Ron Read

Family guy. Emeritus academic doc. Walker among mountains. Watcher of birds. Settler: Songhees/Esquimalt land. Inveterate reader. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇬🇱

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@FIFAWorldCup @InfantinoGianni Thank you Belgium. Very well done.

[Dan @CfcDan_01]

🚨Zlatan Ibrahimovic on VAR after Croatia’s last-minute equaliser vs Portugal was ruled out:*

This referees are doing everything possible for Ronaldo to win the world cup but they will say Messi is the FIFA boy , This ball was never an Offside because the ball didn't touch the Croatia player , This is pure daylight robbery.

"The referee and VAR have just erased what should have been one of the greatest moments of this World Cup.”

"Let’s be clear: if you’re going to cancel a goal in the 90th minute, the evidence has to be beyond doubt. I’ve watched the incident multiple times, from every angle, and I still don’t see anything conclusive enough to overturn it.”

"If you’re in that VAR room for minutes, pausing, zooming, drawing lines to a shoulder, a boot, a heel… it’s not clear and obvious. And if it’s not clear, the goal must stand. That’s the whole point of VAR.”

"The referee has allowed technology to become the main character. But fans don’t fill stadiums or stay up late to watch a screen. They come for football — for drama, for emotion, for moments you remember forever.”

"Croatia showed real fight. They dug in, they scored late, they thought they’d earned a dramatic equaliser to keep their dream alive. Then one decision ripped it away, and that decision will be argued about for years.”

"This is why confidence in VAR is collapsing. It’s no longer fixing obvious mistakes. It’s hunting millimeters that nobody in the stadium can see with their own eyes. That’s not what football is supposed to be.”

"I feel for those Croatian players more than anything. You celebrate, you believe your World Cup is back on, and then it’s gone in seconds. For me, the referee on the pitch and VAR in the booth both got it wrong.

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

Years from now, I believe people will look back on this moment as one of the greatest self-inflicted failures in professional sports.

The public was ready.

Fans were excited.

Millions of people who had never watched a WNBA game suddenly became invested in women's basketball.

The league had the rarest opportunity in sports... a transformational superstar capable of changing its trajectory for generations.

Instead of embracing that moment, the WNBA chose culture wars over basketball, politics over player protection, and ideology over leadership.

Rather than showcasing the game at its best, it allowed controversy, inconsistency, and internal division to become the story.

And the generation of young girls who finally saw the sport capturing the nation's attention, instead got to watch the league squander one of the greatest growth opportunities it has ever been given.

[Sali @salisthoughts]

sponsors of @PhoenixMercury should pull their $$. As a brand you do not want to be seen as condoning violence against women. @athomas_25 literally stares CC in the face when she does this whilst the ball is knocked away behind her. Absolute THUG act!! @WNBA @CathyEngelbert

[allison @_girltalk]

So AT literally punches Caitlin's throat when the ball was already out of her hands... And this was a non-call by the refs/not even reviewed during the game with a "supposedly tight whistle".

I really hope this goes viral because AT is insane for this.

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

Paging Alberta.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@VolodyaTretyak Rocococococococo.

[Inna Vishik @InnaVishik]

People outside of academia sometimes find the concept of a department chair confusing. They are not your boss, manager, or CEO. They are more like an elected representative who negotiates with terrorists on your behalf.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@CalltoActivism @DiorIzzy Dolt.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@RpsAgainstTrump Dolt.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Hegseth: "We're still dealing with the environment Joe Biden created—depleting our stockpiles and sending them to Ukraine instead of our own military. Every time we face a challenge, it traces back to 'Well, sent it to Ukraine.'"

It looks like they’re just going to blame Ukraine whenever anything goes wrong now, doesn’t it? It’s depressing to watch because while this administration will eventually leave office, a segment of Americans will keep hating Ukraine without even remembering why.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@TheBreakdownAB I guess the Supreme Court will eventually be looking at this one.

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

double-double showing from Caitlin Clark in her senior national team debut 🇺🇸😈

#USABWNT x #FIBAWWC

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@PackerBackerJD What happened to Sonia Citron? We know that Unrivalled ruined Boston’s chance.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The cover of the Lancet. It says it all.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@ReallyAmerican1 Perhaps the time has come for Canada to start sending humanitarian aid to Minnesota.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

It was revealed in a court of law that Kyle Rittenhouse has an IQ of 67.
My goddamn Roomba is smarter than that

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@ReallyAmerican1 OK Alberta- it’s time to radically up your Little Free Library” game.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@snufflewort So say we all.

[Ron Read @RonRRead]

@WhiteHouse Nonsense.