Nostr notes by Alex

I haven’t seen #Egypt outsmart like #Argentina like this since ...

2026-07-07T16:17:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…uc9z
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I haven’t seen #Egypt outsmart like #Argentina like this since it floated the Egyptian pound, allowing rapid devaluation that took pressure off the Central Bank of Egypt’s foreign-exchange reserves and exposed the folly of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic’s alternative strategy—in a similar situation—of maintaining a costly U.S. dollar peg. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Belgium catch someone off their line like that ...

2026-07-07T01:45:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…qyqx
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I haven’t seen #Belgium catch someone off their line like that since the European Parliament prevented the Romanian and Hungarian commissioner candidates from being voted upon in 2019, due to conflicts of interest #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Portugal give one away like that since it ...

2026-07-06T21:59:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…avy0
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I haven’t seen #Portugal give one away like that since it acquiesced to the toothless 1890 British Ultimatum from Lord Salisbury requiring it to withdraw troops from Mashonaland and Matabeleland, preventing the creation of a corridor that would’ve linked Angola and Mozambique #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a bureaucratic dispute between Switzerland and ...

2026-07-06T18:03:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…50pl
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I haven’t seen a bureaucratic dispute between Switzerland and Belgium like this since Swissmem raised concerns about Brussels’ plan to cut duty-free import quotas on steel shipments to the European Union by 50%, jeopardizing the competitiveness of Swiss exports as a side effect of planned EU compliance with WTO rules #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England get a win in Mexico like that since ...

2026-07-06T03:27:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…u4jx
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I haven’t seen #England get a win in Mexico like that since Wilhelm Wasmuss left his codebook behind during the German Empire’s failed expedition to the Emirate of Afghanistan in 1916, thus permitting British spies to use it to decrypt the intercepted Zimmerman Telegram from Germany to Mexico urging the latter to join the former in war against the United States. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway escape two close penalties like this ...

2026-07-05T22:12:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…zyy2
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I haven’t seen #Norway escape two close penalties like this since it narrowly declined #EU membership in two separate plebiscites in 1972 and 1994 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Americans this excited at a red card reversal ...

2026-07-05T20:07:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…um6n
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I haven’t seen Americans this excited at a red card reversal since Target issued a nationwide recall of its Up & Up baby wipes in early 2026. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #France steal the spotlight from America like ...

2026-07-05T01:22:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…4h0x
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I haven’t seen #France steal the spotlight from America like that since lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, led his fleet to victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake, ensuring that the British army of Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown couldn’t be reinforced. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Morocco commemorate the 4th of July like this ...

2026-07-04T18:23:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…6973
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I haven’t seen #Morocco commemorate the 4th of July like this since Sultan Mohammed III allowed safe passage for American ships in 1777, thereby becoming the first country to recognize the United States of America. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Argentina survive a scare like that since the ...

2026-07-04T01:46:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…katm
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I haven’t seen #Argentina survive a scare like that since the corralón measures of President Eduardo Duhalde ended the peso’s fixed exchange rate to the U.S. dollar during the Argentine Great Depression, eventually making exports more competitive and fueling a much-needed influx of dollars. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Switzerland have such an easy time against a ...

2026-07-03T04:27:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…87e7
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I haven’t seen Switzerland have such an easy time against a francophone country since L’Acte De Médiation formally abolished Napoleon Bonaparte’s already-collapsing Helvetic Republic and replaced it with a new confederation that re-established the old canton system. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Spain run in behind an Austrian defense like ...

2026-07-02T19:37:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…dv2j
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I haven’t seen #Spain run in behind an Austrian defense like that since the combined Franco-Spanish armies under the command of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, split up an Allied army loyal to Archduke Charles of #Austria and attacked it from three sides at the Battle of Almansa on 25 April 1707. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States come up with a set piece like ...

2026-07-02T02:03:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…u0ks
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I haven’t seen the United States come up with a set piece like that since William F. Drueke founded his namesake chess equipment manufacturing company in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1914 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Belgium get away with one like that since the ...

