#RedSox WIN! Improve to… 45–48 (.484) overall (.549 last year) 28–21 (.571) on the road (.506) 14–22 (.389) in day games (.590) 8–1 (.889) this month (.708) 2–0 (1.000) vs #Mets (.667) 13–16 (.448) in Interleague (.542) 9–5 (.643) on Saturdays (.536) 31–38 (.449) vs righty starters (.556) #MLB

people often pit informal social rules (norms, culture) against formal ones (laws, regulations). But the formal rules don't enforce themselves and a culture of shameless impunity is not likely to produce, empower, or embolden the people whose job it is to do so

FIFA's president Gianni Infantino is being referred to Olympic ethics investigators for a possible breach of political neutrality, a human rights group said Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump helped block a World Cup player's ban. https://to.pbs.org/4ph3X3O

Feel like Fox has done stuff that they expected to appeal to people who are either new to international soccer or hostile to it (Alexi Lalas, Jameis Winston) and have moved away from it as the tournament has gone on, while Telemundo embraced its base who took the event seriously from the start.

The reason he makes so many people mad is because he's more consistent than them

As Egypt continues its historic World Cup run, its victories are resonating far beyond the pitch, offering millions across the Arab world a rare moment of shared pride and regional solidarity—none more so than the people of Palestine www.sportspolitika.news/p/egypt-worl...

an Egyptian player committed a foul in middle school academy soccer which led to his pro career and thus to his call up to the national team so VAR review confirms a foul in the buildup. no goal

For my newsletter, I wrote about how bad I feel for Flo Balogun and the USMNT and how mad I am at Trump, Infantino, and US Soccer donor Scott Griffin. They took something away from all of us and for what? www.burnsnotice.com/usmnt-fifa-t...

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense

they certainly wouldn't have lost more!

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

tim ream i love you but please ask to be subbed out

The have reversed the logic of democracy: they are no longer accountable to us; we are accountable to them

Pochettino with bars here.

As Minnesota continues to deal with the long term effects of the ICE occupation our focus shifts toward helping our neighbors stay in their homes and what comes next. Links in first comment.

US looks increasingly like a captured petro island in the world economy: "You wouldn't know it if you live in the USA or consume US media and politics, but the fight between EVs & ICEs is basically over...ALL the growth globally is in EVs" Polycrisis Podcast open.spotify.com/show/78cVf8D...

The company hired to process payments to health providers caring for people in ICE custody has so far paid $0 for those services.

I hate to give everyone tiktok flashbacks, but US soccer fans should really draw upon our rich heritage of American sea shanties for our songs

I'm gonna say something controversial: MLB should absolutely reschedule games on days this hot. It's not safe for anyone.

if baseball and soccer were the two global sports that nearly every country played, I wouldn’t be mad at it

1/ I'm starting the holiday weekend off with some good vibes. I’m not giving bad news any headspace right now, so let's pause and celebrate some public health wins that have happened recently!

Ultra-radical Chris Van Hollen said over a month ago that a single democratic state of all its citizens may become the only position that is possible for the US to espouse.

it’s a good day to get really into Hermeto Pascoal

shoutout to every “just asking questions“ establishment media hack who’s spent the last half decade engaged in tendentious pedantry about the term “trans genocide”. ya boy just tweeted it out

This is cool (the first one especially)

Malik Tillman's gem makes it 2-0 USA

WHAT A HIT LAD. TAKE A BOW

BIG STEPPY

Literally the Supreme Court upheld sodomy bans in 1986 and said homosexuality was worse than rape and nobody even talks about it

This is what he wanted two years ago. Why isn't he happily taking this opportunity to reform the Democratic Party? Oh, protecting trans athletes is popular among Dem voters?

My thing here is there’s nowhere near the push needed to adequately fund and build more education infrastructure and staffing, so we just get this “well actually college is expensive so it’s okay for people to be bigots” type of framing.

All of these guys are corrupt to the gills. GOP OUT.

LET’S GO

Reminder that memory manufacturers (including Samsung, Hynix, and Micron) were found to be an actual dictionary definition "cartel" back in the 2000s and were accused of illegal price fixing again in the late 2010s. They have been trying to screw you for literal decades.

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.

Currently going mad viral on TikTok

For my money, the most ominous takeaway from this Supreme Court term is that we now have *four* justices parroting voter fraud conspiracy theories that are ripped straight from Trump’s Truth Social posts. If Trump gets to replace a liberal (or Roberts), things are gonna get worse in a hurry.

me, intelligent, savvy: let's do the last thing Starmer did before he had to resign

if I were Germany, I would simply score four goals against Paraguay, like the United States men's national team

even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less”

coming out as trans to my Sweetwater rep for pride month.

Debate for HR 7757 just ended. Not a single Democrat spoke in opposition to the bill. The vote is expected tonight and this bill will be catastrophic if it passes. Call your representatives. Be kind to the staffers who answer, but do not hide your anger.

Equalizer assisted by Gabriel Magalhães and winner scored by Gabriel Martinelli. A Brazil win brought to you by Arsenal's Gabriels 🤝

The “air conditioning debate” is a climate culture war started by center-right and liberal commentators, which drives attention away from the existential need to phase out fossil fuels. Try not to get swept along (as I am right now lol) but stick to the message: govt action to end coal, oil, & gas