Julie – also on Bluesky, Substack, Threads

"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box."
– Italian Proverb

Iran Election was the start.

[Julie – also on Bluesky, Substack, Threads @nihonmama]

Seems fitting today.

Underwater sculpture in Grenada, in honor of our African ancestors who were thrown overboard the slave ships during the Middle Passage.

Artist: Jason DeCaires Taylor

They continue to watch over us.

[Wei Wu 吴伟 @WuWei113]

@EricTrump @ufc @danawhite Dear eric. When you sit down you feel something between your leg? This your testicle. This produce testosterone for give you dignity.

Use your testicle. Do not deny. Just accept and say this, “yes my nigga that be me. What you going to do?”

So simple

[Sean O’Meowlly🍭 @NeedMyNutsLickt]

I’m a now deleted post by Daniel Cormier, Eric Trump DM’d him and asked him “are any of the fights tomorrow rigged?” 👀
#UFCWhiteHouse

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

@SecKennedy @DNIGabbard Rapist scumbag who defrauds parents by lying about autism to the tune of millions has an opinion about more lies to prop up Russian genocide.

[Lucas Shaw @Lucas_Shaw]

Four supposedly smart people who can’t comprehend the phenomenon of mail-in ballots.

Would be easy to laugh off if it didn’t suggest growing belief in unfounded election conspiracies

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

If The New York Times got its hands on leaked audio recordings from the Situation Room, then we have a massive national security crisis on our hands. That very likely means our enemies know everything that’s been said in that room, at least since Trump took over.

This should be a massive scandal.

[Myles Miller @mylesmill]

.@NYCMayor said he didn’t go to sleep til 3:45a following the #Knicks win.

“We’ve been waiting for this for 53 years, and it just feels like the entire city is alive. The biggest city in the country feels like the smallest town in the world.”

[Mostly Peaceful Latinas @mplpodcast305]

Scenes that I never thought I would see, a Dance off between the Scottish and Haitians fans 🇭🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is what soccer is about, bringing people together and forgetting our differences. Love this!

[Dominic King @DKingTelegraph]

Scotland should win the World Cup just for this alone.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

what a great city

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

Incredible. Publishing what appears to be (if you care to read the "evidence") a totally legitimate US program, and even citing the risks of these being used as "Russian information campaigns", Tulsi Gabbard - the gift that kept giving - presents the Kremlin with yet one more information operation.
Read our investigation from 2025 where we presented evidence that the hybrid ops unit of GRU's 29155 came up with the whole "bio-labs" concept - and co-opted Tulsi into it. https://t.co/D8qdE38ahv

[Eunique Jones Gibson @eunique]

If the truth makes you angry, you gotta evaluate the lie that makes you comfortable.

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

NEW @TheAthleticFC

Infantino floats in & out of the Oval Office, hangs out with Trump officials, squeezes host cities for cash & cloaks FIFA in MAGA.

Now, FIFA wants to be considered powerless.

Free to read column on Gianni’s visa disasterclass.

https://t.co/f4xDFOgQsx

[Alejandro Pino Calad @PinoCalad]

El gobierno de EEUU prohibió toda venta de boletería del Mundial a iraníes, no importa si llevan 30 años viviendo en otra parte, no importa nada: los iraníes no entran y punto. Cuando Indonesia quiso hacer esto con Israel en el Mundial Sub20 2023, la FIFA le quitó la sede

[Financial Times @FT]

Fifa faces empty seats as 180,000 World Cup tickets hit resale market https://t.co/prqoWWF0oF

[LPC @landpalestine]

Iran arrives at World Cup wearing pins of 168 schoolgirls killed by the United States

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Fabio Cannavaro, World Cup winner, former Italy captain and ballon d’or winner being searched like a suspected drug mule in the US.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

South Africa, Germany and other recent #WorldCup hosts were forced by FIFA to promise all accredited officials, players and staff would be guaranteed visas and minimal immigration interference for the tournament duration.

Why is the United States exempt from that @FIFAcom?

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Big up, Uncle Ian Wright for speaking up, and he's 100% correct.

Look how Qatar got dragged when they were hosting the World Cup.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali.

The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful.

https://t.co/rpSgTmmPU4

[Matthew Chayes @chayesmatthew]

Morocco, in 1777, was the first county in the world to recognize the United States as a sovereign nation.