Associated Press sports writer, often distracted by news. I’m not German. I run @abandonedberlin.com in my free time. bio.site/cfaheyhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mvmrkqqi3s2yUnited States to send 40,000 powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in new $2.8 billion arms deal. Most paid for with foreign military financing – where U.S. taxpayer dollars are given to Israel to turn around and buy the weapons from the U.S. (AP) #Israel #USA #bombs💰 https://apnews.com/article/trump-israel-weapons-sales-gaza-eb48cb7ecf773ffc472fbafc995aef2a16 Sep 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmrkqqi3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mvksl7e7rs2vPosters in Dublin calling on the FAI not to go ahead with Ireland’s Nations League games against Israel on Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. #Ireland #Israel #FAI #genocide15 Sep 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvksl7e7rs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mvk4xsflq22j“At a certain level of exposure, ‘Free Palestine’ becomes too much of a risk.” (AP) #Macklemore #Kraft #edsheeran #apolitical #censorship #gaza #israel #words #actions https://apnews.com/article/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-9adb1ee76f15cecfe3c8964ee76de8fc https://apnews.com/article/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-9adb1ee76f15cecfe3c8964ee76de8fc?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link15 Sep 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvk4xsflq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mve475hezk2gMore basketball today. France ended Germany’s hopes of the title and will go to face the U.S. in Sunday’s World Cup final. (AP) #basketball #WorldCup #FibaWorldCup 🏀 https://apnews.com/article/france-womens-cup-basketball-final-3ba544c6783aec82b173465b8a579225 https://apnews.com/article/france-germany-score-basketball-world-cup-d0d6e17a3f021de3315f9577f8251e3912 Sep 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve475hezk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mv76umdz3s2s“The best day in German basketball.” Germany coach Olaf Lange is hopeful his team’s achievements at the women’s basketball World Cup will inspire the next crop of players. Germany is in the semifinals for the first time. (AP) #Germany #basketball #worldcup 🏀 https://apnews.com/article/womens-basketball-world-cup-fiba-germany-32a849edf2b9ae14092bc09ebd64013710 Sep 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv76umdz3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3muufgme3ek2xThe AfD has a huge lead in Saxony-Anhalt, but it’s unclear at this stage if it can form Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II. (AP) #AfD #NoAfD #Germany https://apnews.com/article/germany-saxony-anhalt-election-far-right-afd-c538060710a2495c72425b6468df0d4006 Sep 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3muufgme3ek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mur74getmc2aIf you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. Italian fishermen have given up trying to destroy the invasive Atlantic blue crabs decimating their prized clams. (AP) #Italy #climatechange #crabs 🦀 https://apnews.com/article/italy-blue-crabs-invasion-export-12f1fb25558d35cf1230e335d5534af205 Sep 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mur74getmc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mupyp7e54c2tI was at basketball all day, just home now. Here’s a roundup of the games: https://apnews.com/article/womens-basketball-world-cup-fiba-4b4840af46161637c83a2bc6e6c9bdce And here’s a story on Zhang Ziyu, who’s probably the tallest woman in the world: https://apnews.com/article/china-women-basketball-world-cup-zhang-1e7cac2fab443782db1df1ad256e7060 (AP) #Basketball #Women #WorldCup #ZhangZiyu #Berlin https://apnews.com/article/china-women-basketball-world-cup-zhang-1e7cac2fab443782db1df1ad256e7060?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link04 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupyp7e54c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mukiqaamt22aThe Women’s Basketball World Cup starts in Berlin on Friday! It’s just the second time Germany has hosted the tournament – and played in it. What of the home team’s chances of a medal? (AP) #BasketballWorldCup #Germany #Berlin https://apnews.com/article/womens-world-cup-basketball-germany-host-a4a535758cff11120ddee776ee023dd5?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link02 Sep 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukiqaamt22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mu4v63n5ck2wIt’s 2026 and some countries still have kings and queens 👑28 Aug 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4v63n5ck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mu3slhjs6s2qMeanwhile, Trump has signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” (AP) #Trump #USA #LakeOntario #LakeAmerica #MAGA 🇺🇸 https://apnews.com/article/lake-ontario-canada-america-trump-trade-war-3ac58dca0ca83c15605d4dbff146b28a https://apnews.com/article/lake-ontario-canada-america-trump-trade-war-3ac58dca0ca83c15605d4dbff146b28a?