Tony Cardone
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Been to a few Austin FC matches. | Pro-transit, pro-bike, pro-Austin, pro-soccer, pro-Ukraine | 210➡️512 via Raiderland
There is absolutely no way the pitch at Snapdragon Stadium should be anywhere near a professional soccer game.
At any level, for any competition.
Truly atrocious and clearly impacting play.
At any level, for any competition.
Truly atrocious and clearly impacting play.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There is absolutely no way the pitch at Snapdragon Stadium should be anywhere near a professional soccer game.
At any level, for any competition.
Truly atrocious and clearly impacting play.
At any level, for any competition.
Truly atrocious and clearly impacting play.
Yeah, Hugo, and we didn’t want to play a first round playoff match on a Wednesday night at BMO Stadium but we had to because your stadium was hosting a twenty one pilots concert over the weekend.
Welcome to the club.
Welcome to the club.
Los Angeles FC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris expressed his frustration about the condition of BC Place’s artificial turf following LAFC’s playoff elimination. More: ⬇️
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Yeah, Hugo, and we didn’t want to play a first round playoff match on a Wednesday night at BMO Stadium but we had to because your stadium was hosting a twenty one pilots concert over the weekend.
Welcome to the club.
Welcome to the club.
It is truly mind boggling that in six seasons in Major League Soccer, Austin FC has never played the Chicago Fire.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It is truly mind boggling that in six seasons in Major League Soccer, Austin FC has never played the Chicago Fire.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
This is kind of how bubbles work until they pop.
Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubble
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chipsets powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big T...
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is kind of how bubbles work until they pop.
In the last week, Virgil’s goal stood for about ten seconds, was reversed, then confirmed as not a goal by VAR, then was defended as correct by the referee’s association, and finally clarified as an incorrect call but correctly not overturned on said VAR by a league panel.
Shambolic.
Shambolic.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In the last week, Virgil’s goal stood for about ten seconds, was reversed, then confirmed as not a goal by VAR, then was defended as correct by the referee’s association, and finally clarified as an incorrect call but correctly not overturned on said VAR by a league panel.
Shambolic.
Shambolic.
Unrelated: Major League Soccer Announces New Partnership With The North Face
MLS to Align Calendar with Top Leagues Around the World | Austin FC
Major League Soccer today announced a shift in its competition calendar, aligning the league’s schedule with the world’s top soccer leagues. Beginning in the summer of 2027, MLS will adopt a summer-to...
www.austinfc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Unrelated: Major League Soccer Announces New Partnership With The North Face
The number one selfish reason to be against the fall-spring + 5 division model for a MLS season is that there is no longer an expectation for a summer away day in Minnesota.
Lots of other reasons, of course, but this is top of the list.
Lots of other reasons, of course, but this is top of the list.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The number one selfish reason to be against the fall-spring + 5 division model for a MLS season is that there is no longer an expectation for a summer away day in Minnesota.
Lots of other reasons, of course, but this is top of the list.
Lots of other reasons, of course, but this is top of the list.
Has hell frozen over?
Or has there been a coup inside TxDOT?
Or has there been a coup inside TxDOT?
TxDOT: Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit
As the state’s population grows, more travel options are needed in rural and smaller urban areas and between major cities, according to a draft of the first-of-its-kind plan.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Has hell frozen over?
Or has there been a coup inside TxDOT?
Or has there been a coup inside TxDOT?
I am equal parts annoyed at how awful that call was in favor of Miami that would have pulled back a goal in a critical game and amused that it happened to Nashville after watching them get away with nearly everything they wanted in the USOC final.
tl;dr: PRO is bad at their jobs.
tl;dr: PRO is bad at their jobs.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I am equal parts annoyed at how awful that call was in favor of Miami that would have pulled back a goal in a critical game and amused that it happened to Nashville after watching them get away with nearly everything they wanted in the USOC final.
tl;dr: PRO is bad at their jobs.
tl;dr: PRO is bad at their jobs.
LOONS RISING
DOWN GOES SEATTLE
DOWN GOES SEATTLE
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LOONS RISING
DOWN GOES SEATTLE
DOWN GOES SEATTLE
If this is the King, this will be a generational run for the athletic department.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If this is the King, this will be a generational run for the athletic department.
To me, why #ATX Prop Q failed is pretty simple:
Tax policy is complicated, and it’s easier to openly lie about it than explain why a certain proposition exists.
In this case (as with Project Connect), the tax increase would have been 20% of the *city’s portion* of your property tax.
Tax policy is complicated, and it’s easier to openly lie about it than explain why a certain proposition exists.
