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Jbentley_atx
@jbentley-atx.bsky.social
Soccer and community guy, #mls and #austinfc sicko. Podcaster. Runner. Mega YIMBY, transit, early childhood. 🤘🏽
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June 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Whichever part of the Bluesky algorithm is the one that serves me constant corgi pics is absolutely my favorite part of social media technology.
February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?
Duolingo's owl mascot is a social media sensation. So why did they kill him off?
Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Here's where we make bad predictions and many of you make ones that are even worse.
🚨New Episode🚨

🔮 Over/Under Predictions w/ @scottaspecht.bsky.social
🤓 What we learned from preseason
🎶 Svatok's Fagundez diss track
💚 Desler gets a green card!!!
🥇 Who is in Austin's best midfield?
➕ More #austinfc news

📸: Austin FC
Listen here: www.moontowersoccer.com/overunder-pr...
February 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So much going on this offseason. It's a privilege to be able to chat about it with Landon every week.
🚨New Episode🚨

🤔 What is Driussi’s legacy in Austin?
👤 Besard Sabovic player profile
👍 "The Desler of midfielders"
❓ Where Uzuni will play
➕ More #austinfc news

📸: Austin FC

Listen here: www.moontowersoccer.com/besard-sabov...
January 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Here is the language in the MLS CBA regarding fines for failure to appear. Driussi made over $6.7 million last year, so these amounts won't really phase him, but fining him still sends the message that #AustinFC don't intend to let him walk away
January 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If you haven't listened to Moontower After Dark, here's a little taste of the expert #AustinFC analysis you're missing.
January 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is a fun annual tradition. Just us along with #AustinFC friends, pets and kids to chat about the new year.
Join us for our annual New Year's Day Meetup! We'll start at Hopsquad, where we will buy a round of beers and snacks. Then for the last beer of the day, we'll march over to where this tradition started: the street next to the construction site that became Q2 Stadium.
#AustinFC
December 28, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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🚨 New Episode 🚨

📰 Quick News Update
↔️ SuperDraft picks and trade
💵 MLS releases GAM numbers
⏰ Is the Fafa link for real?
🗓️ Throwback interview from '21 w/ @joeclowery.bsky.social
➕ More #austinFC news
www.moontowersoccer.com/mini-news-up...
Mini News Update, Event Announcements, Throwback Interview w/ Joe Lowery from 2021, and more
This week Landon is solo with a quick news update. Topics include: - New Year's Day meetup, 3pm on 1.1.25 at Hopsquad (probably) - Send us questions for Moontower A…
www.moontowersoccer.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions
theonion.com/news-happeni...
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes I think we’ve reached peak society and then something amazing like this comes out!
YEAHHHHHHH A WORKING TOASTER POP TARTS BOWL TROPHY!!! @poptartsbowl.bsky.social

(Feels good to tweet about it now)
December 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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MLS released the list of players eligible to be chosen in Wednesday's #MLS Expansion Draft. Here is #AustinFC's list. Several guys who are out of contract were included, but the players in green are still under contract and are the only ones you really need to pay attention to.
December 10, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Big sign of ambition from #AustinFC. You can imagine a scenario where ownership is tired of paying players/staff to go away and telling Rodo that he has to work with what he has. The fact that they are allowing this buyout is good news for Austin fans hoping for a big offseason.
Sources: Austin FC exercise contract buyout on forward Gyasi Zardes.

The move removes Zardes from the club's roster and salary cap, freeing up flexibility.

Zardes, 33, is the 10th all-time leading scorer in MLS history with 106 regular season goals.
www.givemesport.com/austin-fc-bu...
Austin FC exercise buyout on forward Gyasi Zardes: Sources
Austin FC have exercised a contract buyout on forward Gyasi Zardes, sources tell GIVEMESPORT.
www.givemesport.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Some parts proud, some parts ashamed, but the numbers don’t lie. The “personal video” from Grace Potter was a treat.
December 5, 2024 at 4:37 AM
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🚨 New Episode 🚨

🛡️ Who we would protect in the Expansion Draft
⏲️ Should Rodo have waited to hire a coach?
🏆 U15s Win a Trophy
👨‍🎓 Austin FC Academy alum performing in college
➕ More #austinFC news

📸: @AustinFC

Listen to the full episode at www.moontowersoccer.com/our-expansio...
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Powerful words here from Coach Kress.
San Jose State volleyball coach Todd Kress released this statement after his team lost to Colorado State in the Mountain West championship game last night

Sad it had to be said but I'm glad it was
December 2, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Ask the important questions, kids.
November 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Big thanks to the Austin FC Comms team for inviting us back to this year's Media Game. This stadium and the people that fill it have given us so much, so it is truly an honor to get to play on this pitch.
#AustinFC
November 25, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Preach on, Sturgill.
🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )
November 25, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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Dipping our toes into the bsky environment. I know there are already quite a few Austin FC folks here. We want to do our part in building up this new space, so we are asking for listener questions here instead of the other place. What do you want to hear on this week's show?
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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I mean if you wanted to see a 60 year old man and a guy so dumb that you don’t know if he can read get into a fight just wait for Thanksgiving
November 16, 2024 at 5:15 AM
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Definitely me.
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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#MLS now only trails the NFL and MLB in average per game attendance. #SportsBiz
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
November 14, 2024 at 4:40 AM