This by
@AntonJaegermm
is also excellent. He brings such a textured analysis to the idea of “project state.” Honestly what drives a lot of the discourse is a yearning for a “project state,” instead of the flimsy market solutions we are fed.
This
#RBNY
game again highlights how good the Crew are. I cannot explain how impressive they were last weekend. i’ve always felt the 2018 Atlanta and RBNY sides were peak MLS. But that Crew team was absolutely brilliant. Nancy is so impressive.
@FistedFoucault
I think the big win for the US outside of some minor and already forgotten propaganda related to the war, is the consolidation of the EU as a permanent vassal, but also separating the continent from its energy and resource rich neighbor.
@FistedFoucault
But it speaks to ills that plague the US that it cannot transition military victories into anything durable. They just smash and grab and leave desolation behind.
It really needs to be repeated that Thelwell did a great job identifying MLS talent for
#RBNY
. Morgan, Amaya, Reyes, D. Nealis, and Coronel all are fantastic contributors.
I have no clue if
#RBNY
will resolve the goal scoring issues (two seasons ago a lot of hero ball and wonderstrikes from Morgan and Luqui made up the difference), but yesterday was not "murderball." Amaya feeding Forsberg in advanced positions is going to be dangerous.
Armchair Analyst: CCL sides struggle, Columbus stay elite, I figure out why I'm bullish on D.C. & everything else from first kick.
Including Messi & Miami getting taken behind the woodshed but still coming out with a point.
This from
@mattyglesias
I think captures a lot of questions and issues with the pandemic response. I still find it shocking how little has been done to resolve federal failures.
This episode highlights all the strengths of Odd Lots. It’s such a great deep dive on pricing and how companies are approaching their customers. More broadly, the continuing erosion of purchasing power for most Americans despite wage growth is a huge issue.
Here's the full transcript with
@SamuelRines
on what he's hearing on corporate earnings calls, about how big companies are doing pricing strategy.
Samuel is great! And a must follow for his fascinating ability to connect corporate news with macro trends
I honestly didn’t think much about the White trade at the time, and most people felt it was a “good piece of business.” But seeing how hard it has been for
#RBNY
to find a striker (and how much we’ve spent), it stands out as a mistake.
I think everyone can agree that so far Sandro is getting much more out of this
#RBNY
group than Struber did. It’s still early with lots of questions. But even with the frustrating draw last weekend, I think we should all be pleasantly surprised.
#RBNY
is tied for the fifth best PPG in MLS so far this year. We’ve had one complete loss against the Crew, and then a poor half against Miami. Not bad so far. But the team really needs a striker and a midfielder. We’re thin.
Kudos to the
#Xank
əndi Police Department for their exemplary service in ensuring public safety!
From patrolling neighborhoods to swift responses, they're the backbone of our city's security.
I often think about something that the dudes on
@ViewFrom202
and
@corkinho
touched on is that one of the frustrating things with
#RBNY
right now is that they have been spending the last years. Vanzier is the largest transfer in club history. Manoel cost quite a bit of money.
Athens permitted its famous Polykatoikia with a condo-like legal system called "antiparochi"
Greece lacked modern finance, so developers paid landowners in physical homes!
Today it's the best illustration of how homeowners in crisis markets can actually benefit from upzoning
"In New York City, there are now an estimated 65,000 delivery workers, riding bikes and scooters, day and night, often in terrible weather."
That's nearly as many people work in the entire MTA transit system in NY.
@blob_watcher
The UK (and Canada) are interesting cases because they have gone full turbo hyper-liberalization. And both the last years are struggling. The US is unique because of the many inherent advantages. Countries and their elites copying us miss the unique attributes.
@FistedFoucault
folks forget Sarkozy and Cameron begging Obama to intervene, as the Europeans ran out of ammunition. Also set in motion end of French influence in Sahel.
Krispy Kreme is coming to McDonald's
The two are launching a partnership later this year with plans to expand nationwide by the end of 2026
An iconic crossover event.
@Empty_America
Yes, much higher pay than in other countries. The US has an issue with these types of upper middle class/middlemen services. Hard to reign them in.
Morgan at midfield never really did it for me. But at striker, he’s fantastic. And this Vanzier/Morgan partnership actually may work. All the normal caveats about weather and Miami having no backline.
#RBNY
While I find the Greek people to be perfectly nice and interesting I can’t think of anything Greek independence since 1832 has given the world. got a W and got lazy, I’m afraid.
This interview is a good example of how naive and silly our tech personalities are. These are the people that are supposedly revolutionizing the world but are so impoverished in logic and thought, that they are completely ineffectual. You can see this play out with the OpenAI BS.
I just listened to an interview that Dr. Mearsheimer did with Lex Fridman - Mearsheimer spends the whole time trying to explain how structural factors and geopolitical interests drive events, and Fridman keeps saying that it's about personal relationships between leaders. Crazy.
Excellent on “fascism,” and I think it pairs well woth some of
@adam_tooze
’s posts. I still am stuck with the misuse of the term during the Iraq invasion and how Saddam was the new “hitler.”
@mymoonovski
@arisroussinos
lol yea walk by that miserable place in the middle of the winter. Dystopian and an eyesore. What they did to that part of Boston is criminal.
If you spend any time in
#RBNY
twitter, you’ll occasionally see frustration that Philly (and now St. Louis) basically are executing our model better than us. How can this be? I remember when Jesse left, one thing people were saying was that we had institutional knowledge.
As I’ve grown older, my disdain for modern architecture and in particular the narcissistic starchitects has only grown. It does feel good though that most of this crap will be torn down. Nobody will ever care if a Bjarke Ingels is blown up.
Harry has done the whole cycle. There is nothing left for him in the decadent west. He needs a new role. We need to find a seat for him. Which is why I again propose to make him the King of Greece.
Prince Harry’s melancholy is tragic because it speaks to the abjection of the entire Millennial project; from stoner Nazi cosplay, to mass murderer with Oedipal complex, to anti-racism campaigner, failed podcaster, self-pitying writer of autofictions with boring sans-serif fonts.
@Empty_America
You think? I see a lot of older homes in the northeast in suburban areas trading at premiums. It's expensive to upgrade or modify them, but there is a lot of value there.
From last week, but amazing to see
#RBNy
in the lower right quadrant with a "low intensity" pressing scheme. We saw that against LAFC, where the line of confrontation was deeper than we normally see. This RBNY team is giving a lot of looks so far.
With a quarter of the MLS season already played, teams are developing habits.
- Sizing up totality of play (g+!)
- Assessing teams in transition phases
- How often your team has led and trailed
…and much more to dissect ahead of a busy match weekend: