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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe

@acquistapace.bsky.social
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god, it’s brutal out here | two years away from being two years away | MLS sicko from another continent | anthropology student | knows definitely too much about sports | he/him Read my stuff here: medium.com/@alessandroacquistapace

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Mere Smith @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 13h
90% of MLS believe Inter Miami has been breaking the rules despite their roster moves mostly tracking well inside the cap, the same happened for a decade before that to the Galaxy (both teams that, when cheated, actually paid the price). Methinks breaking rules in MLS is slightly harder than EPL
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
replay of that Cavan Sullivan run
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 16h
I remain of the opinion that the Whitecaps should have never sold him and rather let him go on a free at the end of the contract if that meant another shot at a ring with him on the team
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ian @ahandleforian.bsky.social · 22h
The man Twitter assured me possessed an amount of ball knowledge that no American could possibly comprehend sure does love to specifically lavish praise and adulation on the guys they think are dogshit haha
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ian @ahandleforian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reynas: You have to play our son. He’s the best. Berhalter: Buddy I don’t even play MY son and he’s way better:
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The European Football Clubs body met for its annual meeting, a group led by President of Gulf-owned PSG Nasser owned Khelaifi. His response - leaping to the defence of Man City CEO- is perhaps indicative of the complete mad fact he’s now the most powerful figure in European football. All normalised
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a just world all the fuss of the past year+ for the Oasis reunion is for a New Order reunion. If we have to be nostalgic (derogatory) bc the internet has eroded our sense of time and hope for a Mancunian couple that has fought to get back together, we may as well hope for the one good at music
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The basic problem in Israel & Palestine is that the Oslo Accords ended with Rabin dead at the hands of the right wing that's dominated Israeli politics since. We could not acknowledge this shift without reengineering our entire regional policy, so we didn't.
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Harlot🔞 @harlotprincess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cycle is already starting. they're gonna claim it never happened, they're gonna claim she asked for it, they're gonna claim drug use is consent, they're gonna say she's not a perfect victim and so no victim at all, but we know what happened because it keeps happening.
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Jake @brehlol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you fall for this you genuinely should get your social media password changed by someone you don’t know
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I cannot overestimate how auspicious an omen it is for Philadelphia that LeBron has chosen this year to go fully bald for the first time.
lebron in a press conference in a sixers jersey, holding a microphone, FULLY BALD
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thorrington flew too close to the sun
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Michele Giannone @mgiannone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gilberto Mora vs Cavan Sullivan is going to be fun for the next 15+ years. I know… control the hype… let the kids develop… Sorry but no. Both are very real and generational. Different players though. Which makes them unique to each other and that’s extra exciting.
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Michele Giannone @mgiannone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mbekezeli Mbokazi… holy smokes man. He was supposed to only play 45. Then extra 5-10 because he was feeling good. He played 80 as good or better as any CB has played this season in MLS. He was supposed to be out the rest of the season. He came back to training 4 days before the game. Machine 🤖
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team in MLS where all the pieces look good on paper like it should all work out but then ends up sucking like NYCFC this year. I rate the coach, the DP trio, the back line, I ideally rate the midfield although injuries make it hit or miss, i rate some back ups… and yet
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an internationally-wanted war criminal (whose forces have killed Americans) comes to US soil, attacks Americans (including the mayor of the largest city), and then says "Remember the beepers" in reference to a terrorist attack he committed — how can that be taken as anything other than a threat?
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 25/09/2026
Very, very pleased to have someone running for Senate in Maine who is clearly good on this issue and has no personal baggage or malcontent. It gives me pause that there are people who therefore think dropping Platner was primarily about this issue, especially given Abdul's parallel unimpeded ascent.
After Benjamin Netanyahu, who I believe is a war criminal, just came and went from New York, I’ve been thinking a lot about the world my first granddaughter is about to enter.

