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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is peak "pretending sports doesn't exist" content with "can't explain the sudden poor play of her Louisana College Kittens"

a tumblr post that says "reading sports headlines while pretending sports doesn't exist suggests a fascinating world of magic and whimsy" and features screenshots of headlines like "Wolf Enters Transfer Portal" and "Wizards and Raptors Injury Reports"

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Last week's Biro moment was going for the bicycle kick, only to connect with his teammate's face. What will it be in Charlotte?! Only time will tell!

oleksander svatok with a busted up eyebrow, blood streaming down his nose, from a failed Guilherme Biro bicycle kick attempt

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

1) @joeclowery.bsky.social it was so nice to talk again at CVI - hope the rest of your week was as chill as ours! 2) this is EXACTLY the stuff we were talking about re: Biro; he's an absolute lunatic, guaranteed to make you lol once a viewing experience. (h/t @thenorthendpodcast.com for the still!)

Guilherme Biro terrified of the ball in practice as Dani shoots past him on goal

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

"I hate Zlatan Ibrahimovic more than I miss my father." - @travishelwig.bsky.social, @hafosafo.bsky.social 1/8/26.

the face travis was making immediately after saying that.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This year for #GivingTuesday my Shakespeare company, Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project, set a dream goal to raise $3000. We’re way behind that goal but we’re hoping that at least our “See Yourself In Shakespeare” campaign will inspire folks to check us out. www.amplifyatx.org/organization...

A Latino Laertes on his knees watches video reports on his phone of the war encroaching on Denmark, dressed in a heavy coat and scarf. His face shows that he’s concerned, hurt, and angry.

A plus-sized black female Cleopatra embraces a female Marc Antony before he goes to war, a moment of tenderness before the chaos and violence of the finale of our mashup of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.

A Latina Gertrude cries out in anguish at her son Hamlet , who has just accused Claudius of killing King Hamlet.

An Asian female Lepidus joyfully celebrates the union of Marc Antony and Calpurnia - a bit out of touch but feeling deeply in the truth of love’s ability to connect

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Welp, I finally got around to looking at it; @swoontower.bsky.social & @fortheglorykc.bsky.social lost the I-35 Cup to @loonybinpodcast.bsky.social Final 2025 pts tally: MNUFC: 8 pts ATXFC: 7 pts SKC: 1 pt I suppose this means @crugglez.bsky.social & I actually have to turn this into a trophy?

An I-35 Highway sign on sheet metal, with a Swoontower Soccer Sticker on it.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

First games on our new Yarro Studios Gamefold Table! Bananagrams, First Ascent, then we started in on Murdle!

A photo of Steph and my first Bananagrams game!

We bought this game, Murdle, at Birdhouse Books in Austin TX! Go there! On the table is the game, which is a combo of a jigsaw puzzle and a logic puzzle.

We've got First Ascent set up on the table, a rock climbing board game!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Dragon Con was awesome. Mike Colter is ENORMOUS, but he had my back when it counted - he told @crugglez.bsky.social to let me be late sometimes. Massive thanks to @aasifmandvi.bsky.social for helping me fill time while waiting for Katja and Mike's coffee orders. 👀

Mike Colter, me, Katja Herbers, and Aasif Mandvi, hanging out backstage after our Evil panel at Dragon Con 2025.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

There's only 1 team to cheer for in Saturday's El Tráfico, and it's #LAFC. From www.latimes.com/sports/socce... :

While the other two professional soccer teams in Los Angeles — LAFC and Angel City FC — have issued public statements in support of the Latino immigrant community, the Galaxy’s ownership has not addressed the issue. Angel City took its support further, wearing “Immigrant City Football Club” warm-up shirts, giving some shirts away to fans and selling more on its website as a fundraiser to support an organization that provides legal support for immigrants.

So far, the only member of the Galaxy who has addressed the issue publicly is head coach Greg Vanney.

