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Cycling. Food. Economics. All viewpoints my own and do not represent the views of my employer

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@ExAntonius @AstorAaron @adam_tooze So you believe that everyone needs to accept your normative judgement on this topic because a certain percentage of votes in a small German state voted for an anti immigration party?

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@jurgen_nauditt Can we also talk about Grant being put lower than Buchanan and Pierce??

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@admcollingwood Of course it is — and the logic runs both ways. If yields rise until investors start buying Treasuries, that doesn’t imply they’re rotating out of equities any more than today’s Treasury selling implies they’re rotating into equities

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@colorblindk1d @JonahDispatch Here is the unambiguous statement from the relevant EU commissioner

https://t.co/80MnAYLT7n

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@colorblindk1d @JonahDispatch Yeah this just isn’t true though. Not ifs not buts no exceptions. None of the people who entered yesterday are coming to the EU mainland (and most have already gone back to Morocco)

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@colorblindk1d @JonahDispatch No it doesn’t. Ceuta is carved out of Schengen - as is Melilla (the other Exclave)

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@michaeljmcnair This makes partnership (or indeed direct confrontation) extremely difficult. No bargains can be made that can not be unmade in 4 years. This is historic and makes structuring of even the term “order” impossible. Carneys basic point is that we’ve seen it and we can’t go back

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@michaeljmcnair Your argument is extremely well put but misses one extremely crucial point - America’s increasingly incoherent foreign policy through time. Most IR models assume some degree of consistency in FP goals - americas are too variable to be modelled accurately by anyone

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@Zonal_Marking What’s changed is the structure on the ball. CBs/ FBs are much more spread and GK is always a receiver now. This means there is always a reception option - just not an out ball. The clearst stat is Argentina 35% possession 0 shots. Pressing has become about space not transition

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@Zonal_Marking To back this up it should be clear teams did less running at this WC. They did more. 108km Qatar - 114km in this one (despite in match more). We are conflating pressing and transitions here. Of the 8 QFs - 4 defended high (No, Arg, Eng and Spain) and only 1 was low block (Swz)

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@juneslater17 “Accredited BBC comedy writer” 😂

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@TidyguyKC @MsMelChen College sports in the US are bottom-up community events in which connection to the team is immediate and visceral. This is how soccer developed in Europe. Most pro sports teams are franchises that lack this (there are Cub and Red Sock shaped exceptions here)

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@going_lehman @Birdyword Cricket has some of the best chants in all of sport. Get yourself to the Eric Hollies stand

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@cenkuygur @DavorD27 Intent is not mandatory for a red card - many are issued because of recklessness and endangering player safety. Studs showing, hitting high no contact with ball = reckless play. No ifs not buts. We can debate the red as fans but a defensible decision was made and should stand

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@zachdcarter @MiloPete @nntaleb That’s a matter of debate. For those of us who have watched the game for years - it’s perfectly derensible to offer a red card for reckless play (studding showing nowhere near the ball context with ankle = reckless). We can debate it as fans but var made its decision

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@zachdcarter @StuusPax Yeah but lots of glory in having your president call FIFA to make an exception to the rules that exclusively benefits only your team? Is this way you guys were fine with Lance for so long?

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@FiSurgi @hpierrejacques The. Italy and the former Habsburg empire (both Anglophile places) and rest of Europe slowly but surely from there. Italy and Uruguay were also dominant in competitions in which there was broader competition such as the Olympics. This is why Uruguay has 4 stars on their shirts

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@FiSurgi @hpierrejacques Common but inaccurate misconception. Many of the top European nations just took longer for football to become mainstream. The earliest adopters outside of the home nations (who refused to play in world cups preferring the HN matches) S American clubs were founded earliest

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@lugaricano Esp when there is little sign that the economic orthodoxy for the past 40 years - to restrict public sector investment - not only seems to generate mixed results (at best) but increasingly rests on ever shakier political foundations. “More of the same” is not viable strategy

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@lugaricano While I would certainly quibble with some of the details it is little different in outline from initiatives like the Marshall Plan or Chinese 5 year plans. We can debate the politics but to say planning “doesn’t work” is a too big a claim