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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir)

@agoadesq.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ advocate, herp fan, and cat parent. Militant introvert. Fan of Angel City FC, all NWSL, USWNT, LGBTQI athletes, and good defense. Ambivalent resident of unceded Tongva land. Views my own.

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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 📐🌃 domain is for sale, else i would accuse ESPN of participation in a phishing scam
Closeup of GFC-LA scorebug with plug for future game tickets including the URL "anglecity.com/tickets"
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
TFW a large queer event in 2026 California offers only binary-gendered restrooms
Fortysomething white queer person in a gray linen suit making a skeptical face at the mirror of a public restroom with 3 yellow stall doors
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A lot has changed since 2006, but a lot also hasn't. From a tiny pub in rural Dorset, here's to 20 FUCKING YEARS of Sugarbutch Chronicles(!), to the consummate chronicler @sugarbutch.net aka Mr Sexsmith, to community in all its forms, and to queer thirst!
Right hand of a white person with freckles and a green bloodstone bracelet, lifting a "Camden Town Brewery" half-pint of beer above an empty dinner plate and a placemat with bird drawings
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Happy Lesbian Visibility Day
Still from this morning's Chelsea @ Everton WSL broadcast, familiar face in the stands at upper leftLucy Bronze #22, arms akimbo and back to the camera, from that same spot in the Goodison Park Stand
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Seems like a good time to recommend an undersung museum, the Center of the Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage in Koto City
Patina-y sculpture of a child wearing a dress and sunhat watering a sunflower, standing in front of a large shinier egg sculpture, in cront of a brick building
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Map from the board game Risk, which shows Greenland in the same color as North America. And also Venezuela as the easiest next "territory" for the North America-based player to invade.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#unintentionalfinland
Side door of a ground floor office. A white poster is taped to the other side of the glass door with two crossed pieces of blue tape, replicating the Finnish flag
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If you're attending #ModelsofPride today, please come by the @aclusocal.bsky.social TABLE for know-your-rights info and LGBTQ+ Rights Trivia, and then join our WORKSHOP at 1:30 in Renberg Theater re: the state of LGBTQ+ student rights in California!
Table with blue and white ACLU of Southern California tablecloth and an array of stickers and pamphlets; hanging behind it are a rainbow heart ACLU banner and ICE is Not Welcome Here / ICE No Es Bienvenido Aquí postersSame rainbow heart ACLU flag with a tiredly smiling white queer person in sunglasses and a colorful flannel shirt standing in front of it
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Venice, CA #nokings
White fortysomething queer in sunglasses, red t-shirt, and wide-brimmed hat, standing in front of a beige wall and some succulents, holding a sign that depicts an angry frog stepping on a crown and thinking "nope"Same fortysomething queer now standing next to another, who is Latina and wearing cooler sunglasses and a "Fight for Trans Futures" ACLU t-shirt
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Goddamnit. #nwsl #woso #fangrief
Digital ad on LA Metro tram platform for NWSL "Saturday Night Women's Soccer" on ION. Below the text is a picture of Alyssa Thompson pointing to the ACFC crest on her jersey.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Tonight!
Save Trans Care rally, Children's Hospital LA, 4650 W Sunset Boulevard, LA CA 90027
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#AIFail
Instagram search for "sauerbrunn cake," with responsive videos of Becky Sauerbrunn receiving surprise birthday cake from Lynn Biyendolo, but with AI overview above referencing sauerkraut cake
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Despite...or because of...it all, @aclusocal.bsky.social is out at the LA Pride festival (booth on Hollywood @ El Centro) -- come thru for KYR info, merch to support our work, free stickers, and/or a fist bump from your friendly local civil liberties warrior! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻🗽
ACLU SoCal - labeled colorful table, featuring shirts and other merchandise, know your rights pamphlets and cards, and an image from the first permitted Pride parade in the US (LA 1970), with a white man in a black T-shirt emblazoned "We the People Will Win" standing behind it
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This is driving me to DuckDuckGo
Google search for "psg ucl history"

Below, the AI overview of results says "Paris Saint-Germain has a history of participating in the UEFA Champions League but has never won the competition. They reached the final once, losing to Bayern Munich in 2020. In 2025, they reached the final again, losing to Inter Milan."
