it should go without saying that house of saud dot com is not, in fact, 'the official website' of saudi arabia or its royal family, and yet, here we are...
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The NYT has ended its leak investigation after harassing a ton of Arab and North African staffers but without actually finding any leakers

“If there was ever going to be any kind of age of accountability in the sport…the window is closed.”

Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️ shares his thoughts on the state of the MMA industry during an appearance on the Sports Politika podcast.

Full episode below:

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While the @UFC is celebrating their biggest milestone of the last 30 years with an exciting event in Vegas, check out this article from Karim Zidan 🕊️ & Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️ about how the promo feels too invincible to stop & (in their mind) to right to be wrong for anything.

#UFC300

Seeing plenty of old videos from the Middle East plus some video game footage going viral tonight, mostly posted by accounts seeking clout and engagement during a major news event by spreading misinformation and fear.

Double-check everything you see online tonight.

'One might expect Germany, of all countries, to be sensitive to the plight of an ethnic minority forced to live behind barbed wire under the menacing gaze of armed guards in watchtowers. Think again.' politico.eu/article/why-ge…

“If there was ever going to be any kind of age of accountability in the sport…the window is closed.”

Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️ shares his thoughts on the state of the MMA industry during an appearance on the Sports Politika podcast.

Full episode below:

sportspolitika.news/p/ufc-politics…

Exactly! It looks like many liberals only now realize that Germany’s “militant democracy” has very strict limitations on political organization and speech — something they uncritically supported when used primarily against the “far right” (often very broadly defined).

How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

1/ On Tuesday, #Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame attended a UEFA Champions League match in London between English club Arsenal and German club FC Bayern München. Both clubs serve the Rwandan dictatorship's #VisitRwanda tourism promotion campaign. gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-ph…

The global climbing community is hosting an international climb-a-thon with the goal of collectively reaching 768 km in vertical height—the estimated length of the walls separating Israel from Palestine.

Details at Sports Politika: sportspolitika.news/p/climbing-for…

The global climbing community is hosting an international climb-a-thon with the goal of collectively reaching 768 km in vertical height—the estimated length of the walls separating Israel from Palestine.

Details at Sports Politika: sportspolitika.news/p/climbing-for…

We just had Karim Zidan 🕊️, one of the foremost experts on the relationship between dictatorships and sports, on to chat about why the term 'sportswashing' may already be outdated.

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Happy for the many pardoned, but too many remain in Bahraini prisons. Includin Hassan Mushaima, and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

8.5 million people displaced in Sudan

Close to zero international outrage against the perpetrators or their international financiers

No protests in Western cities

No debates on TV

The global lack of interest in African human catastrophes is very real and very painful

WWE hailed #WrestleMania 40 as a “new era” in its history.

However, it is also an era that is very much intertwined with a kingdom that has positioned WWE as a cog in its propaganda machine

It is only a matter of time before WrestleMania heads to Saudi

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'Each event in Saudi earns WWE approximately $50 million, more than double the live gate for WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which was $21.6 million.'

Drone footage of Gaza over the six months of warfare between Israel and Hamas shows how the once-vibrant Palestinian enclave has been transformed into a vast wasteland reut.rs/3TRmMLr

WWE hosting WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia isn't up for debate; it's simply a matter of timing

By Karim Zidan 🕊️

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