This future is dog water

As the World Cup draws closer, I want to re-up this conversation with the great @cboehm.bsky.social about all the off-field issues with the tournament. FIFA, predatory ticket pricing, fan visa issues, the threat of ICE at stadiums, etc. open.spotify.com/episode/5X4L...

The Gemini Bar they've inserted into the bottom of Google Docs is enraging, more non-consensual AI nonsense.

sounds pretty good

Normally Netflix series start well and then around episode five you're like "wait, there's more of these?!" Season two of Beef is the total opposite. It starts a bit uneven but really picks up steam as it goes along and the finale is very satisfying.

lol best i can tell, Oregon has not yet produced a World Cup player. Just felt like sharing that.

Whatever deal the President inevitably reaches with Iran was available thousands of lives, billions of dollars, and several months ago

The prospect of multiple forever global drone wars is so deeply depressing

Because Google decided to force more AI slop into their search product, here's an updated guide on how to reduce your data footprint and avoid AI slop by breaking up with Chrome and Google Search. www.natebowling.com/a-teachers-e...

I stopped using Google for search a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised with www.startpage.com

Yes! This!! If your school is talmbout getting GPT+ accounts for kids (or staff) but can't provide you with decent wifi or weather stripping on those old janky windows, you should fight someone.

I read a very earnest post this morning from someone explaining why calling AI "clankers" is bad because it's a slur and immediately decided that was enough Mastodon for me today.

To call the man's actions ill conceived is insufficient because that phrase implies there was any consideration given at all

When Democratic politicians set out to preserve "law and order" under the reign of Donald Trump, they are siding with fascism. By sending state police to brutalize those who are protesting in solidarity with the hunger strikers, New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill is doing exactly what Trump wants.

The 2025 Sounders defensive midfield pairing, Roldan and Vargas, both local products — are headed to the World Cup. What other MLS team can say that?

MENA News Highlights June 1, ‘26 - Zuhur News #325 on: #Lebanon #Egypt #Sudan#Ethiopia #Algeria #France #Morocco #Yemen #Houthis #Hizbullah #Syria #Israel #Iraq #Iran www.patreon.com/posts/159783...

AI slop forced on Google users Police rioting and attacking protesters A war in Iran that never should have started with no end in sight It all feels like Groundhog Day buttondown.com/natebowling/...

American police are rioting again

PSG lost Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar and then won back-to-back Champions League Finals. Luis Enrique is that dude.

This is the time to either close your tab or order another round for PKs

Forever living with this energy.

I think the switch from ESPN to Fox played a role too. We went from Ian Darke to Alexi Lalas being the primary voice associated with USMNT matches.

Here's the source document for that above table. www.soundtransit.org/st_sharepoin... There were several amendments made to this base proposal but none delayed Tacoma/Everett projects ( you can check out the amendments considered here): www.soundtransit.org/st_sharepoin...

Well I'll be damned

For some reason no one wants to say plainly what just happened at the Sound Transit board meeting. They delayed building light rail to Ballard. It's not currently deemed affordable in the plan they approved, which only includes construction to Seattle Center. Working on a fix doesn't change that

The attorneys for the defense have said they plan to appeal the verdict, but before that they will ask the judge to overturn it in a Rule 29 hearing in five weeks.

@drchikaokafor.bsky.social Good morning, what would be the best way to submit an interview request about your piece in Slate about Louisiana v. Callais?

The hotel we’re staying at is simultaneously hosting an extremely fancy Sri Lankan wedding and a conference for EV charging salespeople. Watching those crowds mix is FASCINATING.

If this wasn't Reuters, I'd swear it was AI

Sri Lanka is a high-key vibe. We've talked about coming for years and just never pulled the trigger. We're currently in Ahugalla; this afternoon we went to a turtle hatchery on the way to the Fort in Galle. Meet Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael. #BowlingsAbroad

This is sneakily a great question beige.party/@maxleibman/...

This is a very normal stock chart and definitely not indicative of a bubble

When I heard the FIFA World Cup was being held in the US I was sure I would be at one of the matches. Now, I have zero desire to attend any. thanks to Toupee Fiasco I'm not going near any stadium. I've never been less enthused about a World Cup in my life.

United States forces said they have attacked missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels in southern Iran, in what a US military spokesman described as “self-defence” strikes. Earlier, Iranian media reported explosions in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. (Al Jazeera English)

This is completely deranged: Iran is required to play games in the US but ISN’T ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. They will instead have to fly back to Mexico. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

This is it. Not another word needs to be said. No additional analysis. It’s just this.

This has been the story since 2023. The Sounders needed to spend money bring in two new big DPs for outgoing Nico and Raul that didn’t include elevating Jmo and going cheap on young talent.

The best run in Sounders history came after acquiring the starting number ten from Boca Juniors and the LigaMX Golden Boot winner. What the team has done with the academy and Defiance, creating a pipeline is amazing. But we lack top end talent or our top end talent is not performing.

Summer transfer window opens: Monday, July 13

I spent a portion of the last newsletter sharing my concern about the war resuming while we're traveling. We landed in Sri Lanka an hour ago.

The Mandalorian and Grogu was pleasant but inessential and inspired as little post-film discussion as anything I've recently watched

Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

This gives voice to a phenomenon I've been confused about. The President is knocking out his few remaining critics within the party via primary challenges, while also losing the GOP caucus on key votes in Congress.

It’s pretty incredible that Congress is going to let it slide that the same people who tried to murder them are getting paid with tax dollars for trying to murder them, because they’re beholden to the same dude that sent the mob in the first place. All so their friends and families can avoid taxes.

I'm back from the US. Everything is normal here but we're all kinda waiting for the other shoe to drop because the US President seems to enjoy starting wars during Islamic holidays and Eid al Adha is next week. buttondown.com/natebowling/...

A bit of unlearning that I invite you to embrace: The Middle East is neither inherently dangerous nor unstable. Historically, it was intentionally destabilized by colonial powers. More recently it's being destabilized by the US' imperial project.

Fascinating deep nerd thread. However, there are spoilers for the ending of The Boys.

The implication of this if you follow it to its logical conclusion, is that if Magneto was right then so was Benjamin Natenyahu. And I don’t think they were.