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@YankeeGunner We are not very good.

You don't have to be a keen football observer to see the problems with Arsenal right now. The passing game isn't close to what's required. Mostly slow and lateral, and then lacking precision when attempting to play forward. And as a result, Arsenal generate very little threat.

@alexmoneypenny It's awful to watch.

I think the sad part is how little I enjoy a lot of Arsenal’s games. I don’t just think it’s the pressure. We play football like we’re trying to solve a maths problem.

@YankeeGunner With all respect, you are truly delusional if you think this very average, injury-ravaged, and limited team will win the CL. Premier League is going to very tight, at best.

Fwiw there’s every chance that we literally never think about the domestic cups from this season ever again. Because we’ve achieved something much more consequential. But we need to improve quickly to make that happen

Brutal. Two cup exits in two games. Loads of individual errors in both. Very few cause for optimism just at the moment. Only wins will change that. Can Mikel turn it around? Big moment for him as Arsenal manager.

@DailyAFC @SamJDean "Have not found that change to be straightforward"? Wtf does that mean?

🚨 While Edu Gaspar was a charismatic figure who unified the departments, Andrea Berta is a more low-profile & reserved presence around Arsenal. Some staff members have not found that change to be straightforward, and Colney is a quieter place. ❌ [@SamJDean]

@iampaulgrewal @riemannzeta @StanfordLaw Is this a sound argument? Haven't juries unanimously found innocent people guilty of a lot of things?

With all the respect in the world, a jury of his peers unanimously agreed beyond a reasonable doubt that he took funds that belonged to other people. If they can’t see that, or accept the grace of the government in not charging them as well, these people had no business teaching law to a generation of students.

"Victim." I remember how terrible I felt the day in 1993 that I got that skinny envelope from @StanfordLaw. "Rejected". I wish I could back in time and tell myself to cheer up--you might have just dodged the biggest bullet by not learning law from these people.

@pepperandtess @PhillyBadTakes @mattyglesias Mistakenly, in the sense of referring to a completely different concept?

@PhillyBadTakes @mattyglesias I suspect he’s mistakenly referencing this research

@politicalmath Yeah state attorneys are always ethical and do things by the book, you dumbass.

The fact that the state attorney did this (and not some rando sleazeball defense attorney) is infuriating That they did this in order to deny a new trial to a woman who was (it seems) the victim of a vindictive prosecutor and a corrupt court is rage-inducing

@ZuZnaldum If you aren't familiar with press conferences, what basis do you have to say this one in particular is a car crash?

I don’t look too deep into press conferences but the Arteta presser pre-Spurs is a complete car crash of a press conference. He’s defensive, dismissive, and arrogant throughout giving surface level answers filled with buzzwords and minimal substance to good questions.

@AlanMCole @jbarro Kudos to you for being so smart and perceptive. Liz is a creative writer and I had no reason to think it was fiction (as opposed to some kind of intensely reported, creatively framed but true story).

@jbarro Personally I felt it was clear what it was supposed to be and I've been surprised to see this reaction from so many. It uses a very unusual second-person voice that matches no straight-reporting conventions, so it must be a generic "you."

I also found this extremely odd

@nxthompson @ebruenig Maybe you could clarify that it's not a true story, I was worried about Liz and her children.

This is an astonishing, heartbreaking piece by @ebruenig theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/…

@capitalweather @TonyPannWBAL Weren't you guys saying snow on the ground until March?

@TonyPannWBAL Not gonna happen. Soaking rain this weekend and 60s next week.

Including today, it has been 16 days in a row with at least 1" of snow on the ground at BWI. The record is 29 days. (since 1950) I think we have a chance at breaking that record! Even if it does warm up by the end of the month, it will take a long time to melt that snow. And that's assuming we don't get MORE snow. We probably will. Stay tuned...❄️🚂

@DouthatNYT Wait, so what was the reason? The move cycle moved on ? Or you just didn't like the episode? Seems like you are contradicting what your producer told Seth.

Since it's a matter of public controversy: Last month we recorded an interview with Seth Harp but decided not to publish it as an episode of Interesting Times. As one of my producers told him in a message that he has published, the main reason for the decision was our own overcrowded schedule and our sense that we had missed the ideal spot in the news cycle for a conversation pegged to the Delta Force raid in Venezuela. But another reason was my own judgment that the episode did not hold together well. I was primarily interested in discussing Mr. Harp's reporting on drug dealing and corruption in the Special Forces and linking that to a discussion of how a reliance on special operations has shaped U.S. foreign policy and military preparedness. But I felt that the latter half of our discussion became unmoored from Mr. Harp's specific reporting in a way that undermined the first half of our conversation. "Interesting Times" is a show where I try to give a lot of space to the guest's perspective while posing challenging questions, creating episodes where the audience gets the best version of an idea or worldview that they might not have understood before. I don't think I succeeded in that goal in my conversation with Mr. Harp. If he believes I'm covering up the fact that he beat me in some sort of debate, I think I didn't make my intentions and the goal of the show clear to him -- which may help explain why it was an unsuccessful episode. Ultimately that responsibility is mine and I'm sorry for taking his time without steering us to a fruitful destination.

@StanSportFC Implying bias of referees is worthy of a lengthy ban.

‘It’s a CLEAR FOUL! They don’t want us to win.’ 😡 Rodri was left absolutely fuming after believing Spurs’ first goal should not have stood. ↳ Premier League. Live & On Demand with 4K on Football’s New Home, Stan Sport. Stream now. #StanSportAU #PremierLeague

@Wanalyst007 He scuffed it directly at the goalkeeper, who should have saved it.

Everybody wants to talk about the Gyokeres missed chance Nobody wants to talk about him putting this in the back of the net even while being illegally pulled from behind by the CB Or the incredible box movement (blindside -> perfectly timed run) ⏳⌛ x.com/i/status/20176…

@SomaliaNGooner1 Yeah, but he's just really bad.

Gyökeres truly has an elite mentality. This is a guy who banged in over 50 goals last season, yet he’s barely scoring at Arsenal right now. Still, the way he carries himself is on another level — he doesn’t look remotely scared or low on confidence. He’s giving it all.

@jgpmcwilliam @HoffProf Did either of you participate in drafting the opinion (either the video part or the written part)?

@HoffProf Yep, the James Wilson bio is a couple years old. Seth and I both clerked together during a portion of the time the case was pending.

@alexgildeatrott Yes, I worry it's not sustainable.

Genuine non rage baiting question for Gunners, do you care that every goal is an own goal or from a corner?

@r1medi Except the scoring part.

Incredible instincts for the goal

@afcjxmes Except when he lingered on the ball and gave away possession, that's pretty classic.

Lewis-Skelly is looking back to his best, great to see.

@FootballEra_ He is at best an impact sub. If we need him for more, we will be disappointed.

I really liked that Martinelli cameo, he was very good bar the missed chance, he was a constant threat throughout. The creative side of his game looks refined in the last two matches, and his all-round technical level seems to have gone up. He needs to get a run of games now.