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According to Mint Press News, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have been waging a systematic and brutal campaign of maiming or imprisoning Palestinian soccer players over the past ten to twelve years. Warning: Some readers will find the testimonials at...
by C0RI0LANUS
on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 07:36 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
with 33 Recommends
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The New York Times has a heartbreaking story of loss. This link should allow full access. The issue of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (C.T.E.) is of increasing concern as studies are finding it in places that had been overlooked — until now. They...
by xaxnar
on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 08:43 AM PST
with 26 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Oct 27, 2023 at 09:55 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and ...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Sep 01, 2023 at 09:15 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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UPDATE: The Guardian has a good article today on this story. For one thing, Jenni Hermoso is now pretty much a hero everywhere in Spain. When Jenni Hermoso arrived in the stands, the standing ovation was thundering. On the field below, Atlético de...
by yankeewhiteboy
on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 12:54 AM PDT
with 70 Recommends
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Welp, as usual caretaking duties for the elderly are a lot more strenuous than many (men!) like to admit, so I am running way late. Please use this space to chat, and I will add items to the diary proper as time allows. Sorry about the delay! Please...
by elenacarlena
on Sat Aug 26, 2023 at 05:15 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 09:59 PM PST
with 32 Recommends
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Here’s an evergreen opening for you: Right-wing media is outraged that [people they perceive to be “woke”] are [doing … something]. In this case, members of the U.S. women’s national ...
by Laura Clawson
on Tue Jul 25, 2023 at 02:57 PM PDT
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I have nothing clever to say. Enjoy the articles. 🧠 Does generative AI have ‘emergent’ properties? (substack.com) Spoiler: No, but this is a really good discussion of the different types of emergence and how they do and do not apply to...
by angryea
on Sun Jul 09, 2023 at 04:44 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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Mark has a diary up which at the time of writing is on the rec. list which I am afraid is the result of what looks suspiciously like a fake news story dropped on the Guardian by supporters of the BBC Trust Chairman. He is currently under fire for his...
by Lib Dem FoP
on Fri Mar 10, 2023 at 02:58 PM PST
with 24 Recommends
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Jakub Jankto has become the first active international men’s player to announce he is gay. The story can be found here. “Like everyone else, I have strengths, I have weaknesses, I have a family, I have friends, I have a job in which I have done the...
by CameronProf
on Thu Feb 16, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
with 16 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and now moi, ...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 08:59 PM PST
with 38 Recommends
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Eons ago, at a sports-themed YMCA day camp, I played soccer on a team with my friend, Howard. Precociously broad-shouldered and preternaturally quick, he pretty much ruled the goal. More versed in the sport than the rest of us, he captained our...
by Inspector Clueso
on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at 01:08 PM PST
with 5 Recommends
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Thursday, the soccer world lost its greatest and most beloved player: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé. The three-time World Cup champion died at a hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82.
The ...
by Rebekah Sager
on Fri Dec 30, 2022 at 04:00 PM PST
with 37 Recommends
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Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson presided over the fifth most balloted Speaker election in US history, all other House business at a standstill. (They didn’t even know if they had healthcare, or would their staff be paid at midmonth as usual.) Voting...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Jan 07, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
with 22 Recommends
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This is a breaking story, as Pele, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cup titles, has died at the age of 82 after suffering from colon cancer. www.cbsnews.com/…
by 728huey
on Thu Dec 29, 2022 at 11:09 AM PST
with 18 Recommends
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born in 1940 and globally known as Pelé, has died at a hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82. The soccer megastar was hospitalized on Nov. 29 for a respiratory ...
by Rebekah Sager
on Thu Dec 29, 2022 at 11:01 AM PST
with 99 Recommends
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I confess one of my favorite movies is the 1966 Italian spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. As the holiday season approaches, we need a list of recent good, bad and uglies. Let’s start with some good. Senator Warnock was reelected in...
by Alan Singer
on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 12:19 PM PST
with 15 Recommends
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Neither of my five favorite teams made it to the finals. I never cared much for France, but I positively loathe Argentina. But still, it is a beautiful game. The new motto, in honor of Argentina? Think Alka Seltzer — “Flop, Flop, Whiz, Whiz.” Argentina...
by agnostic
on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 09:00 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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