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Went way out into near the Nova Scotia from the gulf of Maine to spot these amazing humpback whales. What a privilege. Thank you @BarHarborWhales for the amazing experience. cc @lonelywhale

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A New York miracle

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Dani Carvajal is the only player who started all 6 of the recent champions league finals for Real Madrid. To stay that competitive for over a decade is incredible.

[Erin Price-Wright @espricewright]

If you're a naturally anxious person, I recommend pursuing a high stress career path where at least you'll be compensated for anxiety you're going to have anyways.

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@sidlowe And by all this I mean Madrid’s latest troubles, including this press conference

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@sidlowe Can��t help but keep thinking, all this started when Madrid decided to boycott the Balón d’or ceremony in protest.

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Most madrid fans agree with this actually are quite over Vinicius.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🎙️| Thierry Henry on how Real Madrid’s problems started was due to that Vini Jr.’s reaction to being subbed off in El Clásico as the TURNING POINT in the club’s internal atmosphere:

🗣️ “Everyone will blame tactics. Some will blame injuries. Others will say Barça simply found another level. But if you actually watched Real Madrid closely this season, you know exactly when the collapse started. It started the moment one player decided his ego was more important than the manager’s authority.

Madrid were flying. Seven points clear of Barça, second in the Champions League, Mbappé looked locked in, the dressing room was together, they’d won 13 out of 14 games and Xabi Alonso finally had the team playing with structure, discipline and intensity.

Then came El Clásico.

Madrid are winning 2-1, Xabi makes a tactical decision, takes Vinicius Jr. off… and instead of reacting like an elite professional, he reacts like someone whose ego got bruised in front of the cameras. That moment changed EVERYTHING internally. You could literally feel the atmosphere shift around the club after that.

Top players don’t always like being subbed, but the smartest ones understand the bigger picture. Vinicius didn’t. That’s the difference. Cristiano Ronaldo hated coming off, but he still understood the manager’s authority. Vinicius made it about Vinicius. And once a dressing room starts questioning whether the manager is actually in charge, it’s over.

Vinicius never had the tactical IQ Xabi Alonso was demanding, from his wide players. Xabi wants control, discipline, positional awareness, pressing triggers… Vinicius plays on emotion and chaos. Brilliant in moments, yes, but when the game requires sacrifice and structure, he struggles with it. That’s why the relationship cracked.

And Florentino Perez made it even worse. Instead of backing the manager who had Madrid dominating for months, he panicked. Absolute impatience. Bringing in Álvaro Arbeloa into that environment was madness. Managing Real Madrid isn’t a youth academy experiment. The role swallowed him whole because it was too big, too political, too demanding.

Madrid didn’t lose the title because Barça were unstoppable. They lost it because the club lost control internally. One emotional reaction from Vinicius exposed fractures that Xabi Alonso was trying to keep hidden. From that moment onward, the project started eating itself alive.

That’s the brutal truth Madrid fans don’t want to admit.”

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@NealGardner_ Believe me, we are all embarrassed. It’s really time for Vini to move on.

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This doesn’t happen under a real manager. Sigh

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"Real Madrid are turning into the fight club" 🥊

Real Madrid players have been holding a crisis meeting at their training ground after Federico Valverde was taken to hospital today after a fight with team-mate Aurelien Tchouameni ⚪️

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Levels to this game

[Mercury @mercury]

ICYMI: Mercury is now in Claude via MCP.

Ask it anything. Like "am I still paying for that Vercel account?" (You probably are.)

https://t.co/3nYMbmNnVo

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@jeiting *creates more gdp 🙂

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@jeff_weinstein @stripe Visiting from from New York. I asked the person next to me on the plane any SF recommendations? She said: “have you been in a Waymo?”

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@gabe_kaufman I think it’s time to cut Vinicius loose. He gave us some great years but think it’s over. Surprising Madrid being this bad they stayed in the tie until the last 5 mins.

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@LucasNavarreteM Dude…. We got lucky twice by avoiding second cards for militao and rudiger. 3rd time not so lucky.

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💯

[dany @danywander]

me and @claudeai

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Captain’s performance

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@sidlowe Me thinking “dammit thumper” for after even chance Madrid misses 😂

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@KiyanSo What did we expect putting Arbeloa as coach.

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If Arbeloa can manage Real Madrid, you can get promoted whatever your job is.

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@andruyeung @huang_song_ Apple still scares the crap out of you

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@Kit86421 @sfchronicle He died on Polaris which is a black diamond