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
what has been the impact of any recent riots politically? The BLM riots caused tens of billions of property damage and changed nothing. In Chile we had massive riots and not much changed either.
@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.
It’s really rare to see someone in a position of authority be incapable of ever taking responsibility for their actions. Struber during his tenure at
#RBNY
has been arrogant and stubborn, while always shifting blame from
himself. He exhibited incredibly poor judgment this weekend
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.
@Empty_America
Both of my parents are from one of these areas, and the main opportunity is really high end niche agriculture or tourism. Or whatever government funded positions there are.
@glcarlstrom
They’ve allowed the massive emergency ammunition stockpiles to be depleted. Surprised they even allowed that to happen. We saw during the Lebanon war that Israel needed massive american airlifts to meet its needs.
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
@2AvSagas
@loudurbanist
I always have a metrocard on me, because of the PATH. It's remarkable to me that OMNY has not been rolled out across all the regional railroads. It's embarrassing.
I hate the tendency of scholars of the last two generations to try to familiarize ancient texts and works by representing them in terms that come from our every day life and experience. I prefer defamiliarizing our world, by seeing it through the ancient text.
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.
I think there is an inflection point around 2017, where Red Bull Arena moved away from being a very focused place on the sporting event, to one trying to cultivate a more festive (maybe cheesier?) environment for the fans. That explains a bit of the vitriol from
#RBNY
fans.
#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.
I always kind of view the
#RBNY
era in Metroland in “hegelian” terms if you will. You had the original thesis of superstar DPs (which to be honest is in the fabric of the club from the Metro days), and then the antithesis is the club “moneyballing” the league.
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.
Hard disagree. You should be shopping around and haggling. It’s easy to analyze what goes into a bid (e.g. estimate on time and material, soft costs etc). All the trades people are making a killing and ripping folks off.
People shopping on price will always complain and undercut. Not worth it.
Renovations are expensive, people calling around sound like trouble to me.
Sooner you can find ways to screen those types out, the better.
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.
It's really frustrating
#RBNY
cannot leverage its massive international presence in the same way. An additional striker and midfielder would really help flesh out the squad.
Stroud is a very polished player for just coming out of college. We have a lot of players in that bottom half of the midfield (Amaya as well) so hard to see him gain a stranglehold.
That was a fun game and an excellent victory away against a strong opponent. Sandro so far is getting a lot out of this
#RBNY
team. I think we will see this starting eleven for a while.
Really perceptive thread. But there was no way they would have gone this route. And I still think since most of the world hasn’t partaken in these efforts, there would have been very manageable alternatives.
Evaluation of our sanctions policy
1. Only 2 questions matter. First, have our sanctions meaningfully curtailed Russia's ability to wage war? Second, are our sanctions a deterrent to countries that may wage war in the future? Unfortunately, the answer to both questions is: "No!"
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.
The grounds around the Acropolis appear to have been there since the 5th c BCE, but were designed in the 1950s by artist and architect, Dimitris Pikionis. Anyone who has strolled these shaded walkways knows he deserves greater notoriety than history has afforded him.
#acropolis
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: