BAH. ⚫️🐑 The Black Sheep Kit is our second partnership with Icarus FC. 50% of proceeds from our kit sale will go to The Black Women's Player Collective (BWPC). icarusfc.com/collections/...

Fall bike bus! We had about 20 kids and 20 parents! Normalize kids in bike lanes.

It has boggled my mind since I was sixteen that the moral hazard of driving does not weigh on literally everyone all the time. I hate it! I don't want to risk ruining or ending someone's life just to get to the damn grocery store, but where I live, I have to, every day.

"My only purpose—in this children’s zoo and in this worldly existence—is to give my children a better life, starting with interesting tidbits about the sleeping raccoon-like creature they’ve sprinted toward four weekends in a row."

Also just a friendly PSA that you are under no obligation to watch videos of horrific or gruesome events just because they appear in your feed. Sharing this because I'm familiar with the feeling of watching something without really thinking about it and then immediately regretting it.

Slightly diminish a book The Vassal of the Rings

Off the dome: split base of whiskey and tequila (or maybe mezcal?), jalepeño and aromatic bitters, black pepper simple syrup, stirred and served over a big rock. Garnish with orange and lime wheels (because it’s a truck, get it??)

Guess which one of these vehicles has a motor that prevents it from going too fast for the safety of others?

*crab-walked

Whenever I bike (or, on occasion, drive) on neighborhood streets, I stick to 15 mph. When you're going that speed, it's *amazingly* easy to stop should anything unexpected happen, This might be: -A driver pulling out of a driveway -A bicyclist doing a u-turn -A kid stepping out from behind a car

THE POPE CALLS IT "SOCCER"

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

“Donny, you’re like a guy who brings a handlebar basket to a Costco run. You have no frame of reference. No frame of reference, Donny!”

A reminder that cities aren't loud, cars are loud.

There are a lot of important reasons to bike - health, climate, financial, etc. But at the end of the day, it's just really fun to be able to smile and say hi to my friends & neighbors when we happen to pass each other in the bikelane.

🌸NEW POD🌸 We were delighted to speak with the legend that is Casey Krueger! We chat about motherhood in the NWSL, winning Olympic gold, funniest teammates, Frederick, candy corn, and a lot more! 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/0yVK... 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #nwsl #washingtonspirit

Wait, are you saying that limiting parking and providing good Metro and bike access meaningfully shift mode share?

Handy guide for dudes with opinions about other people's bike-riding: If they haven't asked for your opinion, and/or if they're not in imminent danger, keep your opinion to yourself. Thank you.

With ETR’s death it’s a good reminder that the only way we create a good soccer media ecosystem is with independent coverage. Here’s a good resource for finding some. But dont hist follow, support. go.bsky.app/Pysvk5B

The Penn Ave SE PBL has been unplowed for so long the ice now has utility markings painted on it.

With Toronto FC (re)hiring Robin Fraser, there are now 3 Black head coaches in MLS, along with Wilfried Nancy and new NYCFC boss Pascal Jansen. It's the most since the start of 2023 and, iirc, matches the league's all-time high. Read Allen Hopkins Jr on why it matters: andscape.com/features/bla...

da share z0ne, welcome to The War on Cars.

I hope that US cities start building continuous sidewalks instead of "raised crossings", which are def. better than nothing, but don't have the same psychological effect of showing priority of movement. With continuous sidewalks, vehicles must cross thu the walkway vs walkers crossing the roadway.

🚨 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 If you start the album version of Darude's masterwork "Sandstorm" at exactly 11:55:00 p.m., the biggest beat drop will coincide with the clock striking midnight.

A dang Christmas miracle!

In which Andre' does some (deserved) bragging about predicting this signing. #WashingtonSpirit #NWSL thedistrictpress.com/2024/12/17/w...

Charges and undercut fouls are just the weirdest calls in men’s college ball right now. One used to be a body control thing, and the other looks like boxing out but because a guy jumps on you, it’s somehow not? #oldmanyellsatcloud

Hell is empty tonight. All the demons and sinners are diving on the rainy streets of DC.

DC soccer fans know what’s up #thatsthespirit

It was touch and go, but we can confirm: MPF. I repeat, we have Metro Playoff Failure

i appreciate this piece. one of the stories of the playoffs was the environment at audi thanks to spirit supporters. back-to-back sellouts, the two highest attendances of all playoff games, and the atmosphere created was special and mattered deeply to the players.

Massive away win for the little fella.

LIGO picking up waves that sound like yuuup yup yup yup uhhuh uh huh

-The refs are part of the game. -It’s possible to do almost everything right and still lose. -Barbara Banda is damn near inevitable.

when i’m having an existential crisis but then my kids come upstairs and ask me if i wanna play

The vast majority of the posts in my feed right now are about the Spirit game, I’ve definitely set this thing up correctly

Reaching the #NWSL final was a year early for the Spirit, especially with the injuries. League is on notice, Spirit have to be the favorites next year. Tonight hurts, but next year is gonna be fun.

If a ref told me as a coach: “its a foul but not enough of a foul to call back”. In a final… I’d lose my job that night

the spirit's best chance was to keep the game close and do some spirit shit, one goal isn't insurmountable but it needs to stay one

That goal has to come back. Obvious shove that created the opportunity. Nothing away from Banda (who rocked Morgan) but VAR has to do their job here.

Croix Bethune is Midfielder of the Year and Trinity Rodman is proud teammate of the year

As the #Wicked movie hits theaters, I spoke to seven Elphabas — Idina Menzel, Stephanie J. Block, Ana Gasteyer, Jennifer DiNoia, Mandy Gonzalez, Lindsay Mendez and Mary Kate Morrissey — about one of Broadway’s most empowering roles

@mlsist.bsky.social Welcome

Bluesky has rebuilt the Twitter of 2011. Keep going. Time to rebuild Blogspot and Google Reader. Web 1.0 fundamentalists unite!

DC does this when?

🖤💛🖤💛 #thatsthespirit

I have biked to Georgetown from northeast twice in the last week, and it’s a 15 minute trip? God we could unlock so much more if we filled some key east-west gaps in our protected bike lane network. Relatedly, M street is still a nightmare.

The future AND the now ⭐ Washington Spirit midfielder Croix Bethune has been named the 2024 @Ally Rookie of the Year!