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Philly-born, DC-based. Dad of two. We’re all we got, we’re all we need.

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Welcome to Green Line Soccer Introducing my new outlet covering the Washington Spirit and D.C. United.

Do you want my thoughts on the Washington Spirit and D.C. United?

This is where they're going to be. Introducing Green Line Soccer:

20.02.2026 01:03 👍 357 🔁 71 💬 22 📌 26

if there is one lesson I've learned from a career in sports analytics, it is this

normal people have no fucking clue what percentages mean

19.02.2026 14:39 👍 199 🔁 19 💬 16 📌 7
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How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.

US Citizenship & Immigration Services is an agency most Americans rarely hear about. It administers the *legal* immigration system. Under Trump, the agency has turned into an enforcement tool in service of the broader crackdown. My latest @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

17.02.2026 14:38 👍 283 🔁 144 💬 2 📌 7

Yeah that’s brutal. No easy solution unfortunately

11.02.2026 01:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah iron deficiency can do all sorts of things, our oldest had low iron and it was causing strange but minor symptoms. But the biggest thing is that like with all phases, it ultimately will pass (even if it feels like forever when you’re in it) and he’ll be just fine. Hope he grows out of it quick.

11.02.2026 01:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our kid had them only occasionally. I know it’s extremely upsetting to listen to but they’re ok. Best advice is make sure they get to bed on time/get plenty of sleep. And we found that it was better to wait to console them until they’re out of it.

11.02.2026 00:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s just stunning. Photos I took there are among my most favorite I’ve ever taken.

08.02.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Went 9 years ago so don’t have specific restaurants. Really enjoyed Himeji Castle. Make time for walking around Tokyo and letting serendipity happen, pop into a random ramen shop or store or cafe. Learn enough Japanese to say hello, thank you, please, etc. comfortably. Japan is wonderful.

08.02.2026 15:59 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Strangers’ Case I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by

The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...

05.02.2026 15:01 👍 754 🔁 224 💬 3 📌 24
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'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.

www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

01.02.2026 12:53 👍 2702 🔁 1012 💬 36 📌 78
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The Garden State Parkway's Jon Bon Jovi Rest Stop Is Playing Fast And Loose With Famous Quotes | Defector CHEESEQUAKE, N.J. — Have you ever scored a touchdown? I never played real football, so my own experiences have been pretty low-key, but man, did they feel great. I think I remember almost all of them—...

Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅

The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...

29.01.2026 15:23 👍 388 🔁 115 💬 2 📌 12

Devastating news. May his memory be a blessing.

29.01.2026 01:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Dead Admonish, by John Ganz Facing the ghosts of resistance and exile

Resharing this for Holocaust Remembrance Day harpers.org/archive/2024...

27.01.2026 13:08 👍 60 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0

Finish 17th and win the CL 🔒

20.01.2026 20:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you!!

17.01.2026 17:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I want an Office-style documentary set in the KPop Demon Hunters universe following the record execs who decided to sign the Saja Boys when they first break onto the scene.

17.01.2026 15:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think Mamdani only succeeds through a material approach, so conditional on Mamdani’s success this is a very likely outcome

02.01.2026 01:55 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics

14.12.2025 23:18 👍 1884 🔁 187 💬 50 📌 24
screenshot of the iconic Onion article of De Blasio with headline "De Blasio: "Well Well Well, Not So Easy to Find a Mayor that Doesn't Suck Shit, Huh?". De Blasio's head has been replaced by a poorly cropped headshot of Ange Postecoglou, his name has been replaced by "Postecoglou", and the word "mayor" has been replaced by "Manager"

screenshot of the iconic Onion article of De Blasio with headline "De Blasio: "Well Well Well, Not So Easy to Find a Mayor that Doesn't Suck Shit, Huh?". De Blasio's head has been replaced by a poorly cropped headshot of Ange Postecoglou, his name has been replaced by "Postecoglou", and the word "mayor" has been replaced by "Manager"

14.12.2025 16:05 👍 241 🔁 36 💬 5 📌 5

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.

Praying for his full & speedy recovery.

And so deeply inspired by his example.

14.12.2025 14:37 👍 14900 🔁 3582 💬 163 📌 116

The thing I try to explain the most to those who don’t live here is that the Nuzzis of the world live in Washington (the place that deserves your ire) and the rest of us live in D.C., a collection of diverse, mostly quiet, walkable residential neighborhoods with no federal representation

08.12.2025 21:31 👍 1091 🔁 194 💬 12 📌 5

@profanity.accountant testing one two three?

29.11.2025 12:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What’s important to consider, while watching the Eagles, is that life is nothing but a slow march toward eternal darkness.

28.11.2025 22:10 👍 102 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 3

Jamelle is absolutely correct

24.11.2025 19:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)

24.11.2025 19:48 👍 1458 🔁 64 💬 326 📌 254

I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.

24.11.2025 11:36 👍 811 🔁 156 💬 9 📌 4
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Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.

Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980

www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...

23.11.2025 18:04 👍 1965 🔁 243 💬 1 📌 0

…have you gotten to the end for the best detail in the article?

18.11.2025 01:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@aaronschatz.com sorry to be nitpicky but in the special Super Bowl matchups it’s mistyped as “malace at the palace” and should be “malice”

17.11.2025 17:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0