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link27 Aug 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3slhjs6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mu3s66z2bk2qThe U.S. military is short of Patriot missile interceptors in Europe because of Trump’s war against Iran, leaving Europe vulnerable to potential Russian attacks. (AP) #NATO #USA #Trump #Iran #Russia https://apnews.com/article/patriot-missiles-iran-war-russia-ukraine-trump-09c7d8030a2e11fbd8ee3f7176b3f2d427 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3s66z2bk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mu2sacfgk225Horrific. Catastrophic torrent kills hundreds, more missing. "The disaster in Nepal and Tibet is not a one-off. The increasingly unstable Himalayan ice system threatens communities, infrastructure and water supplies across one of the world’s most densely populated regions." (AP) #Tibet #Nepal https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacier-collapse-floods-61b592d428e4631add31ce052d0daf1f27 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2sacfgk225https://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mu2oing4jc2wThe Bundesliga is back! Bayern Munich's training league. Season preview for @apnews.com #Bundesliga #Germany #FCBayern ⚽ https://apnews.com/article/bundesliga-season-preview-bayern-dortmund-leverkusen-c8bc22a7d07579410e34c9e67339f1d127 Aug 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2oing4jc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mtwmb5hhtk2cRIP Dolly Parton 🖤 https://apnews.com/live/dolly-parton-8-25-2026 https://apnews.com/live/dolly-parton-8-25-2026?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link25 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwmb5hhtk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mtwlyrpwpc2cPeruvian court convicts four men of murder-for-hire and jails them for 15 to 35 years for the 2023 killing of Indigenous rainforest defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado. (AP) #Peru #Amazon #justice #indigenous #logging #environment https://apnews.com/article/peru-sentence-killing-indigenous-amazon-defender-6bc41df8a7750b223da265e758c2aba5 https://apnews.com/article/peru-sentence-killing-indigenous-amazon-defender-6bc41df8a7750b223da265e758c2aba5?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link25 Aug 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwlyrpwpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mtokzsjam226Vielen Dank, CDU! 👏👏👏 #Rheinmetall #Berlin22 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtokzsjam226https://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mtlnkjornk2gCologne convinces teenage star Said El Mala to stay and gives him prestigious No. 10 worn by Podolski (AP) #FCKöln #Cologne #ElMala #Bundesliga ⚽ https://apnews.com/article/cologne-el-mala-contract-dortmund-871ba01a81ca15bbe555dc0369c8831f21 Aug 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlnkjornk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mt6rn7vqb22bIsraeli settlers are the tip of the spear for a much larger movement, supported by Israeli governments, aimed at cementing Israeli rule over the West Bank and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. (AP) #Israel #WestBank #Palestine #ethniccleansing https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-settler-violence-us-siege-west-bank-bd4ae76cec1773c1c09233cc0b33a378 https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-settler-violence-us-siege-west-bank-bd4ae76cec1773c1c09233cc0b33a378?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link16 Aug 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6rn7vqb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mt53evuork2vThe oppression of the native people in what is today known as the USA still takes place to this day. Here's the latest example with authorities building a wall through Tohono O’odham lands, whose people also live across the man-made divide in Mexico. (AP) #USA #TohonoO’odham #NativeAmerican https://apnews.com/article/border-wall-trump-tohono-oodham-nation-277da20a8808e120110506133c784c7015 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt53evuork2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mt32cicats2v“The West Bank has become more dangerous for Palestinians as Israel, under … Netanyahu, has approved more than 100 new settlements. Extremist settlers routinely enter Palestinian towns, clashing with villagers, burning homes, mosques and cars.” (AP) #Israel #WestBank #settlers #ethniccleansing https://apnews.com/article/west-bank-qusra-palestinian-israeli-settlers-siege-5a5da82372cd0c6ed93777a9d096c68c14 Aug 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt32cicats2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3mt26kqhuk22pIsraeli settlers are besieging Palestinian families in their homes in the West Bank, cutting off their water and electricity. Illegal settlements have surged under Netanyahu. The goal is clear. (AP) #Israel #WestBank #Palestine #settlers #ethniccleansing https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-palestinian-qusra-huckabee-aad901d8ee7cf54e5e4952bf61a4f6d1 https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-palestinian-qusra-huckabee-aad901d8ee7cf54e5e4952bf61a4f6d1?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link14 Aug 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt26kqhuk22phttps://bsky.app/profile/cfahey.bsky.social/post/3msvyif7xac2dShark gets hauled out of the sea and onto a boat and RTÉ thinks the hunter is the victim because he was bitten on the leg. No mention of the shark’s fate. (RTÉ) #shark #ireland 🦈 https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0812/1587642-shark-bite-waterford/12 Aug 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:euzpl5gltsuma5545bz2c7ai/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvyif7xac2d