I think it is very fair to ask, and expect, the league and its teams not to fly with these carriers. You have sth who could not go to games this season because of the fear of deportation. Show an ounce of solidarity, I beg.

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

sorry for leaving this one out

is there nothing this man will not excel at

The MLS schedule release gives us some hints for the Reign home schedule next year - likely a month-long road trip to start the season while grass gets installed at Lumen, then a homestand from mid-Apr to mid-May, then Lumen closes again around May 17 /1

The NWSL received 43 complaints in 2024, and five in the first half of this year, public records show: defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...

This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says: “The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.

Dickey was Lorena's shotstopping equal, but faced more and tougher shots with the Reign. That's why she got our vote!

#JusticeForClaws 🦞

At some point Tim Robinson is going to take off the Bill mask and reveal that this entire storyline has been part of his most ambitious sketch comedy show to date

Our last roster of 2025 ✨ ℹ️ ussoc.cr/328682

So uh, it’s kinda weird that all my financial providers are sending “just a friendly reminder to watch your account for scams this holiday season!” emails today, right?

MAGRERR CHRISMACKS

Our 2nd annual @espn.com anonymous #NWSL general manager survey is here, and the clearest trend from hours of interviews over the past two months is what's now playing out: concern about the limitations of the salary cap, and the inability to retain and attract the world's top players (inc. #USWNT).

Just in time for the NWSL championship this week, the Bay asserts itself as the best place — according to our @theathletic.com staff vote — for women’s sports in the U.S. Some surprises in here, even for me! I’m on deck today with the results ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

I do not need to own a home on Lake Michigan with a 50-cap auditorium and a large pipe organ www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Better view of it

It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"

a good way to make sure you’re always living clean is never being on the same side of an issue as the jackass doubling this disgusting bounty as a stunt

a “Space Force”, if you will

Starbucks workers are on strike starting tomorrow, Nov 13th. Don't cross the picket line!

Every time the techbros decide an industry needs disruption we ultimately end up with a shittier version of the same product at a higher cost sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

wow, can’t believe our new mayor-elect’s first official action is to flee the city www.kuow.org/stories/kati...

Arthur Blank confirmed Atlanta's conversations with the #NWSL have been "on and off" for years and grew more seriously recently. Commissioner Jessica Berman on having another team join Atlanta (team No. 17): “It is our intention to admit team 18 for 2028.”

some local Seattle residents aren't taking the impending election of a progressive Mayor very well

This could be true if we switched to an entirely soy-based diet thanks to the plethora of cheap US soybeans that no foreign countries want to buy. Swap your turkey for tofurkey, your eggs for silken tofu, your green beans for edamame...

Live your life in a way that you don't ever end up on Marta's shitlist

Seattle Reign's Claudia Dickey (GK), Jordyn Bugg (Defender) and Maddie Dahlien (Rookie) are all finalists for end of year awards. The fan vote counts for 10% of the final score bsky.app/profile/nwsl...

going to start intensive notetaking for the final match valkyratings for the season tomorrow. we'll have a couple retrospectives/followups after that, too, probably. at least one, maybe more if I can't fit everything that deserves said about this season into 3500 works or so.

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

BREAKING: The NWSL is awarding its 17th franchise to Atlanta and will join the league for a record expansion fee of $165 million, sources tell The Athletic. Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!

Young progressives and DDHQ all going through the Seattle election experience together

2025 broke the worrying trend in aggressively increasing season ending injuries for the NWSL. Below is a detailed breakdown of the season-ending injuries, looking at recent trends on timing, team, and injury type www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/30...

The Black Women’s Player Collective has dropped a statement as well this morning on their Instagram in light of the recent comments made this week.

The NWSL playoffs kickoff tonight in Orlando and the league is reporting a 22% year-over-year growth in viewership numbers, including a 30% growth in women 18-34. That number is carried across all platforms, encouraging in a year where the league's top attendances dropped.

There are no words for how evil this is

my convo with @susierantz.bsky.social about the @seattlereignfc.bsky.social omny.fm/shows/sounds...

Before they face off again in the playoffs, re-live the Reign's 1-1 draw with the Pride through @kafkaesquities.bsky.social's Valkyratings. #SeattleReign #HereForTheCrown www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/valk...

At her presser today, I asked Laura Harvey for her thoughts on the discourse about trans athletes and the #NWSL, and the divisive rhetoric targeting some players for their appearance. Here is her answer (with transcript of her remarks in alt text):

Get yourselves caught up with @vancrisp.bsky.social and I's latest episode of The Cooler Guild before the Reign's playoff match tomorrow. 🪲 Bugg brigade still going strong 🦗 Available on SaH or wherever you get your podcasts. www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/the-...

This wouldn’t happen if we still had a 92% top marginal tax rate, because obscene and dangerous payouts like this would be pointless.

#ReignTogether at our Rough & Tumble watch party tomorrow and help push the squad to victory as they take on Orlando in the Quarterfinals of the NWSL Playoffs! 📍 5309 22nd Ave NW Top Floor, Seattle, WA ⏰ Doors 4PM PT | Kickoff 5PM PT Details ➡️ rgnfc.com/4nZwrwJ

i would strongly urge every organization that oversees women's sports to understand that these are not people you need to satisfy, about anything

Despite deliberate efforts to conflate them through an ambiguous headline, this is, of course, not remotely the same "AI" as the generative AI shit being forced on everyone... machine learning algorithms have been in use for years to good effect on tasks like this

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a 7-percentage-point lead (53.3% to 46.2%) over progressive challenger Katie Wilson. But there is a very good chance he will end up losing. 🧵 1/7