Josh Kroenke says there will be no âstanding stillâ
Extending Mikel Artetaâs contract the âutmost priorityâ
Josh Kroenke has promised that ÂArsenal will strengthen their squad even if they are crowned European champions for the first time and said rewarding Mikel Arteta with a new contract is an âutmost priorityâ.
Arsenal, who face Paris Saint-ÂGermain in the Champions League final in Budapest on Saturday, spent more than ÂŁ250m last summer on players who helped them win a first Premier League title for 22 years. Kroenke and his father, Stan, the clubâs ÂAmerican owners and co-chairs, watched ÂArsenal at Crystal Palace on Sunday and brought the trophy on to the pitch before it was presented to the captain, Martin ÂĂdegaard. They are expected to be at the final.
Teaching body positivity is one thing. Helping a child navigate social pressure â while preserving agency â is another
Hi Ugly,
My nine-year-old daughter has become aware that she has a moustache. (Iâm a hairy Italian, this is her birthright.) Itâs more noticeable than anything her friends have, and visible in pictures.
Infinity Wardâs new game in the storied shooter genre embraces change with a potentially controversial real-world setting
There was a time when Call of Duty (CoD) regularly courted controversy. In 2009, Modern Warfare 2âs infamous âNo Russianâ mission saw players (optionally) shooting screaming civilians in a Moscow airport. In 2022âs entry, a drone strike mission that drew chilling parallels to the real-world US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani two years earlier was featured. The series has not always been straightforwardly palatable.
In recent years, however, the worldâs most popular shooter game has largely swapped grit for melodrama, following the misadventures of a troop of larger than life elite soldiers. For 2026âs Modern Warfare 4, however, Activisionâs shooter series and its developer Infinity Ward are back in tabloid-baiting territory.
Six years in the making, Christina Mrozikâs new project tackles “the feelings of all things.” Fifty cards comprise the richly illustrated oracle deck, which delves into a vast emotional terrain through the artist’s distinctive visual metaphors of flora and fauna. Monochromatic in palette and surreal in subject matter, the individual works portray a variety of curious pairings from twin turtles with eyes nested into their shells to a bird speared by a spindly tree to a lily pad bursting from an open alligator jaw.
“Each drawing took between 20 to 40 hours of focused work,” Mrozik writes. “I built every image in layersâstarting with rough sketches, researching forms, refining the composition, and slowly developing the final drawing in pencil until it felt complete.”
What results is an “emotional ecosystem designed to help you witness your feelings, understand their purpose, and build a relationship with your inner world. It is not a tool for fixing yourself, but a practice for meeting yourself,” they add.
As with much of Mrozik’s work, The Feelings of All Things melds beauty and pain, death and life. The deck is designed to be used on its own or alongside a preferred tarot set, either by selecting an illustration that feels most alluring or profound in the moment or simply choosing a card and reflecting on the imagery.
The Feelings of All Things has just under a week to go on Kickstarter, where it’s blown past its original goal, although there are still a few rewards available. Find more on Mrozik’s website and Instagram.
Six years in the making, Christina Mrozikâs new project tackles “the feelings of all things.” Fifty cards comprise the richly illustrated oracle deck, which delves into a vast emotional terrain through the artist’s distinctive visual metaphors of flora and fauna. Monochromatic in palette and surreal in subject matter, the individual works portray a variety of curious pairings from twin turtles with eyes nested into their shells to a bird speared by a spindly tree to a lily pad bursting from an open alligator jaw.
“Each drawing took between 20 to 40 hours of focused work,” Mrozik writes. “I built every image in layersâstarting with rough sketches, researching forms, refining the composition, and slowly developing the final drawing in pencil until it felt complete.”
What results is an “emotional ecosystem designed to help you witness your feelings, understand their purpose, and build a relationship with your inner world. It is not a tool for fixing yourself, but a practice for meeting yourself,” they add.
As with much of Mrozik’s work, The Feelings of All Things melds beauty and pain, death and life. The deck is designed to be used on its own or alongside a preferred tarot set, either by selecting an illustration that feels most alluring or profound in the moment or simply choosing a card and reflecting on the imagery.
The Feelings of All Things has just under a week to go on Kickstarter, where it’s blown past its original goal, although there are still a few rewards available. Find more on Mrozik’s website and Instagram.
Minister Bart van den Brink (Asiel en Migratie) past het landgebonden asielbeleid voor Afghanistan aan. Hierdoor zullen Afghaanse vrouwen en meisjes in verreweg de meeste gevallen in aanmerking komen voor een verblijfsvergunning. Dit besluit volgt op een nieuw algemeen ambtsbericht van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, dat een verdere verslechtering laat zien van de veiligheidssituatie en de fundamentele rechten van vrouwen en meisjes.
Fijne Wereld Menstruatiedag voor iedereen die het viert, en ons diepste medeleven voor mensen die menstrueren, of mensen die op wat voor manier dan ook onderdeel uitmaken van of zich verbonden voelen met de gemeenschap van mensen die menstrueren, niet te verwarren met de gemeenschap van menstruerende mensen, want mensen die menstrueren zijn gelukkig niet iedere dag van de maand menstruerende mensen, dat zou mensonterend zijn. Een extra sierlijke hoedafname ook voor bijvoorbeeld mensen die vroeger menstrueerden, maar dat nu niet meer doen vanwege de overgang, of de dans even ontspringen omdat ze zwanger zijn. Weliswaar hebben wij nooit aan een menstruatiesimulator gehangen, dat weerhoudt ons niet van enig begrip, omdat we de bijbehorende krampjes met eigen ogen hebben mogen observeren, en weleens zijn thuisgekomen om daar een wolk van PMS aan te treffen. Mensen die menstrueren, jullie zijn kanjers, we kunnen het niet vaak genoeg zeggen. Overigens: is dit een goed moment om de chocoladelobby voor de rechter te dagen, bijvoorbeeld om herstelbetalingen los te pulken? Al die keren dat we door de regen naar het tankstation of de avondwinkel beenden en terugkeerden met handen vol repen, om vervolgens alsnog met de handen in de haren te eindigen. Oneerlijk!