2026-07-01T22:59:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…3mzm
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I haven’t seen #Belgium get away with one like that since the July Monarchy ensured France’s crucial support for Belgian independence in defiance of the other European great powers, who after being called on their bluff declined to send troops to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands to support the previous union #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England get two back that quick since it ...

2026-07-01T19:14:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…7nel
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I haven’t seen #England get two back that quick since it briefly reinstated control over Singapore and Hong Kong after Japan’s surrender, ending almost four years of a brief imperial interregnum #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England get into this much trouble in Georgia ...

2026-07-01T16:13:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…0jd6
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I haven’t seen #England get into this much trouble in Georgia since Andrew Pickens led the Patriot forces in a successful siege of Augusta against a Loyalist militia on 22 May 1781. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Ecuador lose ground like this since the ...

2026-07-01T02:44:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…3cvq
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I haven’t seen #Ecuador lose ground like this since the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1831 led to a series of unfavorable territorial disputes with Peru, Brazil, and Colombia #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Sweden caught flatfooted like this since a ...

2026-06-30T22:47:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…pmzg
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I haven’t seen Sweden caught flatfooted like this since a Danish-Norwegian flotilla captured 30 Swedish supply ships at Dynekilen harbor in 1716 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen negative Dutch tactics defeated like this since ...

2026-06-30T03:53:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…txwz
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I haven’t seen negative Dutch tactics defeated like this since #chess master Howard Staunton developed Staunton’s Gambit as a response to the Dutch Defence, showing how to sacrifice a white pawn for an early kingside attack against black. #netherlands #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Morocco regain the initiative against a timid ...

2026-06-30T02:54:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…67px
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I haven’t seen Morocco regain the initiative against a timid Western European power like this since Sultan Mohammed III thwarted the Expedition of Larache in 1765. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Germany get into this much trouble against a ...

2026-06-29T21:23:59Z

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I haven’t seen #Germany get into this much trouble against a South American side since the excursions of the submarine U-507 spurred #Brazil to enter World War II against it on 22 August 1942 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Japan break out into open space in #Texas like ...

2026-06-29T17:38:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…9l67
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I haven’t seen #Japan break out into open space in #Texas like this since Sadatsuchi Uchida led a fact-finding mission to create rice farms on the Gulf Coast in 1902. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Canada work its way past a South African defense ...

2026-06-28T21:33:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…j69e
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I haven’t seen Canada work its way past a South African defense like this since William Dillon Otter led Companies G and H of the Canadian Maritimes to victory against the Orange Free State at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria pull of a miracle like that since its ...

2026-06-28T04:08:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…7c8a
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I haven’t seen #Austria pull of a miracle like that since its archduchy organized a successful defense of Vienna against an Ottoman invasion in only six days in September 1683. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Egypt sneak one past #Iran like that since ...

2026-06-27T03:13:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…t8eh
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I haven’t seen #Egypt sneak one past #Iran like that since Gamal Abdel Nasser began financing Ayatollah Khomeini’s resistance to the shah over 15 years before the 1979 Revolution. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Norway get one back this quick since Operation ...

2026-06-26T19:34:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…x6p9
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I haven’t seen Norway get one back this quick since Operation Doomsday, name notwithstanding, secured Germany’s immediate surrender and then transitioned into a peaceful Allied occupation. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Turkey get one back that quick since the Treaty ...

2026-06-26T02:15:43Z

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I haven’t seen Turkey get one back that quick since the Treaty of Sèvres was instantly scuttled by Turkish nationalist backlash and the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne ensured no Allied partition of the former Ottoman territories. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States get a concession from Turkey ...

2026-06-26T02:03:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…t9hh
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I haven’t seen the United States get a concession from Turkey like that since James Madison secured freedom of passage through the Mediterranean by winning the Second Barbary War over the Regency of Algiers, which was at the time under Ottoman suzerainty. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Sweden slot one home like that since Charles ...

2026-06-26T00:27:06Z

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I haven’t seen #Sweden slot one home like that since Charles XII led the Swedish Empire to victory over a much larger Polish-Saxon Army at the Battle of Kliszów in 1702. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen South Africa stun a #Korean side like this since ...

