Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above All Names, Inc.—Asterisk Apollo Quiboloy — according to his followers — is the appointed son of God. He’s also at the center of a criminal empire, an explosive rift in the government of the Philippines, and a shift in the mak...

With Duterte on trial at the ICC, here's something I prepared earlier on the fugitive preacher accused of sex trafficking who helped bring him to power asteriskmag.com/issues/11/ki...

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The bitching and moaning has wound me right up

Arsenal don’t deserve a point, let alone a title after this display. Horrific all around, Rice the only one playing with any intensity

If you’ve had an edible please do not be tempted to put on the Taipei Tower climb

It’s happened again, it’s happened again, Tottenham Hotspur, it’s happened again

Possibly my favorite album of all time turns 20 today (I am old)

Are They Hot, or Is It the ‘Australia Effect’?

lol www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/s...

Life imprisonment for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe - BBC News Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.

Tetsuya Yamagami given life for assassinating former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Advocates were hoping he would only get 25 years www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think he’s gotta go straight charismatic to get donors/voters/influencers on side

The only real question is who is gonna dunk him in the Jordan River

Senegal robbed twice, what a joke

Online Arsenal fans calling for the coach and captain to be sacked in 24 hours of bedwetting as we go seven points clear at the top of the table and our rivals post worse results

They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted. Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.

As a recovering libertarian I can confidently say that free speech absolutists may make time for CSAM and Hitler, but they are never comfortable with actual free speech www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I was thinking of you watching the game, the sporting gods have decided to ruin your life and they cannot be bargained with

My stupid football team is leading two competitions and there’s nothing I hate more than watching them

2024 shooting at Greg Locke’s home wasn’t persecution against controversial pastor but an attack directed at stepson Prosecutors say a 2024 shooting at Pastor Greg Locke’s home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee wasn’t persecution but a dispute targeting his stepson.

I was certain at the time that this was never politically motivated, and lo julieroys.com/es/2024-shoo...

How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.

For @thenation.com, I wrote about how America’s Christian anti-LGBT, pro-parental rights movement was imported from Peru via the dark money Ziklag group www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Kudos to @ellehardy.bsky.social for the outstanding reporting! I’m truly honored to be cited.

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How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.

For @thenation.com, I wrote about how America’s Christian anti-LGBT, pro-parental rights movement was imported from Peru via the dark money Ziklag group www.thenation.com/article/soci...

He was always a midfielder, I don’t understand why people kept persisting with him as a winger

Is the Paramount+ streaming app cooked for everyone else trying to watch the Carabao?

Everything else aside, you’ve invited a guy who only eats chicken and broccoli and a guy who only eats McDonald’s

Government gives football clubs the green light to continue accepting money from illegal betting firms linked to organised crime.

More essential reporting from @josimarfootball.bsky.social

My parents have reached Boomer zenith: too hot to go out but still not hot enough to turn on the aircon

Hell yeah, welcome to the madness!

Not looking forward to the next one with the overhaul this team needs, but it was good fun

Australia was not 4-1 good, gotta hand it to the English!