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#STLBlues
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Karl Bode
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there was also a Stanford study that found that a surge in AI slop by lazy people actually created significantly more work for others who had to decipher and correct it this "I'm being efficient" (but not really) vibes well with the American obsession with artifice and appearing productive
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Flyover Footy
2 months ago
It's show time for 2026 and we have our
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Charity event tracker locked and loaded + our preseason player award selections! We'll be tracking the events throughout the season, mostly on our Fallout shows to see how much we can raise for Catherine Cares!
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With training camp starting Saturday, I honestly can say my excitement for this season is the lowest it's been. New coach with the same roster feels like groundhog day.
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Damion Schubert
4 months ago
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Marisa Kabas
5 months ago
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery. My story:
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Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/conspiracy-theorist-election-denier-fema-gregg-phillips
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Nick Fleisher
almost 2 years ago
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
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Matt Baker
5 months ago
The
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End of Year Media was held today. I'll have individual posts for David Critchley & select players on my feed. Full video will be posted by
@stlcitysc.com
. 1st up was Interim Head Coach David Critchley who said postseason training had a huge focus on building a culture.
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Matt Baker
5 months ago
Roman Bürki spoke today at
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end of year media. Bürki referenced his contract & status as DP directly by saying he had very good conversations w/the club & everybody was happy w/the decision that was made and said: “I never tried to put myself in a position where I could hurt the team...
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Matt Baker
5 months ago
Marcel Hartel spoke at the
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end of year presser. He noted the long season, how ready he is for the offseason, but said this postseason training was about looking forward, how they can get better. It was a "great time in our 4 weeks, good training sessions & outside events"
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Matt Baker
5 months ago
Chris Durkin spoke at the
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end of year presser and began by talking about his own struggles this year by saying “It was definitely my toughest season as a professional.” Injury setbacks, MCL injury that should’ve been 6-8 weeks turned into 17 weeks it felt like.
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Matt Baker
5 months ago
Simon Becher was available at the
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end of year presser. Becher said postseason training gave them a chance to review the season, hit reset & look forward.
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Nicole Foy
7 months ago
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.
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Kevin Uhrmacher
7 months ago
Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need. Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/
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Justin Horneker
7 months ago
Brendan McSorley and Roman Bürki stood out as St. Louis CITY SC won on the road in back to back matchdays for the first time in club history. A win that highlighted David Critchley's man management approach. Plus, we need to talk about Roman Bürki.
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www.talkinsoccer.com/st-louis-cit...
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St. Louis CITY SC goes back to back: Brendan McSorley, Bürki key performers.
Brendan McSorley and Roman Bürki fueld St. Louis CITY SC's first road win streak of the season.
https://www.talkinsoccer.com/st-louis-city-sc-goes-back-to-back-brendan-mcsorley-burki-key-performers/
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Flyover Footy
8 months ago
LIVESTREAM NIGHT! We're back in our normal 830pm timeslot so join
@mattbakerstl.bsky.social
&
@phillgrooms.bsky.social
as we dive into all the going ons of
@stlcitysc.com
recently & look ahead to this weekend! Bring your Qs & hopefully we'll have some As!
#AllforCITY
www.youtube.com/@FlyoverFooty
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Flyover Footy
Flyover Footy has been covering St. Louis soccer since 2015. Subscribe to see our live podcasts, news, interviews and more about St. Louis CITY SC, STL college soccer, academy programs, and amateur/se...
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Sickos Committee
8 months ago
WE NEED TO PLAY THIS GAME EVERY YEAR
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Fleur de Noise
8 months ago
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and we’ve teamed up with the brave kids @cardinal.glennon to decorate a special Fleur de Noise drum head and banner. You’ll be able to see their amazing work displayed inside the stadium on Saturday!
#childhoodcancerawareness❤️
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WIRED
9 months ago
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s associates at DOGE have begun vacating their headquarters at the General Services Administration in Washington, DC, and they’re leaving behind an apocalyptic scene of toddler play sets, mattresses, and pillows. We got photos. 👇
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Photos: Here Are the Piles of Used Bedding and Children’s Play Sets Left Near DOGE’s Old Offices
Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains.
https://www.wired.com/story/photos-bedding-childrens-play-sets-doge-old-offices/
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MLS Analytics
10 months ago
xG Tableau is updated ⬇️
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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It's okay, based on last week we are a second half team.
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10 months ago
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Matt Baker
10 months ago
The facts we know about the
@stlcitysc.com
roster after placing Rasmus Alm on the season-ending injury list: - CITY has 2 open senior roster slots, 2 open supplemental slots & 2 open int'l slots. - Currently w/2 DPs & 2 U22s (Hartel/Klauss & Durkin/JGR).
