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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've never been a coffee person, but networking in Kansas City is so much abt coffeeeeeeeee. Had a really great coffee meetup this morning, and now, my brain & body feel like a superball, which is unsettling. How do you ppl drink this stuff every day, good lord

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 28/09/2026

I’m at the point where if I’m commissioner for a day I’m banning City, United and FC from all team names.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I agreed w most of The NY Times' list of Best 100 TV Shows of the 21st Century, but, for me, it was dumb to leave out Alien: Earth, an absolute gem, imo. Anyway, here are my favorites from their list.

My favorite 21st century TV shows from the New York Times list of 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Veep, I May Destroy You, The Crown, The White Lotus, the leftovers, Black Mirror, Better Call Saul, Schitt's Creek, True Detective, Battlestar Galactica, Watchmen, Adolescence, Hacks, Twin Peaks The Return, insecure, Chappelle's Show, RuPaul's Drag Race, Slow Horses, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Mare of Easttown, Ted Lasso, somebody somewhere, better things, planet earth, The Great British Baking Show (Bake-Off), Dexter, Baby Reindeer, The Diplomat, Halt And Catch Fire, The O/A, and I'll add Ozark since I'm streaming it now & really into it.

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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026

How are you feeling these days? God’s just watching in Heaven and wondering why you don’t rise up and put them all in prison and stuff? Think about how good that would feel.

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We need to reboot Murder She Wrote

Heather matarazzo reveals she may lose health insurance if she doesn't work again soon

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The final Soft Cell album, Danceteria, came out today in the USA; it's a melancholy love letter to a time & place (NYC underground culture c. early 1980s) but also a love letter to the incomparable sleazy-synth talents of the late keyboardist/composer, Dave Ball.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm legit sorry for my Man City friends (really!), but I can't say that over on the Bad Place so

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wishing everyone a happy Dolly Parton Day, 9/25! Find some joy in your day to share w others ♥️

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My first-ever French music crush, Catherine Ringer, has passed away, alas!

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The right call. I'm pleasantly surprised this happened relatively quickly. Now, let's do Gavin Wilkinson.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is so stupid, which also means par for the course for the family that owns that paper

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Per @stevevladeck.bsky.social , putting the 8th circuit opinion in the context of not 100% Lawless. But maybe 75% anyway.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024)

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Disgraceful response from MLS NEXT Pro. The coach in question, who should arguably be fired, must face disciplinary action commensurate w the offenses he perpetrated. That has not happened. This coach's name is going to get out & become a big headache for his employers.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ENGLISH MAJOR MAKING HEADER GOAL FOR MY TEAM WHOOOEEE

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I will forever be angry that the Kansas City Current's situation was entirely self-inflicted out of hubris, pettiness, & stupidity

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Eboni Navidad -Shirley Chisholm Fan Club @ebonic25.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trans People Belong In Sports and I'll Go With You buttons will be available in KC with @kcbluecrew.com and LA with @acvalkyries.bsky.social next week!

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today's news is that my 1yr-old cats are really into Anderson .Paak & have reminded me what a master class album Malibu is

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

AN ENTIRE SEASON OF KOOKY EPISODES IS EXHAUSTING STRANGE NEW WORLDS

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Chicago about to become what Kansas City could have been

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Bruno Fernandes needs punched in the throat @thombomb816.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

365 days ago, KC Current was on pace to be the most prolific regular season team in NWSL herstory and had a shout at being the best club in the world. When the drop is this precipitous, one has to question what motivated the decision makers to make so many changes.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Peter Max's '94 World Cup poster was perfect. R.I.P.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The new Beck album, Ride Lonesome, is one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard in my life

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For anyone not already aware, Outkick is a vile operation deserving of none of your time.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A regionally beloved now-defunct 1980s Kansas indie band, The Embarrassment, have a fantastic song called "Elizabeth Montgomery's Face" worth a listen.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

First thing I think of is still, "Is that all the trunk room those things have?!"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026

"I wrote the piece and Claude found the links relevant to my claims" is, even without the AI, such an admission of poor thinking and argumentation. your claims should emerge from the evidence!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran's Ass Dragged Across America Tour

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

can bob kraft play guitar

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"We really have to get out there & play" historically a deeply insightful statement in the Sportz

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just confused Kristen Kish for Hudson Williams, so I'm gonna pack it in for today

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's now officially 3 years since I moved back to Kansas City from Seattle. I feel beaten down from job hunting that hasn't yet resulted in something permanent. I've almost depleted my savings. At times, I feel like I made the biggest mistake of my life; I gave up a Union job w great benefits,...

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Seeing Douthat ending Zombie 60 Minutes talking about how you’re gonna need the news to be truthful, seguing into a sponsor logo for United Healthcare… that was them laughing at you

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.

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