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Wonder if that changes when Spurs hijack the transfer, as is being rumored today…
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As far as my primary niche community on there goes, which is fans of our soccer club, I’m personally very happy with the experience on here compared to Twitter.
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Maybe some people find this place to be insular, but BlueSky has less control over who chooses to use it. The things it CAN control (app functionality and architecture, etc.) are best in class.
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I’ve also noticed the vibe shift in the discourse about this place. One thing I’d add is that it seems to overlook the significant superiority of BlueSky’s app, its interface, and its functionality (e.g., starter packs, custom feeds/lists, etc.).
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Someone else on here recently asked me if I thought it was an impostor 😂 Not making fun of the question, just amused at the fact that it had to be asked, because I agree. The Tino take was insanity.
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honestly I fucking love the boardwalk
it’s beautiful and there’s something deeply American about watching some guy in a visible cloud of weed skateboarding gently down the path
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Yeah and pretty much the whole squad was underperforming around then. Seldom does any individual player, no matter how talented, look good in an underperforming team.
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Agreed. My only complaint is it’s far too short compared to the duration of the clay and hard court seasons.
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But I agree with you. The cultural output of 1990-1997ish evokes strong feelings of nostalgia in me.
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Yeah. In hindsight, it’s a decade of missed opportunity, politically. A massive missed opportunity to try and preempt some of what followed, such as by softening the double blows of deindustrialization and Reaganism.
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Was that sweet spot in 1996 also the sweet spot for the larger decade? Was that decade the sweet spot of post-WW2 American history? Compelling argument for it, I think.
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Glad to hear I’m not missing much! I’ve resisted the temptation to reactivate my account on there on the rare occasions when I feel a bit starved for content on here.
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I understood Leo to merely be saying that the club will likely keep its powder dry until July for PSR reasons, which comports with what the Athletic suggested this past week in its overview of EPL clubs’ finances and PSR compliance.
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Yeah, I think that’s certainly one possible reason there was no will to retain their services, and I think it further undercuts the notion that there is some kind of internal boardroom toxicity causing turnover in the club hierarchy.
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Staveley and Ghodoussi left because they don’t have enough money to be in the business of club ownership, and Ashworth has told others he regrets leaving NUFC. Given these various circumstances, I don’t think it’s fair to infer toxicity in the boardroom.
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Was talking about Ruddy. Second time I’ve seen him do that in the span of a week.
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Take a chill pill mate. Not every tussle on here warrants questioning a fellow fan’s intelligence or intellect.
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Ivan Moore the Alaska pollster?! Are you a Toon fan too?! This is like worlds colliding for me.
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Here’s my personally curated list of NUFC accounts on Bluesky. I hope you find this helpful as a starting point. Welcome! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Which obscure 90s glitch record did you mention to them during your interview?
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Not quite yet - I think Wimby this year may be his last serious shot at a grand slam title.
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Why exactly has he been such a flop? I recall Liverpool were also pursuing him the summer we signed him and turned to Tsimikas after their 10 mil bid was rejected.
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In a sense Brentord are lucky he actually wants to go to a notorious graveyard for football talent, because as it happens, they’re transfer market chumps, too.
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Could go to Saudi if he’s willing to teetotal.
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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is timeless and eternally world-class in a way that Zombie Dust will never be.
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I completely agree. It’s overrated relative to the hype it used to get. I regard it as an artifact of its era. My understanding is that they constrained supply to sustain the hype for as long as possible until that became untenable as a commercial strategy, and now it’s widely available.
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Trying to buy it at Chicagoland liquor stores about a decade ago used to resemble doing a drug deal. You had to know to ask for it, and they had to know you in order to go to the back and retrieve a six pack.
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No because he plays on the left where we already have Gordon and Barnes. A proper RWer is absolutely imperative. No compromises on that.
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I’m not steeped in the details and nuances, but I find it somewhat remarkable that a club in their apparent PSR position can drop the entirety of what I had heard would be their summer net spend budget before generating any sales and before June 30.
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Nice, I will definitely have to check that out. I’m still a regular Pitchfork reader but the writing seems to be on the wall for them long-term.
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I’m happy to pay, but I have trouble finding festivals catering to my geriatric millennial tastes that were forged in the 90s, noughties, and early 2010s. Pitchfork (RIP) and a couple of others were occasional exceptions. Coachella and Lollapalooza largely have not been.
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I seem to remember him being fairly credulous about claims that Henry Maurice would buy Newcastle from Mike Ashley when PIF’s bid hit some turbulence.
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Also felt that way after Maddison chose Spurs. Haven’t felt that way ever since… Could happen again...
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Give this NUFC BlueSky list a shot. Unlike starter packs, it’s not limited to 150 accounts, and I personally curated it and have been refining it ever since. I’ve tried to make it as comprehensive as possible. Let me know what you think if you have a chance to try it.
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Matter of personal preference, but I completely agree. For me, much of the drama of a landscape comes from its topography.
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Could also be like Maddison in that he goes somewhere else and we also end up not regretting it with the benefit of hindsight…
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Do you also live in PDX? If so, do you happen to know of any local groups for watching live NUFC games on weekends?
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Yeah. A starter pack.
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I also created a curated list of #NUFC BlueSky accounts, but I took a slightly different approach than Sam by trying to make this as comprehensive as possible. I also try to regularly update it (all the new accounts I followed this morning via Sam’s starter packs are already added).
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I generally strive to be inclusive but I have to confess feeling profound annoyance at glory-seeking American fans that hop aboard so-called “Big Six” bandwagons when deciding which EPL teams to root for. At least pick an interesting club!
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Yep. Paying the kind of money they binned Coutinho off to Barca for.
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According to the Athletic, he even told people he wouldn’t have left Newcastle if he had known Staveley was about to depart. www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...