nicolas poppe
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this one’s definitely worth a read if you’re into mls
The 10 best and 10 worst designated players in MLS history www.espn.com/soccer/story... [via @espn.com]
Ibrahimovic, Messi, Gerrard: The 10 best and 10 worst DPs in MLS history
With the MLS transfer window opening Thursday, ESPN looks back at some of the best and worst big-money signings in league history.
www.espn.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
this one’s definitely worth a read if you’re into mls
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Great thread--read the whole thing. Commercially-produced AI is almost entirely a plague on education: it does almost nothing useful and is playing a big role in sabotaging the development of the expertise and knowledge required for the few modestly helpful applications of generative AI.
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
June 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great thread--read the whole thing. Commercially-produced AI is almost entirely a plague on education: it does almost nothing useful and is playing a big role in sabotaging the development of the expertise and knowledge required for the few modestly helpful applications of generative AI.
i’m the kind of guy who insists to the doubters that the ILL notification system is, in fact, down.
June 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i’m the kind of guy who insists to the doubters that the ILL notification system is, in fact, down.
really don’t get most late-1960s films (not for a lack of trying)
June 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
really don’t get most late-1960s films (not for a lack of trying)
the hits keep on coming
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
the hits keep on coming
you know what? there’s absolutely no reason why you should feel like you have to learn how to surf.
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
you know what? there’s absolutely no reason why you should feel like you have to learn how to surf.
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“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment
pet peeve: former american soccer players who talk about football when they’re analysts on u.s. tv.
April 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
pet peeve: former american soccer players who talk about football when they’re analysts on u.s. tv.
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These are all amazing projects, and well deserved. But yet again, the ACLS only awards projects on Latin America by historians. No one from a Spanish dept in sight. 🙄
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACLS Fellowships! This year, the program will award more than $3.5 million to 62 scholars, recognizing outstanding research in the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4jwiyEq
American Council of Learned Societies Awards 62 ACLS Fellowships
ACLS Fellowships award $3.5 million to scholars in recognition of excellence in humanities and social sciences research
bit.ly
April 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
These are all amazing projects, and well deserved. But yet again, the ACLS only awards projects on Latin America by historians. No one from a Spanish dept in sight. 🙄
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Arsenal played with so much confidence and without fear, when on night’s like this, with so much at stake, things can get tight and stuffy. There was none of that despite injuries. Lightness to it all, and fun to be had. Great to see players enjoy these big games.
April 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Arsenal played with so much confidence and without fear, when on night’s like this, with so much at stake, things can get tight and stuffy. There was none of that despite injuries. Lightness to it all, and fun to be had. Great to see players enjoy these big games.
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.
A pivotal group of Senate Republicans is set to deliver a symbolic rebuke to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian products.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
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Share the media.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
March 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Share the media.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
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Sean Baker on physical media after an Oscar win last night, captured from @letterboxd.social
March 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sean Baker on physical media after an Oscar win last night, captured from @letterboxd.social
last week, i took one of my sons to a game shop for pokémon day. when i was asked what i knew about the game (and its worlds), they were not impressed with my answer:
“i saw INSPECTOR POKÉMON.”
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“i saw INSPECTOR POKÉMON.”
🥴
a pikachu wearing a detective hat is being held by a man
Alt: a pikachu wearing a detective hat is being held by a man
media.tenor.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
last week, i took one of my sons to a game shop for pokémon day. when i was asked what i knew about the game (and its worlds), they were not impressed with my answer:
“i saw INSPECTOR POKÉMON.”
🥴
“i saw INSPECTOR POKÉMON.”
🥴
how many of the intellectual authors of trumpism are failed, loser academics?
Lawrence Krauss—well known for his history of sexual misconduct and his long term association with Jeffrey Epstein—editing and publishing this book just as U.S. Republicans are aggressively destroying entire research infrastructures is. . .a choice. This book is a farce. Mock it accordingly.
These people should be ridiculed and laughed out of every room they enter.
March 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
how many of the intellectual authors of trumpism are failed, loser academics?
if the world is falling apart, arsenal could at least beat forest. is that too much to ask?
February 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
if the world is falling apart, arsenal could at least beat forest. is that too much to ask?
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If you’re a T-Mobile customer and a #MLS fan, today’s the day: you can get a code for free #MLSSeasonPass.
You if you don’t have T-Mobile and want Season Pass…time to make friends with someone who has T-Mobile.
You if you don’t have T-Mobile and want Season Pass…time to make friends with someone who has T-Mobile.
February 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you’re a T-Mobile customer and a #MLS fan, today’s the day: you can get a code for free #MLSSeasonPass.
You if you don’t have T-Mobile and want Season Pass…time to make friends with someone who has T-Mobile.
You if you don’t have T-Mobile and want Season Pass…time to make friends with someone who has T-Mobile.