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[Blake Harris @BlakeHHarris]

Dodgers to the rest of baseball

[Etan @EtanBoss]

Landon Donovan says America is missing soccer talent because kids can’t afford to play.

“Only 2% of kids playing organized soccer in America came from households that made less than $50,000.”

“If you don’t make $50,000, your kid cannot play organized soccer.”

“Think about how many kids you’re missing out on in this country because they can’t afford to play the game.”

“There is zero chance I could have played club soccer.”

“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids.”

“She couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400.”

“That’s not a good system to create good players.”

[Harrison Lee @HarrisonCLee]

Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely

[gio🦁 @Clapped_Dre]

The day US soccer players stop needing to have an average household income of 300k a year to have youth development is the day we start competing for a cup

[DailyRapFacts @DailyRapFacts]

15 years ago today, Kendrick Lamar dropped his debut album “Section.80” 📀

It featured “A.D.H.D”, “Rigamortus”, “HiiiPower”, Hol’ Up” & many more tracks

[Jackson Lloyd @JacksonLloyd]

We are losing the plot when this is how blog boys talk to Hall of Famers.

Pretty f*ckin’ lame given DeMar DeRozan’s story coming up + the mental health stuff he’s spoken on.

From what I gather, been nothing but gracious with young players, media, fans, etc.

To be frank, this would you laughed out the room with coaches and players. Make sure this nonsense stays on Spreadsheet / Useless Acronym Twitter.

Basketball is more jazz and abstract art than binary notation.

Stats (or data, to put it better) have their place, but there are dozens of variables that will always be imperfectly accounted for.

Honestly, it’s funny how simple the explanation for this is:

1. DeRozan’s teams were still good with him on the court in his prime

2. His on-offs are less than stellar because he was staggered with Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors had an elite bench

End of rant, good riddance

[Acyn @Acyn]

Garcia: While you were being assaulted, you told the agents that you had filmed this on your phone?

Bazan: Yes.

Garcia: And that’s when they took your phone away. These agents didn’t just take your phone. They sold it. They pawned it at a kiosk for $250. Is that correct?

Bazan: Yes.

[Danielle May B. Here @Builtahouse]

people: I can't believe the US is tuning in to this anti-american, anti-family propaganda

bad bunny: *dances through a multi-generational community, a wedding, families dancing together, only lapsing into English to say "God Bless America" as red, white & blue rockets go off*

[Melissa Sanchez @msanchezMIA]

9/ Despite DHS’ claims, the government has never provided evidence of any Tren de Aragua presence in the building. In fact, federal prosecutors never charged any of the 37 immigrants detained that night with any crimes tied to the gang or that building.

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and U.S. citizens to target...squatters

[Nate @dodgernate]

Thankful. This is what started the Dodgers dynasty of the 2020s

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

this is an absolute disaster for meta.

and most people don’t know the tenth of it.

meta studied the solutions to child safety problems, calculated the growth impact, then shelved the fixes for years because metrics mattered more than protecting kids.

in 2019, safety researchers recommended making teen accounts private by default to stop adult strangers from messaging minors. the growth team ran the numbers and found it would cost 1.5 million monthly active teens per year.

policy, legal, communications, privacy, and safety teams all pushed for the change. one safety researcher asked: “isn’t safety the whole point of this team?”

meta waited five years. during that time, teens experienced billions of unwanted interactions with adults. billions. instagram had 38 times more inappropriate adult-teen interactions than facebook messenger.

the company had a 17-strike policy for accounts trafficking humans for sex. you could violate prostitution and solicitation policies 16 times before meta suspended your account. when the head of safety joined in 2020, she was shocked to find instagram had no way to report child sexual abuse content, even though users could easily report spam or intellectual property violations.

meta’s own employees saw what was happening. one wrote: “targeting 11 year olds feels like tobacco companies a couple decades ago. like we’re seriously saying ‘we have to hook them young’ here.”

another researcher studying problematic use said: “oh my gosh yall ig is a drug. we’re basically pushers.”

when meta ran a study showing that deactivating facebook and instagram reduced anxiety, depression, and loneliness, they killed the research and never published results. one employee worried internally: “is it going to look like tobacco companies doing research and knowing cigs were bad and then keeping that info to themselves?”

then in 2020, when congress asked if meta could determine whether increased platform use among teenage girls correlated with depression or anxiety, meta answered: “no.”

they had the data. they had the solutions. they had employees begging them to act. meta chose growth metrics instead, then lied to congress about what they knew.

they knew kids were being trafficked. they knew adults were messaging minors. they knew their products were addictive. they knew the fixes. they ran the math on protecting children and decided it cost too much engagement.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

absolute disgrace.

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

NOTE: This video was taken immediately after the Border Patrol agent entered the women's restroom at a bar in Long Beach, Calif. brandishing a load firearm with one in the chamber.

[Ball Don't Stop @balldontstop]

Look at these buckets 🤦🏽‍♂️ Imagine throwing this player in today's spaced out mismatch hunting league. He'd have a 100 point game.

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

“some 300 agents from Border Patrol, the FBI and other agencies stormed the 130-unit apartment complex. SWAT teams rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades,”

In the end, no one was charged.

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

Views From The 6.

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

To beat the champ, you gotta knock 'em out!

One week ago today, the Dodgers became back-to-back World Series Champions. 🥹

[ColeIsKing @ColeIsKing_]

Good Morning World

[Noah Camras @noahcamras]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the gutsiest pitching performance ever.

World Series G2: 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8 K, W
World Series G6: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6 K, W
World Series G7: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, W

He is the undisputed World Series MVP. He is the best pitcher on the planet.