No child should have to grow up wondering whether the next bomb is going to hit their home. No parent should have to wonder whether they can feed their kid or keep them alive. And American taxpayer dollars should not be used to keep fueling that suffering.

Susan Collins has voted again and again to send billions in military aid to Israel throughout this war. She’s part of the same broken Washington system that keeps funding these conflicts while working people here get screwed.

When I get to the United States Senate, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop the killing, get humanitarian aid to the people who need it, and stop writing blank checks for endless wars.

I've been clear where I stand since Day One, and Mainers can check my website to see where I stand.

http://jacksonformaine.com/priorities
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
According to NextGenStats, the Falcons defense recorded 15 quick pressures vs Green Bay tonight, 2nd most on any game this season. The most was 17—which the Vikings defense put up against Green Bay.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:
Surprisingly, moving the team to Connecticut worked. In 2010, the Sun became the first WNBA team to turn a profit — during a global recession, and during the league’s nadir of popularity. The casino in the middle of nowhere became a fortress. The Sun has won 64.5 percent of its home games. It developed a real fanbase and made four WNBA Finals. 

The Connecticut Sun is not the first WNBA team to die. (Enjoy this haunting image of the mascots for the Sacramento Monarchs, Utah Starzz, Detroit Shock, and yes, the Houston Comets, hanging out, smiling, not realizing that death will soon come for them.)

But it’s the first WNBA team to die for this reason: Not because nobody cared, not because it couldn’t make money, not because it couldn’t find fans or win games, not because the league is shrinking … but actually because the league is growing. The Sun helped the WNBA survive, but the period of mere survival is over. The league is moving on to bigger markets and bigger money and leaving Connecticut behind.
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
unfortunately until further notice and until we completely restructure the way we do sports, toxic parents are still a thread connecting a huge number of top level athletes, and at some point, that's just how it is, and even if we improved, I don't think we could ever fully stop that
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Niko Moreno @elrolonw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was on @fox13seattle 's Washington Sports Wrap with & I was able to share my thoughts on the Seattle Times decision to cut their soccer coverage. It's a short-sighted and arrogant decision by a publication that has the responsibility to cover all major teams in the city IMO.
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Joseph Lowery @joeclowery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
niko tsakiris hive stand up
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You have to forgive American journalists. As time goes on, the list of acceptable targets for Borat Voice narrows, so they are getting desperate. If they don't meet a racism quota they don't eat.
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David Smith @dsmith890.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The NYT's Moldova photo essay called an elected official "a teacher," styled a fashion designer and a film student to look like Soviet factory workers, and opened with "gray" to describe the sunniest month Chisinau had all year. open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is quite /literally/ what racists say about brown migrants in Europe.
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc · 21/09/2026
2 months later and the rate hasn't changed - in fact it might be even more steep. Witnessing greatness!
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 21/09/2026
Chris Van Hollen issues the first ever call by a Democratic member of Congress for US officials to be sanctioned by other countries
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026
Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud
60 Minutes (@60Minutes) on X:

“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.

A middle-aged white man with a white beard, a cowboy hat, and a shirt stares at the camera
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Like it or not education is structured around employment, which is why I think education can’t be reformed while our relationship with work remains the way it is now.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Students told us the temptation was greatest when they feared they would miss a deadline,” the report reads. IMO the underlying issue here is the labor practices these students are being fed into as they near adulthood. Learning is not about volume of output, but do these students understand that?
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Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Justin Ellis is just the purest playmaker. Incredible passing vision.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 20/09/2026
the british news cycle: rich assholes and/or extreme racist says something provocative, every outlet frontpages it, every politician is asked about it, repeat
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They literally tell us they’re carrying out genocide every few days. It’s not complicated.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sporting Kansas City putting three past Philadelphia is not only the epitome of what makes MLS weird and fun (on a given day anyone can beat anyone) but also the epitome of what makes MLS great: no matter how bad it looks for a team, the way towards hope is really just behind the corner
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