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Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· 28d

Very lucid post-match words from Mbappé. He's really come into his own.

"C’était un rêve pour nous d’aller en finale", les regrets de Mbappé
"On n’a pas fait le match qu’on voulait faire, que ce soit tactiquement, même techniquement ou dans le niveau global qu’on a fourni. Quand tu ne fais pas ce que tu es censé faire dans une demi-finale de Coupe du monde, tu ne gagnes pas. L’Espagne a respecté son plan, ce à quoi elle est fidèle : une équipe qui aime avoir le contrôle du ballon, le contrôle du tempo. L’idée c’était de venir les chercher haut pour ne pas laisser ce faux-rythme s’installer, on n’a pas réussi à faire ça. Il y a eu trop d’approximations techniques, on n’a pas su leur faire mal quand on devait leur faire mal."

"On s’est laissé dicter le tempo, c’était à nous de changer ce rapport de force et c’est dans cela qu’on a échoué. Au départ déjà, dans la pression, sur comment on est parti les chercher, on s’est toujours retrouvé en trois contre deux au milieu et contre l’Espagne c’est déjà compliqué. Fabian et Rodri avaient beaucoup de temps pour jouer, il y avait un manque de communication sur le pressing, il fallait jouer en un pour un, les obliger à courir avec nous car c’est une équipe qui n’aime pas courir sans le ballon. Et même quand on a récupéré le ballon, techniquement les premières passes, les premières touches n’étaient pas dignes d’une demi-finale de Coupe du monde. Quand vous rassemblez ça bout à bout ça donne une défaite."

Ce qu’il ressent ? "Comme tout le monde, beaucoup de déception, c’était un rêve pour nous d’aller en finale, de donner à notre pays cette possibilité de rêver, de faire l’histoire… Maintenant c’est quelque chose qu’il faut affronter la tête haute. Il y a énormément de déception, je n’arrive pas bien à mettre de mots dessus. Il va falloir relever la tête, aller en vacances et repartir. Le football n’attend personne. D’autres choses se joueront en club et en sélection." (M6)

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Jun 26

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Jun 23

Amman, Jordan - photo George Saif/AFP/Getty Images (via @theguardian.com)

Football supporters watching the Jordan-Algeria match in the ancient Roman amphitheater in Amman

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Jun 15

AMAD DIALLO ÉLÉPHANTS ⚽️🐘🇨🇮

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Jun 11

FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT

Q from my friend: Ok, my brother, I need your full World Cup supporters assessment. With whom are we placing our faith this year?
My answer: France of course. Brazil because we are cultured people. The
entire African delegation (Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cabo Verde, Ghana, DR Congo, South Africa) MINUS Tunisia because they're boring as fuck.
Special mention to DRC back for the first time since 1974; and Cabo Verde in for the first time. And then HAITI.
Seen just now

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Jun 2

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· May 28

The Eel (dir. Shōhei Imamura, 1997)

A dvd cover for The Eel, which won the Palme d’or at Cannes in 1997

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· May 22

🪐🪐🪐

Gravestone of Sun Ra

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Apr 3

@nanjala.bsky.social iz ya boy

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Mar 31

Bad night for La Nazionale (again)

RAI television commentators glumly dissecting Italy’s loss to Bosnia

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Mar 20

tremendous name www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

NYT - "Chamberlain Harris, Mr. Trump’s former receptionist who is now the deputy director of Oval Office operations at the White House and sits on the panel, praised the design as depicting Mr. Trump’s strength."

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Mar 19

2026

assortment of apocalyptic headlines on the Guardian homepage

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Mar 15

Montpellier, where my parents live. The different Left lists total about 65% of the vote, the fascists are under 8%. Consistent for the city (the picture is very different when you get out into the surrounding countryside).

