Poletti (they/them)

Me reading this at 2:17am as I wait for The Dubcast to upload and I feel every bit of this.

I can't believe I used to stay up like this for fun.

‘It’s amazing’: Iranian women soccer players break free, seek asylum in Australia At least five Iranian female soccer players have made a daring escape from their team’s handlers to avoid being sent back to likely persecution.

Matthew Knott and Emma Kemp are reporting in Nine Newspapers that five members of Iran’s women’s team are being protected by police in Queensland after escaping their team’s handlers.

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... .

holy shit

five Iranian players have reportedly escaped their handlers on the Gold Coast and are being protected by police. incredible.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

I'm hoping it's that they didn't know, because regardless of Group C tomorrow, they're through. Philippines need Vietnam to lose by either two or three OR Taipei to lose period if I understand this right.

Here are the tiebreakers
bsky.app/profile/lest...

Do they not realise they've done enough to advance because there was no celebration #BANvUZB #WAC2026

Uzbekistan will advance on the goals scored tiebreaker. Philippines' nervous wait will continue on tomorrow's results.

Can these games hurry up and end please? I actually don't know how much more I can take tonight??? #BANvUZB #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

So a punch to the head is also not a red card? #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

UZBEKISTAN SCORE IN PERTH AND THEY'RE OFF TO THE KNOCKOUTS AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CONCEDE A GOAL #BANvUZB #WAC2026

Group B is delivering the goods, and part of me absolutely loves it. Part of me is very overwhelmed by everything happening everywhere and wants it to settle down for five minutes

Thank you very much

Which has since been wiped out by VAR. Uzbekistan still need two more goals. I think they'll get them to be honest

Or they can just score a fourth and go level on goal difference in the time it took me to hit post

Over in Perth, Uzbekistan are up 3-0 over Bangladesh with 21 minutes plus stoppage to play. If they score two more goals, they will overtake the Philippines on goal difference and advance to the knockout stage. I don't know what happens if they end level on GD with the Philippines #BANvUZB #WAC2026

And they've just come back out for the second half and are pretending like nothing what-so-ever has happened. Madness #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

I barely know what's going on in the media centre

I don't even know anymore to be honest.

So to summarise, VAR overturns the tightest of tight offside calls in favour of China. North Korea is furious and refuse to re-take the field. The coach gets shown a yellow card, and then rather than resume play with stoppage time left to play, the referee just blows for half-time #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

I definitely missed that as it's a second screen game for me.

RAW IS WAR

Challenge was roughly in the third or fourth minute of play.

Clearly the referee needed to take a few more looks at it, because I don't get it.

Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin'
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom

Attacks leave dead vs killed

IT'S ONLY A YELLOW? WHAT? #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

That is a red card challenge if ever I've seen one #PRKvCHN #WAC2026

I misread this and for a hot second thought that Dua Lipa had done a cover of Don't Stop Now by Crowded House, and was lowkey excited to hear it.