2026-06-25T02:24:09Z

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I haven’t seen South Africa stun a #Korean side like this since its 2 Squadron SAAF planes joined the Pressure Pump air campaign against Pyongyang on 11 July 1952. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Switzerland seize the initiative like this since ...

2026-06-24T20:06:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…lddm
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I haven’t seen Switzerland seize the initiative like this since Swiss troops besieged the French fort at Hüningen near the denouement of the Napoleonic Wars, setting the stage for its eventual demolition as per Article III of the 1815 Treaty of Paris #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a #Ronaldo double like this since Ronaldo Lemos ...

2026-06-23T18:50:51Z

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I haven’t seen a #Ronaldo double like this since Ronaldo Lemos became a fellow of Ashoka in 2015 and was reappointed to the Social Communication Council the same year. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMondial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Portugal get such a decisive edge over ...

2026-06-23T18:36:52Z

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I haven’t seen #Portugal get such a decisive edge over Uzbekistan since Francisco da Costa Gomes marshaled the Flechas unit of the Portuguese secret police as well as other counterinsurgency forces on the Frente Leste, to drive out the Soviet-backed People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway do this well in a North American ...

2026-06-23T00:55:12Z

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I haven’t seen #Norway do this well in a North American expedition since it established the L’Anse aux Meadows settlement in present-day #Canada ca. 1014 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria caught offguard by a South American ...

2026-06-22T17:40:02Z

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I haven’t seen #Austria caught offguard by a South American attack like this since the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter damaged the Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate, leading to its scuttling a few days later and the retreat of its crew to #Argentina as well as #Uruguay. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Egypt put two on the board this quickly since ...

2026-06-22T02:35:31Z

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I haven’t seen Egypt put two on the board this quickly since the Khedivate of Egypt added two additional crescents to its flag in 1881 to indicate sovereignty over Egypt, Sudan, and Hejaz #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen New Zealand get this far inside Egyptian lines ...

2026-06-22T01:33:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…ulg3
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I haven’t seen New Zealand get this far inside Egyptian lines since the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force landed in Helwan to prepare for the defense of Greece against the Axis powers in 1940 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Côte d’Ivoire get out ahead of Germany like ...

2026-06-20T20:49:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…q4x9
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I haven’t seen Côte d’Ivoire get out ahead of Germany like this since Louis-Gustave Binger and Marcel Treich-Laplène established a series of protectorates there in the late 1880s, reversing the previous French colonial retrenchment in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War and curbing German ambitions in Africa. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States slip two past #Australia like ...

2026-06-19T19:51:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…k8e0
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I haven’t seen the United States slip two past #Australia like this since the Paris Peace Conference saw the founding of Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations and the subsequent designation of German New Guinea as a League of Nations mandate rather than a colony, both over Australian objections. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Canada get a foothold this deep inside the Qatar ...

2026-06-19T00:02:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…u23h
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I haven’t seen Canada get a foothold this deep inside the Qatar zone since Operation Friction saw the deployment of thousands of Canadian Forces personnel to Doha in 1990–1991. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England put four on the board like this since ...

2026-06-17T22:29:51Z

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I haven’t seen #England put four on the board like this since Turnbridge Wells MP Greg Clark was appointed President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council and served for four days from 15 to 19 July 2016, at which point his appointment was recognized as erroneous and the post subsequently given to Liam Fox instead. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC #ThreeLions

I haven’t seen an #Argentina hat trick like this since the ...

2026-06-17T02:45:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…332m
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I haven’t seen an #Argentina hat trick like this since the Phrygian cap was included in the official coat of arms of the Argentine Republic in 1944, though it had appeared in preliminary designs as early as 1813. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a 1-2 punch from #Argentina in the United States ...

2026-06-17T02:31:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…z7a8
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I haven’t seen a 1-2 punch from #Argentina in the United States like this since the Batallón de Inteligencia 601 worked with the CIA to train the Contras and then used US sponsorship to supply the counterinsurgency in Guatemala during the latter’s civil war #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I havent seen #Norway get three in this easily since it ...

