LOL he totally confused her with the former mayoral candidate. I'd say it's unbelievable, except it's not at all. These are not the same person! They don't even have the same name! I don't think it's intentional, but it is careless, and either way, it's insulting.

Diana Moreno@dianaforqueens.com · 2d ago

l love when a white journalist reporting on “concerns of lack of diversity” in DSA fumbles the name of the Latina elected official he interviews for the article. My name is Moreno, not Morales.

I stepped up to challenge these politics before he stepped aside to run for Senate. Join us in standing up for all children at bethfordemocracy.com

Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress

Bethany Andres-Beck is a Democratic Socialist running for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.

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that's right. which is why if you're a voter in MA-6, vote for @beth4ma.bsky.social, who'd bring an outside perspective we *badly* need in Congress, tech expertise we desperately need, & is just an outstanding person, full stop. a public servant in every sense of the word.

Persisting@persistingiam.bsky.social · 3d ago

(article from April) A reminder that John Beccia is a 100 millionaire tech bro and Dan Koh's top funders are Blackstone Group, Draft Kings and Bain Capital. We don't need any more of these ghouls in congress. MA 6th

dan koh was marty walsh's former cos when he was mayor & was responsible for marty's dumbest ideas, ie: boston indy car & the boston olympics.

Persisting@persistingiam.bsky.social · 3d ago

(article from April) A reminder that John Beccia is a 100 millionaire tech bro and Dan Koh's top funders are Blackstone Group, Draft Kings and Bain Capital. We don't need any more of these ghouls in congress. MA 6th

A better-informed but I think largely complementary thread to mine, ending with a link to a book I’m buying this instant

Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d ago

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

Cathy Englebert isn’t a good commissioner. You who would be? Kamala Harris.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3d ago

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

look, I’m a Mets fan, but it’s absurd that the Dodgers landed Skubal. I’m not even opposed to dynasties, and yet: it feels absurd. like, what’s the point? what’s the point of developing a team if the Dodgers (or a team like it) are just going to to snag players & owners won’t compete?

Patrick Daugherty@rotopat.bsky.social · 3d ago

They will, but it's that mentality that's actually killing baseball. The owners don't want it to be a competition in the traditional sense anymore. They want "cost certainty." They want it to be appreciating real estate. They want to obliterate all the mechanisms that make franchises different.

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

As @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social wrote in his magnificent column, "Dystopia", for @josimarfootball.bsky.social on 14 July, "this could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins". No paywall. josimarfootball.com/2026/07/14/d...

Dystopia  - josimarfootball.com

Every World Cup is meant to have a legacy, this one could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins.

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I'm not saying that UEFA's leadership read my essay in the @newrepublic.com calling for Infantino's resignation & then did just that...but I'm also NOT not saying that. :-) If you haven't read it, do that now: newrepublic.com/article/2137.... It's time for him to go, & time to replace FIFA, too.

Abolish FIFA

Gianni Infantino’s latest grifty scheme should begin the conversation about replacing an organization that cannot be reformed with something better.

newrepublic.com

Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 5d ago

UEFA going for the jugular. "The current FIFA leadership has not only lost UEFA’s confidence but also that of many other members of the football family." Translation: UEFA will back a opponent to Infantino in the Fifa presidential election on 18 March 2027. Montagliani?

We don't have to live like this

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d ago

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

It’s time for Gianni Infantino—& FIFA, really—to go. Me, in @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2137... Read it & share it, please.

Abolish FIFA

Gianni Infantino’s latest grifty scheme should begin the conversation about replacing an organization that cannot be reformed with something better.

newrepublic.com

it was too beautiful to last.

cGh ONE / Chris Providence@cghone.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a terrible idea, but it would also be really funny.

oh, what a loss.

Josh Slater-Williams@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · last wk.

RIP Glen Hansard www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/i...

these are actually solid! IMHO, they'd go a long way to what @mattdoyle.bsky.social (and I, and I suspect a lot of others) think MLS 3.0 needs to become: a league chock full o' Benficas (and Portos, and Sportings). You want MLS to become the best league in North America? This is how.

Arman Kafai@armankafai.bsky.social · last wk.

Alright, yall got me to stop being lazy. Here are some realistic changes I’d make to the MLS Roster Rules, with my reasoning and an example at the bottom. Enjoy everyone:

you laugh, but this is uncomfortably close to what happened last decade

John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · last wk.

Through reliable sources, I understand that things are progressing well toward a second-string USMNT loss to Panama in the semi-finals of the 2027 Gold Cup, causing fans to turn on Mauricio Pochettino, who quickly accepts an offer to manage Everton before he can be fired

My apartment courtyard has tons of trees & has a ton of birds singing in the evening, & it's *wild* how much it allows me to de-stress.

Mongabay@mongabay.com · last wk.

A new experiment in North Carolina shows that natural settings and birdsong independently lower stress, but their combined effect yields the strongest relief. The study highlight the vital role that restored urban green spaces play in supporting public health & biodiversity. Liz Kimbrough reports.

Really interesting thread about the whole...mishegoss with the FIGC (Italian soccer federation).

Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe@acquistapace.bsky.social · last wk.

You may have heard of a mess going on around Italy’s men’s National soccer team. Well, let’s try to unpack it, bc it’s very easy to see it as a matter of “respected soccer figures’ desire to bring in Change slowed down by internal politicking” and that’s not totally what happened

There are three specific albums that, whenever I see a copy, I buy and give to someone I know who I’d like to hear and have one/them; but I’m gonna gatekeep them for a little longer because the supply is limited.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name physical media you purchased more than once.