Mark Smith

Geologist (he/him)
Ask me about MLS or rocks.

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

If tiktok hasn't managed to radicalized me, our (US) fascist police state will.

[dyllon waterhouse @Dyllon_AquaCasa]

@wednesdayaddamx Ai slop is crazy

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@VladKillian What happened?

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@Judgmental_Jim

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@Judgmental_Jim We should start honoring the video board for its own milestones. 200 matches is nothing compared to our electronic veteran. Honor the board by retiring it. Doing calculus from my backyard...

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

So……. the Mark Walter federal investigation colliding with Gianni Infantino’s preferred private-equity backers is………… a lot.

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@Judgmental_Jim Cue the sea shanties

[Nadia @thegenesisbl0ck]

Massaging my husband's scalp while he reads in bed. Not because I'm trying to be romantic, I just don't want him to go bald.

[Ryan Maue @RyanWeather]

Update: This "Super El Niño" will be perhaps the strongest in 500 to 1000 years, and could legitimately be the most extreme global weather or climate event experienced by humanity since the invention of the printing press. Only more extreme situation is a volcanic winter.

[Joe Wrote @joewrote]

Melat Kiros's advocacy for Palestine has cost her dearly. There were many points during the campaign when she could've taken the easy road and softened her anti-Zionism. Instead, she stuck to her principles. Glad to see she clarified this mispeak, and her commitment to ending Israel's occupation of Palestine remains unwavering. It really sucks we have to wait another 5 months for her to be sworn in.

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

​Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur:

​"My credit card doesn't work, I can't pay bills or transfers; my health insurance was cancelled. I feel like Pablo Escobar—all because I said, 'Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.'"

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@auzziejlee As an envoy, you take what is given.

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

🇦🇺💣 BREAKING: Hull City has reached a verbal agreement to sign Australia int'l defender Lucas Herrington for a deal worth up to $23m, per sources.

- $17m (!) fixed fee
- $6m add-ons
- 15% sell-on clause of any profit
- Deal not done, but just formalities
https://t.co/ARkZappu0X

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@billmaher The US started through intifada.

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🚨 BREAKING: All 41 Concacaf members have rejected Gianni Infantino's FIFA Forward Enterprise plans.

"Concacaf is a confederation united by the love of our game, where football comes first. Guided by this philosophy over the past ten years we have built, from the ground up, an organization founded on service, transparent governance, and the long-term stewardship of football.

"History has shown FIFA and the football family what happens when the custodians of the game lose sight of these values.

"With this in mind, Concacaf today convened a meeting of the presidents of its 41 Member Associations, together with its President, Council members, and its FIFA Council members, to discuss a proposal developed and presented by the FIFA President to establish ‘FIFA Forward Enterprise’ and sell interests in the FIFA World Cup to private investors.

"During the meeting, the membership expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies. In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history was questioned.

"The discussion reinforced the need for greater transparency and proper governance.

"For these reasons, Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations have:

'- Rejected the proposal;
- Tasked their FIFA Council Members with engaging FIFA to determine how existing FIFA reserves could be used to increase FIFA Forward funding for football development across our region; and
- Tasked their FIFA Council Members with instructing the FIFA President to ensure that any matter follows the proper governance processes via staff and FIFA Council, in accordance with the FIFA Statutes.'

"Through these actions, Concacaf reaffirms that football's future—and its greatest asset—must remain in the hands of our football family."

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[Logan McMillen 🇨🇺 🇻🇪 🇭🇹 🇵🇸 @South_Gradient]

*taps the sign

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

WTF

AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books. Scanning their contents to train models. Then turning the originals to pulp.

The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded.

Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently. The knowledge survives only as training data inside a system no one can hold, browse, or resell.

What used to sit on a shelf for centuries now exists as weights in a model that might get deprecated next quarter.

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

He's got that DOGso in him.

[Mark Smith @HesMarkSmith]

@TheRealAtencio @Judgmental_Jim Do i need to eat a shit sandwich to know it tastes bad?

[Colorado Rapids @ColoradoRapids]

Leading the charge for our return as Oar Captain, Dyllon Waterhouse 🚣 @C38sg

#COLvSD