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Pete Buttigieg
10 months ago
In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular. We need to make sure more people learn about them.
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Three Things in Trump’s Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention
They might affect the bill’s fate… if more people learn about them and speak up.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-166898396
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Happy Father's Day!
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11 months ago
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Senator Alex Padilla
11 months ago
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Can't help but notice the training staff is all still employed...
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11 months ago
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At least we didn't give up any goals after 60 minutes?
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11 months ago
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Can we just start challenging the other team to 1v1 goalie wars to decide the game?
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11 months ago
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Justin Horneker
12 months ago
Final from Energizer:
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2 - SKC 2 St. Louis extend their winless streak to 9 in MLS play and have allowed 2 goals after the 70th minute in each of their last 4 matches during the streak.
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We were due some luck! Choo Choo!!!
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12 months ago
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Welcome to
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12 months ago
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St Louis CITY SC
12 months ago
Lutz on the Open Cup ⚽️🏆 🎟️
www.stlcitysc.com/opencup
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St Louis CITY SC
12 months ago
Round of 32 🔜 🆚 Union Omaha 🕖 7:00PM CT 📺 Paramount + 📻 Y98 (ENG) 102.9 FM KXOK (ESP) 🎟️
www.stlcitysc.com/opencup
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Match Preview | St. Louis CITY SC Squares Off Against Union Omaha in U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 | St. Louis SC
St. Louis CITY SC hosts Union Omaha this Wednesday in U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 action at Energizer Park. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. CT, with live coverage available via streaming on CBS Sports and ...
https://www.stlcitysc.com/news/match-preview-st-louis-city-sc-squares-off-against-union-omaha-in-u-s-open-cup-round-of-32
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Great run
#stlblues
! Taking the best team in hockey to double OT game 7 on their home ice is no small feat! Proud of you boys!
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Matt Baker
12 months ago
No hiding from the fact this has been a worse start in almost every way from 2024. This time last yr we started our tailspin. This yr many quality players are nearing better health Question is, will Olof get the longer leash that in a lot of ways, Carnell didn’t get?
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What. A. Game!!!!!
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about 1 year ago
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Loving hearing Sabotage in the arena after the Jets try to goad the blues into a penalty!
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about 1 year ago
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Elliot
about 1 year ago
Wasn’t able to watch
#AllForCITY
live so watching now. Another debatable offsides call rules out a goal for us 😫 I want to explain how the Referee/VAR/AVAR arrived at the decision.🧵
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Matt Baker
about 1 year ago
Vancouver has the most goals scored& fewest goals allowed. CITY held them to their 2nd lowest xG of the year & outputting the 3rd highest xGA that VAN has faced. CITY passed the. eye test, but the stats back up a stellar performance against the best in MLS.
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#STLvVAN
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Asha Rangappa
about 1 year ago
In short: 1. It's unconstitutional 2. It's lawless 3. It's criminal Let's please start talking about it that way, instead of accepting the framing being given to us (that's for the media!)
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Chris Morran
about 1 year ago
The CDC eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries AND the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases. The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions. If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=cm
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Matt Baker
about 1 year ago
🚨JOSH YARO UPDATE🚨 Yaro says he was never unconscious. He was evaluated by an independent doctor before being sent back on. MLS (from NY) then called in after seeing a video appearing to show him knocked out & forced him to locker room for further eval.
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NPR
about 1 year ago
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
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Matt Baker
about 1 year ago
Let's talk
@stlcitysc.com
data! The focus has clearly been on fixing a 63GA team first (24th in MLS in 2024), and building a new attack from there. Here are some charts looking at the Goals/xG and GA/xGA through 7 games for
#AllforCITY
A 🧵 courtesy of
sekbush.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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All of these clips remind me of that scene out of Fun with Dick and Jane. 🫠
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about 1 year ago
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dan sinker
about 1 year ago
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
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about 1 year ago
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Timothy Snyder
about 1 year ago
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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St. Louis Public Radio
about 1 year ago
The Bradford pear is an invasive species that grows so quickly it can displace Missouri’s native wildlife. Here are the local organizations offering free native trees to Missourians who remove an invasive pear tree:
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Get rid of a stinky Bradford pear tree, get a free Missouri native tree
The Bradford pear is an invasive species that grows so quickly it can displace Missouri’s native wildlife. Local organizations are offering free native trees to Missourians who remove an invasive pear...
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2025-03-24/get-rid-of-a-stinky-bradford-pear-tree-get-a-free-missouri-native-tree
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