“Sonniksen said Austin United believes the city's convention center needs would be met by a new 1,000-room hotel and convention center at Circuit of the Americas that the City Council approved in July.” It used to be harder to spot the grifters. COTA is 15.5 miles from downtown with nothing near it

Austin finishes 4-0-0 against Los Angeles this year in MLS regular season play. With one game left, 6-0-1 against California. Never beating the allegations.

A strongly accented English explainer of a VAR call overlaid with Spanish language commentary amidst English graphics while streaming on Peacock is exactly how the U-20 World Cup is meant to be enjoyed. I am once again begging FIFA to stop awarding English broadcast rights to FOX.

So you’re telling me that Austin could paint some more rainbow crosswalks and then the Governor will halt the plan to waist $6-10 billion to allow for more traffic on I-35 through the heart of Austin? Sounds like a good deal. Let’s do this!

I am finding it hard to believe that anyone at Apple works on UI anymore. The Windows Vista Aero style in iOS 26 is just extraordinarily chaotic, not fluid, and flat out unenjoyable. I regret upgrading.

🚨a let’s goooooo alert has been issued🚨 The bevel has been leveled and will take over as the primary Texas Tech athletics design in 2026.

The giant plume of smoke coming from downtown Austin indicates that Texas Republicans have decided on the next minority they plan to take away rights from.

Talk to your friends and family about a top ten Texas Tech football team.

Bring on the Brew Crew!

I am more annoyed after seeing the replay than I was previously and I do not think Tori Penso should referee any more games of importance.

We have a soccer match tonight at Q2 Stadium. It is a final. This concludes my presentation.

Since 1914, dozens of cities have hosted the final of this historic tournament. Tomorrow, Austin joins that list.

I’ve been fortunate to have been to a lot of cities across this country. I have yet to see one that is war ravaged. They all have their imperfections, but to call them war ravaged and send in the National Guard is some ivory tower, never been outside bullshit.

Like Christmas morning! Build the statue. www.austinfc.com/news/brad-st...

Let’s be clear: the fact City Council staff may have played bingo with speakers that included phrases such as “we don’t need [vital service]” is objectively funny. Probably inappropriate. But definitely funny and accurate.

Extremely frustrated this morning that there are parents of autistic children who may be (again) wondering if they caused this. It is not. There’s zero scientific evidence to support the claims made by the administration. Even if there were, this will never be on you.

Finding it increasingly hard to believe there are three better goalkeepers eligible to play for the USMNT at this moment than Brad Stuver.

All y’all who asked how it was in Minnesota: That. It was like that.

Victory bells be ringing loud, y’all. #WreckEm

Caught the midafternoon Southwest. 😎

The Open Cup matters. The Final Oct 1 | Q2 Stadium

Not entirely sure that the people of the Twin Cities are aware of how loud the away section will be at Allianz Field on Wednesday for the Open Cup semifinal. ATX is here, and we will not go quietly. #AustinFC

For the #AustinFC traveling fans last night: thanks for a good trip despite the result. We did not agree to nor discuss being cordoned into that upper terrace area for the entirety of the match, despite stadium staff’s insistence. It will be a point of emphasis for me with our FO in the days ahead.

In order to assist Kash Patel’s FBI, please be sure to confess your high profile crime to someone and ensure they call the police. We can cut so much waste with this one simple trick!

42,272 Another year, another historic milestone. 🔴 From Here, It's Possible ⚫️ https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2025/09/texas-tech-enrollment-soars-past-42-000-for-the-first-time.php

It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I remember Uvalde, Sandy Hook, and Annunciation. I remember the photos of their aftermaths and we as a nation did nothing. If we did nothing for the kids, why should we expect more for someone who believed in making life worse for so many?

Someone really needs to check in on St. Louis CITY, because that organization seems like a hot mess top to bottom this season. Momentum from that wildly successful first season as a franchise has been utterly halted.

Nico Estévez may know how to coach soccer better than the social media commentators. Just a theory.

Have we considered that letting Barstool Bros who have the emotional maturity of middle schoolers may not be the best people to put in charge of national defense?

Two things are clear about Inter Miami: 1) This is not the best team in the league, and a lengthy Suarez suspension is not going to help that. 2) Miami is headed to a crisis once Messi leaves. All the local fans who were there pre-Messi will have the difficult work of picking up the pieces.

Seems reasonable that the LA Galaxy who, despite being dead last at 4-7-16 in league play this year, will qualify for the continental cup because they finished third in the somewhat ironically named Leagues Cup.

The demise of Austin FC has been greatly exaggerated.

PRO releasing an Inside Video Review on Saturday morning of matchday that confirms they messed up on a crucial penalty call is becoming an exhausting trend.

I don’t think it would surprise anyone to hear that Army under Pete Hegseth lost an opening skirmish to Tarleton State. Not a great sign for our national defense.

Have we considered that ICE possibly just accidentally deported Trump and nobody can locate him? Seems to happen a lot these days.

Odd how in the Cash Grab Cup, a debatable penalty sends the league’s most promoted player to the final, and a pretty equivalent penalty does not get called the other way. Hard to tell if there’s a bias here or if it’s just the usual incompetent North American officiating.

I struggle to laugh at Manchester United’s misfortune, because Liverpool went through an extraordinarily embarrassing phase when Roy said we weren’t too big for a relegation battle. But this feels like another level of embarrassment from a club spending LOADS of $ and putting out their top lineup.

I get it’s a tough gig to be in marketing for the Leagues Cup, but absolutely no one outside the teams involved would classify the Galaxy/Sounders nor Orlando/Miami semifinal matches (which are apparently tonight) as “mouthwatering”.

As St. Louis CITY looks for a new sporting director, perhaps it’s time to review if the Expansion Draft and related policies cook the books in favor of new teams. San Diego and St. Louis have had exceptional first seasons, but STL has been dire since. What will SD look like next year?

Italian meatball poutine at the Alouettes game. Scran made specifically for me, I think.

Incredible work by my 61 year old state representative to somehow evade a state trooper on the neighborhood trails.

Over the next ten years, the state of Texas plans to spend $146 billion on roadways. The state of California is projected to spend up to $40 billion on high speed rail from LA to San Francisco. Why is the rail considered out of control spending, but the ongoing TxDOT spending is not?

I logged in to the MLS app this morning to find Austin FC solidly 8th in the West, 4 points above the playoff line, and only two points back of sixth placed Portland with at least a game in hand. Feels like the doomsday may be a bit overblown at this point.

It is 2025 and we still have to do this stupid changing channels from USA to NBC precisely at kickoff thing, even though Peacock exists.

Whatever the heck PRO is doing to train its officials, it’s not working. You can tell because this is the second week in a row the officiating crew exited through the center tunnel rather than the side tunnel so they didn’t get berated by the Austin FC fans

Well, Vladimir, I’m sure we can find a balcony you can fall off of somewhere in Anchorage if you want to eliminate the primary cause of the war yourself.

We Red Raiders are famously excellent listeners when outside parties tell us what to do.

Every time one of the usual suspects asks why the City has to raise taxes, they blame spending. Concurrently, they say the city is unsafe and cite anecdotal evidence to support public safety increases. Problem: 89%(!) of Austin’s tax revenue goes to public safety per @jackcraver.bsky.social.

This will renew the local rivalry with Midland’s other school, Benedict Arnold High, home of the Fightin’ Monarchs.