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Feb 25

Mr Creosote

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Feb 6

2026

A screenshot of today's headlines (in this instance from the NYT). Every one is about some kind of grotesque, racist, retributive, self-aggrandizing behavior on the part of the current president and his ruling clique.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Feb 2

poetry. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Feb 2

another good one: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 30

The Patrice Lumumba lookalike who stands at attention, arm raised high, in the DRC fan section, for the entire duration of each match, is the real MVP.

Patrice Lumumba lookalike in DRC flag colors - red trousers, yellow vest, blue tie - stands amid a crowd of supporters at the DRC-Botswana AFCON match

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 29

Album cover of D-Influence, “good 4 we”

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 29

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 26

no shit

Al Jazeera:
14m ago (18:40 GMT)
US official says another Nigeria strike does not seem imminent: Report
The defence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has told the Reuters news agency that the strike was carried out by about a dozen Tomahawk missiles launched from a US Navy warship.

The official said another strike did not appear imminent, but did not rule out future operations.

This specific strike was carried out, the official told the agency, in part because the location was too remote for Nigerian forces to reach.

“It’s partially symbolic,” the official said, adding that the aim was also deterrence and to send a message that the Trump administration was prepared to use the military.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 26

Some complicated threading of the needle by Nigerian foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar

34m ago (11:30 GMT)
More from Nigeria's top diplomat
Nigerian FM Yusuf Tuggar told Al Jazeera that Abuja has worked with the
US in the past, but what has become an
"impediment" and led to a "spike in terrorist activity" were the Leahy Laws.
The law prohibits military assistance to countries where there is credible information of gross violations of human rights. But, Tuggar said that his country was "happy to see" that a review was taking place into the sale of military equipment to Nigeria.
On Trump's social media post framing the strike as a protection of Christians, Tuggar says they're not going to "pore over the forensic details of what was said"

On Trump's social media post framing the strike as a protection of Christians, Tuggar says they're not going to "pore over the forensic details of what was said".
"We're focusing more on what has been done. So, there's a difference between the ontology and the consequentialism and in this case, Nigeria is going with the consequentialism - the end justifying the means because it's a very serious matter for us and the region," he said.
"It's not about religion, who said what, it's about getting the result," Tuggar added.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 26

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 19

Bright red rectangular sculpture in the desert (Sterling Ruby, “Specter,” Desert X, Coachella Valley, 2019)

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 16

The nine who opposed it.

NAYs ---9
Akaka (D-HI)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Levin (D-MI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 15

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Newspaper front page -- nothing but death and killings and violence of all kinds.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 9

Easy.

“Marcel Duchamp and the Fountain Scandal” Fountain by R. Mutt, 1917, Alfred Stieglitz, Published in The Blind Man (No. 2), Edited by Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, and Beatrice Wood, May 1917

Philadelphia Art Museum (pka and bka Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 6

YouTube song comments remain the best literary genre

@miamijim5964 3 weeks ago (edited)
I had to link this clip to my Ex Wife.... because no matter how many years we have been divorced (and it's a lot) I will never be able to see Jarvis and hear Pulp without thinking of her.... I broke my life, and I will live with that forever.... but the music takes me back to better days.

@alexlomas1424 3 weeks ago
Amen brother

@julietabernal5448 2 weeks ago
Same here

@hugosantosreis 2 weeks ago
All the best for you. Congrats on your honesty. Life will certainly make up for your loss.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 5

The maître d' proposes menu items to Mr. Creosote, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter· Dec 5

It's true: "President Trump's Birthday" now means waived entrance fees at U.S. National Parks www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...

2026 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks
Come experience the national parks! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates:

February 16: Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday)
May 25: Memorial Day
June 14: Flag Day/President Trump's birthday
July 3–5: Independence Day weekend
August 25: 110th Birthday of the National Park Service
September 17: Constitution Day
October 27: Theodore Roosevelt's birthday
November 11: Veterans Day
Beginning in 2026, free entrance on these days will be for US citizens and residents only. Nonresidents will pay the regular entrance fee and any applicable nonresident fees.