Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and joyful holidays to anyone celebrating this end of year 😊
Really appreciate y’all on here!
Some happiness found during the week
Well… December 2022 is officially the worst month of my life and it’s not even football related.
Happy holidays everybody!
Definitely a Metallica type of day today…
Definitely a Metallica type of day today…
Together against the world — allez les bleus! #FiersDetreBleus #ARGFRA
Very happy to see another issue of @adders’ newsletter though very sad that El Musketeer is shutting down Revue 😢
Starting to think that… Billionaires (with a platform) are bad, actually
Pachinko really hits you in the face (and the guy) like a brick, doesn’t it?!
Ready! Allez Les Bleus! #FiersdEtreBleus #WC2022
Let it snow let it snow let is snowbervilliers
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”Wout Weghorst briefly went supernova”
”What’s your favorite part? Mine is the bit where Cristiano Ronaldo walks down the tunnel, crying.”
”Next, Morocco gets to play its other former colonizer, France, for a chance to complete the re-enactment of its own liberation.”
“Mbappé has been romping through this World Cup with supreme Meryl Streep Doing Community Theater energy—the talent so vast, the stage so small.”
The bandwagon fan’s guide to the World Cup semifinals - The Ringer
Time to really buy local/better:
Europe strikes world-first deal to tax imports based on carbon emissions
Kylian Mbappé almost played for Chelsea
”The letter is typed on AS Bondy headed paper, dated 17 May 2011. It gives permission for a 12-year-old French boy named Kylian Mbappe to attend a four-day trial the following week. Mbappe was on his way to Chelsea.”
“I was the first female referee in France, the first in Europe, every time the first. I know how to deal with that.”
The Athletic: Remembering Grant Wahl
“His raw copy was as clean as a Lionel Messi first touch, and the ideas within it always crystal-clear and refined.”
⚽️ 🕯️ The Athletic: Remembering Grant Wahl
Ok this @Reddit recap is actually pretty great tbh! (As a side note: I need to continue spending more time on Reddit over other places…)
After listening to the @AppleNews x @NewYorker fantastic long form audio story on @Metallica I’m spending the whole day listening to their full discography…
Sometimes, you gotta get back to the classics!