“I think we all know someone who is probably affected by what’s going on, so it’s hard from a human standpoint not to have compassion for the families and those who are affected by what’s going on,” Vanney said before a game against St. Louis City SC in June.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

hey how long are you supposed to wait before you throw another being married party and invite all your friends to dance and sing and eat and celebrate how happy and in love @crugglez.bsky.social and I are? Is 3 years too soon?

steph and me dancing, having so much fun, during our wedding reception

steph and me dancing, having so much fun, but this time with motion blur in purple and green during our wedding reception!

us smoochin' while our wedding guests light the scene with sparklers as we get ready to leave the party

steph and me, staring lovingly into each others' eyes, on our wedding day.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Ayyyy this FREE Shakespeare park show is THIS WEEKEND! Austin FC is away on Saturday, so I know you're itching to get outside & watch something crazy in Austin; this is a perfect way to hang out & spend time in a park. It's fun, it's weird, it's VERY AUSTIN. tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/walki...

A poster for Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project's Henry the 6th Part 1; it features tons of bright colors like a Lisa Frank style 90s drawing, and a teddy bear with rosebushes growing out of it. There's stuffing and thorns and vines and red and white roses, because this show is about a child king getting embroiled in the prelude to the war of the roses! Sound fun? Come out! The poster also shows that it's happening May 25 at 7:30pm in Pease Park, Austin TX

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

i have a confession to make: I've always replaced Jason's mask in my head with a replica Gerry Cheevers mask. This is the stuff of nightmares.

a photo of Gerry Cheevers' Boston Bruins mask on a black background; if you want to know more about it, highly recommend googling; it's a fun old timey hockey story!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

me: what does this skeet say that I've muted? *opens skeet* huh, it's just a jazz album? maybe the quote-skeet says something about one of the people's names I've muted? *clicks through* nope just more jazz, maybe the product page? *clicks link* nope ... *opens muted words list* J A Z Z

a skeet by the mountain goats about "a very good album" but on my screen it shows "post hidden by muted word"

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

it's probably fine tho and stuff like this definitely isn't like, represented in media anywhere.

a still from the 1966 Fahrenheit 451 where Mildred's chillin' on the couch watching her parlor walls while Guy Montag judges her, probably, depending on the scene. I haven't seen the movie but oh boy does this quoted skeet make me think of it!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

And if you go further back. lookin' good still... (ignore goals plz)

it's a spreadsheet showing austin's shots, shots on target, opponent shots, goals, goals conceded, and points (by year) from 2021 to 2025.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

8 years ago my d&d podcast released its 50th episode and to celebrate it, i made this promo art for it. still don't understand why we didn't have the biggest show in the world.

it's a picture of nyjah huston doing a sick 5-0 grind down a long round rail on the street, and i edited it in paint to have a speech bubble where he says "i <3 adventure incorporated podcast!"

under that, it says "NYJAH HUSTON APPROVED!*"
and the asterisk, in white, hidden at the bottom of the image, says "* - unconfirmed"

it's a terrible promo, but idk if anybody else did anything for it.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Y'all this week's Swoontower is megasized, but a BANGER. We've got: - A Dog Interview (Cinco from @austinpetsalive.bsky.social!) - A Podcaster Interview (Sam from @stumptownfooty.bsky.social!) - A Parents Interview (Katy and Hector, Dani Pereira's parents!) - a threat! follow a2toquesfoundation.org

This is Cinco, an adorable perfect angel adoptable dog from APA! She's sitting on an Austin FC flag on the sideline at Q2.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I'm so behind, but catching up now: surprised Ilie's comments in the #AustinFC pre-match presser last Thursday re: wanting the players to form a deeper connection with the fans in town is huge, imo. Then, this picture dropped on @austinfc.com 's IG: www.instagram.com/p/DGgOK7IpQB...

Austin FC Captain Ilie Sanchez sitting on a little stool pitchside to talk to a couple of very young fans after a rainy home-opening 1-0 win against Sporting KC. It's SO cute.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Incredible how much had changed and how much is still the same. Equally impactful to me in 2025 as it was in 2011, with a different end result. Still so special. 🥰

The outside of Catedral Don Justo, a hand-built cathedral outside of Madrid in Mejorada del Campo, Spain.

