Ben Piggot

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Ben Piggot

@BenPiggot

Software Developer and ex-Academic. Arsenal, but some other things too. I now have a substack where I actually publish (sometimes).

Seattle, WA Katılım Mayıs 2009

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Max Fisher@Max_Fisher·1d

It’s very funny that ten years ago beltway chickenhawks adopted an unachievable phony demand to justify opposing the JCPOA, Trump didn’t realize it was fake and fought a war to get it, discovered it was unachievable, and is now giving the chickenhawks the worst day of their lives

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·9h

@SenBlumenthal your time has past. Democratic voters don't support you anymore.

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Richard Blumenthal@SenBlumenthal·1d

No surprise—bipartisan condemnation for a disgraceful deal that looks like “unconditional surrender”, not by Iran, as Trump demanded, but by America. 1/

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·12h

This is honestly pretty interesting. I'm a bit surprised Messi codes as left as this, because he in no way demonstrates he is left-wing But not surprised at all by Ronaldo, who is basically the world's most famous manosphere influencer.

Roger Tugas Vilardell 📊@rogertugas

⚽️ La gent d'esquerres prefereix Messi i la gent de dretes es decanta per Cristiano Ronaldo Així ho determina un estudi a 26 estats amb més de 10.000 enquestes La ideologia és l'element que més determina la preferència, però altres elements també hi influeixen [🧵]

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·13h

@EoinOCallaghan its a bit ridiculous they are allowed to qualify given their squad, which is basically a bunch of mediocre Brazilian mercenaries.

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Eoin O'Callaghan@EoinOCallaghan·13h

Qatar resemble a bunch of lads who won a contest to play at a World Cup.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·13h

Qatar should not be allowed to participate in teh World Cup. They could never qualify if they didn't recruit mercenaries. All they do is suck and cause injuries.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·17h

She needs to go away. Just completely out of touch.

Financial Times@FT

Opinion: 'If even I, an implacable opponent of the president, can accept this as the best option, then surely others can too?' writes former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton. ft.trib.al/yLHJA2z

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·1d

@LaurensJulien great ending tho!

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Julien Laurens@LaurensJulien·1d

Im at Ghana - Panama in Toronto and the only good thing about this game so far at HT is how great the fans of both teams are! For the rest… 😭

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Ilya Sheyman@iSheyman·1d

@TheDemocrats need to stop this line of messaging. This war has been a disaster. Using diplomacy to bring it to an end is good.

Richard Blumenthal@SenBlumenthal

Anything like this deal will be dead on arrival in the Senate. It must be approved here to have enforceable effect. Republicans are already running for cover. 3

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·2d

@laythy29 glad you have enjoyed my hometown! You've been a bit lucky with the weather - we usually get this kind of weather a bit later in the summer.

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Layth@laythy29·2d

Honestly, my old uni mate Jason from Seattle has been a brilliant tour guide and he and his wife have been absolutely wonderful hosts. I can’t thank them enough. Mind you after decades of friendship I still take the mickey out of him all the time…!

tom is digging world cup games in seattle. blm.@tomabernathy

@laythy29 I’m so glad your uni mate is doing such a great job as your tour guide! Everywhere you’ve been would definitely be on my list. :D

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·2d

@RationalArsenal tbf that is by the far France has ever played under Deschamps in the 2nd half there. At least since 2018.

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Clerkenwell Gooner 🏆CHAMPIONS@RationalArsenal·2d

People who went too early with takes on France

GIF

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·3d

@conorsen Yeah true - but I also forgot about Columbia who I think are really quite a good

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Conor Sen@conorsen·3d

@BenPiggot Brazil had a 1-1 draw

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Conor Sen@conorsen·3d

What’s going on with South American soccer? Feels like there’s a macro story here.

Underdog@Underdog

Points so far United States - 3 South America - 2 It's called soccer 🦅🇺🇸

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·6d

@yeselson Wilenz is just wrong - it’s very hard not to see Andrew Jackson’s coalition as a direct antecedent of the American right

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Richard Yeselson@yeselson·6d

I don’t know if this my favorite such example, but it’s a classic one which involves a whole bunch of other historians too, for which Wilentz and Howe are their respective historiographical champions.

Daniel N. Gullotta ⚓️@DanielGullotta

This is my favorite version.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·12 Haz

@CroebRuad @rocks_lab @lionel_trolling no doubt

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Teilifís Uladh@CroebRuad·12 Haz

@rocks_lab @BenPiggot @lionel_trolling British Loyalism is reacting out of fear of its declining numbers. Republicans and Migrants taking up the empty houses in their areas that they can no longer fill.

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John Ganz@lionel_trolling·11 Haz

oh I know

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·11 Haz

@river_is_nice I have a PhD in history (granted US history) and didn't know what this symbol was. It looked a bit sketch, but in the way that something like a punisher tattoo is. But I didn't know its name or that this was a Nazi thing at all prior to the controversy.

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River Page@river_is_nice·10 Haz

This issue didn’t move the polls at all because the average voter looks at this photo and says “Wait that’s a Nazi tattoo?” And then they immediately sympathize with Platner’s story about getting the tattoo drunk in his twenties because they feel they wouldn’t have known any better either.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·11 Haz

Its largely the same people (or their descendants) doing today's rioting.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·11 Haz

The situation in Northern Ireland is shocking but maybe not that surprising. It reminds me of the 1974 riots, which were essentially a successful coup by Protestant paramilitaries against the power sharing agreement between Catholics and Protestants. theworldasitis.substack.com/p/the-1974-uls…

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Gayest Tone@gayest_tone·10 Haz

There’s basically two stories about the World Cup right now, it’s either “US Customs hooks Tajik team up to the BallGrabber 7000 as they exit bus” or “59 year old man in Bentonville excitedly invites entire Congolese team to have breakfast with him at Waffle House”

Dean Ammi@AlgerianFooty

🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸 The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·9 Haz

@billycarpy that said, I'm not sure Juve can hold him if he wants to leave.

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Ben Piggot@BenPiggot·9 Haz

@billycarpy he'd be my target imo

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Billy Carpenter@billycarpy·9 Haz

I haven't put in all my personal/subjective ratings yet, but when I built a flexible SS/AM/LW profile in my model based on analytics alone, he came out first.

The Athletic | Football@TheAthleticFC

In their search for a new left winger, Arsenal made an enquiry about Juventus’ 21-year-old Turkish international Kenan Yildiz. They were informed in no uncertain terms that Yildiz was not for sale, and are consequently pursuing other options. 📝 @gunnerblog Read the DealSheet for free: bit.ly/4xzP28D

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@SenBlumenthal @EoinOCallaghan @LaurensJulien @TheDemocrats @laythy29 @RationalArsenal @conorsen @yeselson