Pratyush Anand (He/him/his)
@pratyushanand.bsky.social
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A nine-point lead for the far-right in the German national polls. It’s totally normal now to see full-blown Nazis, as I did today, in the centre of Berlin. Each time I talk to a nonwhite immigrant, whether friend or stranger, I ask them “what is your plan B?” I don’t care how “crazy” I sound.
Deutschland Wählt / Österreich Wählt@de.whln.eu · 4w agoBUNDESTAGSWAHL | Sonntagsfrage INSA/BILD am Sonntag AfD: 29% Union: 20% (-1) GRÜNE: 13% SPD: 12% LINKE: 10% (-1) BSW: 4% (+1) FDP: 4% (-1) Sonstige: 8% (+2) Änderungen zur letzten Umfrage vom 22. August 2026 Verlauf: whln.eu/UmfragenDeutschland #btw29
"why yes of course I would like to see another angle of that. Run it in slow motion"
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
Fun interaction between two Argentina fans last night. One of them says to the other that if VAR was around in 2014 than Argentina might have won the final. The other, looks at him square in the face, and says “… and what if VAR was around in 1986 hombre?” The first guy, “good point” 🤜 ⚽️
hell yeah baby keep it coming (this is easily one of FIFA's worst rules in practice, functioning to prevent FIFA-unfriendly governments from leveraging their power against FIFA while allowing friendly governments to do whatever they want.) but whatever, let's go, all gas no brakes
Meanwhile, Trump publicly admits to having called Infantino and told him to lift #Balogun's suspension.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoTrump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."
Tell me again why I should care about the football (soccer) when the USA is doing this as we fucking speak
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4mo agoThis ICE flight believed to be carrying Afghan, Syrian and Iranian asylum seekers to the Central African Republic is underway. Omni Air International, may you rot in infamy and shame.
Willem Arondeus was a gay Dutch artist who participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazis from identifying Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. His final words before execution were, “Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards.” 🌈 💪
#OtD 26 Apr 1982 the Bradford 12 trial began of 12 Asian youths arrested for preparing to defend their community from fascists. The defence argued PoC had the right to self-defence from racist attacks & all 12 were acquitted. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/09/18/e...
#OtD 25 Apr 2013 100,000s of Bangladeshi garment workers walked out in protest at the previous day's building collapse which killed over 1,000. They barricaded roads, fought police and attacked factories, shops and garment bosses' HQ stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9710...
#OtD 25 Apr 1974 Portugal's fascist dictatorship was overthrown by military coup. Workers then took over factories and farms in ‘the Carnation revolution' as people adorned troops with carnations. Learn more in our podcast episodes 41-42: workingclasshistory.com/2020/08/13/e...
#OtD 25 Apr 1945 Milan and Genoa were liberated from fascism following workers' uprisings and a general strike. The date has since been celebrated as Italy's annual 'Day of Liberation'. Learn more in our podcast series on the Italian resistance: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-...
Never did I thought in my life that I will see Italy play in a CRICKET World Cup before they play in FOOTBALL World Cup again. 😆😭 #BIHITA
x.com/i/status/203... Audacity of the "Ambassador to UN" to say this with straight face while legit genocidal bullshit has been said across the capital and country. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
RT_India on X: "India Believes in 'Equal Respect' for All Religions - Envoy to UN India condemns violence and hatred in the name of religion, regardless of the religion, Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish said on Monday. Delivering India’s statement at the International Day https://t.co/vcdZAfONbC" / X
India Believes in 'Equal Respect' for All Religions - Envoy to UN India condemns violence and hatred in the name of religion, regardless of the religion, Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish said on Monday. Delivering India’s statement at the International Day https://t.co/vcdZAfONbC
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Pratyush Anand (He/him/his)@pratyushanand.bsky.social · 6mo agoInternalized vitriol of residents coming out and further mixed with Hindutva led fascism- Open calls from majority of residents saying that "we will paint the streets red this Eid, no matter what" because the person killed was a Hindutvawadi and person on opposite end was a Muslim who took a stand.
Seeing the neighbourhood of New Delhi where I grew up on trending topics in Germany on that bird app..... (That the world is waking up to the barbarity of West Delhi I endured my entire childhood- and the normalized violence there still falling to blind eyes of everyone: home and abroad)
So kind of Deutsche Bahn to offer special seating for those who have eaten too much over Xmas 🥰 (Photo by Henrik Hohl)
"Tormented souls of hell reaching up to claim earth" sure is a stylistic choice
andy™@andylevy.net · 10mo agoin the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
"GOAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA! GOAL FOR ALL AFRICAAAA"
Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 10mo agoSame opening World Cup game as in 2010: Mexico-South África
🇦🇷/ 🇯🇵 Twenty-five years since one of Boca Juniors' greatest days. For all the domestic trophies, for their six Copa Libertadores, beating Real Madrid in the Intercontinental Cup (now FIFA Club World Cup) is up there as one of their proudest achievements!
for Americans this is like explaining drafting to Dale Earnhardt
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 10mo agoI miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
my guy really was tweeting tips at Shane Warne on how to spin a cricket ball and we all got to watch, we were blessed and we didnt even know it