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WoSo generally, NWSL & Liga MXF especially. Midwest based. Please send book recs or favorite recipes.

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Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · Nov 15

New Bluesky friends: are you into NWSL, LMXF, or women’s soccer/football generally?

Here are some great places to start:

WoSo Starter Pack
go.bsky.app/EucPPCe

KC Current:
go.bsky.app/LivosUd

Main WoSo feed:
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Black soccer journalists/creators:
go.bsky.app/KFsNexh

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Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · 6h

Everytime I write about Racing Louisville losing a very winnable match they take THE step.

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 6h

Jameese Joseph scores her third of the season, and it's an absolute gem 💎

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Taylor Vincent @tayvincent6.bsky.social · 7h

#KCvGFC NWSL Availability

KC
SEI/ML: Cook, DiBernardo, Gagne
OUT: Kristen Hamilton (hip)
???: Temwa Chawinga (knee), Hailie Mace (lower leg), Kayla Sharples (lower leg)

Gotham
SEI: Davidson,Torres
OUT: Ann-Katrin Berger (knee), Geyse (knee), Gabi Portilho (thigh), Ella Stevens (knee)
INTL: Whitham

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Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve heard Presbyterian

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Chicago Stars FC @chicagostars.com · 17h

Off to the races! 😤

⏰ 6:30 PM CT
📺 FOX 32 / Marquee / NWSL+

✈️: United Airlines

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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 19h

Got my Temwa Chawinga socks in time for tomorrow's match! #KCbaby

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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 20h

'Let’s pause here to appreciate the sheer absurdity. We’re talking about pulling agents off child trafficking cases... so they can arrest people whose biggest crime is working without the right paperwork.'- @mmasnick.bsky.social on Trump's "Immigration Theater" www.techdirt.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump’s Immigration Theater: Pulling Cops Off Child Sex Crimes To Chase Landscapers

So let me get this straight. The same administration that claims fentanyl is such a dire threat that it justifies sweeping tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China is simultaneously pulling federa…

www.techdirt.com

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Taylor Vincent @tayvincent6.bsky.social · 1d

#LOUvCHI NWSL Availability

Racing
SEI/ML: Lund, Pokorny, Sekany, K Wright
OUT: Baggett (excused), DeMelo (illness), Flint (suspension), Kanu (knee)
??? Morris (lower leg)

Chicago
OUT: Bike (lower leg), Groom (SEI), Kuikka (thigh), Maitane (lower leg), Roccaro (excused), Swanson (ML)
INTL Johnson

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

How to negotiate with Putin: First, make sure he knows he can't win
From @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.

www.nytimes.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Melina Melinae @melinae07.bsky.social · 1d

Liga MX Femenil week 14 brought us Amandine Henry scoring a hat-trick, poor refereeing in a crucial game between Club América and Rayadas, and so much more! #SomosDesafiantes⚡️

www.allforxi.com/liga-mx-feme...

Liga MX Femenil Week 14: A controversial win for Club América and Toluca shines with a Amandine Henry hat trick

Officiating was one of the protagonists in this week 14 but not for good reasons. While all the big teams keeps cementing their positions in the table, Rayadas is still a big question sign.

www.allforxi.com

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

Read it here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Situation: Three Thoughts on the Comey Arraignment

I’ve never seen an arraignment hearing quite like this one.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 22h

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in a statement announcing its decision to recognize Maria Corina Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025:

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 22h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Boston Fleet @pwhlfleet.bsky.social · 1d

You guys remember that time Alina so casually broke the record for fastest jailbreak goal at 9 seconds...

NINE. SECONDS. 🤯

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 1d

Top scorers by team in the #NWSL after MW23

14 - Chawinga, KCC
13 - Gonzalez, NJ/NY
10 - Lumdila, Chi
10 - Sears, RL
8 - Monday, Spirit
8 - Tiernan, ACFC
8 - Banda, Pride
7 - Matsukubo, NCC
6 - Moultrie, Thorns
6 - Adames, Reign
5 - Tanaka, Utah
5 - Hocking, Bay
4 - Cascarino, Wave
4 - Ryan, Dash

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Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · 1d

Have to wonder if Orlando is making room for something big, or if Angel City is getting away with something.

Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 1d

#NWSL TRADE (and yes the intra-league window is still open for 28 more hours 😱):

Angel City GETS Zambian forward Prisca Chilufya and a 2025 international roster spot

Orlando Pride GET $50K transfer funds

Chilufya arrived in Orlando in January on transfer from Juarez and had a deal through 2027

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Bobbie Draper - Martian Marine & Cucumber Sandwich Enjoyer @nicosan1.bsky.social · 1d

Prisca to Angel City.

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Least favorite ligament of all time

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d

Asking the hard questions we all want to know, will Utah be able to make a last push for a playoff spot 🤔

@carmax.com | #RoadToTheShield

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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LoKell @lokell.bsky.social · 2d

I love this by @chicagolocal134.com - an absolutely brilliant idea.

Chicago Stars FC @chicagostars.com · 2d

@chicagolocal134.com really said, “Our queen bee deserves her own galaxy.” 🐝🌌

To honor their Star of the Month, they surprised Bea Franklin with her very own star! 💫

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Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · 1d

I love this for you and for us