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"Fifa only requires a majority (50 per cent plus one) vote from its 211 member associations." Yeh maybe that's the case, but what sort of World Cup do you have without Europe? 6 of the 8 quarter finalists from Europe, Spain are the holders now. You'd have no Mbappe, Yamal, Toney and co👍

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

theguardian.com

Vorschlag zur Güte: UEFA, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL und OFC gründen zusammen die World Football Association (WFA) und verlassen die FIFA. Dann kann Infantino mit dem FIFA-Korpus machen was er will, und die WFA konzentriert sich wieder auf Fußball als Sport.

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

ICE murdered two people in broad daylight within a week. And now, the FBI is promising LESS accountability. DHS agents need to be reined in—NOT given total impunity. The American people deserve answers. And ICE NEEDS accountability and oversight, ASAP.

Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

nytimes.com

France passed a landmark law on Tuesday restricting access to social media for anyone under 15, the first European country to do so, and the latest in a wave of nations acting against what they view as malign effects of such services on minors. nyti.ms/4fKPJoq