Ezra
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With seven attackers out and three away games this week, had a lot of tired heads and legs, not as sharp as usual, could have used better subs, were a bit slow on their goals, but dug in. Feels like two points dropped but will be a useful point down the stretch.
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With seven attackers out and three away games this week, had a lot of tired heads and legs, not as sharp as usual, could have used better subs, were a bit slow on their goals, but dug in. Feels like two points dropped but will be a useful point down the stretch.
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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
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Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Let them eat bathroom is a hell of a message
After an 18-month siege, a two-day massacre with the piles of bodies and pools of blood visible from space. Horrific. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
‘A true genocide’: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkiye, Jordan and Qatar express alarm as more evidence emerges of mass killings by paramilitary forces in Sudan's in el-Fasher.
www.aljazeera.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
After an 18-month siege, a two-day massacre with the piles of bodies and pools of blood visible from space. Horrific. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
For the cup, would go full rotation with 2-3 exceptions.
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For the cup, would go full rotation with 2-3 exceptions.
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
Kepa (needs to stay sharp if called on; Raya needs mental breather)
White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS (need minutes, others need recuperation)
Nwaneri, Norgaard, Rice (two need minutes; Rice if fit needed for dead balls and connecting blocks)
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🇷🇺 Moscow (dpa) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to give NATO and EU countries a non-aggression guarantee. ➡️💭 I mean, I learned in high school history class that non-aggression agreements were worthless...
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🇷🇺 Moscow (dpa) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to give NATO and EU countries a non-aggression guarantee. ➡️💭 I mean, I learned in high school history class that non-aggression agreements were worthless...
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What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What’s the point of being a political reporter if you accept a national politician pretending to not know about anything that’s happening, including things directly relevant to his job, and move on after you get that answer?
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reality is very upsetting to the right wing so they are spending a ton of time and money building an alternate reality safe space to delude themselves into believing they aren't unpopular assholes
New: Elon Musk appears to have just launched "Grokipedia," billed as a more right-leaning rival to Wikipedia: grokipedia.com
Story to come. If you try it out, I'd be interested to hear what you find.
Story to come. If you try it out, I'd be interested to hear what you find.
Grokipedia
grokipedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
reality is very upsetting to the right wing so they are spending a ton of time and money building an alternate reality safe space to delude themselves into believing they aren't unpopular assholes
I'm often confused. Just gonna keep a running list of things that baffle me.
1. Standing on escalators/moving walkways. You've just been sitting for hours. Once you reach something moving you lose all will to aid your own locomotion, staring off vacantly, blocking those trying to pass. Who hurt you?
1. Standing on escalators/moving walkways. You've just been sitting for hours. Once you reach something moving you lose all will to aid your own locomotion, staring off vacantly, blocking those trying to pass. Who hurt you?
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'm often confused. Just gonna keep a running list of things that baffle me.
1. Standing on escalators/moving walkways. You've just been sitting for hours. Once you reach something moving you lose all will to aid your own locomotion, staring off vacantly, blocking those trying to pass. Who hurt you?
1. Standing on escalators/moving walkways. You've just been sitting for hours. Once you reach something moving you lose all will to aid your own locomotion, staring off vacantly, blocking those trying to pass. Who hurt you?
Big Gyôk chipping in with a scrappy goal! 3-0
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Big Gyôk chipping in with a scrappy goal! 3-0
Martinelli wildly out of control but somehow got a foul that big Gabi scores from!!!!
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Martinelli wildly out of control but somehow got a foul that big Gabi scores from!!!!
MLS should have closed down when Raya went AWOL on the sideline. Gave them way too much space for a potshot at goal. Our most vulnerable moment that half
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MLS should have closed down when Raya went AWOL on the sideline. Gave them way too much space for a potshot at goal. Our most vulnerable moment that half
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Tuesdays are a battlefield.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tuesdays are a battlefield.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
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is a half-cooked unprofitable energy-intensive bullshit machine run by a bunch of technofascist sociopaths to hoover up engagement with zero ethical guard rails in a collapsing unregulated country going to enshittify?
real question for the ages there
real question for the ages there
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
is a half-cooked unprofitable energy-intensive bullshit machine run by a bunch of technofascist sociopaths to hoover up engagement with zero ethical guard rails in a collapsing unregulated country going to enshittify?
real question for the ages there
real question for the ages there
Sadly, this is the reality. Appeasement didn't work with Crimea in 2014 and it never works with autocrats. Russian imperialism and attempts to erode democracy are a grave threat to Europe, and an even greater threat if rewarded with more territory.
"The only reason for Putin to stop is if he is stopped." A senior German general said that unless Russia is stopped in Ukraine, democracy and the rule of law in the rest of Europe will be at severe risk.
Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help Ukraine
European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.
nyti.ms
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sadly, this is the reality. Appeasement didn't work with Crimea in 2014 and it never works with autocrats. Russian imperialism and attempts to erode democracy are a grave threat to Europe, and an even greater threat if rewarded with more territory.
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OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.
Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.
Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
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Colombia officially accuses the Trump regime of murder after it exposed that Trump and Hegseth ordered the murder of unarmed civilians in order to score political points for themselves. This was civilian murder and a war crime. We demand a criminal investigation and Trump’s arrest.
Colombia: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters”
“Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing.”
“The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.”
“Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing.”
“The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.”
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Colombia officially accuses the Trump regime of murder after it exposed that Trump and Hegseth ordered the murder of unarmed civilians in order to score political points for themselves. This was civilian murder and a war crime. We demand a criminal investigation and Trump’s arrest.
Was already obvious throughout the first trump administration
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was already obvious throughout the first trump administration
Great Sunday for Arsenal so far. Now the big one. Expect Liverpool to win easily, but man u also save their best performances for games like this.
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great Sunday for Arsenal so far. Now the big one. Expect Liverpool to win easily, but man u also save their best performances for games like this.
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No, really. It was founded by Josemaria Escrivá in 1928 in Spain. Escrivá was closely tied to Franco's regime and was known to praise Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and support authoritarian dictatorships worldwide. Opus Dei members are tied to some of the worst human rights abuses of the 20th century.
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
No, really. It was founded by Josemaria Escrivá in 1928 in Spain. Escrivá was closely tied to Franco's regime and was known to praise Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and support authoritarian dictatorships worldwide. Opus Dei members are tied to some of the worst human rights abuses of the 20th century.
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perhaps if you'd been a skosh more political we wouldn't have dim zealots who operate at a third grade reading level demolishing the regulatory state, karen
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
perhaps if you'd been a skosh more political we wouldn't have dim zealots who operate at a third grade reading level demolishing the regulatory state, karen
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Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”
Honestly just discovered the martini. How can adding more liquor to vodka and an olive help it go down like water?
October 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Honestly just discovered the martini. How can adding more liquor to vodka and an olive help it go down like water?