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Doug Wade
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Soccer, comics, TTRPGs, beer, mead, video games, gardening, fermenting, corgis, the indie web

I aspire to write and keep bees.

I follow #Sounders #ReignFC #BallardFC […]

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@lorentzano sorry to @ you out of the blue, but would you happen to know anything about the wanderer instance at furtherheights.com? I'm super interested in joining, but it seems to have been down every time I check in on it, and I'm super curious to know more. I can't find any information about […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I’ve heard tell that “favorites” don’t actually do anything on mastodon, but since they’re federated, don’t they increase the speed at which a message is propagated across the fediverse?
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
Free newsletter: I'm leaving Substack and moving to Ghost.

First delivery from the Ghost platform will come tomorrow!
open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...
Giving up the ghost on Substack
TacticsFreeZone™ is moving to Ghost
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Is there a word for the romantic partner/spouse of your sibling who is non-binary? Both brother- and sister-in-law seem… incorrect. Enby-in-law also seems less helpful because it doesn’t tell you which generation of in-law they are?
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I think someone over at the Royal Guard has been putting some work into the site because I don’t remember it being this nice at all: https://www.royalguardsg.org/

Well done Royal Guard.
Royal Guard Supporters Group | Seattle Reign FC
Supporters group, established MMXIII. A welcoming environment for all fans of the Reign. Committed to improving the standing of women's sports in Seattle-Tacoma and beyond.
www.royalguardsg.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
A player whose matches I called with Tacoma Defiance in 2021 went to the #sounders , won two huge trophies and is now heading to one of the top clubs in the world!

It's absolutely amazing to think of how fast his ascent has been to go from a teenage boy among men to now having one of the most […]
Original post on dice.camp
dice.camp
February 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
sportsbots.xyz
February 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115992479057599679

It’s just xenos paradox — every new social media platform takes half as much time to be enshittified, and when we reach 0 time, everyone will finally join the fediverse.
mastodon.social
February 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
If you have a 3d printer and you are interested in printing a whistle, this is the loudest whistle I have ever heard in my life: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1179160

Whistles are great for keeping safe, for instance when you’re camping and you may be far away from friendly people! If […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
January 31, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Doug Wade
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Stop what you're doing and join. Text, call, speak to those around you, spread the General Strike.

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
NO BANKING

#3e #goodvsevil #generalstrike #NationwideStrike #iceout #justiceforpretti #justiceforgood
Freedom for #Minneapolis
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
Providence will continue to have naming rights on the training center.
Sounders are now looking for a new front-of-shirt sponsor
<p>The Seattle Sounders and Providence will end their front-of-shirt sponsorship agreement at the conclusion of the 2027 “sprint” season, the team announced on Thursday. That’s about six years earlier than the original term of the agreement, which was signed in 2023 and was expected to run for 10 years at an annual cost "in the high seven-figures;" likely close to $100 million in total. The agreement was later revealed to also include naming rights of the Sounders’ training facility at Longacres. </p><p>That part of the deal will remain, Sounder at Heart confirmed, as the facility will continue to officially be called the Providence Swedish Performance Center &amp; Clubhouse through 2033. It was not immediately clear how much money Providence will continue to pay the Sounders, but it is likely at least $10 million after the shirt sponsorship ends in 2027. The two Renton-based organizations will also continue to work together on player health and community initiatives.</p><p>“As our organizations look ahead, this moment represents a thoughtful and intentional evolution,” Sounders President of Business Operations Hugh Webber said in a team release. “We’re incredibly grateful for Providence’s leadership and the tangible difference we’ve made together in our community. This transition allows both organizations to remain focused on their core priorities while honoring the strength of what we’ve built.”</p><p>While not what either side planned, the news is likely to be welcome from multiple angles.</p><p>When the Sounders first announced the partnership, <a href="https://www.sounderatheart.com/2023/01/why-are-sounders-fans-so-mad-about-the-teams-newest-sponsor/" rel="noreferrer">it was met with intense criticism</a> from fans that even included a rebukes from both ECS and the Alliance Council. Providence’s Catholic-based health system has come under scrutiny for its reproductive and gender care and was also embroiled in <a href="https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-providence-must-provide-1578-million-refunds-and-debt-relief" rel="noreferrer">controversy over billing</a>.</p><p>The decision to end the sponsorship likely had little to do with that, though. Providence’s <a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/providence-freezes-some-hiring-cuts-spending-as-new-ceo-warns-of-economic-headwinds,379162?#:~:text=Providence%20also%20reorganized%20some%20departments,home%20health%20and%20hospice%20services." rel="noreferrer">CEO told employees</a> about nine months ago that they were getting out of the sports sponsorship business. The Sounders are their most expansive sponsorship, but they also have other deals such as the naming rights at the Portland Timbers' Providence Park.</p><p>The Sounders will now have two years to find a new front-of-shirt sponsor, which will be available at the same time the MLS calendar switches to summer-spring in 2027-28. </p>
www.sounderatheart.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by Doug Wade
https://substack.com/@50501/note/c-206232048

