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Doug B

@dougbonham.blog

Oregonian sasquatch in Tokyo now cosplaying as a salaryman. Long-suffering Arsenal, UO fan. Motorsports anorak. Old video game appreciator. 🤼‍♀️sky participant.

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Doug B@dougbonham.blog · 18h ago

Not only are the Mariners doing Jimothy rookie cards as a giveaway tomorrow, there’ll be three grades of them That’s admirable levels of Extra

Ononebete@ononebete.bsky.social · yesterday

Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.

Doug B@dougbonham.blog · 2d ago

Hundreds of hours gone to this game, including one stint when the Xbox 360 went in for Red Ring repairs and a couple more seasons of Master League got played before it came back! Next time I'm in the States my US PS2 and this game are making their way back with me. Need to see that save again.

This Is Football Gaming@footballgaming.bsky.social · 3d ago

Considered one of the greatest football games of all time… Released on this day in 2005. 🗓️ World Soccer Winning Eleven 9. Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Released elsewhere as Pro Evolution Soccer 5. ℹ️ ⚽🎮

Doug B@dougbonham.blog · 3d ago

Fired up the PS3 to see what I had downloaded on the console, started downloading a few more games, aaaaannnnd it’s frozen :/ Happy Monday

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com · 3d ago

Confirmed: 22yo Ōtake Kurumi, an employee at variety store Habita, was ordered back into Aeon Mall Kumamoto by a manager after the quake to secure the cash. Minutes later it exploded, killing her. A Habita exec said: "Looking back now, it wasn't worth a life" (ya think??)

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Doug B@dougbonham.blog · 5d ago

@stevengodfrey.bsky.social a Bundesliga team has done games the past few seasons where they offer *all* tickets for five home games for free. Why? They bounce between 1st/2nd/3rd division and neighboring clubs are much bigger so they’re building a fanbase www.bundesliga.com/en/2bundesli...

'Fortuna For All': Fortuna Düsseldorf host five more free fixtures in 2025/26

Fortuna Düsseldorf continued their pioneering 'Fortuna For All' project in 2025/26, inviting fans to attend five free home matches following the success of the initiative since its launch in 2023.

bundesliga.com

Nick Ames@nickames82.bsky.social · 5d ago

"The game has started now," says one influential FA chief from Europe. But the new united front has to hold – it is essential Uefa and their allies keep moving at speed. Analysis: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Uefa have formed a rare but fragile united front against Fifa in battle for football’s future | Nick Ames and Matt Hughes

Emerging from this week with unity over Fifa’s World Cup sell off was quite an acheivement but Europe cannot rest on its laurels

theguardian.com

Isabel Rogers@isabelrogers.bsky.social · 6d ago

Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."

The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. From that moment onwards, every decision on the international calendar, every decision on competition formats and every decision shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders. This model has no place in world football. Football's future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return. Nor can the interests of national associations, leagues, clubs, players and supporters become subordinate to investor returns. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain. Europe's position is clear. We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago

"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

futurism.com