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  1. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    So over the holiday Alpha kids in the family seem to be coming up and they are indeed doing what kids do; making fun of old people - yea ME! Here's a short youtube clip - Gen Alpha Making Fun of...

    So over the holiday Alpha kids in the family seem to be coming up and they are indeed doing what kids do; making fun of old people - yea ME! Here's a short youtube clip - Gen Alpha Making Fun of Influencers

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Sheriff broke law by seizing 650,000 ballots, California Supreme Court rules in ~society

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    My take on all that's going around this country isn't about lawless but rather the core of who we as American's. Morality, decency and integrity. Said better by others whom I have read on the...

    My take on all that's going around this country isn't about lawless but rather the core of who we as American's. Morality, decency and integrity. Said better by others whom I have read on the subject. Some Americans seem to think they have the higher moral ground, a higher esteem of self decency and have no quarrels breaching common law to get it done. It's frustrating to no end. Trump is just the cancer that has taken root from years of this attitude. Some even trace this back to the 1860's reconstruction period of the civil war.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on The darker side of being a doctor in ~health.mental

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    Thank-you kind internet friend - all good. I hope your summer was fun.

    Thank-you kind internet friend - all good. I hope your summer was fun.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Gianni Infantino open to an independent FIFA governance review after backlash over failed project in ~sports.football

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    2026 World Cup ended, controversy after controversy with the late dash for cash. Sound and fury, signifying nothing! All the league play has started, August summer break ended and now what?...

    2026 World Cup ended, controversy after controversy with the late dash for cash. Sound and fury, signifying nothing! All the league play has started, August summer break ended and now what? Infantino open to an independent FIFA governance review after backlash over failed project

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Well in my younger days, window shopping was a thing so I suppose if you are a foody person this qualifies. Excellent idea, even if it's a bit odd.

    Well in my younger days, window shopping was a thing so I suppose if you are a foody person this qualifies. Excellent idea, even if it's a bit odd.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    I may from time to time (every time!@) have a heavy foot on the accelerator pedal and with speed traps, cameras etc., this one just pops out of nowhere. I don't know if this may have caused me to...

    I may from time to time (every time!@) have a heavy foot on the accelerator pedal and with speed traps, cameras etc., this one just pops out of nowhere. I don't know if this may have caused me to either laugh or just stop. N.J. cop disguised as shrub helps nab dozens of drivers on phones Welcome to fall weather, can't wait until I see a pile of leaves move.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on The darker side of being a doctor in ~health.mental

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    Took some time off from posting on the internet for my own peace of mind. Didn't stop me from reading and while doing that I found this interesting article on Hacker News on the life of a doctor...

    Took some time off from posting on the internet for my own peace of mind. Didn't stop me from reading and while doing that I found this interesting article on Hacker News on the life of a doctor and the darker side of it The darker side of being a doctor. I am not at all qualify to speak on the life of a doctor however going through life remember that those that care for us also need care for themselves.

    9 votes

  10. Comment on UEFA agrees to boycott FIFA competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed in ~sports.football

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    Fair distinction, and it's an important one, this isn't about calling anyone a liar, it's about being skeptical of the choreography. The optics alone deserve scrutiny: the plan surfaced right as...

    Fair distinction, and it's an important one, this isn't about calling anyone a liar, it's about being skeptical of the choreography. The optics alone deserve scrutiny: the plan surfaced right as Europe heads into its traditional August shutdown, when federations, media newsrooms, and the political apparatus that would normally scrutinize this kind of deal are running on skeleton staff and reduced attention. Then, on top of a compressed review window and real financial stakes for member federations, I’m supposed to accept that this is coincidence rather than design. That's a familiar sequence, announce when scrutiny is structurally weakest, attach a hard deadline before organized resistance can form, and let the "outrage" cycle burn itself out before anyone's had time to actually read the fine print. It's not a football-specific tactic; it's the same playbook used to push through unpopular restructurings elsewhere, where the people negotiating the terms stand to gain and the people living with the consequences get a signature deadline instead of a seat at the table. Which is exactly why I'm skeptical of UEFA's threats and or conviction. To me this theater on its own, a boycott threat costs nothing to issue in July. Whether it costs anything in September, when the deadline actually bites, is the only test that matters. So I repeat my hope: I hope Europeans football fans, since American (America continent) fans are not able to block this measure so this squarely is a European issue to fix.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Anthropic discovered three cases where Claude broke into another system in ~tech

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    I believe that it's more a configuration error that caused issues and their solution is to spin it which is a PR stunt.

    I believe that it's more a configuration error that caused issues and their solution is to spin it which is a PR stunt.

    11 votes

  12. Comment on UEFA agrees to boycott FIFA competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed in ~sports.football

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    Sudden shock from Europe's football establishment over FIFA's private-investor plan doesn't hold up to scrutiny. This wasn't sprung on anyone, CONCACAF's actual complaint was lack of consultation,...

