Rus Bradburd

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Mexico's President Sheinbaum opposes US and Israel illegal war; "The UN has stopped fulfilling its role ... Countries with greater military power prevail, that cannot be." "It's not about who opposes or supports a regime; it's about civilians who pay for it, the bombing of a school full of girls."

"The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories" -best book I've read in years. See author Barry Pearce at U of Chicago's Seminary Coop books, Saturday, 3 pm. Free! @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicagoreader.com @wttw.bsky.social @wbez.org

Spain to Trump: "Spain opposes this catastrophe … governments are there to improve people's lives … not to worsen them .. it is absolutely unacceptable that leaders who are incapable of fulfilling this task use the smokescreen of war to mask their incompetence $ line the pockets of a select few."

Nobel Peace Prize, my ass.

Almost Like Belonging - Imagine! Belfast A panel discussion with writer Rus Bradburd, 20 year old survivor of Syrian war Ahmed Soda, and his GAA coach Ciaran Doherty.

March 29, Sunday, 5 pm: free. Belfast's James Connolly House....panel on the amazing story of Syrians playing Gaelic football in Belfast. imaginebelfast.com/event/almost... @eastbelfastgaa.bsky.social @gaascores.bsky.social @leughleabhar.bsky.social @joebrolly.bsky.social @dionfanning.bsky.social

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Here's a great new book by Keith O'Brien--it focuses on the crucial period in Larry Bird's life, around ages 18-22. Brilliant writing, great story. @indianastateuni.bsky.social @hoosierhoop.bsky.social @keithob.bsky.social @espn.com @sethdavishoops.bsky.social

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

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Here's a great new book by Indian-American writer Pardeep Toor about (gasp!) immigrants. Highly recommended. @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @publisherslunch.bsky.social @smallpublishers.bsky.social @bookreviews.bsky.social

Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.

Excellent analysis : www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I wrote last week after the fans of the T-Wolves and then Doc Rivers spoke out that hopefully this could be the start of a wave. It's horrific that it took the murder of Alex Pretti to make that wave, but a wave is here. Shout out to Victor Wembanyama for being part of it over the advice of Spurs PR

‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era

Another excellent piece by a brilliant young writer, Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social @mlb.com @ncaa.bsky.social @ncaaw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

@darinself.com I mostly agree, Darin, but the last couple days the Free Press (Bari still involved? Well, maybe not?) has been good about calling out the Admin for lying blatantly when the whole world can see what happened in MInnesota.

Love the Sports as a Weapon podcast! Thanks, Miguel....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgG3YCAUFg&t=1s @edgeofsports.bsky.social @coloradosun.com @coloradopublic.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social

Confused by the state of college sports? Well, you need a laugh. We all do! Check out "Big Time," a satire that takes place at Coors State University.

Great episode, lads.

He's nuts. This is crazy man behavior.

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Original Old School: Hard Knock Life In case you didn't cop the latest issue of SLAM (and it's still not too late), here's the Old School feature that ran in it. ---Ed. Stevin "Hedake" Smith finished his

Sports gambling isn't new. The NCAA being in bed with gambling organizations is. Let's revisit the older hypocrisy: the NCAA, tried to get Hedake Smith the maximum sentence...then tried to employ him. slamonline.com/archives/har... @nkalamb.bsky.social @espn.com @dallasnews.com @texasobserver.org

I think all of us, on both sides, can agree that Trump's hair is ridiculous.

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Breaking: Hegseth reportedly disguised bomber as Civilian plane, attacked "drug boat" with it. That'd be a war crime: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

Nigel Farage’s Reform Prison Blues

Nigel Farage, convicts and a good society.

Today’s Free State

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Rosa Parks was violating the law when she took a seat on the front of the bus in Alabama in 1955. @startribune.com @minnesotareformer.com @homelandgov.bsky.social

2 mph max.

Minnesota plates clearly seen, tag # and all.

This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.

You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”