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Eric Wahl

@ericwahl.bsky.social

Let's work together to ensure the beautiful game is for everyone who's not a bigot. Kansas City born & raised. Seattle lover. Lancer, Jayhawk, Hornet, Vandal. MA, MFA. Aorta Advocate for The John Ritter Foundation. Heart constantly on my sleeve (messy)

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Eric Wahl@ericwahl.bsky.social · yesterday

Better Than Nothing is not how we were led to believe this disappointing transfer window would go for Sporting. If you don't possess the necessary acumen, experience, & CHOPS, all the money in the world isn't going to help you. We lacked the acumen, experience, & CHOPS. Sigh. Simply couldn't cut it.

Eric Wahl@ericwahl.bsky.social · 2d ago

Frankly insidious MLS development: hiring for a Senior Manager of Sports Betting. Gambling is a well-documented addictive practice that ruins lives. Don't take my word for it; research it. bit.ly/4zQN8l1

Senior Manager, Sports Betting - MLS League Office

OverviewThe Senior Manager of Betting runs the operating side of MLS's Sports Betting and Prediction Markets business. Reporting into the Senior Director, Media Deals & Betting, this leader owns relat...

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James@tlbjames.bsky.social · last wk.

"Y'all" is a natural part of many dialects at this point. It's even being accepted as a universal, non-gendered collective contraction. Is it conversational? Yes, which means it should probably be avoided in formal writing. But in social media/informal contexts? Don't be such a prescriptivist dick.

Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · last wk.

Minor point but I really hate this performative “y’all” people do to try and appear more folksy. I don’t type in a Yorkshire accent and I did people would rightly tell me to shut up.

Boze Herrington, Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · last wk.

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
Eric Wahl@ericwahl.bsky.social · last wk.

For several reasons I don't talk openly abt my book project. I'm a fiction writer by training, had incredible professors & guides (Anne Enright, I will never forget you). Nevertheless, I've found writing non-fiction abt my life & family profoundly difficult ...

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve.

Pé 🍺🧿@forevernever.bsky.social · 2w ago

I dunno. This SCOTUS is increasingly defining "irreparable harm" to mean "Trump doesn't get to do what he wants when he wants" on jurisdictional arguments... and then sides with Trump on the merits, too.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2w ago

And as soon as tomorrow, Judge Talwani may also issue a TRO against the new rule the USPS issued Friday night to implement the EO. In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November.

Eric Wahl@ericwahl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Guess what, the homeowners at SF Tower are suing the city. I once looked at a tiny studio at SFT; it was $400k. Imagine the home values being affected by having to hear every game & concert across the street inside your v expensive home.

Eric Wahl@ericwahl.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's funny to me that Kit Harrington saw the backlash that Nicholas Hoult got for signing on to the HP series & decided that was fine for himself after Hoult dropped out bcs of "scheduling conflicts."