In this case (as with Project Connect), the tax increase would have been 20% of the *city’s portion* of your property tax.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To me, why #ATX Prop Q failed is pretty simple:
Tax policy is complicated, and it’s easier to openly lie about it than explain why a certain proposition exists.
In this case (as with Project Connect), the tax increase would have been 20% of the *city’s portion* of your property tax.
Tax policy is complicated, and it’s easier to openly lie about it than explain why a certain proposition exists.
In this case (as with Project Connect), the tax increase would have been 20% of the *city’s portion* of your property tax.
It will remain one of life’s great pains: electing Republicans in a general election, then three straight elections of realizing that was a bad idea and slowly removing them from power.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It will remain one of life’s great pains: electing Republicans in a general election, then three straight elections of realizing that was a bad idea and slowly removing them from power.
I am once again begging the Austin American-Statesman to stop interviewing Bill Aleshire.
Or, at the very least, stop labeling him simply as a “former county judge”, ignoring he hasn’t spent the last decade running extraordinarily disruptive legal interference for NIMBY groups.
Or, at the very least, stop labeling him simply as a “former county judge”, ignoring he hasn’t spent the last decade running extraordinarily disruptive legal interference for NIMBY groups.
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I am once again begging the Austin American-Statesman to stop interviewing Bill Aleshire.
Or, at the very least, stop labeling him simply as a “former county judge”, ignoring he hasn’t spent the last decade running extraordinarily disruptive legal interference for NIMBY groups.
Or, at the very least, stop labeling him simply as a “former county judge”, ignoring he hasn’t spent the last decade running extraordinarily disruptive legal interference for NIMBY groups.
North America: your next opportunity to root against a Los Angeles playoff team is Sunday night at 7:45pm Central, when scrappy underdog Austin FC takes on the literal black and gold of LAFC.
Vamos ATX!
Vamos ATX!
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
North America: your next opportunity to root against a Los Angeles playoff team is Sunday night at 7:45pm Central, when scrappy underdog Austin FC takes on the literal black and gold of LAFC.
Vamos ATX!
Vamos ATX!
At some point, someone is going to have to summarize this World Series for the history books.
I wish them luck. It’s complete absurdity.
I wish them luck. It’s complete absurdity.
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
At some point, someone is going to have to summarize this World Series for the history books.
I wish them luck. It’s complete absurdity.
I wish them luck. It’s complete absurdity.
Baseball is such a soap opera. It’s unbelievable, really.
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Baseball is such a soap opera. It’s unbelievable, really.
A *very* beatable LAFC side comes to Austin on Sunday. Let’s do everything we can at Q2 this Sunday to send it back to Exposition Park on October 8th.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A *very* beatable LAFC side comes to Austin on Sunday. Let’s do everything we can at Q2 this Sunday to send it back to Exposition Park on October 8th.
Freddie Freeman is the Shohei Ohtani of World Series baseball.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Freddie Freeman is the Shohei Ohtani of World Series baseball.
This might equal the 2018 game in innings played, but with the arbitrary tariffs on Canadian goods, it’s actually 80% more expensive.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This might equal the 2018 game in innings played, but with the arbitrary tariffs on Canadian goods, it’s actually 80% more expensive.
After all…
You’re my WonderPOST
You’re my WonderPOST
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
After all…
You’re my WonderPOST
You’re my WonderPOST
I don’t want to “well actually” anyone but someone should tell the edgelord running the DHS Twitter that Halo’s primary plot in the first games is humanity teaming up with the Covenant to stop a fanatical religious cult from destroying the universe as a way to halt the Flood.
Halo is the weapon.
Halo is the weapon.
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I don’t want to “well actually” anyone but someone should tell the edgelord running the DHS Twitter that Halo’s primary plot in the first games is humanity teaming up with the Covenant to stop a fanatical religious cult from destroying the universe as a way to halt the Flood.
Halo is the weapon.
Halo is the weapon.
Interesting piece from the Statesman on why we are faced with Prop Q.
The short: Austin can choose to invest in the future at a cost, or follow Houston’s path down the road of austerity and loss of public services.
Don’t Houston My Austin
The short: Austin can choose to invest in the future at a cost, or follow Houston’s path down the road of austerity and loss of public services.
Don’t Houston My Austin
How Austin and Houston are addressing budget woes in radically different ways
Austin’s proposed 20% property tax increase contrasts sharply with Houston's austerity approach. Why are two blue cities taking such different approaches?
www.statesman.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Interesting piece from the Statesman on why we are faced with Prop Q.
The short: Austin can choose to invest in the future at a cost, or follow Houston’s path down the road of austerity and loss of public services.
Don’t Houston My Austin
The short: Austin can choose to invest in the future at a cost, or follow Houston’s path down the road of austerity and loss of public services.
Don’t Houston My Austin