“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...

At this point I just hope chicago get philly 5-6 red cards so they lose next round

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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)

#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

Abolish ice

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

THE POPE CALLS IT "SOCCER"

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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Tigres just posted a new angle of Jacquie Ovalle’s goal, and it’s as magical as you’d expect.

Jacquie Ovalle is not of this world.

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...

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.

FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH

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

Introduce yourself with four video games

well fuck

My Lucky Stars (1985) || 1-shot/1-thought - Farcical? Dated? Decidedly so. But also some wonderfully choreographed movements (be it dudes walking in a line or a kinetic fight sequence)—one of which is a fantastic haunted-house set piece with Jackie Chan. And... I'm a sucker for vibrant colors.

If it had been me I would have overcome ptsd, married Noriko, and STILL defeated godzilla but I'm different

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (1963) || 1-shot/1-thought - Is it a gangster movie? Yes. Is it an action movie? Yes. Is it a comedy? Sure. Is it a noir? You bet. And it does it with a lot of style. And... is it also a Christmas movie? Undoubtedly.

The Man with a Shotgun (1961) || 1-shot/1-thought - Villainous villains, and a hero who is a bit wooden, in true western fashion. And... well... it's a bit slow...

Everything Goes Wrong (1960) || 1-shot/1-thought - Jazz! Debauchery! Lies! And... an apt title.

Eight Hours of Terror (1957) || 1-shot/1-thought - Trapping everyone on a bus and constantly increasing the "danger" is a good premise. And then! And then! And then! Proto-Train to Busan, proto-Snakes on a Plane, he says, grinning.

The Holdovers (2023) || 1-shot/1-thought - Traipsing through slush on a snowy day is the perfect encapsulation of this movie. It slorps and slips and glushes. (I mean this as an immense compliment. Especially to Paul.) And... skip the trailer. I think it shows too much, as they tend to do.

Ran (1985) || 1-shot/1-thought - Kurosawa's use of color in this epic cycle of tragedy is, indeed, fantastic. And... the character Kyoami (the fool) wears really cool clothes (that I want).

Electric Dreams (1984) || 1-shot/1-thought - Silly rom-com that is a delight to watch for its style—in particular in service of building out the character of the computer. And... the well-appointed music from Giorgio Moroder. Sorry for 2 thoughts, I've already made a mess of this.