Mike Goodman
@themlg.bsky.social
Soccer nerd. Sometimes I even do soccer poasts.
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Mike Goodman
@themlg.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Ahh! This explains the new followers. Welcome!
You should listen to @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social where @michaelcaley.bsky.social and I do soccer yammering that’s occasionally about soccer.
Like today when we talked about Euros (the currency) and the Turkish Lira.
You should listen to @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social where @michaelcaley.bsky.social and I do soccer yammering that’s occasionally about soccer.
Like today when we talked about Euros (the currency) and the Turkish Lira.
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This place is morally superior to Twitter for reasons that don't need to be explained on here. But I think the sense that being here is a moral act in and of itself (it's not) gives a lot of people permission to lecture strangers about things that are dumb and also frankly none of their business
January 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This place is morally superior to Twitter for reasons that don't need to be explained on here. But I think the sense that being here is a moral act in and of itself (it's not) gives a lot of people permission to lecture strangers about things that are dumb and also frankly none of their business
“It is your moral obligation to accept being driven to suicide by our bullying” is more or less the operating ethos of a subset of very large and very toxic accounts on this website and they should all be nuked from orbit.
Yeah again, not telling you how to post but the number of people I see both enthusiastically celebrating “running off” someone and decrying people still being on X is not zero. You gotta choose guys!
I find it hard to square the preciousness about "why would someone ever stay on Twitter?" when everyone on this site knows that the community here intentionally chased off lots of people.
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“It is your moral obligation to accept being driven to suicide by our bullying” is more or less the operating ethos of a subset of very large and very toxic accounts on this website and they should all be nuked from orbit.
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Yeah again, not telling you how to post but the number of people I see both enthusiastically celebrating “running off” someone and decrying people still being on X is not zero. You gotta choose guys!
I find it hard to square the preciousness about "why would someone ever stay on Twitter?" when everyone on this site knows that the community here intentionally chased off lots of people.
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Yeah again, not telling you how to post but the number of people I see both enthusiastically celebrating “running off” someone and decrying people still being on X is not zero. You gotta choose guys!
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I reiterate my opinion that to the extent I disagree with Bluesky moderation it is that they do at least an order of magnitude too little
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I reiterate my opinion that to the extent I disagree with Bluesky moderation it is that they do at least an order of magnitude too little
Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino and Julian Nagelsmann agree.
this summer could be a great time to be an available manager
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino and Julian Nagelsmann agree.
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When you on a spree,
so you can play 3-4-3,
that’s Amorim
Then you give him the sack,
Because he dared to talk back,
That’s Amorim
so you can play 3-4-3,
that’s Amorim
Then you give him the sack,
Because he dared to talk back,
That’s Amorim
So
-wade through a year and a half of shit football under a new manager
-let him exile several of the team's best prospects for obscure reasons
-he finally gets the team playing reasonably well
-sack him at full cost because he complained in public about transfers www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...
-wade through a year and a half of shit football under a new manager
-let him exile several of the team's best prospects for obscure reasons
-he finally gets the team playing reasonably well
-sack him at full cost because he complained in public about transfers www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...
Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim after 14 months in charge
Former midfielder and current Under-18s coach Darren Fletcher will now take over on an interim basis.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
When you on a spree,
so you can play 3-4-3,
that’s Amorim
Then you give him the sack,
Because he dared to talk back,
That’s Amorim
so you can play 3-4-3,
that’s Amorim
Then you give him the sack,
Because he dared to talk back,
That’s Amorim
I am just imagining being the line officer tasked with determining whether the OnlyFans model is prolific enough to qualify for an O visa.
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I am just imagining being the line officer tasked with determining whether the OnlyFans model is prolific enough to qualify for an O visa.
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So United have now sacked Amorim right as they started to look mildly competent and after they told the guys he didn’t like to fuck off over the summer?
Never ever change.
Never ever change.
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM
So United have now sacked Amorim right as they started to look mildly competent and after they told the guys he didn’t like to fuck off over the summer?
Never ever change.
Never ever change.
Sitting on a snow delayed train in Rotterdam ama (except when we will get moving because my six-year-old is asking me that every 15 seconds).