2026-06-17T00:05:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…y20y
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I havent seen #Norway get three in this easily since it incorporated the uninhabited dependencies of Bouvet Island, Peter I Island, and Queen Maud Land near Antarctica #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Iran get such a hard-fought draw since it saved ...

2026-06-16T03:18:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…ady7
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I haven’t seen Iran get such a hard-fought draw since it saved face by decimating the Iraq-backed MEK in August 1988, despite UN Resolution 598 for a ceasefire having already been accepted by both parties and having initially been cast as a “win” for Iraq. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Saudi Arabia pull away from Uruguay like this ...

2026-06-15T22:53:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…2le4
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I haven’t seen Saudi Arabia pull away from Uruguay like this since the Gulf Cooperation Council abandoned a framework for a free-trade agreement with MERCOSUR, missing its original 2006 deadline #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Spain lose nominal control of Cape Verde like ...

2026-06-15T16:46:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…uh2y
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I haven’t seen Spain lose nominal control of Cape Verde like this since Portugal and England routed the army of Don Juan José de Austria at Estremoz in 1663, effectively ending the Iberian Union. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen an Ivorian make a last-ditch attempt this ...

2026-06-15T01:05:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…0ac4
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I haven’t seen an Ivorian make a last-ditch attempt this powerful since Didier Drogba helped end the country’s civil war with an improvised televised speech after Les Éléphants qualified for the 2006 World Cup #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen the Netherlands get one back from Japan this ...

2026-06-14T21:26:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…h8tv
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I haven’t seen the Netherlands get one back from Japan this quickly since the landing on Blue Beach to commence the Western New Guinea campaign in April 1944. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen the United States pressure Paraguay like this ...

2026-06-13T01:48:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…3j7u
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I haven’t seen the United States pressure Paraguay like this since James Buchanan sent 19 ships to Asunción in 1859 following the Water Witch incident, to collect a $10,000 indemnity. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen #Canada show such resolve against a Balkan ...

2026-06-12T20:43:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…hwp5
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I haven’t seen #Canada show such resolve against a Balkan opponent since it decisively intervened between Croatia and Serbia as part of Operation Medak Pocket in 1993. #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen Korea get one back this quick since it drove out ...

2026-06-12T03:32:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…t8l4
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I haven’t seen Korea get one back this quick since it drove out the Mongols and then conquered Liaoyang in the 14th century #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen Korea get wrongfooted by a European power like ...

2026-06-12T03:29:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…7p0t
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I haven’t seen Korea get wrongfooted by a
European power like this since the Free City Incident almost exactly 105 years ago #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen this many red cards since my hearts straight ...

2026-06-11T21:10:28Z

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I haven’t seen this many red cards since my hearts straight flush lost to a diamonds royal flush on the river at the Mandalay Bay in 2015 #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen a South Africa side arrive at a joint #Mexico / ...

2026-06-11T19:15:17Z

I haven’t seen a South Africa side arrive at a joint #Mexico / #USA venture in such poor shape since Ben Viljoen’s entourage fled the Boer War and set up a colony at Hacienda Humboldt in Chihuahua with the help of Teddy Roosevelt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports

Right, I agree that negative polarization against tariffs could ...

2025-12-15T16:21:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…uw4g
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Right, I agree that negative polarization against tariffs could provide cover for reversion to strident (and destabilizing) “free trade” policies. Plus, SCOTUS potentially invalidating some tariffs could have the added effect of restoring its legitimacy with some liberals. At the same time, I think it may be hard for the U.S. to give up on tariffs completely. The politics of a Democratic president lifting a bunch of tariffs to provide relief to China’s exporters are terrible.

I’m OK with the China tariffs, which even Biden supported to an ...

2025-12-15T14:50:50Z

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I’m OK with the China tariffs, which even Biden supported to an extent, because at least they’ve moved the U.S. beyond just hoping for the best from “free trade.” They’re not enough on their own—and who knows, they might be gone soon and then we’ll be back to the “good old days” of a growing trade deficit. Maybe Japan can provide a test case of the deficit-country military buildup theory, but the early returns from its relations with China aren’t promising.

