1) got the VPN and the 7 day trial up and running in Thailand just in time to tune into the Spanish broadcast of the M's for Cal's dinger 2) the anouncer just dropped a rendition of "Go see Cal" which is one helluva deep cut for us california old heads

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“Nothing will be torn down,” Leavitt said when she announced the project in July. [AP]

Which would be maximum M's fan heartbreak (and therefore the most fitting)? Losing game 7? Winning game 7 and *then* losing the WS in some spectacular fashion?

TIL some temples in Thailand have herbal saunas. Best 20 baht I've spent in a while.

I know the internet's odds are impossible, but I wish Glen Phillips (lead singer of Toad the Wet Sprocket) knew how often I thought of his song "Dr. Dresser" I suspect it's far far more often than he'd ever imagine & I'd like to think he'd find a little delight in that. (I admittedly wish he knew.)

get thee behind me, Satan! temptations that cut to the core of a man:

it's a little weird being on the other side of the world where it's just after 7am and all of my feeds are baseball chatter but hopefully this post is the tipping point and propels the Ms to victory (nevermind that my first few years in Seattle I always read GoM's as rhyming with "Tom's")

My favorite google translate menu oddities so far (likely will become a thread - they're in abundance) "I'll like one order of 'kill the sweetness of the pork' with a side of 'do bad things.' Thank you."

so basically the "this meeting could have been an email" of line drawings

Grab (Thai bike delivery) wouldn't let me add some stuff to my order that I forgot so I made a separate order 40 min later (delivery fee is like $2 so even plus tipping well it was reasonable). The two drivers left almost the exact same time - the race is on!

I'm sure she, too, woke up to catch the match this morning and was equally relieved at the offside disallowed goal.

despite my best efforts at google translate i'm 98% sure this woman at 2am in Thailand gave zero fucks about why i asked to take a selfie with her นั่นคือทีมจากเมืองของฉัน ฉันอยู่ที่นั่นตอนที่เราชนะ!

I was in Boston back in 2004 when games 4 & 5 went to 12 & 14 innings, lasting 5:02 hours and 5:49 hours, respectively. Just sixteen hours between games. That postseason went well for the Red Sox. Here's to the M's getting a taste of the good life!

🐉 +⚽️= 🥅

lol at the video of the guy amazed his thai bike taxi drove on sidewalks, over the line, then down tiny canal alleys and he asks "why'd they look for traffic on this path?" mate, if they *don't* drive a route like that you got a bad driver 555

I'll send anyone an alien costume who promises to wear it at said protests. a.co/d/9O53D6X

[taps mic] the shirt says "Dump 61 Here" - not "Dump Here" and not "Dump Here 61" [unplugs mic and yeets it into the Sound] (I'm just glad it wasn't the guy who was sitting by me at the game a week ago texting racial slurs to his buddy with giant oversized font on his phone)

If a state illegally sends its NG to another, does state 2 (or one they attempt to pass through) block them at the state border/not clear them for landing, perhaps with their own NG vs allow invasion? Just takes one battalion to follow an illegal order & we've got Cuban missile level brinksmanship 😬

ah yes, classic Portland soccer vibes (aka disrespecting women - receipts available on request if you have sufficient bandwidth for large files)

I hadn't planned on posting while traveling but NYT just put out a series of articles that are important imo I was deployed to JSOC's Camp Alpha in Afg (complete w/ bronze star) & literally heard someone say "they are Tier 1 Operators. they know the rules don't apply to them" tinyurl.com/3e6z7863

well if you're gonna go to a game this was a good one to go to. complete with Naruto M's jersey

First video - Nancy Kerrigan Second video - Tonya Harding

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, for in this way you can coerce their families." Hateful, Heartless, Hypocritical

i survived the rapture and all i got was this mark of the beast

as someone who is generally quite optimistic, i'm increasingly convinced the not-too-distant future is going to get so much worse. i'd love to be wrong

camo game on point

red breasted sapsucker

i love winning cups. i would love it even more if we didn't fall apart immediately thereafter

man, all it would take is one actually fraudulent election to just end this country

top 9 (in no particular order) since I'm not on the apps and don't care: Handsome Off Menu Nateland Short History Of Madigan's Pubcast Monday Morning Podcast Conan O'Brian Needs A Friend Wrong Turns 99% Invisible

gave 'em a nice pre-match reminder too

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Miami's spoiled, petulant child vibes are elite

the lack of Ragen and ARoldan is showing

when in rome (miami) ...

the Basques know what's up

I was blessedly unaware of what CK said before all of this. dear gawd that was a hateful man www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

if you only report every six months instead of every quarter you only have to get bad news half as often, which is therefore only half as bad - genius!

my brother and I have a recent tradition of sending each other cameos for our birthdays (last year he sent me Jon Lovitz). i just found the best possible one for him this year 😂 (can't post it until after the fact obvs)

From the reactions of everyone walking off the pitch I'll be surprised if we play a second half today

what percentage of Bugg's completed passes are back passes?

she also set the NWSL teenage "most divey flops" record a while back - truly remarkable numbers

idk what the laws are but i have to imagine they have grounds for a massive civil suit, if not a criminal one

one ticket to tonight's Reign match, free to a good home

Can Alex Roldan please shave his beard down to a handlebar moustache? it would be glorious