June challenge:
daily porn
daily alcohol
8 hours on the game a day
2 hours of sleep
<500 steps a day
0 pushups daily
no home cooked meals, only takeout
Are we going to fill up our jails with children or are we finally going to admit that the children are victims of a violent colonial system that needs to be dismantled?
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.
‘Bukayo Saka: The Time Is Now’, will stream on Disney+ from June 5.
🗣️ “This film has given me the chance to tell my story in a way I never have before. People see the goals & the matches, but they don’t see what it takes behind the scenes.”
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CNN source: Americans arrived in Laikipia Airbase yesterday as plans for US Ebola isolation facility go ahead despite court order.
Current US & Kenya governments - both Trump & Ruto administrations - have a history of ignoring court rulings they don't like
Kenyan police allowed Arsenal fans to gather and disperse peacefully but they never allow the same youth to protest against the government without killing some
Nairobi, Kenya. Wow!! Never let a soulless club win the league title again. This is what it means to be a proper football club. You’re everywhere in the hearts millions thousands and thousands of miles away.