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Steve Voght @voght.org · 3h

We were apparently ---><--- this close to having a USWNT game at T-Mobile Park in late November, before the other team backed out and USSF had to pivot

Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 4h

Ever wonder how #USWNT + #USMNT:

⚽️ Schedules opponents for friendlies?
🏟️ Picks cities/stadiums for games?
🎟️ Sets ticket prices?

Here's how, including real examples of why Germany came to East Hartford, and the game that won't happen next month in Seattle — because everything is interdependent.

Inside how U.S. Soccer chooses opponents, venues, prices for USMNT and USWNT matches

USMNT and USWNT fans often complain about high ticket prices, repetitive cities and weak opponents for games, but U.S. Soccer explains everything that goes into such decisions.

www.espn.com

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 3h

Reign FC also introduces the Lu Barnes Award, presented by Paula’s Choice Skincare, to annually honor a Reign FC player who exemplifies integrity, leadership and excellence - with captain and club original Lauren Barnes recognized as the first-ever recipient

A very hasty photoshop of Lu Barnes giving Lauren Barnes an award.

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 17h

Boston what on earth are you thinking, in a temporary stadium an hour from civilization, with all sorts of World Cup scheduling hell next summer bsky.app/profile/jack...

Jackie @jackiedigital.bsky.social · 17h

Boston Legacy season tickets are among the most expensive in the NWSL. While there are other teams that have comparable or more expensive prices (mostly premium seating), Boston tops the list for most expensive supporter group STM.

*Reign & KC prices are from 2025

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 20h

Ball Corporation has a chance to do the funniest thing ever

Boston Legacy FC @bostonlegacyfc.com · 21h

We can’t wait to show you who’s front and center on our kit 👀

A person carrying a black garment bag with the Boston Legacy crest

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Ride of the Valkyries @rideofvalkyries.com · 1d

13 years, 250 games (so far), and nearly every league appearance record and honor. #ThankYouLu
www.sounderatheart.com/2025/10/laur...

Lauren Barnes announces retirement at end of season

The team captain’s impressive career will be celebrated at Friday’s match.

www.sounderatheart.com

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 1d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 1d

With today's result, all eight NWSL playoff spots could be secured next weekend:

* Reign and Gotham each need a draw or for NC to draw/lose
* Thorns and Wave each need a win or for NC to draw/lose
* Racing needs a win or NC loss + Dash draw/loss + ACFC draw/loss

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

spectacular

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Andrew S(poooky) 👻🎃 @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 2d

If I chose to invest in speculative bubbles I would simply sell before the bubble burst, maybe I’m built different

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 2d

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 2d

“If I can’t violate people’s civil liberties what’s the point of even being a cop?”

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.”

Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 2d

At @sounderatheart.com and @rideofvalkyries.com we promise that every typo, piece of weird lead art and paragraph of stilted prose has been and will continue to be 100% painstakingly created and edited by real humans

Jeff Veillette @jeffveillette.bsky.social · 2d

Truly atrocious piece, too. Screencapping so you don't have to give them the traffic.

Literally just an emotionless, robotic summary of the game sheet, with a note telling us that they couldn't even bother getting an editor to skim it

The race to the bottom is such garbage

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 2d

"One source told me that some of the reversals came after the Trump administration realized that they had accidentally terminated critically important staffers working on current measles and Ebola outbreaks."

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

…really?

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash.

This is breaking news.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 2d

this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 3d

Reign fans, your rooting interests for playoff-clinching purposes are for the Spirit to beat the Courage today, and for Angel City to draw or beat the Dash tomorrow.

And if KC would like to beat Gotham by a dozen that would be helpful, too.

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 3d

To put a ribbon on how absurd this ironwoman stat is, the next closest player to Lu is McCall Zerboni, who retired after 217 appearances... followed by Jess Fishlock, who made her 213th appearance tonight.

Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 3d

History maker ✨

With tonight's appearance, Lauren Barnes is the first-ever player in NWSL history to reach 250 regular season appearances. Congratulations, legend! 👏

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Eben Novy-Williams @ebennovywilliams.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman has a new three-year contract, per sources. Under her guidance the league has seen large commercial growth and undergone multiple expansions. #NWSL

More via @sportico.bsky.social 👇
www.sportico.com/personalitie...

NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman Receives 3-Year Contract Extension

Jessica Berman received a 3-year extension as NWSL commissioner. The deal was executed by the league's four-person executive committee.

www.sportico.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Royal Guard SG @royalguardsg.bsky.social · 3d

Today, the Guard is hosting an event at Golden Roosters at 5pm and welcoming the traveling supporters from @bayfcsupporters.bsky.social

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Washington State Ferries @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov · 3d

Plan ahead:
-Check latest updates on @wsdot app, including real-time map
-Sign up for rider alerts
-Be flexible and consider multiple public transit options if seeing @mariners.com, @uwfootball.bsky.social, or @reignfc.com

Washington State Ferries @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov · 3d

WSF expects service disruptions on all routes this evening Read full alert

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Steve Voght @voght.org · 4d

Shoot your shot tonight, Pioneer Square / CID parking lots.

SpotHero screenshot showing absurdly high parking lot rates of $59-$215 in the International District of Seattle for Friday night between 6:30 and 10:30 pm, when the Mariners are hosting the deciding game of their ALDS playoff series and the Reign are playing at Lumen Field.

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 4d

The Onion headline:

Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him

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