settlers from the Telem settlement cut down more than 100 olive seedlings on Palestinian-owned land in Turqumiya, Hebron, belonging to 'Aziz Jamil Ja'afrah — the same land where settlers had uprooted trees the year before. (PCHR, 7–13 Oct 2021)

Israeli forces raided at least nine homes overnight and arrested eleven people, including a father and son together (Wadi al-Far'a, Tubas) and a 16-year-old (Adham Abu Srour, Dawha), without charge. A 55-year-old activist was separately arrested without charge at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli forces demolished two residential structures in Bab al-Shams village (East Jerusalem area) belonging to two brothers — the third demolition of their homes within a single year.

Israeli gunboats fired on a Palestinian fishing boat off Gaza for roughly two and a half hours overnight.

Checkpoints and closures were imposed in Jericho, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Nablus.

3. 07 OCTOBER 2020.
Israeli forces raided Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem, blew open the doors of the camp's People's Committee office, and damaged nearby homes in the process — Palestinians officials called it part of a "terror campaign" against the camp. (PCHR, 1–7 Oct 2020)

Israeli forces raided a boys' school (al-Jamla School) in Jenin, confiscated staff IDs, and copied footage from the school's security camera system.

Multiple home-raid arrests took place in Beita, Yatta, al-Eizariya, al-Hashimia (Jenin), Qusra, and Qabatiya.

Israeli settlers from the Leshem settlement set fire to Palestinian-owned land in Deir Ballut, Salfit, burning 50 olive trees.

Multiple checkpoints/closures reported in Hebron (4), Nablus, and elsewhere, disrupting children's abilities to attend school and commutes to work and cutting off access to medical facilities and family.

4. 07 OCTOBER 2019.
20-year-old Fadi Osama Hejazi, died from sniper wounds sustained months earlier at Great March of Return protests (PCHR, 3–9 Oct 2019)

Israeli forces raided at least nine homes overnight across Bethlehem (al-Duheisha camp, Wad Ma'ali), Ramallah (al-Mazra'ah al-Gharbiyah), Jenin ('Anza village), Tulkarm ('Atil village), and Salfit (Hares village, two homes), arresting at least 12 people.

Israeli forces raided and ransacked the Hanthala Cultural Centre in Safa village (a heritage/youth-skills organization), breaking its main door and confiscating files.

Israeli forces guarding the Apartheid wall shot two Palestinian men near Zeta and Tulkarm while they attempted to cross into Israel for work.

Settlers from the Yitzhar settlement cut down 36 olive trees overnight in Burin village (Nablus). Later that morning, settlers from the same settlement attacked Burin's mixed school under military protection, forcing the administration to evacuate students.

In order to prevent Palestinians from leaving their homes during Jewish holiday, Israel began a full closure of the Tunnel, 300, al-Jeeb, and Hizma checkpoints (separating Jerusalem from Bethlehem and nearby areas) for three days during Yom Kippur, alongside closures of Arab village/neighborhood entrances with iron barriers and cement blocks, preventing anyone from accessing school, work, or medical facilities during that time.

5. 07 OCTOBER 2018.
Israeli forces raided homes in Jenin, Beit Ummer (Hebron), and al-Jalazoun refugee camp (Ramallah), arresting at least eight people; in Jalazoun, soldiers also confiscated 2,500 shekels (~$700) in cash from one household during the raid. (PCHR, 4–10 Oct 2018)

Israeli forces raided homes and a shop in Beit Led (Tulkarm), confiscating surveillance camera recordings, and arrested a 47-year-old man along with his 19-year-old son without charge.

Israeli forces carried out 20 additional home invasions (without arrests) across Hebron, Tulkarm, and Qalqiliya-area villages.

An Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of civilians near al-Shawka village, east of Rafah, Gaza.

Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah, firing flare bombs and forcing fishermen to flee.

Israeli forces conducted a limited ground invasion into eastern al-Bureij, central Gaza.

6. 07 OCTOBER 2017.

Israeli forces raided three homes overnight — in Ya'bud (Jenin), Wad Rahal (Bethlehem), and Bethlehem city — arresting three people, including two minors, without charge.

Israeli forces arrested without charge a 44-year-old man, Naser al-Jundi, at a checkpoint set up at the entrance to Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.

Israeli gunboats twice opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Beit Lahia and al-Sudaniya (northern Gaza), chasing them; no injuries or damage reported.

Israeli forces stationed along the Gaza perimeter fence near Umm al-Nasser Bedouin village opened sporadic fire and fired flare bombs into the border area, terrorizing residents.

Israeli forces conducted six additional home invasions without arrests in al-Samou', Bani Na'im, Sa'ir, and al-Jalajel (Hebron) and Bedia and Masha (Salfit).

