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JZ
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Mostly yelling into the void about sports. Occasionally posting about travel, coffee, food, beer, and random Atlanta things.
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I wish I expected more from Emma Hayes here but… sadly this is in the ballpark of what I expect from her. She’s an incredible coach, 100%. But I’ve never gotten the vibe that she’ll stick her neck out for what’s right. Hasn’t spoken with the team about it?! #USWNT

(also, kudos to JT for asking her)
jtannenwald.bsky.social Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 55m
I asked Emma Hayes today:

How are the players in #USWNT camp taking in all that’s going on in Minnesota and nationwide?

How is she handling it with a squad that's not just younger than usual, but is missing many names who regardless of age might lead on this?

And how is she processing it herself?
First of all, my condolences are to all the family members for those victims. Because it doesn't matter - I can sit here and talk about the loss of tragic life everywhere. It's not something that first of all, as a mother, I want to see. It's upsetting on so many levels to see that happen, and I think they're in everybody's minds. But I haven't spoken about it with the squad, genuinely. I think the way we structure our camps, there's not a lot of sit-down time. Though I have got a Lego time today with them, another one, and paint-by-numbers - because I like that one too. [I note here, not to opine on Emma’s words in the moment of reporting them: if you’ve seen her Instagram feed, you know she’s been doing this both as a mental activity and having players engage with her son Harry. - JT] But we haven't spoken about it. And maybe that's because they're all reasonably new to camp, and whether they're familiar with it or not, whether they're comfortable talking about it or not, I don't know. But it hasn't been a topic of conversation this week in camp. And perhaps they're having it amongst themselves, but they're definitely not having it in front of me. But I know that each and every one of them would feel equally empathetic and thoughtful about it and it's not something that any of us enjoy seeing.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Super frustrating goal for Norwich to concede there, Vlad should never be getting beat near post like that. Made all the more aggravating by Coventry getting away with violent conduct, should’ve been down to 10. #ncfc
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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I do think this is noteworthy.. the silence from a lot of the current #USWNT is disappointing, at minimum. They dhave another game tomorrow and I’m very curious to see what, if anything, we see or hear from them. It was good to see Becky & Sam Mewis speak out but I expect more from the squad.
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A Saturday and a state killing: soccer as Minnesota is torn apart | Jeff Rueter
On the whims of Fifa’s Peace Prize winner, a life usually so focused on sports has found anything but peace
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
www.mobilize.us
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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amandamull.bsky.social
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
jzimmermann11.bsky.social
Concur - I was going to post about the precipitation we got overnight here, fair bit of frozen water out here in Atlanta
Branches & berries covered in ice Berries covered in ice sit on a deck railing with icicles and behind is a grill cover with a bunch of ice Deck railing covered in ice with icicles hanging down Bottom of the grill cover with icicles hanging down and a coating of ice on the deck wood below
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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prashanthiyer.bsky.social
The Wings are now 17-5-2 in their last 24 games and tonight’s 5-1 win marks the 5th time in that stretch they’ve won by 4 or more goals.

This team is the real deal folks
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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helmerroids.bsky.social
Reality is bad but the sports are good
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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KASPER!!!! HELL YEAH MARCO KEEP IT GOING!! 🚨🚨🚨 #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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CAT!!! That’ll do it! 🚨🚨 #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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3-1 Wings
If nobody got me I know Lucas Raymond got me Can i get an LGRW?
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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I have a bad feeling this one gets called off for a high stick… #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
jzimmermann11.bsky.social
COMPHER AGAIN!!! 🚨🚨 #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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COMPHER!! #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Man that is some embarrassing officiating in Winnipeg at the moment sheesh, Wings getting hosed a fair bit #LGRW
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
jzimmermann11.bsky.social
Spotify seriously gonna send an email, TODAY OF ALL DAYS, about another price increase???? Man get the FUCK out of here with that mess. I know I should’ve canceled already, I’m sorry don’t hate me etc., but better late than never. Kick rocks, assholes.
January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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JAIL IS LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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blaw.bsky.social
a worthless, lying, subhuman insect--just like every other ICE agent.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM