People who teach American pragmatism. My understanding is Jane Addams get added to the standard readings of the tradition sometimes, if so are there any particular essays by her?

For so many reasons, am struggling to get hyped for the forthcoming #WorldCup but when Mr. Kioskero tells me the Panini collection has just arrived... It would have been rude to say no...

#Gotgotneed #paniniworldcup

They've done a really bad job of closing out the season with some bad results. Seems close to bottling, to me...

But I agree on the psychologising, it just seems to be central to Arteta's approach.

I imagine Arteta saying “We will come back stronger and learn from this. Again. This is different to other recent losses. Now we understand what required and will start next game. I promise”.

For such a mentality/High Performance Podcast guy, it's remarkable that Arteta's team have bottled this so badly.

I ordered a macchiato at a new coffee store (Mercury) and they made it perfectly. Just a touch of foamed milk.

*A CIA agent forwards a message to my phone. I read it, then snap to attention in the middle of my local SRA chapter meeting. I speak, my eyes glassy.*

"Telling someone to read Marx is ableist."

ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…

I'm looking for suggestions of venues that might be interested in a book review of a book on sportswashing. (Longform, maybe not LRB style barely based on the book, but also some scope roam.)

Can anyone suggest any good, *unofficial* World Cup merch?

Not if that job is physical comedy

My favourite new brain rotting hobby is reading Threads about The Pitt. People are genuinely incapable of distinguishing the writers from the characters' opinions. Incredibly stupid, terrifying, very funny.

Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation Devoted sports fandom has been defended as a worthwhile undertaking that lends meaning to people’s lives and shapes their very identities; on the other hand, fanaticism is widely decried as morally...

Here's a piece on why sports fans are so vulnerable to this exploitation, and why it morally matters:

Full article: Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

World Cup 2026 prices: New York's £111 train fares will have 'chilling effect', says Fifa Fifa hits back at criticism from New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, saying vastly inflated train fares at the 2026 World Cup will have a

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

My Instagram algorithm is now almost entirely Harry Kane, and I'm good with that.

FFS. Nothing takes me out of a film faster than failure to even do the most basic research. The Statue of Liberty is on an ISLAND. It is not buried in a jaunty angle in the sand.

25 minutes would be a disgrace. I don't give a shit about a show, so long as it doesn't affect the game.

I'm looking for suggestions of venues that might be interested in a book review of a book on sportswashing. (Longform, maybe not LRB style barely based on the book, but also some scope roam.)

Yes he really puts in a shift!

Agree that was harsh but also stupid, and I think ultimately not so harsh as to be unfair

Also, Harry Kane is the best in the world.

I watched the Bayern v Real game delayed. Wonderful. Not exactly classy from Madrid at the end...

Book Workshop: The Ethics of Sportswashing Sportswashing has recently grown into a vital concept in scholarly and public discussions of sport. In 2022, the Collins dictionary named ‘sportswashing’ one of their ten Words of the Year...

Kyle Fruh, Alfred Archer, and I are writing The Ethics of Sportswashing (Routledge) and are running a workshop on the book manuscript at Glasgow University and online, on May 21st 2026.

There is more information about the workshop and how to register here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Ah I listened through those a couple of months ago. Agreed that he's fantastic!!

I need a new audio book to listen to. What are your favourites? Can be new or old, fiction or non-fiction. Must not be beautifully written, or especially intricate: I'll listen on the bus, on my bike, at the gym, so won't pay 100% attention.

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

A wholesome reply-all at work, with people sending pictures of their pets. (They were meant to just be sent to one person, but the reply-all demon took hold. Alas, someone put a stop to it.)

See: International Sports Events and Repression in Autocracies: Evidence from the 1978 FIFA World Cup | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core share.google/ulrlqwtHWBwq...

Infantino and FIFA discuss asking President Trump for moratorium on World Cup ICE raids Senior executives at world football's governing body hopes its president's relationship with the White House could work to their advantage

This would fit the sportwashing playbook: oppression ramps up before the event and then cools during it (which leads to "oh, it's not so bad" headlines and the accompanying reputational boosts despite the obvious human rights abuses).

www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).

Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004

Really enjoyed chatting about a Drive to Survive with Carrie Figdor for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and @mitpress.bsky.social podcast!

newbooksnetwork.com/kathryn-nave...