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MLS stan // Movie fan // 'The Happy Star' obsessed, man // etceteran

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Macklemore's statement is honest, eloquent, and principled. I urge you to read it.
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 13/09/2026
Back at it again for Day 2 of 2027 US Open Cup Qualifying! The #USOC2027 First Qualifying Round has 14 games on tap today. Its a cluster of national league outfits, community clubs, and essentially Sunday league teams. PREVIEW: thecup.us/2026/09/10/2... (Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
Graphic listing the first seven match-ups for Sunday, September 13, 2026 in the First Qualifying Round of the 2027 US Open Cup. An image of SC Vistula Garfield celebrating a goal during 2026 US Open Cup Qualifying is at the top. Graphic created by Frank Lanham, found at @franklan.bsky.social.Graphic listing the first seven match-ups for Sunday, September 13, 2026 in the First Qualifying Round of the 2027 US Open Cup. An image of players from Peak Eleven FC and FC Denver battling for a ball during 2026 US Open Cup Qualifying is at the top. Graphic created by Frank Lanham, found at @franklan.bsky.social.
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 13/09/2026
And with that, day one of #USOC2027 qualifying round one comes to a close! Here’s the full tally from today’s matchups. #WeWantTheCup
U.S. OPEN UP QUALIFIERS
2027 Open Division Qualifying Round 1
September 12, 2026

Buckhead SC PPD Portos FC
DC Hyper 3-0 Oranje FC
Naples United FC 5-1 SWFL SC
Florida Island United FC 2-3 Boca Jrs Miami FC
Croatia Cleveland 1(3)-1(4) Steel City FC
Bowleys Athletic 4-1 MSI
Florida Badgers FC 1-0 Red Force FC
Swarm FC 5-0 Prima FC
Lansdowne Yonkers FC 1-0 New York Athletic Club
Temecula FC 5-0 Problems FC
Chicago Strikers 1(3)-1(4) Ethos United
STG Premier FC 5-0 Be Pro FC
Sin City FC 2-1 Las Vegas United FC
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NY Soccer Journal @nysoccerjournal.com · 26/08/2026
The draw for the 2027 US Open Cup First Qualifying Round is out. Six local amateur teams from NY & NJ are in action, with 16 others getting byes. @battista.bsky.social has the #USOC2027 matchups and info on every local. www.nysoccerjournal.com/us-open-cup-... (Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
Graphic by Frank Lanham
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
FIFA and the USA making this world cup impossible to get excited about. Everything is a bummer and everything is slop.
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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A reminder that Infantino said in 2017 that all qualified teams, their fans and officials, need to have access to a host country, otherwise it can't host. There are already numerous (predictable) US visa issues with the World Cup about to kick off and likely more to come.
Infantino was asked about the issue at the time and responded clearly, saying that if teams and supporters couldn’t access a country, there would be no World Cup there.

“We are now in the process of defining the bid requirements,” Infantino said in 2017. “In the world, there are many countries that have bans, travel bans, visa requirements and so on and so forth. 

“It’s obvious when it comes to Fifa competitions, that any team — including the supporters and officials of that team — who qualify for a World Cup, need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup.

