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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 19m
This displays a shockingly weak grasp of what the 2020s have brought us in how wars between nation-states are fought. How do you make America a fortress when stealthy AI drones can deliver bombs with high precision and survivability?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
“Go to church. Find Jesus. Why is everyone so horny here?” Lauren Boebert The timing of this clip aged like milk in the hot desert sun. 📌 The Colorado Times Recorder reports that a sworn complaint alleges she had sexual relationships with 3 employees she supervised, and only one of them was a man.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 4h
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(No scam)
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Glenn White @justicar.xyz · 27/09/2026
Shipping these out tomorrow! I have a few more bags of my amazing homemade apple chips available! A $50 donation gets you two bags of apple chips and FIVE chances to win an amazing prize in the Cascadian Gamers Extra Life for Kids SuperMegaRaffle(tm) where you can win a console or other prize!
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everyone who’s online should read this and then sit with it for a little while. I know it’ll sit with me for a long while.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Sounders FC @soundersfc.com · 27/09/2026
¡Nuestro XI inicial contra Minnesota, presentado por Delta! #SEAvMIN | 📰: sndrs.com/n1wlfrvs
STARTING XI – FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
 
GK: Andrew Thomas (26)
RB: Alex Roldan (16)
CB: Stuart Hawkins (39)
CB: Jackson Ragen (25)
LB: Nouhou (5)
CM: Hassani Dotson (31)
CM: Cristian Roldan (7) - Captain
RM: Jordan Morris (13)
AM: Albert Rusnák (11)
LM: Caden Clark (8)
FW: Danny Musovski (19)
 
Substitutes: Stefan Frei (24), Yeimar (28), Ryan Sailor (4), Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (85), Antino Lopez (35), Snyder Brunell (31), Peter Kingston (45), Sebastian Gomez (90), Paul Arriola (17)
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pretty good crowd here at the fan Alliance Annual Business Meeting for the Sounders. Primary owner Adrian Hanauer talking about how special it is that the fans have this much input into the Club. Cam Collins had the intro and reminded everyone about the GM vote, starting in a couple of weeks.
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⭐HunchPunch⭐🏆☑️ @hunchpunch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#ebfg
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve had people give me crap for saying I don’t think the GM vote is an automatic “no”, but this is why. In a tight salary cap league, this type of injury bug is even worse. Even if the Sounders had a pot of gold tucked away, they can’t just go out and buy a bunch of new players.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I agree with JO here. It blows me away that people are ragging on Albert without recognizing that a guy whose game is very much about linking and connecting is of COURSE going to be affected if you surround him with second- and third-string guys due to the regular starters being out for injury.
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JaneG.Photo @janegphoto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For anyone that's ever stepped foot at Starfire and has seen the hard working groundskeeper working tirelessly, this is your turn to step up for him. Antonio was detained by ICE and his family doesn't deserve this. Please donate to help support him and his family. www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
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Donate to Help Bring Our Dad Home, organized by Marcela Alfaro
Please Help Bring My Dad Home Hi everyone, Today, my dad was detained by ICE … Marcela Alfaro needs your support for Help Bring Our Dad Home
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 24/09/2026
Maybe if that bar hadn’t gotten rid of the masks, they wouldn’t be… [wait for it] Going viral
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Horatio Csi
ALT: Horatio Csi
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ahhhh
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Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 22/09/2026
We’re not going anywhere but now’s a good time to remind everyone that’s only possible because of your support.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 23/09/2026
This is disappointing. I always read their coverage of Sounders games - I’m a subscriber and that’s part of the value I get for being one. Hope @seattletimes.com reconsiders
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this story has some incredible tidbits. They hoped to sell 100 VIP tickets to cover expenses and sold six lol
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Sounders FC @soundersfc.com · 23/09/2026
GATE GIVEAWAY 👀 The first 7,000 fans in the building tomorrow will receive this Sammy the Sounder Bag Charm, courtesy of Regence BlueShield!
Sammy the Sounder plush bag charm, Sammy is wearing a Sounders jersey and holding a soccer ball.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care."
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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 21/09/2026
Disgusting decision by MLS Next Pro. Columbus Crew 2 coach grabbed the female referee's arm and wouldn't let go when repeatedly asked to and told her, "Remember this is a man's game." Minimum suspension per rules is 6 and only gave him 2. www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Sources: Higuain at center of refs union beef with MLS NEXT Pro
The union that represents MLS and USL referees, launched a scathing critique of MLS NEXT Pro over its handling of an incident in which a coach committed what it described as "two deliberate acts of physical abuse and sexism towards a female referee."
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 21/09/2026
I remain deeply fascinated by this, because I guarantee that other issues have come up that have impacted him, personally, as much (if not more) than a data center. It's like someone turned on the subtitles for policy implications--but only for data centers. Just data centers. Nothing else.
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FelixForever34 ⭐⭐ EBFG @felixforever34.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here is craziness. Sounders play MNUFC(14th), RSL(12th) & Sporting KC(15th). If the Sounders get 2 wins and 1 draw, no matter what they are in the #8 spot and currently in the playoffs. MINIMUM of 7pts is what is needed in the next 2 weeks 4 of last 6 are against teams top 4 in their conference.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026
Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud
60 Minutes (@60Minutes) on X:

