Kim McCauley
@kimischilling.bsky.social
I write and edit @thetransferflow.bsky.social. Data and scouting @ Crux Football. Former: Angel City. Contact: kim [at] varianceincorporated [dot] com
Struggling through a workout that is just absolutely nothing for me generally seems like a pretty sure sign that I should take the rest of the week off and try to get back at it next week.
6 straight weeks of trying to go harder every week while also in a calorie deficit has caught up to me.
6 straight weeks of trying to go harder every week while also in a calorie deficit has caught up to me.
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Struggling through a workout that is just absolutely nothing for me generally seems like a pretty sure sign that I should take the rest of the week off and try to get back at it next week.
6 straight weeks of trying to go harder every week while also in a calorie deficit has caught up to me.
6 straight weeks of trying to go harder every week while also in a calorie deficit has caught up to me.
I understand that the Premier League teams who bought strikers this summer were put off by the demands of Victor Osimhen’s agent. I don’t doubt that they were utterly ridiculous. But if they’d acquiesced to them, they would have Victor Osimhen.
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I understand that the Premier League teams who bought strikers this summer were put off by the demands of Victor Osimhen’s agent. I don’t doubt that they were utterly ridiculous. But if they’d acquiesced to them, they would have Victor Osimhen.
Weston McKennie should be the starting center forward for the USMNT. My column:
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Weston McKennie should be the starting center forward for the USMNT. My column:
perhaps I should start an MLS-only Transfer Flow offshoot that will generate upwards of 500 subscribers
but there are dozens of sickos out there who will eat it up
February 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
perhaps I should start an MLS-only Transfer Flow offshoot that will generate upwards of 500 subscribers
arkagay
This is likely an old model, so out of curiosity I tried to get gpt5.2 to draw a US map. I think it bumped up from bizarre nightmare stuff to roughly what an average person from Europe would draw based on watching movies and seeing the map a couple times.
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
arkagay
Reposted by Kim McCauley
The serious business is about to start in the UEFA Champions League as the knockouts get underway today. Wrote about something to watch out for in each of the eight playoff round ties for @thetransferflow.bsky.social:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
What to watch for in the UEFA Champions League knockouts
The first knockout round gets underway Tuesday, featuring competition favorites Real Madrid and PSG fighting for their lives.
www.thetransferflow.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The serious business is about to start in the UEFA Champions League as the knockouts get underway today. Wrote about something to watch out for in each of the eight playoff round ties for @thetransferflow.bsky.social:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
If I start writing about MLS on The Transfer Flow every week how fast will our unsubscribes skyrocket
February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
If I start writing about MLS on The Transfer Flow every week how fast will our unsubscribes skyrocket
I think that we tried the responsible adult thing. That's what 2020 was. It did not work. So let's try something else.
What's interesting to me about the Crockett-Talarico primary is that it is fundamentally about the best way to respond to Trump, as their policies are virtually the same: do you rage with righteous fury or do you de-escalate and show that you are the responsible adult?
I think both views are valid.
I think both views are valid.
Yeah, shoutout to Carr for making Talarico a national figure.
February 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I think that we tried the responsible adult thing. That's what 2020 was. It did not work. So let's try something else.
In general, love it. Great mix of stability and new faces who deserve a shot based on recent play. Emma continues to do an excellent job building continuity while also making sure there's still competition for places and the squad never gets stale.
USWNT SHE BELIEVES CUP ROSTER IS HERE 🚨
Let us know your thoughts 💭👇
Let us know your thoughts 💭👇
February 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
In general, love it. Great mix of stability and new faces who deserve a shot based on recent play. Emma continues to do an excellent job building continuity while also making sure there's still competition for places and the squad never gets stale.
Reposted by Kim McCauley
Champions League is back today, with some of the competition's biggest favorites fighting for their lives in the knockouts.
What you should know about every tie:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
What you should know about every tie:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
What to watch for in the UEFA Champions League knockouts
The first knockout round gets underway Tuesday, featuring competition favorites Real Madrid and PSG fighting for their lives.
www.thetransferflow.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Champions League is back today, with some of the competition's biggest favorites fighting for their lives in the knockouts.
What you should know about every tie:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
What you should know about every tie:
www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-to-wa...