Hasn’t the United States sort of done that military build-up ...

2025-12-15T03:53:30Z

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Hasn’t the United States sort of done that military build-up thing? Although it’s also the one providing all the demand.

The error of the tariffs has been in their blanket imposition, instead of them being laser-targeted at surplus countries, China in particular. It makes no sense to tariff Canada or India right now, e.g.

People aren’t equipped for the idea that the bulk of the most ...

2025-08-14T01:40:59Z

People aren’t equipped for the idea that the bulk of the most important tech has already been invented. Like, my mom lived through the invention of the microwave and I get to live through “can GPT-5 count letters?” https://apple.news/ADBiyuB6kQHm63TZQHG1pYQ

Going to need a lot of coal and oil to make those EVs and solar ...

2025-07-06T14:01:10Z

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Going to need a lot of coal and oil to make those EVs and solar panels (monster trucks I agree are nostalgic stupidity)

It’s wild that the biggest losers by far of the reconciliation ...

2025-07-02T04:18:46Z

It’s wild that the biggest losers by far of the reconciliation bill are Kentucky, Alaska, and the inland portions of California. Show me an area that thinks it pulls itself up by its bootstraps and I’ll show you an other unviable remote outpost that’s held together solely by a Medicaid-funded hospital.

Calling it computer “science,” and its practitioners ...

2025-05-03T13:50:13Z

Calling it computer “science,” and its practitioners “engineers,” is a great example of how _everything_ is political despite people acting like they can avoid politics and work in some neutral sphere. We’d live in a different world if it were called “computer arts and crafts” and its practitioners “artisans.” The field and the work would be held in much more contempt by capitalists for starters.

I didn’t follow him on X but I recall an episode that broke ...

2025-04-28T14:54:54Z

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I didn’t follow him on X but I recall an episode that broke through, in which he and Benedict Evans took a pro-British Raj/pro-colonialism position. He apologized at the time but it’s clear now that his reactionary turn was accelerating.

My “I’ll erect a stable autocracy by enraging pensioners, ...

2025-03-26T15:24:55Z

My “I’ll erect a stable autocracy by enraging pensioners, veterans, and the security services” shirt has people asking a lot questions already answered by my shirt.

This was an all-timer. A perfect rebuttal of Effective Altruism ...

2025-03-20T15:41:45Z

This was an all-timer. A perfect rebuttal of Effective Altruism and Roko’s basilisk

The instant that Valentine’s Day was over, every store had ...

2025-02-24T05:19:38Z

The instant that Valentine’s Day was over, every store had knives in stock. The crass commercialization of the Ides of March starts earlier every year 🙄

President Grassley is something I’ve thought about a lot for ...

2025-02-20T01:37:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…djq6
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President Grassley is something I’ve thought about a lot for some reason. It just feels like a Chekov’s Gun thing at this point, the gerontocrat to end all gerontocrats.

“Even Elon Musk can do this 🙄 “ instead of “Even Musk is ...

2025-02-07T03:03:04Z

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“Even Elon Musk can do this 🙄 “ instead of “Even Musk is getting into this 🤯 “

I liked this take from Gabriel Zucman about conditioning market ...

2025-02-02T20:34:10Z

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I liked this take from Gabriel Zucman about conditioning market access on wealth taxes. Do it to Musk for sure and really why not go further and target Zuckerberg, Bezos, et al. The oligarchy won’t feel any pain from within so the pressure has to come from without https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/20/trump-threatens-a-global-trade-war-europe-must-unleash-a-radical-alternative

The obsession with GDP growth as a race, whether it’s Europe ...

2025-01-29T15:27:36Z

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The obsession with GDP growth as a race, whether it’s Europe “falling behind” the US or the latter “falling behind” China, has done a lot of damage. It’s just palette-swapped “number go up”-ism

Both are also useful grist for narratives that vastly overstate ...