“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.

A middle-aged white man with a white beard, a cowboy hat, and a shirt stares at the camera
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
some people replying and saying ed sheeran can’t take the same risks as an established legend like david byrne, but then you look at olivia rodrigo who is 12 years younger than sheeran and just organized an entire festival to support ABORTION. bravery has little to do with age/experience.
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” is what a Microsoft executive privately said about GenAi as shown in newly unsealed court filings. And these court filings get worse. These execs knew all along the immense theft they committed.
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This team should simply fire this coach.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well of course he’s called up. Sigh www.sounderatheart.com/2026/09/deja...
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Dejan Joveljić will miss three Sounders games for Serbia call-up
Three matches will likely be pivotal to Sounders’ playoff chances.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Finally score a couple of goals, only to barf up the game winner in stoppage time. We’re going down this season. We’ve dodged it a few times but it’s inevitable. The humiliation of opening the Nou Mestalla in the Segunda… omg it’ll be epic.
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ian @ahandleforian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please disregard my Caden Clark posts previous to this one. He is the best midfielder we’ve ever had. I was a goddamn fool.
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macamps.online @macamps.online · 20/09/2026
I really don’t mind short corners at all but the Sounders never seem to actually have a plan when they do them
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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
*suspicious lobster wife* where did you get that shrimp *still confused lobster* you're never gonna believe this
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DrHello @drhellodarkness.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you remember when Trump stole classified documents, then was recorded on tape showing and talking about a specific classified document to brag to at least one woman? 1/
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Ella Brockway @ellabrockway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Manchester United Football Club
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Had a couple for Tom. We will miss him dearly.
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Sounders FC @soundersfc.com · 16/09/2026
Always in our hearts 💚
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
dying at ed sheeran hiring a bunch of irish musicians then trying to play an apolitical stance on a genocide. brother,
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
wtf did I just read
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Emerald City Supporters @weareecs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of former ECS co-president Tom Biro.
Tom Biro waving a large Iron front flag in the Brougham End
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m happy they put light rail to the airport and always so disappointed at how they actually wound up building it. It’s so, so dumb.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If they don’t take an action told normally take, that’s also putting their finger on the scale a bit.
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Paul Cox @paulcox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is a pretty good thread and understandable even for non-software guys (hi, it’s me)
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Derek Young @derekmyoung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Racists: Immigrants don't assimilate. Immigrants assimilating in the most American way imaginable:
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13/09/2026
My two favorite photos of Trump's trip to Ireland, where he seems not to have gotten his ass kissed like he expected.
Trump sitting with Irish President Catherine Connolly looking beaten down and haggard. She is smiling winsomelyTrump leaving his meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly, looking even more beaten down. He's wearing the face he wore after meeting privately with Putin in Helsinki. Putin smiled broadly after that meeting. Connolly is smiling too.
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 13/09/2026
Red cards are a stupid rule, we should borrow a solution from hockey. No not sin bins I'm talking about letting Bruno and Foden square up and slug it out for a minute
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Orca Rapaz @orcarapaz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Solo espero que Joveljić esté bien.
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