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I say this as someone who loves the WC more than any other sporting event: every team should get on a plane home right now. Or all the games should be rescheduled for 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽. The USMNT should be disqualified now & suspended from the next WC. Or, we can start acting like a serious country of adults.
I don’t remember any World Cup where shitty stuff like this happened, & I can remember every World Cup since 1978.
This referee is one of the best referees in the African Football Confederation (AFCON), & FIFA is standing there useless.
This referee is one of the best referees in the African Football Confederation (AFCON), & FIFA is standing there useless.
US confirms it denied entry to Somali referee set to take part in World Cup
Award-winning referee Omar Artan was 'determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns' after arriving in Miami.
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June 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I say this as someone who loves the WC more than any other sporting event: every team should get on a plane home right now. Or all the games should be rescheduled for 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽. The USMNT should be disqualified now & suspended from the next WC. Or, we can start acting like a serious country of adults.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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We quit Twitter a long time ago but this still struck a nerve with some. That said, we’ve never regretted our decision.
www.sounderatheart.com/2026/01/its-...
www.sounderatheart.com/2026/01/its-...
It’s time for teams and leagues to leave X
Remaining on the platform condones horrific racist and sexist abuse.
www.sounderatheart.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
We quit Twitter a long time ago but this still struck a nerve with some. That said, we’ve never regretted our decision.
www.sounderatheart.com/2026/01/its-...
www.sounderatheart.com/2026/01/its-...
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If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social Hey Jimmy, maybe you can use your platform to stand up for free speech? Future Americans will revere those who stand up!
September 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social Hey Jimmy, maybe you can use your platform to stand up for free speech? Future Americans will revere those who stand up!
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“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”
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I seriously don't know how to explain to people that it is not in fact a sign of maturity and democracy to peacefully debate whether certain groups of people should be allowed to exist
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I seriously don't know how to explain to people that it is not in fact a sign of maturity and democracy to peacefully debate whether certain groups of people should be allowed to exist
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I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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What is the point of the Sunday shows now? What is gained, either for the viewer or the media outlets, by platforming the authoritarians to do their bits & lies every week?
Sen. Roger Marshall: "Look, President Trump picked Robert F Kennedy Jr to be a disrupter to the CDC, and that's exactly what he's doing ... in my humble opinion not every person needs every vaccine"
September 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What is the point of the Sunday shows now? What is gained, either for the viewer or the media outlets, by platforming the authoritarians to do their bits & lies every week?
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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Don’t look away
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Don’t look away
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"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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This is a pretty significant change. It looks like this blocks the ability of advocacy groups to organize campaigns to help people submit comments on proposed federal regs. People can still individually comment, but most folks don't without a nudge. Via @404media.co www.404media.co/the-governme...
The Government Just Made it Harder for The Public to Comment on Regulations
A critical piece of tech infrastructure that lets people talk to the government has been disabled.
www.404media.co
August 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is a pretty significant change. It looks like this blocks the ability of advocacy groups to organize campaigns to help people submit comments on proposed federal regs. People can still individually comment, but most folks don't without a nudge. Via @404media.co www.404media.co/the-governme...
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NGL, if you're still on Twitter at this point I'm judging you. You're not "influencing the debate" or "shaping the narrative" anymore. You're fighting with Nazis and bots while lending Elon your credibility. If everyone decent left, Twitter would just be another 4chan wasteland.
“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..”
@niemanreports.org #Hellsite
niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
@niemanreports.org #Hellsite
niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NGL, if you're still on Twitter at this point I'm judging you. You're not "influencing the debate" or "shaping the narrative" anymore. You're fighting with Nazis and bots while lending Elon your credibility. If everyone decent left, Twitter would just be another 4chan wasteland.
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If you or your organization are still using Twitter, you are lending your credibility to a platform that's doing this. And btw, every time you post you're also helping him train this (n)A(z)I bot
Can confirm, this is a no-shit, straightforward-to-find post by Grok at X.
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you or your organization are still using Twitter, you are lending your credibility to a platform that's doing this. And btw, every time you post you're also helping him train this (n)A(z)I bot
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This is what the NY Times chose to highlight from the Netanyahu/Trump meeting, compared to Al Jazeera.
You decide which is the important news.
You decide which is the important news.
July 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is what the NY Times chose to highlight from the Netanyahu/Trump meeting, compared to Al Jazeera.
You decide which is the important news.
You decide which is the important news.
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social I thought this might “make you smile” after hearing you mention Octavia Butler today. www.kuow.org/stories/lake...
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
@kimberlyadams.bsky.social I thought this might “make you smile” after hearing you mention Octavia Butler today. www.kuow.org/stories/lake...
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The reason Elon went after USAID first was they had been investigating how he sabotaged Ukraine's Starlink to help Russia.
Elon Musk has already killed huge numbers of people around the world by gutting USAID - but hey, he WILL exploit horrible disasters by pretending to give affected people stuff he’ll actually turn around and charge them for.
His "free" Starlink terminals always (or at least nearly always) require a paid service subscription. All he's doing is seeding the market using the cellphone or shaver model.
July 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The reason Elon went after USAID first was they had been investigating how he sabotaged Ukraine's Starlink to help Russia.
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Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses.
Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence.
Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.
Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence.
Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.
April 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses.
Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence.
Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.
Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence.
Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.
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God, there's so much joy & weirdness & wonder in this world (and more than enough sadness already), & all I want is to celebrate all that.
These angry, fearful people have taken control & they want us all to be angry and fearful & I'm trying so hard, man, so fucking hard to resist all that.
These angry, fearful people have taken control & they want us all to be angry and fearful & I'm trying so hard, man, so fucking hard to resist all that.
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
God, there's so much joy & weirdness & wonder in this world (and more than enough sadness already), & all I want is to celebrate all that.
These angry, fearful people have taken control & they want us all to be angry and fearful & I'm trying so hard, man, so fucking hard to resist all that.
These angry, fearful people have taken control & they want us all to be angry and fearful & I'm trying so hard, man, so fucking hard to resist all that.