The inside of one of the domes in Catedral Don Justo, a hand-built cathedral outside of Madrid in Mejorada del Campo, Spain. When I visited in 2011, this was right next to his bedroom.

Ceiling "tiles" made up of found materials in the crypt of Catedral Don Justo, a hand-built cathedral outside of Madrid in Mejorada del Campo, Spain.

A shot from the corridor around the top of the main part of the cathedral, showing hand-made stained glass windows and a mosaic of cans making up the face of Don Justo

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Ok, just finished this one. Let's talk about it? Also, what do I read next? In the last month I've also read Piranesi by Susannah Clarke and This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. So far, loved everything I've read this year. Let's keep it going!

The cover of BrandoSando's Wind and Truth, Book Five of The Stormlight Archive, on my Kindle.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Today was very cool. La Mestalla is magnificent.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

ACTUAL vacation vibes, y'all. This hotel is insane - @crugglez.bsky.social is at a massage (and booked me one for later! 😍) and I'm just VIBING. Coffee, snacks, books, tunes, breezes. Wild.

The view from the balcony of my hotel in Valencia, Spain. Unreal blue skies, beach in the background, gorgeous green grass and trees. Wow.

A picture of me laying on a chair reading my Kindle in the sun; it's on a page that says Day Six from Wind and Truth, the 5th book in the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Being back in Spain but at a different time in my life is crazy. Cortado and chocolate croissant was a banger breakfast in 2010; the good, high quality version of both is still a banger in 2025.

A couple cortados this morning, and the corner of a chocolate croissant 😍

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

the thing my friends missed when dunking on the leaked San Jose Earthquakes kit is that it has The Cool S, therefore it is a cool kit.

a close-up on The Cool S from the san jose earthquakes jersey. idk how to describe The Cool S except that it's a thing people all across the world put on their notebooks in elementary to high school everywhere on the planet.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Come. on. @aprecourt.bsky.social @austinfc.com @austinfootballclub.bsky.social ! Give us the smoke skeets over here on Bluesky! Still not sharing posts from the dead news place, but will share Slack previews of those posts.

a slack preview of a post on the old instant microblogging site showing the austin fc green smoke gif that Anthony Precourt shares before we sign someone

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I WILL NOT POST TWEETS ON BLUESKY BUT JAY ANTHONY PRECOURT JR JUST TWEETED VERDE SMOKE FOR #AUSTINFC @aprecourt.bsky.social WHERE'S OUR SKEET SMOKE

A screenshot of a preview of a tweet from Slack showing the Austin FC Green Smoke gif Anthony Precourt tweets before we sign a new player

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tony ruined my shot (jk I was too impatient to wait for him to sort out the backdrop) but LOOK HOW SICK the @walkingshadowshakespeare.com photobooth looked last night! SO much fun hanging out and hearing Hamlet's iconic "To Be..." monologue in so many different languages!

a picture of me from the Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project photobooth at our To Be or Not To Be event last night - I'm wearing my WSSP soccer jersey, and Tony's in the background futzin' around w/ the banner.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Don't mind me, just sunset cruisin' with the Most Perfect Dog 2014-Forever.

My beautiful baby boy Hiro in the passenger seat of my car with me. His long boxer legs and big silly pitbull head look so cute!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hey #Austin - Come hang out next Monday, Dec 2? We're doing #Shakespeare in the way he should be - community-focused, universal stories highlighting what it means to be human. It's fun! tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/2b-x2...

A flyer for a party where our community of actors will present Shakespeare’s “To Be Or Not To Be” in different languages by multilingual actors, enjoying drinks and snacks, games, and raffles.

Come and meet the incredible Austin theatre community, and learn more about Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project's mission to unite classical texts with a contemporary community through innovative and accessible productions, social events, and educational opportunities.

