⚽ Using AI to predict the Word Cup winner (opens in new tab)

Plus: Sports as cultural exchange, and the history of Haiti’s uniforms \(Issue \#433\) Base image from Anefo on Wikimedia Commons\. “Tomorrow afternoon, around twenty people will gather in my living room to watch Australia play in the World Cup,” Dan Foster recently wrote in Backyard Church \. “Some will wear green and gold\. We’ll cheer the same goals, complain about the same referees, and experience the same emotional rollercoaster that accompanies supporting a national team in a major tour...