    Sudden shock from Europe's football establishment over FIFA's private-investor plan doesn't hold up to scrutiny. This wasn't sprung on anyone, CONCACAF's actual complaint was lack of consultation, not lack of awareness, and bodies this deep in FIFA's governance structure don't discover a plan of this scale in a single Tuesday news cycle. What looks more deliberate is the sequencing: Infantino announced the FFE, then immediately imposed a September 19 deadline, threatened to cut dissenting members out of future funding, and dangled money incentive to secure buy-in all compressed into the same window as the "shock." That's not the behavior of someone caught off guard; it's pressure engineered to outrun organized opposition. And UEFA's outrage may not be pure either, one insider frames it as a turf war over shifting power from Europe to a more global footprint, which would make the "we were blindsided" framing useful theater on both sides. Fast, loud shock benefits everyone's narrative more than "we knew and let it happen" ever would. Here's an alternative approach that makes FIFA's "shock" even less believable. The Green Bay Packers - American Football Pro Team have run a publicly-owned, shareholder structure since 1923; no single owner, a board and executive committee accountable to fans who hold stock, finances disclosed, and by charter no one can pocket a sale profit because ownership isn't structured to be flipped for private gain. It's proof that a major football institution can stay commercially successful without needing a $20bn side-door for outside investors to buy influence over how the game is run. FIFA, by contrast, is a Swiss nonprofit answering to 211 federations, and it's precisely that governance model Infantino is now restructuring around a private subsidiary with Joshua Kushner (loosely linked to President Trump-linked capital in the room. If the Packers' model proves community ownership isn't a growth ceiling, then FIFA's "we had no choice but to sell equity" pitch looks less like necessity and more like a preference, for speed, for control, and for a deal negotiated before its own membership had room to propose the boring, transparent alternative that's been sitting in American football for a century. I do hope that Europe's opposition is sincere and block this; but to be a cynic, how it's being done I have my doubts. I do hope European football fans, since I have little regard for American (all of America continent) fans to be able to block this measure.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    I read this item, I didn't know what to make of it. I am assuming it's some local thing. Isn't Spain a place where they have this huge tomato fight? Ideas.

    I read this item, I didn't know what to make of it. I am assuming it's some local thing. Isn't Spain a place where they have this huge tomato fight? Ideas.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Summer heat wave in Tokyo. I don't know, this may have been lost in translation or can people really be this nuts! Tokyo Tells Men To Wear Shorts To Work. Women Call It "Leg Hair Harassment" To be...

    Summer heat wave in Tokyo. I don't know, this may have been lost in translation or can people really be this nuts!
    Tokyo Tells Men To Wear Shorts To Work. Women Call It "Leg Hair Harassment"

    To be continued...

    Now that the World Cup is over, we can discuss the real issue of football:
    13 theories: conspiracy obsession flares up in Argentina

    I am nostalgic for just your run of the mill FIFA corruption. Oh well, see you in 2030, maybe.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on 2026 FIFA World Cup - Finals discussion and news megathread (quarters/semis/finals) in ~sports.football

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    TD = technical director Italy legends react as Maldini appointed technical director In football at least, I grew up calling the 'head coach', technical director, TD for short.

    TD = technical director Italy legends react as Maldini appointed technical director

    In football at least, I grew up calling the 'head coach', technical director, TD for short.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

  17. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Cats being cats. It's a great area of research going on with animals so at least to me, being a dog person, i find this interesting

    Cats being cats. It's a great area of research going on with animals so at least to me, being a dog person, i find this interesting

    5 votes

  18. Comment on 2026 FIFA World Cup - Finals discussion and news megathread (quarters/semis/finals) in ~sports.football

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    Int'l TD in what are Tier 1 football countries like England makes no sense at all. Brasil just like England TDs. There should be quality TDs in-house otherwise it's a loss all around. You can have...

    Int'l TD in what are Tier 1 football countries like England makes no sense at all. Brasil just like England TDs. There should be quality TDs in-house otherwise it's a loss all around. You can have all the quality players in the world but having a TD that isn't part of the fabric of the country then to me is a gap. Int'l TD will play a 'professional' game which is good in club play but not in Int'l setting. I watch Brasil to see Brasil football not some European positioning and strategy. Makes no sense. Tuchel for all the bad decision that the game versus Argentina showed, it's at least English football I watched. However, I hear his interview and I am at a loss. As the English say, 'being gutted' and what I hear is a typical German response. No knock on German football or country but his respose is typical of a German person speaking and responding. It works for them, but not what I expect from an English TD. Conversely, countries like the USA, it works having Int'l TDs though US Soccer seem hell bent on ruining their experience and knowledge.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on 2026 FIFA World Cup - Finals discussion and news megathread (quarters/semis/finals) in ~sports.football

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    This game was lost by the TD. The momentum changed and he did not react well at all. He put in defensive players late in the game against the world's quality offensive players. Incredible tactical...

    This game was lost by the TD. The momentum changed and he did not react well at all. He put in defensive players late in the game against the world's quality offensive players. Incredible tactical decision. Midfield, forwards had no legs, completely gave up on keeping possession and decided to give the ball to Argentina. Argentina! Luckily the English goalie came out and defended well otherwise it would very well have ended with 4 or 5 goals against England. What was Tuchel thinking! Then to say that he had no regrets! Wow! The English supporters certainly have patience. I am not an English supporters but I was about to throw a brick at the tv. WTF! Players also have responsibility but overall they did their job except for Kane. Nice fellow but he should have been taken out. He was not doing anything on this game.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on 2026 FIFA World Cup - Finals discussion and news megathread (quarters/semis/finals) in ~sports.football

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    I have been reading a lot of England 'parking the bus' and I partially agree. The goal came in at the 55th minute and the defensive positioning was late in the game. That was the tactical mistake...

    I have been reading a lot of England 'parking the bus' and I partially agree. The goal came in at the 55th minute and the defensive positioning was late in the game. That was the tactical mistake of the TD. Momentum turned to Argentina, leaving the world's best play maker on his own and then adding more defenders late on the game. Losing the middle to Argentina, England had no legs and that's it. Instead of adding midfield players who could have maintained possession instead the complete opposite was done. Really the game lost due to TD's decision. Of course key players were a no show; Kane are you there? If I was English I would certainly be upset with this game. It was in the bag and to have ended like it did is terrible.

    1 vote