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UFC gets idea for their next anti doping policy
Elon Musk denies drug use by posting a screenshot of a drug test with the caption: “lol.”
Elon Musk Continues to Insist He Is Not on Drugs, Now With Screenshot of Drug Test
It’s come to this.
www.vanityfair.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
UFC gets idea for their next anti doping policy
Whether he believes the words or not, whether they were said or not, and whether they were lipservice or sincere: LMFAO
There are so many practical hand-to-hand systems already used by even just American enforcement agencies that are way more applicable than UFC MMA.
No shade to the source 1/2
There are so many practical hand-to-hand systems already used by even just American enforcement agencies that are way more applicable than UFC MMA.
No shade to the source 1/2
Dana White lauds FBI director Kash Patel wanting to work with UFC: ‘All of these guys should be trained in [MMA]’ www.mmafighting.com/2025/4/22/24...
June 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Whether he believes the words or not, whether they were said or not, and whether they were lipservice or sincere: LMFAO
There are so many practical hand-to-hand systems already used by even just American enforcement agencies that are way more applicable than UFC MMA.
No shade to the source 1/2
There are so many practical hand-to-hand systems already used by even just American enforcement agencies that are way more applicable than UFC MMA.
No shade to the source 1/2
For real, a game like that is the joy I needed with the news cycle that feels more like a firehose to the face.
a man in a suit and tie is raising his arms in the air in an office .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is raising his arms in the air in an office .
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
For real, a game like that is the joy I needed with the news cycle that feels more like a firehose to the face.
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What it's gonna feel like to post about sports on social media for the next four years
January 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What it's gonna feel like to post about sports on social media for the next four years
I will not hear another **unwarranted** dog-pile on a sole defenseman in a team sport.
#oilers #letsgooilers #oilersnation
#oilers #letsgooilers #oilersnation
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I will not hear another **unwarranted** dog-pile on a sole defenseman in a team sport.
#oilers #letsgooilers #oilersnation
#oilers #letsgooilers #oilersnation
@ the Nurse catastrophizers always, but mostly after he does a fine job on that goal. 💅
#oilers #stanleycupfinal #letsgooilers
#oilers #stanleycupfinal #letsgooilers
a man with a mustache is holding a fork in his hand and says `` sit down '' .
ALT: a man with a mustache is holding a fork in his hand and says `` sit down '' .
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@ the Nurse catastrophizers always, but mostly after he does a fine job on that goal. 💅
#oilers #stanleycupfinal #letsgooilers
#oilers #stanleycupfinal #letsgooilers
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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
June 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There are so many people in this fandom, incl the fighters, who KNOW what is happening, but they don't push back on anything.
A lot of warrior chest-beating, & how many of them take the risk of criticizing their own community?
A lot of warrior chest-beating, & how many of them take the risk of criticizing their own community?
No audience has proven more reflexively obedient than UFC fans. They are Trump’s perfect crowd: conditioned to worship strength, programmed to mistake dominance for leadership, and incapable of recognizing their own humiliation.
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-ufc-...
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-ufc-...
Bread, Circuses, and the 'Enemy Within'
After deploying the military to enforce "law and order" amid anti-ICE protests in LA, Trump appeared at a UFC event in New Jersey in a spectacle befitting the strongman he imagines himself to be.
www.sportspolitika.news
June 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There are so many people in this fandom, incl the fighters, who KNOW what is happening, but they don't push back on anything.
A lot of warrior chest-beating, & how many of them take the risk of criticizing their own community?
A lot of warrior chest-beating, & how many of them take the risk of criticizing their own community?
It's a meat-grinder.
I believe in #combatsports
But not like this.
I keep thinking of all the fighters who talk about being "warriors" or "going to war" in the cage.
But they won't stand up for themselves & unionize?
Bad mathematics.
Pedro's the brave one here.
#mma
I believe in #combatsports
But not like this.
I keep thinking of all the fighters who talk about being "warriors" or "going to war" in the cage.
But they won't stand up for themselves & unionize?
Bad mathematics.
Pedro's the brave one here.
#mma
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners program did an in-depth examination of the UFC. I get quoted as does a few others in & around the mma industry
amp.abc.net.au/article/1053...
amp.abc.net.au/article/1053...
Athletes expose the reality of fighting for survival in the UFC - ABC News
amp.abc.net.au
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's a meat-grinder.
I believe in #combatsports
But not like this.
I keep thinking of all the fighters who talk about being "warriors" or "going to war" in the cage.
But they won't stand up for themselves & unionize?
Bad mathematics.
Pedro's the brave one here.
#mma
I believe in #combatsports
But not like this.
I keep thinking of all the fighters who talk about being "warriors" or "going to war" in the cage.
But they won't stand up for themselves & unionize?
Bad mathematics.
Pedro's the brave one here.
#mma
Highlights.
From fall 2019 to winter 2020, I was a graduate research assistant for a public health lab (great timing).
There was friction between what I was being asked to find & what they wanted to include in the definition of "public health."
Good to see this kind of work here.
From fall 2019 to winter 2020, I was a graduate research assistant for a public health lab (great timing).
There was friction between what I was being asked to find & what they wanted to include in the definition of "public health."
Good to see this kind of work here.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Highlights.
