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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:54 UTC

European leaders were in total denial about the possibility of a 2nd Trump term until this year. They had 4 years to do simple stuff like loudly & repeatedly announce that Biden's pro-NATO policies ==> them to increase defense spending. Now they're trying to "Trump-proof" with 4 months to go.

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

Right? Of course it's obvious to us today but probably at the time they thought it was hilarious - at least keep the logo, so it will be impossible to confuse, especially at such an early stage in the mag's life.

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:46 UTC

Em 2017 um amigo inglês disse-me: "vocês agora vão viver disto durante 50 anos, eu sei bem o que digo" e até agora, tem tido toda a razão. A Inglaterra vai em 58 years of hurt mas ainda tem a oportunidade de lhes pôr fim antes que cheguem aos 60. Nós vamos em 8 years of hurt.

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:44 UTC

Eu já era bem crescidinho há 8 anos mas do que me lembro melhor foi de quando Cristiano Ronaldo saiu e de eu ter pesando: "agora vamos passar 50 anos de lamúria colectiva a dizer que só perdemos porque os franceses nos lesionaram o Ronaldo" - tanto melhor, mostrámos que se pode ganhar sem o rei-sol.

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:43 UTC

Quando poucos dias depois vi o jogo com calma apercebi-me de como foi um espectáculo fraquíssimo de futebol. Por outro lado, a final com a Grécia também foi, nada que impeça a festa.

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:38 UTC

Please, it's not 'poop in the Seine', it's 'le caca séquanien AOP'

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

No, I was not in this world yet in 1982, I know this because on CVG's 15th anniversary in 1996 they showed some highlights of their past and they called this "the worst CVG cover ever"

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:23 UTC

I imagine this cover from 1982, when CVG was barely 1 year old, caused some confusion too - how many people glanced over the shelves & kiosks and thought it was some kind of newspaper?

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Looks like an increasing number of people across the pond don't want their country ruled by a neo-fascist loyalist theocracy consolidated around the personality cult of Trump. Who would have thought?

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João D @joaobx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 00:59 UTC

Replays of the entire games? I think they are only available on the websites of the networks that hold the broadcast rights in each country, and inevitably they block users accessing from other countries though in some cases a VPN will do.

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