I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.
Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...
The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.
That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.
Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.
Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.
For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.
Texas senate race 2026:
- Guy who cheated on his wife who is a state senator and used his position as Attorney General to cover up an affair
- Regular guy with regular girlfriend
Remember when Ken Paxton called places like Denton, Killeen, and San Marcos cities run by “pro crime extremists” because the citizens overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize marijuana locally? Then he sued to block all of the initiatives, eventually winning in appeals court? We remember that.
@_fat_ugly_rat_ Is it possible that:
1. GA was red in 2022;
2. That US Senate seat flipped only because Walker ran a crazy campaign; and
3. GA has become/remained purple because voters decided they actually like Warnock (and Ossoff) post-election?
Among other things, this thread reveals that Texas road conditions are getting worse. Oklahoma prioritizes road repair, while we prioritize road expansions.
The federal transportation program is already large enough to keep our roads in good repair—$43.2 billion per year would do it. The problem is not how much we spend, but how we spend it. 1/6
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@dilanesper You can’t use the defendant’s 5A-protected silence to make an inference. Inferences must be fact-based (speculation isn’t allowed), and a defendant’s silence is not a fact that a judge/jury is allowed to consider.
ICYMI: Pope Leo supports everyone advocating for the end to the death penalty in the USA & the world. "I pray your efforts will lead to a greater acknowledgement of the dignity of every person & will inspire others to work for the same just cause." (📽️/Vatican Media )
A lot of people are asking why more politicians are not like Ben Sasse.
Because voters will not elect them, that’s why. They may say they care about character, but most don’t vote that way.
Instead they vote party line, ideology, self-interest, or out of pique against a perceived enemy.
How can we expect our leaders to embody higher levels of virtue if a majority of voters don’t make personal character a red line?
It looks like we get the leaders we deserve.
Last night, CNN, TMZ, CBS and others reported the dinner gunman was “confirmed dead.” In fact, he was alive and had not been shot. (Just shot at). At a dinner honoring White House reporting, the rush to be first instead of being accurate was on full display. Speaks volumes.
BREAKING: DHS is actively changing its so-called “smart wall” map in real time. Big Bend National Park now shows a slew of new patrol roads & “vehicle barriers.”
As we've warned--the map can and will change with no public notice, no Congressional approval, no nothing. (1/5)