Steve Muir
@9muir.grimupnorth.org
Expat Grimbarian, software nerd
What’s more ridiculous, the notion that FIFA has a “code of ethics” (is “don’t get caught” an ethical value?) or that anyone is going to do anything about this:
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What’s more ridiculous, the notion that FIFA has a “code of ethics” (is “don’t get caught” an ethical value?) or that anyone is going to do anything about this:
Perhaps the ultimate sports "big fish in little pond" story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Messi *might* be the 🐐, and it is genuinely impressive and entertaining to see him do _just enough_ in an MLS game to score a couple of goals and win, but it's a footnote to his overall career.
Messi *might* be the 🐐, and it is genuinely impressive and entertaining to see him do _just enough_ in an MLS game to score a couple of goals and win, but it's a footnote to his overall career.
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Perhaps the ultimate sports "big fish in little pond" story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Messi *might* be the 🐐, and it is genuinely impressive and entertaining to see him do _just enough_ in an MLS game to score a couple of goals and win, but it's a footnote to his overall career.
Messi *might* be the 🐐, and it is genuinely impressive and entertaining to see him do _just enough_ in an MLS game to score a couple of goals and win, but it's a footnote to his overall career.
Possibly the worst piece of advice ever offered by The Guardian - please don't encourage normal people to try to replace Windows with Linux
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Possibly the worst piece of advice ever offered by The Guardian - please don't encourage normal people to try to replace Windows with Linux
Quite the headline, wtaf?!
August 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Quite the headline, wtaf?!
Or instead we fund “niche” sports because of all the positive benefits students get from participating in them? Perhaps it’s not all about dollars and cents? And perhaps pay coaches less money - when the highest paid state employee is a football or basketball coach, that’s pretty fucked up.
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Or instead we fund “niche” sports because of all the positive benefits students get from participating in them? Perhaps it’s not all about dollars and cents? And perhaps pay coaches less money - when the highest paid state employee is a football or basketball coach, that’s pretty fucked up.
Great, one less thing to get pissed off about
July 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Great, one less thing to get pissed off about
"You should notice a difference" is now a contender for all-time classics of understatement
July 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"You should notice a difference" is now a contender for all-time classics of understatement
![Bible passage about treating foreigners as citizens displayed on a poster outside St James’s church, Cambridge, MA.
“The foreigner who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; You shall love the foreigner as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” -Leviticus 19:34
“St. James's [Cambridge, MA] is committed to standing in support of and solidarity with our immigrant neighbors.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iq3p6e5bysnrv2iixpu6e4mv/bafkreidkuynna72o7qej5gwddumzpbqucjnsi3qiyzbxmbr7clcstl77ha@jpeg)
The schools I learnt English in were poor enough that it’s possible they were still using the original textbooks from the 16th century, but gtfo with this “supersede” bullshit
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The schools I learnt English in were poor enough that it’s possible they were still using the original textbooks from the 16th century, but gtfo with this “supersede” bullshit
Oh look, it’s written in the book. Doesn’t get much more straightforward than that.
Fuck textualism every which way to Sunday, but when you’re a Christian you don’t really get to play that card. Unless you’re an American Christian of course
Fuck textualism every which way to Sunday, but when you’re a Christian you don’t really get to play that card. Unless you’re an American Christian of course
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Oh look, it’s written in the book. Doesn’t get much more straightforward than that.
Fuck textualism every which way to Sunday, but when you’re a Christian you don’t really get to play that card. Unless you’re an American Christian of course
Fuck textualism every which way to Sunday, but when you’re a Christian you don’t really get to play that card. Unless you’re an American Christian of course
MBTA Red Line station at Harvard Square continues falling apart around us
March 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
MBTA Red Line station at Harvard Square continues falling apart around us
Not "Some Republicans fear Medicaid cuts could cost their constituents their health and even lives"
February 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Not "Some Republicans fear Medicaid cuts could cost their constituents their health and even lives"
Spring is coming, and Nimbus is smart enough to know that means that the toaster will soon stop toasting and she needs to maximize her heat intake (hence the “under toasting”) before that happens
February 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Spring is coming, and Nimbus is smart enough to know that means that the toaster will soon stop toasting and she needs to maximize her heat intake (hence the “under toasting”) before that happens
LET’S GO BIRDS!!! 🦅🦅🦅
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
LET’S GO BIRDS!!! 🦅🦅🦅
Fun rental car drive. Analogue/mechanical systems working fine but no dashboard. Luckily the stereo still worked, so I played the theme from Knight Rider and imagined I was in stealth mode
February 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Fun rental car drive. Analogue/mechanical systems working fine but no dashboard. Luckily the stereo still worked, so I played the theme from Knight Rider and imagined I was in stealth mode
Spurs away at Tamworth is what people mean by “the magic of the FA Cup” (perhaps not the plastic pitch though). Tamworth’s tiny little stadium is so cute!
January 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Spurs away at Tamworth is what people mean by “the magic of the FA Cup” (perhaps not the plastic pitch though). Tamworth’s tiny little stadium is so cute!