On 1/30 we are shutting it down, and, on 1/31, we are gathering across the country to demand ICE Out of Everywhere, permanently!

To find or host an ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action event, go to the 1/31 […]

[Original post on beige.party]
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Were medical journals absolutely slammed with low-quality studies and meta-analyses from people “doing their own research” about vaccines, or is the whole maha project so anti-science that they mostly didn’t bother to engage with the literature?
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@pitchfork/the-pitch-nsf9jaeiz/-/a-PXzvAY1tRiK2RXXQjiji9w%3Aa%3A910329480-%2F0

Me: all sound is music and all happening is beautiful.

Also me: AI music is not and can never be music.
flipboard.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
To celebrate the new D1 USL Premier, here is my very reasonable, definitely feasible initial 20 teams to launch with:

Ballard FC
Bethlehem Steel
Christos FC
Forward Madison
Los Angeles Aztecs
Minnesota Kicks
New Mexico United
New York Cosmos
New York Greek American
Oakland Roots
Philly […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
Ballard FC, I’m told, is still assessing possibilities but as of now is still in a information-gathering stage. Nothing imminent.
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
USL’s top division has a name and start date.

www.uslsoccer.com/news_article...
United Soccer League Announces USL Premier, New Interconnected Men’s Professional Structure
USL outlines three-division framework ahead of promotion and relegation
www.uslsoccer.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Doug Wade
More than ever, we need tools for building diverse and resilient communities, away from Big Tech controlling our feeds, and investment companies hoping to get a big payout.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-community-organizers/

#fediverse #socialmedia #community
stefanbohacek.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/115963940427226704

I’ll take ATProto’s claims to be decentralized seriously when they start having scoreboards for the various instances
Results from tracking 36,602 images across 1,638 instances from the mastodon.social federated timeline.

Then filtering down to the top 1000 instances by active user from instances.social who had posted at least 34 images (1.5x the average).
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Reposted by Doug Wade
bronze age songs.mp4
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It's probably cringe to still publish to npm in this day and age but I did, and the new trusted publishers stuff is pretty good and went well for me.
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I released a new version of my cli for searching for @gutenberg_org books that don't have @librivox recordings:

```
» npx gutenvox --search=cookbook
No more books to check
Unrecorded books:
- The Belgian Cookbook by undefined (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7223.html.images)
- The New Dr […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Watched the match. Don’t think I’ve ever felt more heartbroken after a win. 20k in that building, wearing those shirts and singing those songs, on today of all days, and no-one had anything else they wanted to say? I hope the broadcast was heavily edited because the only thing scarier would be […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
If I ever got ahold of an ngram viewer for the entire history of the common crawl, I’m not sure I would ever have another hobby again

https://nlp.stanford.edu/pubs/crawl.pdf
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 AM
RE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@cactus/115934442441705549

You might say, “well, the llm knows how it works, so our bus number is actually infinite” but this is wrong because code is harder to read than it is to write and llms produce code so complicated and poorly written they themselves cannot […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM