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Bryan Graham @bryanagraham.bsky.social · 22h

Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

At some point you gotta start calling it Game 6.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

When the Royals made their first World Series run in 2014 I was so emotionally unprepared for the stress of playoff baseball, to the point to where I almost don't even look back on that time as a positive experience. A game like this one might have killed me.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

Replay solves everything though!

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

I thought that it was good: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Folarin Balogun scores again and US improvement continues in 1-1 draw with Ecuador

The US results still aren’t matching performances, but now there are more reasons for optimism than ever

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

Enner Valencia. Is 35, seems like he should be 45, plays like he's 25.

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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 1d

We obtained leaked recordings of Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist. Here's what one of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley and US politics is saying about the end of the world behind closed doors.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

Here it is, a new contender for headline of the year. (Read the story). www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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phoneswithchords @phoneswithchords.bsky.social · 2d

God, I love this band.

phoneswithchords @phoneswithchords.bsky.social · 2d

The Olivia Tremor Control wants you to know it’s a new day.

music.apple.com/us/album/a-n...

A New Day by The Olivia Tremor Control on Apple Music

Song · 1999 · Duration 2:30

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Oh I am fully aware. Feels like you could hire at least 15-20 extremely good, national-level, unattached soccer people right now.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Interesting Q - I think at the most basic level they’re the same. If I were in charge of a lesson plan I’d probably have everyone write/report at least one story, but a more theoretical approach could be fine too. Important part is just to know more about it.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Same! But we’re definitely among the outliers. Mostly I’m thinking of everyone else in those classes who will never enter a newsroom but now have some notion of how that work is done and why. Really seems like most people just don’t know or care even though it’s, like, foundational to modern society

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

“But most kids won’t be journalists” yeah, most won’t be mathematicians or historians or athletes or fiction writers and many won’t speak another language fluently yet those topics are required because they’ll probably be present in your life every day no matter what you do. Journalism is the same!

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Resolved: Intro to Journalism should be a part of every high school’s core curriculum.

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Abigail Segel @abigailsegel.bsky.social · 3d

For the WNBPA and the NWSLPA, solidarity is an ethos as well as a strategy. I spoke with leaders from both unions to learn more about the organizations' strong relationship:

The US’s biggest pro women’s sports unions have found strength together

For NWSL and WNBA players’ unions, collective actions have been key to their successes in wholly different sports

www.theguardian.com

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Leander **PRE-ORDER THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 4d

Uefa says that allowing a Spanish La Liga match to be played in Miami, and an Italian Serie A one in Perth, isn't precedent-setting. But soccer's organizing principle has been shattered. Any game can go to the highest-bidding locale now.

Column @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Uefa allowing domestic games abroad is a sad turning point, ending soccer as we’ve known it | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The change may seem small, but the profit-seeking games are clearly the first step in a mass reorientation of the club game

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 5d

This is exactly how I felt when Marcus Mariota passed the ball to himself.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 5d

I love that Uefa’s press release announcing their approval of domestic league matches played abroad is headlined “UEFA confirms its opposition to domestic league matches played abroad.”

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 5d

Absolutely love this, from Luna’s brother. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“They talk about [Diego] like he’s a street baller. But he never played on the streets. This conception that you only develop the kind of skills he has as a Latino is by playing on the streets, that’s bullshit,” says Armando. “It was all by design. From training. From encouraging his creativity on the field, from discipline. He had to learn the mental aspect of the game quickly. We never criticized him for trying new things. That translates to his game now.”

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 5d

Really enjoyed working on this @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social piece about Diego Luna and how his family shaped the player he is today, with an identity that’s still wholly his own. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

In our family, there’s been zero doubt about Diego Luna’s USMNT identity

The attacking midfielder’s path to representing the US was natural for him, even if it seemed unorthodox to others

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 6d

+1 - totally fine question on a fine topic.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 7d

I'm sure a ton of people got to this point a while ago, but I'm officially ready to call 2025 the worst Sporting KC season of all time. 1999 held the title (for me) for a quarter century.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 9d

Oh hell yeah. Congrats!!!

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