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that’s a Warwick guy if I ever saw one

07.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Huckabee is playing a Rickenbacker now??!

07.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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lol

07.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there actually interesting questions about Fabrizio Romano: where does he get his information? and where does he get his money? what is surprising to me is that no one has really been able to comprehensively answer either

06.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and specifically, the Saudi Public Investment Fund owns that company and it owns a lot of stuff. I am not, by any stretch, a fan of Fabrizio Romano or whatever he does but I thought this piece was a pretty underwhelming attempt to do something very easy (explain why he sucks)

06.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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this does not materially change the larger story but to the best of my knowledge, this is not true. (Newcastle has used a plane owned by the same company that supplied the Gulfstream jets that transported Khashoggi's killers but not those planes) sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

06.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wrote about the Iran War and the most politically charged game in World Cup history goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/the-mother...

06.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess it's not surprising that he would find Norma Rae objectionable but Smokey and the Bandit? Hooper? Steel Magnolias? Get a grip!

06.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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of all the wrong things Alexi Lalas has said, this is easily in the top five goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/the-mother...

06.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'The Mother of All Games:' Iran, the U.S. and the World Cup Revisiting one of the most politically charged games in World Cup history as Iran's 2026 tournament hangs in the balance.

For the @goldengoalmag.bsky.social newsletter I wrote about the 1998 World Cup game between Iran and the United States and the upcoming tournament goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/the-mother...

06.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was a fan of the smaller store until I realized it only holds one copy of IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY

06.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paul talk got me through the first alternate side parking in ages... perfect work from a perfect soccer analytics podcast

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI sell Art at Mar-a-Lago with the President while he bombs evil dictators,” Stuck wrote in the caption of his Instagram post for the evening. β€œWe are not the same pimp.” link.vanityfair.com/view/69037eb...

06.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

war with Iran that causes gas prices to skyrocket, deliberately tanking the economy via tariffs and DOGE, installing Marco Rubio as viceroy of Cuba... trying to think if you could deliberately tank a presidency Producers-style better than this

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

lmao

06.03.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it is notably missing the rink that is a ~5 minute walk from my house lol

06.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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you know what, this was my fault

06.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

quietly one of the best dog shows in TV history

06.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Country is Killing People on Your Behalf Like any nation or people that wants to dominate others, the United States practices the same old tradition of dehumanizing those that they want to kill.

Wrote about the US government following the tradition of dehumanizing their enemies as barbarians to justify their violence but also how it sells its constant violence to Americans by convincing Americans that they’re the only real human beings

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06.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

how much of a fuckhead do you have to be to flip the bird to party leadership on this vote when Gottheimer knuckled under lol

(Cuellar and Golden are known issues, but Vargas and Landsman wtf)

05.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Luis Suarez smiling behind Trump as he formally announces the U.S. plans to do regime change in Cuba... we need a dumber American Adam Curtis

05.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are you illiterate

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump calling Luis Suarez β€œLouis” repeatedly is not a good start to their relationship, though I expect it will eventually blossom when they’re cell mates at The Hague

05.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I would be shocked if he voted

05.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah I guess I mean I think it was attractive for the project because the project was β€œuse star power and a documentary to rapidly inflate a pretty small investment.” again, none of these things really matter I just personally find it annoying and fun to spout off about

05.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

genuinely fascinated by the question β€œwhat does Lionel Messi know about Donald Trump?”

05.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

they’re a minority owner but Leeds is not part of the RB Cinematic Universe

05.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think they actually care about that! The surrounding poverty did probably lower the valuation which made it a more attractive investment for them. to be clear I am in favor of helping the people of Wales lol

05.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

exactly why they drive me insane lol

05.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0