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thread // how to shoot and edit darker skin tones. learn something today. cc: @Lightroom

Lamine Yamal grew up the son of a Moroccan house painter and an Equatorial Guinean waitress, in a neighborhood where he was taunted as a kid and where his own father was later stabbed. Nico Williams is the son of two Ghanaians who crossed the Sahara on foot, his mother pregnant, and entered Spain as asylum seekers. Today they won the World Cup in the same arena attended by men who've built careers keeping people like their parents out.

The hood is everywhere man. So fascinating black people share the same stories all across the globe

We are a populace guided exclusively by oppositional defiance disorder

The USMNT will be stuck at the World Cup until it adopts Germany's blueprint In 2000 Germany finished last at the Euros and decided it was time overhaul the system. They built 390 regional training bases to make sure one was within 25 km of every kid in country. They hired 1,200 full-time coaches, invested €48 million per year and mandated that every pro club build a certified youth academy or lose its license The cost to families was $0 and 14 years later, 21 of the 23 players who won the World Cup came directly from the system

Imagine, they pushed him around, elbowed him, called him names while playing, and after losing, they want to shake hands? After he refused, they hit him with a soccer ball, and then their government goes full racist on you. You're lucky he isn't Jamaican. 😤

Jaylen Brown says 60% of NBA players lose most of their wealth because the agency model broken “I hope I ruffle all the motherfucking feathers. The agency model isn't working. It's a bunch of players going broke when they retire. It's like 60% of players within the first 10 years are losing majority of their wealth after making millions of dollars. Living check to check. You can blame the athlete, maybe they living expenses, but they was 18 or 19 when they came into wealth and the people that represented them didn't help them handle that in no capacity or care to. After they get you and they get in your pocket, they just go get the next one and get in his pocket” “This is what I'mma stand on. And this could be controversial, but I don't care. If you can't help me at 18 or 19 to maintain my wealth, build a legacy, and keep what I'm earning and be able to influence me on my decision making, you shouldn't be representing me in the first place. Shouldn't even be allowed to walk into my house. But we allow this agency model. They keep coming in and they keep stripping everything and we giving it right back to the same people that was giving it to us in the first place. Giving it right back” “Something got to change. There's been people taking advantage of these 18, 19 young kids, and nobody says nothing. I think that's a part of the problem where we don't say that and we just allow that to be normalized. No, that shit ain't normal. You get millions of dollars and now you broke. And the people that's representing you can't even pick up the phone now. These people have continued to do that and they're gonna continue to do it because they see it as business and economic opportunity”

she called kylian a coconut milk drinking chimpanzee and is somehow demanding an apology from him. racists baffle me everyday.

It's worth noting how Mbappe has the same number of goals as Norway's Haaland. Haaland has been catapulted to GQ covers. He seems nice as well as talented. Conversely, Mbappe is receiving global racial abuse even from politicians bc anti-Blackness is pervasive the world over.

Pay attention to your cast, if not you're stepping over a dollar to pick of a dime. Whew!

1,000 World Cup tickets. $50 each. All for New Yorkers. We fought hard to make the people’s game available to the people — and won. Let the summer of soccer begin.

Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

.@ilazer for @nytimes Read the story here: nytimes.com/2026/04/30/art… words by @remytumin DP Eileen Yoon edit by BB Blanchard production support @cved Thanks to @BlewisPhoto for the assignment.

Covered @AIPADphoto The Photography Show and @Adobe “Interventions in Photography” panel. Big takeaway: Photography isn’t just about the image. It’s about access, trust, point of view, and responsibility. Especially now, when AI + social media are changing how fast images

The NY/NJ host committee, Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul announced free World Cup fan zones in each of NYC’s five boroughs today. The Queens event originally required a $10 ticket.

REVEALED: Confidential report shows MSG surveilled Knicks super-fan, second-by-second — from entrance to bathroom to courtside. "This is not somebody threatening anyone at the Garden — this is a transgender woman on Pride Night, getting a good seat."

Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @NoahShachtman & me @WIRED wired.com/story/madison-…

“This wasn’t just a night of Bam chasing history, and the team helping him get there late. It felt like a “thank you.” For what he’s done. For what he is. For who he is.” For @YahooSports, went long on a special night from a special player. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/wh…

this is one of the coolest, most pure basketball moments i can ever remember. spo letting bam play the whole game and challenging a late offensive foul on him, a’ja and bam’s mom beaming in the stands, all his teammates losing it on the bench. sports!!!

fastest 50 point game ever, 62 through 3 quarters, 70 on 19/37 pre stat pad/wizards quadruple team yall can keep coping