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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fetterman will flip if dems at 51 so need 52

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wouldn't it be weird if the racist billionaire who bankrolled and took credit for the neo-Nazi victory in Germany was somehow involved in American politics too? Can you even imagine? I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I dunno much about Maness or Anderson but Schlicter is a straight-up fascist who wants to among other things "use the law to ensure blue submission" and "imprison dissenters" to achieve the aim, "force them to be like us."

2021 Schlicter posts:

For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America’s carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions.n4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/

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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/08/2026

the current supreme court continues to signal that the only way forward for democratic self-governance in the united states of america is to dismantle its power through court expansion or other major structural reforms

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Capital One Financial hits back against a lawsuit over its decision to close ‌the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago with a disclosure that marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to the US president's family business. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Wow, I thought two weeks from upcoming Monday was early

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

People need to start getting disbarred for this shit.

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 28/07/2026

🚨The Trump administration is planning to lease nearly 14,000 acres of public land in Routt County for oil & gas development, jeopardizing critical watersheds and wildlife habitats.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Tough for those teams for sure but they still exist for a reason. What does it matter if you’re perpetually bad in MLS?

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sure but the net is that we develop players to be about the 15th best nation in the world. And the gulf between 15 and 5th best nation, let alone top 2-3, is massive. How many wrexhams would there be in US if we have pro/rel? I think quite a few and it would push the bigger clubs to be better.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

They play in a highly competitive league because teams do have to worry about relegation so they have to if they want to win league and/or qualify for European tournaments

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Do you think that both MLS and ECNL being closed monopolistic systems is good for the competitive environment and creates proper incentives to develop players (and coaches)?

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My wording could have been more precise, they invest, but not to the level of European clubs (and not just the big clubs). Why would they?

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

They’d have more profit motive if it actually mattered if they produced a good team and won or lost games.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

But the bigger issue is that the MLS (and ECNL) is a monopoly. MLS teams have little incentive to actually develop good players. No rel & most make playoffs. So they don’t invest money in developing/scouting. And no one with different ideas/approach can compete with them because it’s a monopoly

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think it is very untrue that selling homegrown players is a “huge“ part of their business model. I don’t disagree that they are selling more players than they have in the past but it is still a small part of their economics.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

What incentives do MLS clubs have to run a good academy? Very little. Until the ecosystem is opened through pro/rel we’ll be treading water.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don’t think we’re at Switzerland’s level yet. We play them 10 times, how many do we win. Maybe 3? They’re a little older now but Xhaka and Akanji would be by far the best players US players in US history if they were Americans

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I just think the US is far from having a big pool of competent players. Yes, it is bigger than in the past but we don’t have a single player that is a key player for a top club team, let alone many

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Agree that countries that produce a lot of competent players results in more stars on average because they have bigger pool that could turn (“luck”) into stars.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I was saying comparing talent levels to old US teams is a low bar, because it is. And I don’t agree that dumping money into a sport means you’re doing everything right. People waste money on all sorts of dumb stuff

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rarely do countries “luck” into a real star. Most stars come from countries with better soccer structures. They just have a lot of irons in the fire and some hit. We won’t luck into a real star unless we find someone who grows up in Europe with connection to US and he decides to play with US

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don’t disagree but it was a low bar. Do we have a single player that would play for a top 8-10 team? And Poch wouldn’t even play more than 12-13 players because the depth so bad. I’m a US fan but we have a long way to go and no one is willing to make the structural changes to get us there

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The US could beat a top team on any given day but the talent disparity between the US and top footballing countries remains massive

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I forget, has Italy won a World Cup?

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Nothing will materially change until the MLS monopoly is changed and the ecosystem is opened. No one in US soccer system (from ECNL to MLS) has real incentive to develop players so unfortunately we’re stuck until that changes.

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The article hints at the real issue but somehow misses the obvious conclusion. The issue is the system, and the fact that it is a closed system (monopoly) at the professional level and there is no incentive for them to change. The USSF (controlled by MLS) won’t do anything to fix it so we’re stuck

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The closed MLS system is why we don’t develop enough top players. And we never will until the ecosystem is opened

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Whatever the case, he’s rarely fit to play

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Unfortunately whoever is coach doesn’t really matter until the soccer ecosystem is opened. Until then the national team will just be varying degrees of bad

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I’m sure he has no interest in coming back to coach these players so the point is moot

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Dale @comtnguy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The manager wasn’t the problem. The players and the federation (ie the MLS) are the problem.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

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Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier

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Dave Draeger @davedraeger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🔥"Did Lalas enjoy an elite playing career? No. But does he do the background reading that could compensate for his relative lack of standing in a conversation with titans like Henry & Zlatan? Also no. But is he charming or funny or charismatic or otherwise magnetic on screen? Eh, no." Whew!

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sometimes I fear that Silicon Valley’s big takeaway from Theranos was “hey, we don’t even have to invent something real to get rich.”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hi! I'm Bret Rhett Chet, here to tell you why you should buy and hodl SpaceX stonk. For a mere $135/share, you get pro forma tangible book value of $7.85/share, an immediate 94% dilution. New investors are putting up 48% of all capital ever invested in SpaceX in exchange for 4.2% of the shares. /1

SpaceX prospectus dilution table with all those figures

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

They’re right to worry. Hegseth is clearly resegregating the military by race and sex.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2026

Ossoff on his Republican opponents: "They're pro-war, they're pro-tariffs, they're pro-cutting healthcare. Let's find out where they stand on the crooked ballroom and the insurrectionist slush fund."

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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fucking terrible idea, we need to do everything we can to undermine the idea that people shouldn't pay taxes. Taxes are not a punishment, taxes are how we contribute to the collective welfare of society.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/05/2026

This is an unprecedented level of corruption. Trump is forcing the government to drop ALL tax audits of him, his family, and his businesses—giving him FULL IMMUNITY from prosecution. What is Trump hiding from the American people? Congress must step up and stop this corruption.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This is a break-glass emergency. It's bad enough they gave two billion of our tax dollars to pay off insurrectionists and white supremacist pedophiles, but now they're also exempting Trump from audits as part of the fake settlement.

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Deal on Compensation Fund Blocks I.R.S. Audits of Trump and His Family

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