Romania 🇷🇴 Romania's football federation is pairing 46 young players with 15 male and female internationals in its EduPlayer mentorship scheme, preparing them for life beyond the pitch whether or not they turn professional. buff.ly/zMROJgQ
Spider-Man spoiler (minor): . . . At the end of No Way Home, Ned had a sling ring. And we know he had some natural magic skills because he was able to use it right off the bat. Just sayin’…
i once sat in my ambulance with a patient for 10 hours because there were no ER beds because there were no beds available anywhere in the hospital we ran through every O2 tank we had and the hospital was so low on O2 tanks that they couldn’t give us a new one
Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
On the plus side, it’s impossible for the Sounders to lose another league match for the next two weeks
Today in Portland, before the game while we were walking back from Powell’s, I saw a couple of guys struggling a bit with their car. Seems the dude had lost his keys so they had the steering column cover popped off and were trying to start the car with a screwdriver. I almost stopped to help…
“🎶We lose every week We lose every weeeeek You’re nothing special We lose every week🎶”
Concacaf drops a hammer on Gianni Infantino: "This recent unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership follows a pattern of missteps and similar behaviour. A comprehensive reckoning with this presidency is imperative." www.concacaf.com/news/concaca...
Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations welcome the withdrawal of the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise | Concacaf
Concacaf Statement
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
“Frog, I am glad that you are here,” said Toad.
"In 2025 Washington state paid $69.3 billion more in federal taxes than it received back in funding." My latest for #Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/as-feds-hold...
As feds hold back disaster funds to Cascadia, tax gap grows to $51 billion
This week the Trump administration denied two of five FEMA wildfire assistance requests from Oregon, which is confronting what will likely be the most destructive wildfire season in its history. More ...
cascadia-journal.com
What is in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a reference to more than doubling the number of global tournaments held each year, from 200 to 450 What is not in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a single reference to women's football
Fifa’s sales pitch revealed: more tournaments, more debt … but no mention of women’s game
Fifa’s sales pitch to persuade members to approve the sale of the World Cup’s commercial rights clearly states that their plans for financial growth will be achieved by staging more tournaments, havin...
theguardian.com
UEFA figured it out? UEFA? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.
I'm sad to report that this is absolutely flames
wade_county@wadecounty.bsky.social · 6d agoHere's Messi, Casemiro, Berterame, Silvetti and Mura donning the 2026 Inter Miami third kit
Now if CONCACAF can grow some cojones and do the same, it would basically force Infantino’s hand. The nations people most want to see and the nations providing the most money both saying “nope” will kill this idea dead. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup
theguardian.com
When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.
Seattle Police Chief Assures City He Commutes Back to Chicago to See Wife, Kids as Little as Possible: tinyurl.com/5cz4hx3z
you know, @ryanrosenblatt.bsky.social did an absolutely amazing job of covering the World Cup, and his Substack is worth your time if you're a footy fan. thinkoutsidetheball.substack.com
Think Outside the Ball | Ryan Rosenblatt | Substack
Soccer. Sports. Why the games happen and feel the way they do. Click to read Think Outside the Ball, by Ryan Rosenblatt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
thinkoutsidetheball.substack.com
can you imagine losing a $300K/year job because you didn't bother showing up? ericacbarnett.substack.com/p/multiple-s...?
Multiple Sources Say Police Chief Barnes is Out; Mayor’s Office Not Responding to Questions
The chief has been under fire over his frequent trips out of town, after flying back from Dallas partway through a planned two-week absence to respond to a mass shooting at Seattle Center.
ericacbarnett.substack.com
spain can build over 500 miles of high speed rail for the amount of money Trump wants to redesign an airport
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7d agoPresident Trump unveiled plans for a $22.5 billion redesign of Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, characterizing the reconstruction as part of his broader efforts to remake the Washington region.
"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
This isn’t suspicious AT ALL
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
Ahahahahha just got the Juggernaut for the first time in CoD and that was awesome, just stomping around turning people into Swiss cheese
My newsletter this week sprung out of this random morning skeet. I spend most of my days in a place where sports betting is forbidden because it's haram according to Islam. Then I come "home" to a place where gambling has the entire economy in a chokehold.
Nate Bowling@natebowling.com · 2w agoIt hit me today that there are vulnerable dudes out there that get online first thing in the morning and place their bets on prediction markets. They do it like my nerdy ass plays Wordle and Map Tap and for some reason that thought really bummed me out.
The financialization of everything needs to stop
Fifa boss Gianni Infantino ‘plans to sell World Cup stake’ in deal worth billions
independent.co.uk
I, personally, look forward to the 220-team World Cup presented by Blackrock, hosted exclusively in the United States every six months and powered by Polymarket.