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[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

Galaxy rolling out a threadbare lineup today — no Riqui, no Dejan, no Delgado, Greg Vanney doesn’t have a shirt,

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Israel has arrested two Palestinian women’s national team players, Natalie Abu Dayyeh & Rand Al Halawini. The Palestine FA described it as part of the systematic targeting of their athletes.

Will the same media who were concerned about Iran’s women footballers say anything now?

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

The Suburbs probably is one of *those* albums huh? (The stood-the-test-of-time, now-a-classic-of-its-era kind.)

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

Yeah, I don’t know how any self-respecting reporter stays at 60 Minutes after this.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley on being fired: “I have been in combat in Afghanistan. I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.”
https://t.co/LYNUy96E8l

[Andy Matuschak @andy_matuschak]

A distressingly high % of the prose I see online is now AI-generated. It feels like I'm playing a coordination game in which a rising fraction of the world is defecting? And I guess it feels worse because there's this sense of insult—like, "did you think I wouldn't notice?" And then: "wait, do others not notice??" It's not subtle!

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

Waking up to this, two days in a row? Downright dreamy ✨

(There’s probably an album coming!)

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Iran fires missiles at Gulf States—we all condemn—and the whole world stands up condemning Iran.

Israel wipes out entire villages and bombing cities thousands of years old in Lebanon, the World is silent.

Zero deaths in Gulf States.
3,324+ killed in Lebanon.

Double standards.

[Alex Shams @alexshams_]

The US has refused to host Iran's national team for the World Cup even though they have to play all their games there

Which means they're based in Tijuana and will have to fly on the day of their games

I've never heard of this kind of discrimination in World Cup history

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

One of the many things I dislike about the style of "make AI go well" discourse from frontier AI companies is how nationalist the whole thing has gotten.

In the 2010s, it was: "we're here to benefit all of humanity"

In the 2020s, "we're here to benefit all of 4% of humanity"

And even the Good People are buying into this frame completely😢

And they expect humanity to go along, because "come on, be a realistic adult, it's either us or Chiiina" or something like that

(And on the EU side, you get "[X] with European values", which too often seems to mean "the same stuff they're doing, but with Us instead of Them in charge")

Very big-dog-small-dog energy, morally speaking.

[guatemalan sith lord 🇬🇹🇺🇸🇲🇽 @hispanic_boi]

I might quit my job to focus on the World Cup

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

Regardless of how you feel about the proposal: it is a very, very good thing for the Left that Bernie is taking AI seriously.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

AI is built on humanity’s collective knowledge.

The wealth it generates must benefit humanity — not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other AI oligarchs.

That’s why I’ll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act — to give the public a direct ownership stake.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Can you imagine the reaction if Mamdani marched in a Syria Day parade with Bashar al Assad? Or in a Russia Day parade with Vladimir Putin? But he’s getting flak for avoiding marching in an Israel Day parade with Bezalel fricking Smotrich. Oh the double standards and hypocrisy!

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

Unbelievable that Mamdani has gotten flak for skipping a parade that Smotrich—who is proudly overseeing the West Bank’s ethnic cleansing and annexation—and Eliyahu—who suggested nuking Gaza and bombing humanitarian aid—are marching in.

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

Yoshida’s last touch for the national team was a lovely long switch to the left wing.

[Alex Ruiz @AlxRuiz15]

Here’s the moment Yoshida came off the pitch for Japan.

A standing ovation at the National Stadium for one of Japan’s most important players of the last decade.

#LAGalaxy

[Alex Ruiz @AlxRuiz15]

Here’s the moment Yoshida came off the pitch for Japan.

A standing ovation at the National Stadium for one of Japan’s most important players of the last decade.

#LAGalaxy

[Schmidt @AndrewSchmidtFC]

@nikolasklein @sarahjcohen1 Congrats to you both!!

[Michael Galant @michael_galant]

Hegseth has now murdered over 200 people in the Caribbean and Pacific without public evidence or trial.

[Sturgeon's Law @Sturgeons_Law]

Their new girlfriend is women.

[Mahmoud Khalil | محمود خليل @mahmoudkhalel]

The FBI investigated me for 12 days and found nothing. Their probe closed 10 days AFTER my arrest. The Trump administration knew there was no case and went on calling me a national security threat. They lied. They're still lying, trying to deport me.

https://t.co/7E6W6kSNzp

[Tommy Stella @tommy_stella]

I know we all treat him like a creative god on here because he made the cool space franchise, but it is genuinely so cool and inspiring that in his retirement he made a museum love letter to storytelling. Like thank you, George. That's genuinely so important right now.