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
TFW you want to vent to your partner about a hellscape headline impacting your work, and then realize they had one today too
Washington Post Breaking News 5:27pm: Rubio says Trump administration will 'aggressively revoke' visas for Chinese students
LA Times 4:19pm: Justice Department investigates California over allowing transgender athletes in girls' s...
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"In the grand scheme of things, the penny isn't a big issue," Lombra said. "But I think the penny is symptomatic of a larger trend we're seeing around,  which troubles me, of having these bold claims that 'If we do this, we'll get this really good result,' which are often devoid of scrutiny. It's like some politicians are assuming that the benefits are big and the costs are small, so they just go for it."
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Northern California phone #s for reporting and seeking help with ICE activity
Northern California Rapid Response Network NCRRN Northern California Local Rapid Response Hotlines: Please use these numbers to report ICE activity and Enforcement Actions. Please use websites to find out how to make informational inquiries.  Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership (ACILEP) Region covered: Alameda County 510-241-4011http://centrolegal.org/acilep/ ; San Francisco Rapid Response Network Region covered: San Francisco City 415-200-1548http://sfilen.org/; Santa Clara County Rapid ResponseNetwork Region Covered: Santa Clara County 408-290-1144 https://www.pactsj.org/santa-clara-county-rapid-response-network ;Monterey County Rapid Response Network (“Immigration Task Force”)Region covered: Monterey County 31-643-5225 https://montereycountyrrn.com/ ;Santa Cruz County Rapid Response(YARR)Region covered: Santa Cruz County 831-239-4289https://www.facebook.com/YARRsantacruz/ ; Marin Rapid Response Network Region covered: Marin County 415-991-4545 http://www.marinrrn.org/ ; San Mateo Rapid Response Network Region covered: San Mateo County 203-666-4472 ; Fresno Rapid Response Region covered: Fresno County 559-206-0151; Sacramento Rapid Response Region covered: Sacramento County 916-245-6773; Services, Immigration Rights andEducation Network (SIREN) RapidResponse Text PlatformRegion covered: Northern & Central CA Community Members: 201-468-6088 Allies: 918-609-4480 www.sirenbayarea.org/; North Bay Rapid Response Network Region covered: Sonoma and Napa Counties 707-800-4544http://northbayop.org/rapidresponse/
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Words to live by these days.
Black block letters painted on an off-white wall: "...don't let those silly fascists pluck at your nerves...smile and know that they are sad and completely void of the love that people like you possess." -- Ericka Higgins, Black Panther Party leader
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Expressing my new identity as a volleyball fan
Closeup of a blue coffee mug with white "SJSU Spartans" lettering
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Oh, FIFA. 🫠
Copy from the Kansas City page of the website for the 2026 men's World Cup, listing various soccer events KC has hosted...but not the 2024 NWSL Championship.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Introduce yourself with four footballers. #nwsl #uswnt #woso
Naomi Girma as USWNT #4, goal cellyNadine Angerer as Germany WNT #1, wearing light green goalie kit and captain's armbandKadeisha Buchanan wearing Canada jacket and Tokyo 2020 medalClaire Emslie as Angel City FC #10 kicking a corner
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
Hmm.
Selectorized weight stack with Planet Fitness logo. The plates from top to bottom read 10 pounds, 30 pounds, 20 pounds.... which is not how counting works.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
NCAA WoSo (D1 tournament 1st round): #8 USC vs. unranked Grand Canyon is scoreless at the half, because GCU's goalie is quite good.
Soni McAlister Field scoreboard showing 0-0 at the start of halftime, with 5 shots for USC and 1 for GC. GC GK DeAira Jackson, a tall Black woman with long braids, is walking toward the scoreboard.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Proud of the flag unfurlers as well as the players after a wild ride of a day for ACFC fans.
North end of BMO Stadium during first half of today's game v. Thorns. Two large Palestinian flags (and a smaller 🏳️‍🌈) are visible in the supporters sectionTwo fortysomething white lesbians grinning and squinting at camera, glasses partly "transitioned". One is wearing a backwards snapback and an ACFC away jersey, the other a black long-sleeved t-shirt with large team logo and small Nike swoosh. Behind us are other fans and stadium railing.BMO stadium, long shot from the 200 level southwest corner.  ACFC and PTFC post-game huddles happening on field, while video board displays a "playoff bound" graphic and final score of 5-1.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Mementoes of one of the longest days of my life.
Assembled on an upholstered car seat: green pill bottle containing veterinary antibiotic; parking ticket for the commercial garage on Wilshire between Sycamore and La Brea; 4-pack of cans of  Swedish blood orange hard cider; gray hoodie with ACLU SoCal logo.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
I'm grateful to get home 》2 hrs earlier because of Southwest Airlines' new same day standby option for Wanna Get Away fares. I DON'T appreciate their false statement on app and website that they'll affirmatively clear & notify standby pax, when at SMF you only get cleared if you talk to gate staff.
Screenshot from Southwest Airlines website that says in relevant part, "we will let you know if you are cleared via your contact preference."
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 12/08/2023
This fell out of my pants pocket into the washing machine but it just will not work in the LA laundromat's dryers. #sigh #PostVacationProblems
New Zealand $1 coin, kiwi side up, on a faux marble counter
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
For those who need a visual as to who beat the "woke" Americans. #WWC
Lina Hurtig, with blond undercut, who scored the winning penalty "by a millimeter" for Sweden on Sunday, wearing a blue blazer and holding her wife Lisa, who's wearing a yellow dress. Lisa is visibly pregnant and there are baby shoes atop her "bump". They both have nice watches.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
Norway's apparent adoption of Japanese tactics includes having the subs spend all of halftime warming up #JpnNor
Players in pinnies and warmup jackets running drills on both ends of field at WRS
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 02/08/2023
I did not get the name of the Thorns fan who recommended the Red Rocks / Pari-whero Coastal Walk to @professorm and me, but that sure was a solid rec.
My hottie partner (white fortysomething person in hiking gear with windblown pepper & salt short hair) standing on a gravel trail with two fur seals right behind them; ocean waves breaking on lichen-y basaltic boulders behind that; combo of clouds and sun above)
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 02/08/2023
Indicative #uswnt
Screenshot of an "unknown URL scheme" error triggered when i try to accept the US Soccer Doscord Server invite
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
It's a tech issue with the US Soccer app, but i choose to read it as a depiction of the goal frame as our player of the match. #USWNT
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
#USWNT: too little 🏳️‍🌈 too late.
Twitter screenshot. Lindsay Gibbs: "Almost every player out there has a boyfriend or husband and that's not the energy we need right now. A wise woman once said you can't win a World Cup without gays, it's science." Quote-tweet from Bailey Gayly: "There's a reason this team can't finish" Among the replies is a photo of Kelley O'Hara dropping a mic.
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 22/07/2023
#wwc #usavie
Native land acknowledgment recognizing Maori as traditional custodians of Aoteroa New Zealand
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 20/07/2023
For this store at AKL to continue stocking zero Black Ferns items, this month, was a big mistake. Big. HUGE.
Mall storefront labeled ALL BLACKS above racks and shelves of rugby-related merch
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
This is my first skeet from the actual sky.
Person with short brown hair and pink kn95 mask making silly face at the camera while sitting in window seat on an airplane
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 13/07/2023
California voters in November 2024 will decide whether to affirm a fundamental right to marriage in our state Constitution and delete the hateful Prop 8 of 2008 language. 0 votes against this on floors of the Assembly & state Senate. We have come a LONG way in the past 15 years.
California Senate PASSES Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage Equality with Bipartisan Support, on burgundy background with Progress Pride colorful ribbon across the bottom
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
'Murica, LA style.
FORD f350 pickup truck, with a Benz logo on the grill and the letters "FORCEDES" above, parked in a disability access spot without a placard
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A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir) @agoadesq.bsky.social · 01/07/2023
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social is the best.
Leo DiCaprio tux cheers
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