2025-01-22T18:29:29Z

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Both are also useful grist for narratives that vastly overstate the geopolitical stakes of losing the race to be the “best” at them. E.g., there’s tons of “the US is falling behind in crypto” discourse and similar spiels about the urgent need to “beat” China at AI—but is having less high-tech cryptocurrency or less (more?) sycophantic LLMs really a Sputnik moment? Seems a lot less pertinent than a satellite. But “falling behind” is indeed bad for billionaires’ net worth.

The centrists got everything they wanted: the platitudinous, ...

2025-01-21T00:51:15Z

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The centrists got everything they wanted: the platitudinous, sleepy Biden campaigns, reduced and delayed lawfare, a pivot to moaning about the deficit, the nondescript Harris campaign which they immediately stripped of its most memorable messaging (“weird”), full-on “popularism” (lol) and it ended in catastrophe. For centrists, Warren is a great avatar of how the left is somehow both to blame for everything and also irrelevant. “Centrism can’t fail, it can only be failed”

You’re probably right that they’ll try for the profits ...

2025-01-19T19:40:28Z

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You’re probably right that they’ll try for the profits despite the hurdles. There’s some disagreement on how vital the US market is to TikTok tho; the NYT calls the ban a big blow b/c of the value of US users (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/tiktok-ban-bytedance.html) but Ryan Broderick has said TikTok is more like an Amazon competitor than an Instagram one (https://www.garbageday.email/p/tiktok-doesn-t-need-america) and thus doesn’t need the US b/c Americans don’t “get” social shopping. The second seems a little flippant but who knows…

1) Trump plan seems to be to de facto nationalize it by making it ...

2025-01-19T19:26:07Z

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1) Trump plan seems to be to de facto nationalize it by making it a joint venture (why would China agree to this?)
2) Apple and Alphabet have to play ball—more likely than Item 1, granted, but then we’re in a real Calvinball situation.

Today’s “we’re back!” proclamation notwithstanding this still seems to be a fluid situation and further US-China geopolitical clashes could take it in a new direction. At some point it might not be worth trying to make it work in the US.

What if TikTok simply decides to stay away no matter what the US ...

2025-01-19T17:31:03Z

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What if TikTok simply decides to stay away no matter what the US parties do? That’s the outcome I’m hoping for

When Sam Altman goes to his investors seeking another $100 ...

2025-01-18T02:34:52Z

When Sam Altman goes to his investors seeking another $100 billion for #OpenAi

Free Our Feeds errs in assuming BSky users want an open web ...

2025-01-13T21:47:36Z

Free Our Feeds errs in assuming BSky users want an open web instead of a closed doomscrolling machine that lets them dunk on people.

At least one US donut shop is still using a #Commodore64 for ...

2024-12-20T17:16:51Z

At least one US donut shop is still using a #Commodore64 for transactions. Reminded me of how Calvin Harris likewise composed some of his music on a #Commodore #Amiga. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/random-this-us-bakery-still-uses-a-commodore-64-for-sales-in-2024

“…but RFK Jr. wants healthier food—“ no, he doesn’t. ...

2024-12-18T01:19:00Z

“…but RFK Jr. wants healthier food—“ no, he doesn’t. He’s a conspiracy theorist. The sanewashing of him has only been possible in large part because Americans irrationally hate fat people[^1] so much that they’re willing to experiment with very dangerous things if it means possibly[^2] seeing even a fewer fat people.

[^1]: “but Americans ARE fat!” you’re probably saying. Well, it’s a big and diverse country
[^2]: not likely

Old wine, new bottles, etc. #RetroGaming #RetroGames #wizardry ...

2024-12-14T01:30:27Z

Old wine, new bottles, etc. #RetroGaming #RetroGames #wizardry #nintendo #NintendoSwitch

Power Rangers for #SNES cost $69.99 in 1994 lol #RetroGaming ...

2024-12-07T22:52:53Z

Power Rangers for #SNES cost $69.99 in 1994 lol #RetroGaming #RetroGaming #VideoGames #VideoGaming

Only 1 #PS3 game, 2 #PS4 ones, and none from #PS5 here—this ...

