Being an Elite Ball Knower involves knowing you need to watch every minute of Argentina-Egypt and zero minutes of Switzerland-Colombia. I’m sorry but it’s true.

Plenty to debate in this World Cup, but it feels pretty undeniably the most entertaining cup of all time (at least so far).

I’m hearing that VAR is now investigating all of Belgium’s goals

Kill VAR

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BREAKING: Red card reversal not worth the de-aging technology

Based on my extensive training as a soccer legal scholar, this language indicates that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reaffirmed that Balogun committed a red card infringement but enforcing it would be sooooooooo boring haha

UPDATE: Central talks have broken down, but reports indicate Cristiano Ronaldo, Donald Trump, and Gianni Infantino are set to speak at 7PM to discuss appeals against anything Spanish winning.

🚨FIFA Ceasefire Proposal Framework 🚨 In exchange for Balogun red card reversal: - Senegal re-instated as AFCON champions 🏆 - Hakimi yellow vs. Canada rescinded ⏪ - Olise yellow vs. Paraguay rescinded ⏪ - Belgium granted access to de-aging technology for De Bruyne and +2 others 🧪 Talks ongoing 👀

🎶 I’m at the Tour de France 🎶 I’m at the Wimbledon 🎶 I’m at the World Cup 🎶 I’m at the combination ignore all my loved ones unless mediated through the discussion of sport

I would love a long read on the production of the Tour de France broadcast — it’s an unparalleled effort to consistently turn a multi-hour slog into something interesting, exciting, relaxing, thrilling, educational, etc.

Would we call this brutal game in Philadelphia…Gritty 😎

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Nevermind VAR reform, by far the most fucked up soccer regulation is 30 min extra time — an insane torture. Do 2x10min or one 15min period!!!

In terms of population, the existence of Cabo Verde raises the question of a Staten Island team at the World Cup.

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Yea it’s hot as shit but it’s also bright as fuck!!!! no one is talking about this

simple policy idea would be to suspend ASP for extreme heat advisories — beyond already telling people to stay inside, the giant car reshuffle (with added AC-fueled idling today!) just heats up the city even more

What did we eat in earlier eras? The NY Public Library’s collection of centuries-old menus offers some insight on how historical dining differs from where we are now. [hat tip: @thecityreporter.nyc]

either way, gotta be one of the lowest soccer per capita regions of these United States

You’re telling me that fifty states has to play against two countries???

You know what would make a movie theater experience way better? Weird smells and someone walking in front of you during the most important bits, thought many, many people.

Kane clearly drops his legs down to try to get contact — it’s a great no penalty call and have no idea what the commentators are on about!

I stopped by a Kiros vol event in March, shortly after the campaign had trounced DeGette at the caucus. It had a political energy I had never, ever seen in Denver — a few months later, clear that was no anomaly. Just 100k doors and a vast volunteer network later, a 15-term incumbent out the door.

“WHO 👏THE FUCK 👏 IS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER” would be a good chant right now if the Ivorians were actually lads from, like, Newcastle

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Football, bloody hell

FACE OF GOD

*Brazil scores on a counter attack* [extremely Ian Darke voice]: “and what a piece of Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the Seleçao!!!”

The Bedford Avenue bike lane continues to be a totally unnecessary policy quagmire — it’s safer for residents and commuters alike, but people with cars who want to double park insist the “community” doesn’t want it.

Good morning, Bluesky! I think a ton of people on here would love this new project! But it has yet to spread on this site!! Show me it has the juice (or, in this case, the jus)!!!

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Weekend reading challenge: browse these menus to find “fricasse of squirrels”

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Today's TPS decision is so fucking cruel because Haitians and Syrians followed all the rules that they were supposed to follow and now they're all of a sudden here "illegally" because a bunch of racists said so. I'm feeling so much fury on behalf of the many Haitians I know.

This is great & I’ll add one more aspect — while this is a broader national trend, it is particularly acute in New York because of a decade of a new Jewish left of organizing and culture (JFREJ, INN, JVP, Jewish Currents) that has fundamentally shifted the mainstream.

New - I wrote about progressive Jewish ascendancy in Mamdanistan:

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Let’s also take a minute on this glorious morning to appreciate that NY10 could have been an intra-left shitshow against Goldman but Aviles bowed out and the coalition politics worked. That’s a sign of real electoral maturity.

Sure, I prefer these new legislators to the people they beat, but the real policy stakes tonight were mayoral power projection. This is now the message: you stand in the way of this city/state agenda, you will soon be out of the way.

Mamdanistan, a densely populated city state enclave in the northeastern region of the North American land mass, is home to a basketball team that won the most recent American NBA championship. It has a delegation of three socialists that it sends to the United States Congress.

What if I told you that 10 years ago there were 8 NY Democratic state legislators who caucused with Republicans and 0 DSA electeds — and now there will be a @socialists.nyc mayor & 4 city council members, 11 socialist state electeds, and 3 members of the US Congress.

chant it with me, folks

My Mayor still Muslim My NY-10 now leftist Jewish My Christian Celeste Tate DSA Landslide

Kind of whatever happens in the other races, let’s remember Goldman was the worst incumbent and got absolutely crushed.