AI for the poor, actual human teachers for the rich. This is a class issue and we need to recognise it as such, in order to fight this effectively in schools.
The rich wouldn’t accept this for their own kids!
It was because of CAF.
In 1964, a CAF delegation led by Kwame Nkrumah boycotted the 1966 World Cup, and one of the demands was for FIFA to ban apartheid South Africa. No one is going to address what's happening in this year's World Cup unless CAF speak out.
but for entry into Western states period, with Somalia among a small number of countries whose citizens are subject to additional travel restrictions. He had to travel to another country, Kenya, simply to secure the appropriate travel documents, a valid visa to work in the US +
I don't think most people are fully grasping what happened to Omar Artan. Citizens of African countries cannot travel to the US without first navigating a highly restrictive, discriminatory visa process. Africans face the highest refusal rates globally, not only for US visas +
- Duhamel : « Karim Bouamrane, au service de qui ou de quoi allez-vous mettre votre voix en vue de 2027 ? »
- Karim Bouamrane : « De moi-même. Moi, Karim Bouamrane, je suis candidat pour les prochaines élections présidentielles. »
Fin de la blague. 🤣
What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:
• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.
• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.
• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.
• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.
• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.
• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.
• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.
• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.
• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
One of the worst real world effects of this whole generative AI onslaught has been its pollution of the bootleg t-shirt market, was a real bummer last night seeing all the slop on sale outside Bryant Park :/
countries usually bid for the world cup to sportswash and pretend to be tolerant and accepting. it seems that the USA might be the first country to host the world cup as a humiliation ritual to the rest of the world. to the trump administration this is a show of power
Statement from Omar Artan is far more graceful and reserved than FIFA deserves. It is a stain on this tournament that one of Africa's top officials can be blocked from the biggest month of his career.
Yaël Braun-Pivet qui a protégé Bayrou des conséquences de ses mensonges sur Bétharram et refusé la commission d’enquête sur l’affaire Epstein semble soudain se préoccuper des enfants
C’est tard…
So far at the 2026 FIFA Epstein Cup before a ball kicked:
- Senegal & Uzbekistan squads treated like criminals upon arrival given full cavity searches;
- Africa’s best referee sent back to Somalia despite having a diplomatic passport;
- Iraq team photographer sent back despite valid visa;
- AIPS (international sport journalist association) calling on FIFA to sort out unacceptable visa issues of African & Iranian journalists;
- 90% of Moroccan fans with tickets denied entry
- 14 members of Iran backroom staff denied visas
Not a word from Gianni ”today I feel black/gay/disabled etc” Infantino.