Temporary military checkpoints were set up at Halhoul and al-Dahiriya (Hebron), four locations around Qalqiliya, and three in Salfit, further restricting Palestinian movement. That night, hundreds of Israeli settlers entered 'Awerta village (Nablus) under military protection to perform religious rituals in Palestinian towns.

7. 07 OCTOBER 2016.
Israeli forces raided homes in Sabastiya (Nablus) and Nour al-Shams refugee camp (Tulkarm) overnight, arresting five people without charge.

Israeli forces entered al-Far'a refugee camp (Tubas); when young men gathered and threw stones, soldiers fired live rounds, hitting three civilians.

Israeli naval forces intercepted a fishing boat at sea, ordered the two fishermen (one a 17-year-old) to strip and swim to the gunboat, then detained them; one was released later that day, the other and the boat remained in custody.

Weekly Friday protests in Bil'in, Ni'lin, al-Nabi Saleh, and Kafr Qaddum were attacked with live fire, rubber bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs; in Bil'in, soldiers assaulted a farmer trying to reach his own field and confiscated his vehicle.

In Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire on young men gathered near the perimeter fence in solidarity with Jerusalem (Shuja'iya and al-Bureij), wounding two with live rounds.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers from Yasouf village (Salfit) while they worked their land.

Dozens of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, entered Ta'nak village (Jenin) to pray at a religious site; soldiers closed the village's main street to secure the visit, locking thousands of Palestinians in their homes.

Checkpoints went up on the Tarusah village road (west of Dura) and at Hebron's southern entrance (al-Fahes), further restricting Palestinian movement.

8. 07 OCTOBER 2015.
An Israeli settler shot a Palestinian girl from Sur Baher four times in Jerusalem's Old City; Israeli forces claimed she had stabbed him, an account PCHR notes it could not independently verify.

Hundreds of Bir Zeit University students and other civilians protested near a checkpoint and settlement outside al-Bireh; Israeli forces fired live ammunition, wounding ten (eight by live fire), while undercover Israeli units embedded in the crowd violently kidnapped three students — one shot in the leg, another shot in the head and left in serious condition.

Israeli forces raided homes across Hebron governorate overnight, kidnapping at least 16 people, including a 12-year-old (Amir Abu Romouz) and a 13-year-old (Nasim al-Teiti), in Hebron city, Dura, Halhoul, and Al Fawwar and Al Arroub refugee camps.

Israeli forces raided two homes in Nablus, arresting two men without charge.

Soldiers occupied an uninhabited home in Halhoul, raised an Israeli flag over it, and briefly operated a checkpoint from the site before withdrawing but continuing to occupy the house.

This was the seventh consecutive day Nablus remained under a full Israeli military cordon (imposed since October 1 as collective punishment), with the Huwwara, Jeet, al-Naqoura, and Deir Sharaf checkpoints all tightened, denying and delaying movement for residents.

IT GOES ON LIKE THIS EVERY DAY OF EVERY YEAR AS FAR BACK AS YOU LOOK

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

While the conservative parties in this country scapegoat and vilify specific ethnic and national groups, most Australians would like their leaders to engage in respectful, inclusive, evidence-based policy-making on our workforce, housing, and immigration.

We deserve better than a race to the bottom on the right of Australian politics.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A reporter asked Lamine Yamal how he handles the pressure of carrying Spain at 18. His answer: my mother had me when she was 16, that's real pressure. My father picked things off the street to bring food home, that's pressure. All I have to do is play football.

That's the whole story of who he is, and most fans only know the surface of it.

Before he was born, his teenage parents fell behind on rent. Two neighbors named Lamine and Yamal covered them, and his father vowed his son would carry both names forever. His legal name is a permanent record of a debt his family couldn't repay in money. In Arabic, the names mean "the trustworthy" and "beauty."

His parents split when he was around 5. His mother raised him in Granollers on a fast food wage. And here's the detail almost nobody knows: that job is the reason he became a footballer. Through work she met the daughter of the youth coordinator at CF La Torreta, his first club. When she worried she couldn't cover the fees, he told her that if the boy wants to play, money will never be the reason he can't.

As a kid, Lamine told his parents: if you're counting on me getting a normal job, we're in trouble. But if I become a footballer, you'll never have to worry again.

He signed with Barcelona at 7. He was right by 15.

Every goal, he flashes 304 with his fingers. The end of 08304, the postal code of Rocafonda, the neighborhood where strangers paid his family's rent before he existed. It gets credited on every goal since.

Today, at 19, he plays for the World Cup. And if he scores tonight, somewhere in the biggest broadcast on Earth, two neighbors will hear their names, and a postal code will flash on 2 billion screens.