2024-12-07T19:38:26Z

Only 1 #PS3 game, 2 #PS4 ones, and none from #PS5 here—this list (#FF7 is number 1, and most entries are from #PS1 and #PS2) kinda doubles as a mini history of how #PlayStation declined in Japan while becoming more popular elsewhere. Remember the PS1 outsold the #N64 more than 3-to-1 in Japan; compare that to how the #Nintendo #Switch has outsold the PS4 and PS5 _combined_ there. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/japanese-gamers-just-picked-the-30-best-playstation-games-of-all-time

Buying a Japanese #Sega Saturn and a bunch of terrible games that ...

2024-12-02T06:59:04Z

Buying a Japanese #Sega Saturn and a bunch of terrible games that were never localized, just to feel something #retroGaming

The Frogger episode of #Seinfeld was coincidentally timed with ...

2024-11-28T17:20:51Z

The Frogger episode of #Seinfeld was coincidentally timed with the remake for #PlayStation 1 and PC as well as the retro reissues for #SNES, #SegaGenesis and other consoles. It was the last game released for the latter two systems in North America and confusingly used the same box art as the PS1/PC remake. Would’ve liked to have seen them push the 16-bit consoles a bit more. #VideoGames #RetroGames #RetroGaming #VideoGaming

PS: there’s footage in here of the release day of the #Nintendo ...

2024-11-21T19:01:51Z

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PS: there’s footage in here of the release day of the #Nintendo Famicom version, which sold 3 million copies its first week. #retroGaming #videoGames #videoGaming #games #gaming https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/remember-when-dragon-quest-iiis-launch-triggered-arrests-in-japan

Amazing that a game released in 1988 and remade this year for the ...

2024-11-21T18:58:41Z

Amazing that a game released in 1988 and remade this year for the 7th (!) time might ultimately be bought over 1% of everyone in Japan. #retroGaming #videoGames #videoGaming #games #gaming https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/11/japanese-charts-dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remakes-launch-sales-are-astronomical

^ If you’re wondering how that is possible: Many modern TVs ...

2024-11-20T00:37:22Z

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^ If you’re wondering how that is possible: Many modern TVs support 50p (required for legacy unaltered PAL videos) in addition to the default 60 or 120. The #Analogue Super NT can have its video set to 1080p/50 and its region toggled from NTSC to PAL. This is useful because some some #SNES games were only released in PAL regions, or have PAL versions much cheaper than NTSC counterparts. #VideoGames #VideoGaming #RetroGames #RetroGaming #Nintendo

Limited Run Games finally admitted that they couldn’t get ...

2024-11-19T01:53:20Z

Limited Run Games finally admitted that they couldn’t get _Worms_ for SNES to run on an NTSC #SNES at 60 Hz. It was a PAL-only release (from 1996) designed for 50 Hz TVs. They’re releasing it (almost 3 years after preorders closed) as a 30 Hz (yikes!) cart. Some people paid $89 for collector editions of this thing, which is not much less than what a CiB copy of the PAL release goes for—and the latter can actually run seamlessly on an #Analogue Super NT. #games #videogame #gaming #videogaming

After reading this article about how the creator of _Worms_ ...

2024-10-14T16:01:45Z

After reading this article about how the creator of _Worms_ restored the #Commodore #Amiga he’d used to develop the game, I went down a rabbit hole to learn Limited Run Games did a retro cart edition of the obscure #SNES port (only released in PAL regions in late 1996) and it still hasn’t shipped two years after preorders closed lol. Very typical behavior for them https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-commodore-amiga-used-to-make-worms-is-back-in-service

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like ...

2024-09-25T04:05:42Z

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like #nintendo #nintendo3ds #games #gaming #videogames #videogaming #RetroGames #RetroGaming

This what I meant about X’s decline not really being that ...

2024-09-20T16:45:16Z

This what I meant about X’s decline not really being that significant a windfall for other social media. Tumblr is a totally forgotten platform; meanwhile BSky has <1 million DAUs. The “big new social network” frontier closed after 2016. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/20/tumblr-reports-350-user-growth-following-xs-ban-in-brazil/