I went to regular ass middle class public high school and there were an uncomfortable number of 17-year-olds doing blow
The “everyone smokes weed” realization you come to in your college years is child’s play compared to the “everyone does blow” realization in your mid 20’s
February 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I went to regular ass middle class public high school and there were an uncomfortable number of 17-year-olds doing blow
Reposted by Kim McCauley
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
Heard an insane story from a judge once. Woman gets pulled over for busted tail light. Cop sees alcohol bottle and tells her he has to breathalyze her. She blows a .3. She was driving fine.
always tell the story of my clinical year we had a gal from wisconsin. had never heard of the concept of a DUI checkpoint, was so incredulous she called her fiance and made me explain it to him on speakerphone lol
More insane Wisconsin alcoholism data viz
February 17, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Heard an insane story from a judge once. Woman gets pulled over for busted tail light. Cop sees alcohol bottle and tells her he has to breathalyze her. She blows a .3. She was driving fine.
so this is bait right
February 17, 2026 at 4:18 AM
so this is bait right
The thing with "the average media job paying $20k more than the median American salary" is that there are only like 200 jobs left in the industry and they all require you to live in a city where a 1 bedroom apartment costs $2k a month
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The thing with "the average media job paying $20k more than the median American salary" is that there are only like 200 jobs left in the industry and they all require you to live in a city where a 1 bedroom apartment costs $2k a month
NBC short track speed skating commentator promoting prop bet prediction markets without it even being sponsored is unhinged
February 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
NBC short track speed skating commentator promoting prop bet prediction markets without it even being sponsored is unhinged
Country radio was on at the grocery store. First song I heard was about a truck, second was about a small town. They really should build the AI data centers in Nashville, seems like that's where most of the use is coming from.
February 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Country radio was on at the grocery store. First song I heard was about a truck, second was about a small town. They really should build the AI data centers in Nashville, seems like that's where most of the use is coming from.
Determined to prove all the 2016 Bernie Bros right I guess
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Determined to prove all the 2016 Bernie Bros right I guess
Well the ice is cleared off the ski hill steps, guess I don’t have any excuse, time to get mad about how fat I am
February 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Well the ice is cleared off the ski hill steps, guess I don’t have any excuse, time to get mad about how fat I am
If any of my followers actually like women's hockey and not just weird jingoism I highly recommend following Nicole
I need a distraction from this bad broadcast and also counteract it's active harm in, you know, making new fans.
Anyone have any women's hockey questions?
Anyone have any women's hockey questions?
February 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
If any of my followers actually like women's hockey and not just weird jingoism I highly recommend following Nicole
It's bad enough when women's sports broadcasts cut away from the game to conduct an interview with a mildly interesting person during live play. Doing it for a Tkachuk brother is unforgivable.
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
It's bad enough when women's sports broadcasts cut away from the game to conduct an interview with a mildly interesting person during live play. Doing it for a Tkachuk brother is unforgivable.
Extremely well-run club, no front office problems here 👍
🚨 John Heitinga has left Spurs 33 days after being appointed as an assistant coach to Thomas Frank
Fellow assistant coaches Justin Cochrane and Chris Haslam leaving too
Full story and details of Igor Tudor's new backroom staff on @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
Fellow assistant coaches Justin Cochrane and Chris Haslam leaving too
Full story and details of Igor Tudor's new backroom staff on @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
John Heitinga leaves Tottenham assistant coach role after appointment of Igor Tudor
Fellow assistant coaches Justin Cochrane and Chris Haslam have also left the club following the sacking of Thomas Frank.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Extremely well-run club, no front office problems here 👍
The Elon Tweet is so funny. Going to get in a time machine to the late 1800s and tell everyone of English descent in the United States that the Irish are actually the exact same culture as them. I'm sure they'll love that.
February 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The Elon Tweet is so funny. Going to get in a time machine to the late 1800s and tell everyone of English descent in the United States that the Irish are actually the exact same culture as them. I'm sure they'll love that.
Really like the magazine you can download as a PDF format. These guys do great work.
Here is the project I've poured my entire soul into for the last six weeks. If you like my football writing and find yourself thinking 'wow, I wish I could read 23,000 words of this,' you might enjoy Volume I.
I'm very, very proud of this:
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Volume I
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February 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Really like the magazine you can download as a PDF format. These guys do great work.