“The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not, based on the requirements.”
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 01/06/2026
On Sunday, Tar Devils SC won the #USASA Region III (South) Amateur Cup. A four game gauntlet over two days gave the North Carolina side its first regional title & a spot in next month's National Amateur Cup. Two wins from the 2027 #USOpenCup. Recap by Ronan Briscoe: thecup.us/2026/05/31/2...
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2026 National Amateur Cup: Tar Devils SC wins Region III with four games in two days
We have the first regional champion of the 2026 National Amateur Cup. Tar Devils SC of North Carolina won the USASA Region III (South) Amateur Cup on Sunday afternoon after playing four games in two…
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 31/05/2026
National Amateur Cup Tar Devils SC are 2026 #USASA Region III (South) Amateur Cup champions! The North Carolina side beat Arkansas Wolves FC, 1-0, in the final. Tar Heels advance to the National Finals in Milwaukee, WI (July 24-25). Two wins from the 2027 #USOpenCup. (CC: @franklan.bsky.social)
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Clutch is so real for this
Clutch the FIFA World Cup 2026 mascot is covering his face looking at the World Cup groups but pointing enthusiastically with his wing towards the USASA Region III group
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 16/04/2026
The teams from #MLS flexed their muscles on Wednesday night, but we did have one dramatic cupset, with @oneknoxsc.bsky.social joining @loucity.com and @switchbacksfc.bsky.social in the Round of 16.
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 15/04/2026
After some #OpenCupAfterDark PKs, the first night of the #USOC2026 Round of 32 is complete. Two #MLS teams suffered cupsets tonight and there's 9 more games on the schedule for Wednesday. Graphic: @franklan.bsky.social
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026
Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
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Adam Whittaker Snavely @snaves.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It’s 2026. The World Cup is in North America. The top flight league has so drastically cut its own media presence and has a fully paywalled broadcast that’s effectively made it invisible to casual soccer fans. Second tier league is openly trying to bust a union.
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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Iranian authorities and Red Crescent Society officials report that more than 100 people, most of them girls, were killed at a primary school during joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Let’s be clear: Slaughtering children in a school is an atrocity and a war crime. www.ft.com/content/055d...
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Strike on Iranian primary school kills 108, authorities say
Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation
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Kyle Foley @kylefoleywrites.com · 28/02/2026
The US and Israel are going to bomb Iran for a while, kill a bunch of innocent people, and then bizarrely hang up a Mission Accomplished banner and go home and expect everyone to just move on. It's all a game to them. They belong in The Hague.
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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🧊 fact check:
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This cannot be reformed.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
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Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Primary anyone who isn't abolish and prosecute ICE
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I didn't write this for people in the Twin Cities. I wrote this to everyone else, my feeble attempt to try to be witness to the occupation of Minnesota and the chaos of every single day right now. open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
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Letter from an Occupied Minnesota
I want to write a bit about the last month in the Twin Cities.
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It is imperative that ICE is abolished and its members are prosecuted
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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Spent some time over this past month reflecting on everything that has led to this current geo-political environment. An environment that FIFA has emboldened through Gianni Infantino's attempts to cozy up to Donald Trump ahead of next summer. www.talkinsoccer.com/will-there-b...
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Will there be World Cup boycotts?
Less than a month after FIFA created a Peace Prize for Donald Trump, the President has made it difficult for FIFA to feign neutrality following the illegal capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madu...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/12/2025
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist theonion.com/study-finds-80-of-amer…
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist
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Our Game Magazine @ourgamemagazine.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We could get used to this
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Our Game Magazine @ourgamemagazine.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yohannes + Macario = a problem.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“There’s no need—ever—for a swollen federal agency with a settled internal culture of sadism, secrecy, deception, and racial profiling, an agency that understands itself to operate under no legal or moral constraints, to exist at all.” www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
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Abolish ICE, and don’t stop there
Law enforcement officers generally resist any attempt to bring them to heel, and they are usually...
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
At this point I just hope chicago get philly 5-6 red cards so they lose next round
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/10/2025
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 12/10/2025
The full Sunday slate of #USOC2026's Second Qualifying Round! A total of 34 games across the country, each team looking to inch closer to the 2026 US Open Cup. Plus a good chunk of #USOpenCupAfterDark. Follow along for updates or, if you can, go watch in-person! (Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 12/10/2025
#USOC2026: Saturday’s slate of the Second Qualifying Round has come to an end. In total 24 teams advanced, including one by forfeit, to November’s Third Qualifying Round. Here’s all the results. We apologize for clogging your feeds. (graphic by @franklan.bsky.social) @opencup.ussoccer.com
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Abolish ice
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
One of many horrors of our lifetime. When our country stops being a racist fascist ice state, we will have to reckon with our years of complacency, all for the coin of lobbyists and the military industrial complex and the christian zionist movement. Some moral country we are. Some big stick we have
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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
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Adam Whittaker Snavely @snaves.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
THE POPE CALLS IT "SOCCER"
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Just know that this commercial played in my head while stitching all the #USOC2025 results together into one (too?) loooong, loooong graphic www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQsM...
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Sakeru Gummy Long Long Man TV Ads 🍬 English Subs
YouTube video by Japan Candy Box
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 13/03/2025
We have been a volunteer site since 2003. Our reporters the last 22 years have done great work & it's time to start paying them. If you appreciate the work we do covering #USOC2025, join our #Patreon. We have a goal of $2,375. Get more info & join here: thecup.us/2025/03/11/t...
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Our Futbol Podcast @ourfutbol.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Tigres just posted a new angle of Jacquie Ovalle’s goal, and it’s as magical as you’d expect.
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Our Futbol Podcast @ourfutbol.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Jacquie Ovalle is not of this world.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Paul Robeson revised the lyrics of Kern/Hammerstein’s 1927 “Ol’ Man River” from “Showboat” —reclaiming it in significant ways. Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'” Robeson sang: “But I keep laughing/ Instead of crying/ must keep fighting.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9W...
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Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936) J.Kern O. Hammerstein II
YouTube video by 222pj222
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
River (2023) || 1-shot/1-thought - Found myself smiling/groaning along with the characters in their time loop plight. I like manipulations of time, and something about the scale and presentation here feels especially creative and human. It is joyful. And... Debating if it's my favorite rom-com.
Still from River (2023); 00:07:04

A young woman pauses beside a channel of flowing water. The tiered stone walls on the opposite bank are fully covered with lush moss.
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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
One of my favorite parts of the #USOpenCup is seeing the unique club crests used by amateur and semi-pro teams. Pulled aside a few I particularly like from this weekend of #USOC2025 qualifying action: Palm Beach Flames SC, Las Vegas Legends FC, Dalton United
Graphic sharing three soccer team crests that I like: Palm Beach Flames SC, Las Vegas Legends FC, and Dalton United
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frank @franklan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Introduce yourself with four video games
Box art for PC game Age of Empires II: The Conquerors ExpansionBox art for GameCube game Super Smash Bros. MeleeBox art for N64 game Cruisin USACover art for PC game Overwatch
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