RobV

A limitless source of micro-aggressions. Fiat currency devotee. Sac flies are for losers. Never Trump.

[RobV @RobVarak]

@barneyronay One of the best skills to develop when following sports is the ability to shrug-off anything said within an hour after competing

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

Maybe if you don’t want people writing about your unsecure bribe plane, don’t solicit one from a petrostate royal family to begin with.

[RobV @RobVarak]

@HellenicHist0ry It's not just the ancient world...

[RobV @RobVarak]

@SonnyBunch This kind of stuff is worse because he is, for better or worse, perceived as The Last Auteur.

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

Rewatching DUNKIRK, I’m reminded some folks got mad about the use of the phrase “the Enemy” instead of “the Nazis,” as if, I guess, we wouldn’t know who the British and French fought in World War II? Every time a Nolan movie comes out there’s some deeply insane controversy.

[tedfrank @tedfrank]

The major, and dispositive, difference between US and European soccer development is that in the US, parents pay to teach their kids soccer. In Europe, academies speculatively offer to develop kids, and then profit by selling the rights to the developed player to teams.

[Vidge @sivbreak]

Just noticed that the FIFA World Cup goal-scoring record has been obliterated. It’s not even Klose.

[RobV @RobVarak]

@obvious_shirts MLB Network has been so perilously close to being great since Day 1, but their choice of talking heads is mostly so poor it undermines the whole endeavor. Not just on that show, either. Across the board.

[RobV @RobVarak]

@jeffma @BetTheProcess @RufusPeabody @RevsPrez But Mr. Brown's dismissal of the need for free-to-play was a mistake. MLS's efforts are nice , but in a nation our size laughably inadequate. We do need to find those unicorns, but we can't do that with vastly improved access to the game similar to that which they have elsewhere

[RobV @RobVarak]

@jeffma @BetTheProcess @RufusPeabody @RevsPrez I enjoyed this talk a lot. It's always great to see people in influential positions openly engaged with the pressing questions of improving US soccer.

[𝔸𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕙𝕝𝕒𝕖𝕤 @AmityShlaes]

A propos lawfare, Coolidge in 1924:
"I am a Republican, but I cannot on that account shield any one because he is a Republican. I am a Republican, but I cannot on that account prosecute any one because he is a Democrat."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

[RobV @RobVarak]

@AdamCrafton_ Is there even a debate? It's a problem that everyone identifies but refuses to have the courage to solve. And there are good, money-making solutions to be had. They are just blocked by entrenched interests with whom nobody has decided to compete...yet

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

Trump just said the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was attacked by missiles from “the Islamic Republic of Japan.”

[RobV @RobVarak]

Gross

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🚨 BREAKING: Russia’s ban from the Olympics has been lifted, paving the way for its return for Los Angeles 2028.

The International Olympic Committee announced that Russia will be allowed to return, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine that triggered their suspension in October 2023 ⤵️
https://t.co/r699VLr5r9

[Josh Pigford @Shpigford]

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[RobV @RobVarak]

@EinSchwarzwelt Fuck the pyramid. Kill the travel teams dead like the leeches that they are. They're exclusionary, shit for development, erode communities, bad for the kids and worse for families.

[RobV @RobVarak]

@ThatEricAlper Jarrod Lawson

[RobV @RobVarak]

@AndrewMarchand The only people who advocate for specialization are those profiting from it or those being fleeced for profit.

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

Mo Salah and Lionel Messi in the tunnel. Game recognize game 🫡