I feel like establishment Dems hear that a generic ballot poll shows them leading so they pick generic Dems to run for office.
Greg Van Belle
@gvbsea.bsky.social
Soccer person. Writer. Teacher. Northender. Covering Ballard FC and Seattle Sounders for Sounder at Heart. https://www.sounderatheart.com/author/greg/ EBFG.
Women’s AFCON is incredible football. Too bad it’s so hard to watch.
I reject this whole thing on the original premise. Airlines are assholes. But planes are faster, easier on your body, and more reliable. They have a longer range, Wi-Fi, and airlines serve thousands more destinations than they used to. It’s better. Your memory just sucks.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Serious question. Who the hell still consumes legacy media like the Seattle Times?
Our district needs someone who is serious about representing the needs of its residents rather than outside interests and the politically powerful.
Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 8h agoSeattle voters don't want "tough" on crime policies or politicians. They want leaders to be "responsive" on crime -- to show up with a range of solutions that demonstrate urgency, seriousness, and effectiveness. This is why Nilu Jenks is winning District 5. She gets this. Julie Kang just panders.
Nice to see Gaffney get a shot to show his stuff. I really like his game, and he’s a great young man. Another former @goballardfc.bsky.social player to watch.
Jeremiah Oshan@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 20h agoLooks like Charlie gaffney may have been added to Leagues Cup roster. Love that for him.
I just want a world where a leader has to bring receipts when they spew nonsense like this. "What policies are those?" "What is Communism? And how is El-Sayed a Communist?" Or just "I'm sorry, what the fuck are you babbling about?"
Bob Geiger@bobgeiger.bsky.social · 7h agoBreaking: 740,963 Michigan primary voters shocked to find that they are communists.
Libraries are good. Libraries create and support community engagement. I'm going to my library today to celebrate.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21h agoSeattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.
When I say that the NFL is in deep, deep trouble, this is why. Unless something changes pretty radically about the game, player safety, and affordability, the player pool will be so diminished that they won't be able to fill rosters. It's pretty simple math.
🎃 Seasonal Creep 👻@windingdot.bsky.social · 12h agoLockland HS outside of Cincinnati canceled their football season because they didn’t have enough kids who wanted to play and commenters are being extremely normal about it on Facebook
One look at Kansas City and he decided he was going to play in Narnia
Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · yesterday🚨 BREAKING: Mo Salah set to join Trabzonspor on a two-year contract as a free agent. Trabzonspor confirm they have "begun negotiations". Verbal agreement already in place with Salah with the move set to be formalised this week.👑
History is full of examples of this: An oppressed group plays the "game" and makes significant societal gains. The white male establishment sees this as a threat to their power. Rather than adapting, the white male establishment uses their power to re-oppress the group.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterdayYou can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”
At the federal minimum wage, a burger and fries at McDonalds now costs nearly 2 hours of labor. Capitalism is a failed experiment.
Forbes@forbes.com · yesterdayThe fast food giant missed expectations for revenue growth during the second quarter, the company reported Tuesday.
Dear young people, None of this is normal, none of this is inevitable, and you don't have to stand for any of it.
My taxes are being used to shower Iran with bombs as part of an ongoing war crime, but sure, let’s complain about paying taxes on things that help our neighbors eat food.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
🇧🇷 Sources: Sporting KC reach verbal agreement in talks to sign winger Andre Luiz from Olympiacos. Sport24 1st. Fee $18m + add-ons, per sources. Deal not done, still details to sort but SKC proceeding. Reporting w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Sporting Kansas City has verbal agreement for $18M Andre Luiz transfer: Sources (Gift Article)
The Brazilian winger would be the biggest addition as part of Sporting KC's major roster makeover
nytimes.com
If you’re available to play for the Sounders today, please post your preferred position and specific football skill set here and Coach will be in touch.
The media should have investigated and reported this for what it was from the start. Our government is using the DOJ to intimidate citizens and appease the ego of a fucking madman.
Reflecting pool damage was the result of botched work, not vandals, DOJ says
Several people were charged with vandalism after parts of the pool’s “American Flag Blue” lining began floating on its surface.
politico.com
Portland is going to lose their NBA team weeks after T*mbers Army hung a banner mocking the Sonics’ move to Oklahoma.
Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d agoif this is going to be the line then fuck these guys
The irony is that Operation Warp Speed is the only good thing Trump has ever done in his life, and he has to deny it because his party of irredeemable dipshits hates it. LOL. Damn, that’s funny.
The Blue Angels are a propaganda operation designed to normalize our military industrial economy. But we can’t afford to feed school children. Enjoy the show.
FIFA has a funny set-up where every country gets exactly one vote which means small countries are way overrepresented and you can hang on to power by promising little giveaways to those countries and their reps. Thankfully no similar system exists in the United States government, that would be bad
Car alarms on the ferry. It’s always a tourist and it’s always a BMW.
First UEFA and now CONCACAF. Infantino is in serious trouble.
Political scientists simulate war scenarios CONSTANTLY using incredibly powerful statistical models. They all say the same thing about what Trump and Hegseth did. But this administration has no one who can or will tell Trump the truth because he fired them all.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 6d agoLet me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this
I want @soundersfc.com to make some signings and compete, too. But I'm blocking a lot of you for your doom-and-gloom bullshit. This club has won everything. They have given you nothing but success since the start. Critical and cynical are different things.