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Lalas is a very low bar. Only Stu Holden is worse. And that half time show.

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Just waiting for Kid Rock to make an appearance.

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This half time show is just a really expensive Pepsi ad. Why did we save our best half time show ever for an audience who couldn't care less and then this trash for a global audience? Embarrassing. Bring back Bad Bunny..

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Barely even that. Beautifully filmed but disappointing script, terrible casting (aside from Lupita who was totally fine), and lame reliance on flashbacks.

Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Odyssey: Tom Holland ruins everything edition. Lord what awful casting.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Stu Holden sees Magnus Carlsen in the stands, says it's like a chess game, both teams have their kings on the field... Not how chess works. This man is spectacularly stupid. #WorldCup

Brought to you by Leica and Leatherman

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Puts Interstellar to shame.

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Project Hail Mary. Absolutely lovely movie. 2001 meets The Martian in the best way possible. What a delight.

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United States of America, brought to you by Saudi Aramco. #WorldCup

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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Nothing like visiting Europe to be reminded of how shitty American infrastructure really is. We have a special mix of aggression and incompetence. Everything is dirty and there's so much yelling.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

THE ENTIRE world held its breath last night as a man kicked a ball. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1056, June 2002.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The World Cup is a great opportunity to re-read this wonderful piece by Kwame Anthony Appiah. The Importance of Elsewhere: In Defense of Cosmopolitanism www.studocu.com/en-us/docume...

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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

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NPR @npr.org · 24/06/2026

All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November. n.pr/4ahbysP

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Mamdani's political gamble pays off as his endorsed candidates sweep their primaries

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We really live in the worst of times.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The British announcer on the Fox World Cup broadcast pronounced "Tucson, Arizona" in the Jackie Daytona cadence

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Jackie Daytona: This is the way we talk in Tucson Arizonia.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/06/2026

Ossoff: “The election deniers, they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing to tell, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission. And you may have seen that one of those election deniers now asks to represent Georgia in the Senate.”

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/06/2026

Messi xkcd.com/3260/

Comic. Lionel Messi: World Cup Goals per game. [Graph with x axis as year and y axis as number of goals per game, ranging from 0 to 3. Data points: 2006 (~1/3), 2010 (0), 2014 (~1/2), 2018 (~1/4), 2022 (1), 2026 (3) with parenthetical (so far). Behind the line connecting the points is a grayed out curve showing the trajectory.] [caption] At this rate, by 2040 Messi will be scoring hundreds of goals per game.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

wow, Mamdani clearly knows ball

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This World Cup is wide open and I absolutely love it.

Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

They look like they're cosplaying as fascist thugs.

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Boy these commentators are idiots. "The Japanese are too short..." Goal.

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Shout-out to whatever advertising agency pitched ad breaks as "hydration breaks". Hilarious.

Well this is fun: isometric.nyc Sim City NYC

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Mamdani is the real winner here. Turns out anything is possible. #knicks

Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I know, Haiti almost won!

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The reversed yellow card is a great moment in soccer. Wouldn't bode well for the Italians but they didn't qualify... 🙃

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The richest man ever has probably killed more people than anyone else this millennium. There must be some spiritual lesson here

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Jacqui Oatley is probably the best of the world cup commentators.

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Eric V @ericv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social . Reminds me deeply of a few of my favorite reimagining history books: The Years of Salt and Rice by Kim Stanley Robinson and Guns of the South by @hntdove.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1rvx...

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