Hear more about how we dismantle barriers of time, money, and education in our community for both audiences and artists by making our shows fun, free, fast, and accessible to all learning levels.

Free Admission (registration required, space is limited!)

$25 VIP Ticket includes: 3 raffle tickets, 1 drink ticket, Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project koozie & stickers

Doors at 6:30 pm

Event: 7-9 pm

Topfer Lobby, ZACH Theatre

Free Parking along Riverside Extension (including lot at the end of that road)

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Those direct play opportunities we saw him leverage at FCD (that Landon loved) are straight out of the Valencia DNA but the tiki-taka, defense-by-holding possession style play is like, traditionally Spanish in nature. What we saw in Frisco while they were good was this Valencia stuff:

A screenshot of Valencia CF's Academy website that reads:

CODE OF CONDUCT
- We are constantly putting pressure on the player in possession of the ball
- We are difficult to beat

OUR PLAYING STYLE ON THE BALL
- We are direct and deep
- We create a lot of goal-scoring chances
- We create overloads by being daring
- We set an effective tempo

OFF THE BALL
- We constantly put pressure on the player on the ball
- We are difficult to beat

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

There's even a setting you can check so that if you forget, you can't post until you remember! It's rad and here:

it's a screenshot of https://bsky.app/settings/accessibility that shows where to turn on the "Require alt text before posting" setting, so you can't post pictures without this helpful alt text! (i use dark mode so the vibe is blue and moody and cool.)

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I wanted to share something I don't see a lot of unless it's in commercials - yesterday I started taking Hims. I've noticed the front of my hairline receding and thinning the past few years, so I decided to try something. We'll see how it goes!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

On Monday, Dec 2nd at 7pm, Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project is throwing a multi-lingual Shakespeare party in the ZACH Theatre's Topfer Lobby! Our whole goal is making Shakespeare accessible to everybody - Come learn more! (It's free!) tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/2b-x2...

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

In the past week, I've read: FINNA and DEFEKT by Nino Cipri The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson And tonight I'm starting: The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada What have y'all been reading?

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Watching Milan/Juve on TV and it's wild how the scale of San Siro just can't be captured.

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Had to get coffee so I went over to Barrett's, then obv popped by Paprika for some lunch. 3 people either took photos of, or asked about, my car. It felt very fun and cool.

my 2017 Alltrack, wrapped in an homage to the Harlequin Golf from 1996!

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Matt and Kim were amazing tonight. So proud to see the journey these kids have taken, from seeing them in warehouses in NY and random tiny clubs in Boston and Madrid, all these years later after giant megatours to come back to clubs like Mohawk, and they've always burnt em all down.

Matt and Kim tearing it the fuck up at Mohawk tonight

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Four Horror Movies I'll Never Shut Up About: Scream(1996) 28 Days Later It Follows Hush (also tho I'll never shut up about Get Out, Hereditary, Don't Breathe, Cube, A Quiet Place... there have been some really, really outstanding horror movies in my lifetime. We're so lucky.)

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

from Leftistgamermemes on Threads:

a meme featuring the 90s cartoon versions of Zelda and Link in a dungeon - the text box says "Don't let anything convince you that it's against human nature to look out for one another."

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Is pico de gallo allowed to be a favorite food?

A lil bucket of pico I just made that I'm so, so stoked on. Red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, salt/pepper/cayenne, and a Roma tomato ♥️

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Mike Crugnola @futurexskeleton.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

So, one of the things I'm pretty bad at is taking photos in the moment to remember experiences later on, but I had an amazing time at Dragon Con. Getting to moderate panels for a whole lot of talented, cool, funny people this year was so exciting, and I can't wait to do more next year, hopefully! 🤞

the back of my head while moderating the cast of the 100 having a good time on a panel!

Me saving the incredible Kat McNamara, Willa Holland, Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh during a pre-10pm panel where *someone* had drawn a, uh, rocketship shooting, uh, confetti.

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