From fall 2019 to winter 2020, I was a graduate research assistant for a public health lab (great timing).
There was friction between what I was being asked to find & what they wanted to include in the definition of "public health."
Good to see this kind of work here.
From fall 2019 to winter 2020, I was a graduate research assistant for a public health lab (great timing).
There was friction between what I was being asked to find & what they wanted to include in the definition of "public health."
Good to see this kind of work here.
I'm going through Ted Lasso again, s 3, ep 10.
About how the game doesn't belong to the owners of teams.
It belongs to the fans. To the people who play it.
To the people who love it.
I wish the #oilers played tonight like they loved the game, instead of just sticking it to the other team.
About how the game doesn't belong to the owners of teams.
It belongs to the fans. To the people who play it.
To the people who love it.
I wish the #oilers played tonight like they loved the game, instead of just sticking it to the other team.
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm going through Ted Lasso again, s 3, ep 10.
About how the game doesn't belong to the owners of teams.
It belongs to the fans. To the people who play it.
To the people who love it.
I wish the #oilers played tonight like they loved the game, instead of just sticking it to the other team.
About how the game doesn't belong to the owners of teams.
It belongs to the fans. To the people who play it.
To the people who love it.
I wish the #oilers played tonight like they loved the game, instead of just sticking it to the other team.
I love me some combat sports, but #hockeyfans this game is a lost cause.
#Panthers got under the skin and stayed there. Start to finish.
#oilersnation
#Panthers got under the skin and stayed there. Start to finish.
#oilersnation
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I love me some combat sports, but #hockeyfans this game is a lost cause.
#Panthers got under the skin and stayed there. Start to finish.
#oilersnation
#Panthers got under the skin and stayed there. Start to finish.
#oilersnation
Look, I'm pulling for the #oilers but chasing a guy and grabbing his stick is not exactly playoff caliber strategy.
Come on, now. Be mad but acting out in the final series.
Not even about good looks or honor, just fully hurting your own team.
#beagoldfish #playoffs
Come on, now. Be mad but acting out in the final series.
Not even about good looks or honor, just fully hurting your own team.
#beagoldfish #playoffs
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Look, I'm pulling for the #oilers but chasing a guy and grabbing his stick is not exactly playoff caliber strategy.
Come on, now. Be mad but acting out in the final series.
Not even about good looks or honor, just fully hurting your own team.
#beagoldfish #playoffs
Come on, now. Be mad but acting out in the final series.
Not even about good looks or honor, just fully hurting your own team.
#beagoldfish #playoffs
Is this the distraction I'm seeing in gameplay here?
Oilers losing to Florida *exactly* the same way #RaiseUp did.
They think “Florida are goons, we can be goons too” and try to win an imaginary dick-measuring contest instead of actually getting to their game.
They think “Florida are goons, we can be goons too” and try to win an imaginary dick-measuring contest instead of actually getting to their game.
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Is this the distraction I'm seeing in gameplay here?
Romance.
This look at McDavid slinking through the Panthers D to find Draisaitl (via Oilers) 🤌🏼
June 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Romance.
Cohesion and speed - too soon to call them coffin nails, but I do hope they tiiighten that up, b'ys
#oilersnation #stanleycupplayoffs
#oilersnation #stanleycupplayoffs
June 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Cohesion and speed - too soon to call them coffin nails, but I do hope they tiiighten that up, b'ys
#oilersnation #stanleycupplayoffs
#oilersnation #stanleycupplayoffs
Playoff hockey in the gay bar means draft lager and crystal chandeliers. My haaaaven
#playoffs #oilers #silverlinings
#playoffs #oilers #silverlinings
June 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Playoff hockey in the gay bar means draft lager and crystal chandeliers. My haaaaven
#playoffs #oilers #silverlinings
#playoffs #oilers #silverlinings
Courage comes in a lot of shapes and styles and flavors.
Getting in the cage is one.
Having this level of moral conviction in, specifically, the UFC, when it could expose you and your career to extraordinary risk - that is another, and frankly tougher.
Compassion is courageous.
Getting in the cage is one.
Having this level of moral conviction in, specifically, the UFC, when it could expose you and your career to extraordinary risk - that is another, and frankly tougher.
Compassion is courageous.
In a rare moment of catharsis after more than 20 months of war and devastation, an Irish MMA fighter shouted “Free Palestine” while dominating his Israeli opponent—an IDF soldier implicated in the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
www.sportspolitika.news/p/irish-figh...
www.sportspolitika.news/p/irish-figh...
"Free Palestine": Irish Fighter defeats IDF soldier linked to Gaza atrocities
Irish MMA fighter Paddy McCorry was captured on camera shouting "Free Palestine" as he dismantled IDF soldier Shuki Farage at Cage Warriors 189.
www.sportspolitika.news
June 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Courage comes in a lot of shapes and styles and flavors.
Getting in the cage is one.
Having this level of moral conviction in, specifically, the UFC, when it could expose you and your career to extraordinary risk - that is another, and frankly tougher.
Compassion is courageous.
Getting in the cage is one.
Having this level of moral conviction in, specifically, the UFC, when it could expose you and your career to extraordinary risk - that is another, and frankly tougher.
Compassion is courageous.