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Sitting on a snow delayed train in Rotterdam ama (except when we will get moving because my six-year-old is asking me that every 15 seconds).
Really good thread.
I've seen a million posts like this but that's just not how international politics works. What really matters is power, not credibility or moral consistency. If Xi Jinping thinks he can successfully invade Taiwan at acceptable cost, he will do it
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Really good thread.
One could theorize that while the original deal was rejected, another deal, in which the U.S. asking price of getting to do a cool black bag operation to get Maduro was agreed to, might later have been accepted by all relevant parties (except Maduro himself obv).
important point is that these offers were not made behind Maduro's back -- he was negotiating with the US for his own freedom and safety, but with a Rodriguez-sibling transition plan for the country
it seems kinda like the US just did a military operation to achieve that instead of a negotiated one
it seems kinda like the US just did a military operation to achieve that instead of a negotiated one
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
One could theorize that while the original deal was rejected, another deal, in which the U.S. asking price of getting to do a cool black bag operation to get Maduro was agreed to, might later have been accepted by all relevant parties (except Maduro himself obv).
So I’m not exactly sure how materially different this is from selling classified information.
one wonders if it was someone in a decision making capacity making this bet www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
So I’m not exactly sure how materially different this is from selling classified information.
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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My understanding was that when you did regime change it was customary to change the regime.
“The display of force and unity undermined President Trump's earlier comments that Washington would work with Rodriguez to run Venezuela.”
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
My understanding was that when you did regime change it was customary to change the regime.
This guy stinks!
… Jared Polis celebrates that “… the tyrant has fallen!”
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
This guy stinks!
This is a good statement.
Dems have mostly been making good statements.
Hakeem Jeffries is a dipshit.
Dems have mostly been making good statements.
Hakeem Jeffries is a dipshit.
My full statement on Trump’s unconstitutional military operations in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is a good statement.
Dems have mostly been making good statements.
Hakeem Jeffries is a dipshit.
Dems have mostly been making good statements.
Hakeem Jeffries is a dipshit.
All this would take is an Arsenal treble and a Saka injury and an England World Cup win. So, you know, never say never!
declan rice for ballon d’or? you’re hearing it more and more
January 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
All this would take is an Arsenal treble and a Saka injury and an England World Cup win. So, you know, never say never!
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To summarize:
1.) Kidnap Maduro
2.) Declare we're occupying the country and taking the oil.
3.) ??????? Where are the troops? The oil is too expensive??
4.) ??????
5.) GREAT FASCIST VICTORY FOR GENERALIISSAMO TRUMP
1.) Kidnap Maduro
2.) Declare we're occupying the country and taking the oil.
3.) ??????? Where are the troops? The oil is too expensive??
4.) ??????
5.) GREAT FASCIST VICTORY FOR GENERALIISSAMO TRUMP
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
To summarize:
1.) Kidnap Maduro
2.) Declare we're occupying the country and taking the oil.
3.) ??????? Where are the troops? The oil is too expensive??
4.) ??????
5.) GREAT FASCIST VICTORY FOR GENERALIISSAMO TRUMP
1.) Kidnap Maduro
2.) Declare we're occupying the country and taking the oil.
3.) ??????? Where are the troops? The oil is too expensive??
4.) ??????
5.) GREAT FASCIST VICTORY FOR GENERALIISSAMO TRUMP
How do people think Republicans made Benghazi happen?
So I strongly disagree with the notion floating around here that Democrats retaking Congress (or even just the House) would have little effect on the war that Trump just started unlawfully. That is pretty much the only meaningful move on the table and war opponents should pursue it relentlessly.
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
How do people think Republicans made Benghazi happen?
So like do we have people in Venezuela doing this?
Or is this one of those things grandpa says and we all pretend about?
Or is this one of those things grandpa says and we all pretend about?
TRUMP on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
So like do we have people in Venezuela doing this?
Or is this one of those things grandpa says and we all pretend about?
Or is this one of those things grandpa says and we all pretend about?
Good statement.
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Good statement.
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One thing we can agree on: The new Pentagon press corps is covering every angle of this story. I feel very informed by all the news it's breaking.
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
One thing we can agree on: The new Pentagon press corps is covering every angle of this story. I feel very informed by all the news it's breaking.