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Mike Goodman

@themlg.bsky.social

Soccer nerd. Sometimes I even do soccer poasts.

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Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 2h ago

It’s a total aside but watching the way NYT and British reporters have to squeeze the way sports transfer sources are willing to be referenced into the sourcing conventions and standards of American news reporting amuses me.

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · 2h ago

the degree to which this reporting on a new Vinicius contract offer functions as a Rorschach test for both Madrid and Arsenal fans is hilarious it means nothing so it could mean anything, and you can easily imagine it means the thing you want it to mean www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

There have been significant financial differences between the two parties with, as The Athletic reported at the start of the year, Vinicius Jr looking for an annual package in the region of €30million, including a base salary, performance-related add-ons and a renewal bonus — with the latter element the key sticking point in negotiations. Madrid were previously unwilling to meet those demands but sources with knowledge of Wednesday’s discussions, granted anonymity to protect relationships, indicate the club have now raised their offer to a level that reflects Vinicius Jr’s importance to them and the project. The player will now have to decide whether he wants to renew with the club he joined in 2018, await free agency next summer or pursue the opportunity presented by Arsenal.
Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · 4h ago

one benefit of El Sayed's huge polling lead, I think, is that the Dems already had their internal conversations before last night and agreed it's gotta be VBNMW time and so Stevens and Schumer and everyone else were ready to go this morning with their unity statements

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 4h ago

I do think that it’s super important to acknowledge that the entire democratic establishment is *already* behind AES as of this morning and to the extent anybody isn’t, it’s the people that annoy you on the internet and it is *them* who are out of step with the Democratic Party.

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 4h ago

I do think that it’s super important to acknowledge that the entire democratic establishment is *already* behind AES as of this morning and to the extent anybody isn’t, it’s the people that annoy you on the internet and it is *them* who are out of step with the Democratic Party.

Pardeep Cattry@pcattry.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: US Soccer CEO JT Batson said he's "looking forward" to discussions around the future of FIFA's presidency, which will be a topic of conversation at the federation's board meeting in September plus, Batson talks Mauricio Pochettino's #USMNT return www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson 'looking forward' to discussions around FIFA presidency

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing scrutiny after announcing and then abandoning plans to privatize the World Cup, which may jeopardize his re-election campaign

cbssports.com

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 6h ago

Happy that it seems like AES is the nominee. In Michigan. I really hope his most ardent supporters understand that the job now is making normal moderate voters feel non-threatened by his politics. Gotta go beat a republican now and that’s how you win.

Danforth@danforth.bsky.social · 16h ago

This is a great episode if you're like me and you kind of have a broad idea of the recent FIFA shenanigans but not the dirty deets.

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · yesterday

new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social ! the FIFA - UEFA cold war turns hot, Infantino out(?), explaining what the heck was going on with the failed Kushner private capital plan and what is (and isn't) possible for the future of FIFA and football governance youtu.be/AHJgjmUoqHM?...

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 21h ago

It is always just the dumbest thing in the world that a bunch of chuds who will tell you how much they love college sports (all of whose competitors would be eviscerated by the pros) somehow think the fact that women would lose to men in an athletic competition matters in any way whatsoever.

Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 24h ago

I think the Colorado Republican Party should reflect on why their candidate for governor is a compulsive liar and avowed anti-Semite

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 2d ago

Figuring shit out is cool. AI can help you figure shit out. Also, AI can convince you you’re figuring shit out when you very much are not. That is very bad. And feeling like you’re figuring shit out replacing actually figuring things out as the experience you’re chasing is quite dangerous.

Kate Holzemer@katebits.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another thought: in his statement, Hank Green expressed quite a lot of shame about the "dopamine hit" he gets from using AI. As a non-AI user I don't really know what he's referring to here. Is the AI voice flattering him while also doing his job (presumably poorly)? Because that's big weird.

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 2d ago

Doing my once every few years swing back through dc for a couple of weeks starting Wednesday. If I know you and like you (or don’t know you but still like you) gimme a shout.