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Matthew Doyle
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“If something on the internet doesn’t spark joy, mute it.” All views are mine and should be yours. Chaotic good tbh.

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January 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Celtic outscoring their xG immediately before and after Nancy is a good bit
January 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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At the risk of sounding trivializing or reductive, this reminds me of teaching middle school. You can tell middle school students to "not take the bait" and just ignore bullies, but it won't matter unless you show them that you're in control, not the bullies, and that you're able to keep them safe.
Governor Walz says he's prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard if protests become violent in reaction to ICE fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.

"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I've never seen a more stubborn flock of pigeons than the one on the field in this Oviedo/Betis game.
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I'd bet my life Scott French wrote this one up for MLSsoccer.
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I remember Bruce mentioning him back in like 2012 after a preseason game between Xolos and the Galaxy. He had no idea he was talking about a dual nat, was just saying "No. 21 on Tijuana was really good."
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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The end of an era. A true pioneer. Nice to see him get a classy sendoff tonight
"The last party" at Xolos v Club America for Joe Corona.

Farewell game tonight for the USMNT player, who has been given the captain's armband.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I remember Bruce mentioning him back in like 2012 after a preseason game between Xolos and the Galaxy. He had no idea he was talking about a dual nat, was just saying "No. 21 on Tijuana was really good."
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Chris Knight is a Bill Murray-level comedic performance.
Madmartigan is the template for every action anti-hero since.
Doc Holliday is... simply the best performance. Period.
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thinking about this. It seems wrong but I’m entertaining it
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I would put his top 5 performances against any of the "best" or "biggest" actors of the past 50 years and am comfortable in my certainty I'd take Val.
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I never actually saw it but my long-held take – which has now become uncontroversial, but I swear I was out ahead of – is that Val Kilmer was the best actor of that generation, and should've been one of the ~3 defining actors of the past 40 years.
Underrated gem.
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Me [familiar with online Indiana fans, and anticipating what they’ll be like when they win a national title]:
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Me [familiar with online Indiana fans, and anticipating what they’ll be like when they win a national title]:
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I'm enjoying this b/c this absolute bum of an Oregon QB is destined for the Jets and @empiregass.bsky.social is already suffering.
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
as someone born in 1976... yeah.
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It's really the Barb Wire poster that ties the room together.
the hooping these couches have seen www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
oh thank goodness. It's now edited.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Free newsletter: I had fun going on @soccerwisehq.bsky.social to talk... philosophy, I guess? with @empiregass.bsky.social and Bobby Warshaw.

Plus some moves around the league that don't have title equity, but have caught my eye nonetheless.
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Soccerwiser: An hour spent inside Bobby Warshaw's brain
Plus some MLS moves that have caught my attention... some good, some bad
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January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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It's crazy how much of a bargain elite MLS players are
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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UConn Football: "I am matter...I am anti-matter...I can see your past...I can see your future...I consume time...and I will consume you!
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 AM
oh god
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Yelling I'M HURT, DAWG at passersby but it has nothing to do with the Canes. I'm thousands of miles from Miami.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
cocaine sweats
I like to imagine people stopping each other on the street in Miami and doing the Michael Irvin "don't let no one come into your house and take your meal" monologue to each other in the way that people in Tuscaloosa say "Roll Tide" to each other. Everyone involved has sweated through a full suit.
January 9, 2026 at 4:48 AM