Robert Andrew Powell
@robertandrewp.bsky.social
created July 29, 2023
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Gennifer Hutchison (@gennhutchison.bsky.social) reposted
I really, REALLY wish people would internalize the absolute stranglehold voter suppression and gerrymandering have over many red states with high BIPOC populations (who reliably vote blue) before consistently writing off these entire states and saying shit like “they deserved it”.
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The man asked me to flex
Philip Gourevitch (@pgourevitch.bsky.social) reposted
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Always fun to see
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Zac Brown Band at the Four Seasons George V in a private concert for 52 people including, somehow, tennis player Rafael Nadal
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
"Defined by"? I'm going with "wasted by"
Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85.bsky.social) reposted
"whats the worst that could happen?" the biggest dipshits in history on November 5th, 2024
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Just want to chime in positively for Presidente. It's cheaply made. It is not "good beer". I love it
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Nooooooooo Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
That's a solid message
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
The Trumpers I know personally are not idiots. They are aware that Trump is a disaster. But none of them are willing to admit it. Their pride has no off ramp
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been thinking about this. For the Trump voters I know, his sudden death might be the best-possible development, even if they wouldn't realize it. He would die before the country/economy/world fully collapses, so they'd be able to pretend into perpetuity that their votes weren't so horrible
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Two and a half Premier League games and I'm out, done
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Mundelein mentioned
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New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion.nytimes.com) reposted
“An American attack on a fentanyl lab might make Mr. Trump look strong before his base. But the vast networks of organized crime, and the U.S. drug market that keeps them going, can’t be so easily blown away,” Ioan Grillo writes.
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Bobby Valentine wasn't even as flagrant
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I have *never* seen anything like this, in any sport
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Once you've seen the movie it may be impossible not to think of it on every Huey Lewis mention
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
I was shocked that no one had posted this photo yet
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Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
My motorcycle came with a GPS tracker "so police can immediately locate it if it is ever stolen." When it was indeed stolen, and I shared this info with the cop, he chuckled. Didn't even pretend he was going to follow up. A month later my bike turned up in a ditch, destroyed.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Hmm. Sounds bad. But we can no longer trust what the government says, so
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
My formative experience with crime is when I tracked a stolen iPhone to a house when photos showed up in my stream with meta data intact. I gave the address to the police and they couldn’t have been less interested in doing anything with that information.
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Also, if I'm going to pay money to stream soccer, which I do, then it's going to Peacock so I can watch the Premier League. Which it does
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
In South Florida, I get every single Miami Dolphin game on free TV. I rarely get an Inter Miami game. Extremely rarely
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Led Zipline?
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
See if they'll throw it in Barcelona. As guests, that one really worked out for us
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for the context!
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"Eggers gave this Dracula a mustache. Like, a serious Fu Manchu. I went into the theater expecting to s—t my pants in fright, I ended up getting Ming the Merciless. It ain’t right." www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Or maybe the M&M's store
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Presuming they all went to see Mamma Mia! right after the photo
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
The hardest of hardcore from El Kartel de Juarez calmly, politely invaded Times Square
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Miami would like to continue with the fraud, thank you
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Hating on Tom Brady remains good fun. But also the quickest I've ever dropped a documentary. Three sentences into the intro, Brady asks if there's another team in Birmingham, and then asks if that team is in the Premier League. And I'm like, Am I caught up on Drive to Survive?
Karen K. Ho (@karenho.bsky.social) reposted
It is kind of shocking how rapidly things are going, and we all have to do stuff like send emails, buy groceries and do laundry like it's not
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I wish the best to the couple I saw get engaged tonight on the beach in Surfside. Candles, flowers, music, photographers - the works. But I gotta say having the violinist launch into the love theme from Titanic is not the greatest omen
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
... he arrived with a brief note: "family deported." www.miaminewtimes.com/news/south-f...
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Sweet. "The U.S. Navy will permanently cut its stream of data from three weather satellites essential to hurricane forecasters this Thursday, with the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season just weeks away." michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/navy-set-t...
Chris Person (@papapishu.bsky.social) reposted
Ozzy is one of like 3 people in Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 that comes off as a decent human being and I always love the scene where Penelope Spheeris interviews him making breakfast while he explains the ups and downs of the business.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
"The only reason these serial killers’ names don’t ring in the ear with the horror of Jeffrey Dahmer’s and Ed Gein’s is because they have not killed or eaten anyone. But we’d better keep them behind bars to be safe. They could start at any time!" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep
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Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Officially adding this to my short list of conspiracies I am inclined to believe. Also on the list: - George W. Bush wore a wire in a 2004 debate. - Michael Reinoehl was murdered
Louise Seamster (@louiseseamster.bsky.social) reposted
as with many things, there is a relevant 20 year old @thisamericanlife.org story for this www.thisamericanlife.org/293/a-little...
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
God Bless America hits different under fascism
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Best movie since Mutants of 2051 A.D.
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Resisting the urge to quote thirty or forty lines of dialogue
Hudson River Blue (@hudsonriverblue.com) reposted
To be filed under "Headlines You Never Thought You'd Write": "Donald Trump keeps FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself"
Michael Spicer (@michaelspicer.bsky.social) reposted
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Ha I turned it right off!
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Does Infantino think *everybody* likes fascist dictators as much as he does?
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
When walking across the pitch leaves you clearly winded
Jack Kogod (@unsilent.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We need more shots of Trump looking miserable at a soccer match.
Sleepytime Hawg (@jerkwheatery.bsky.social) reposted
This singalong is just for a commercial on the big screen
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
The elitism of the ... Vancouver Whitecaps
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Only political donation I could find for Doral Toyota was to Republican JC Bermudez, a Miami-Dade County Commissioner who sponsored legislation to rename a street in Hialeah after certain chaos agent. (The legislation passed, President Donald J. Trump Avenue exists.)
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Hey Doral Toyota, saw your new commercial. Any thoughts on *why* we are living "in a world that feels unpredictable?" A world, you assert, "where everything can change in an instant?" Any context? Anything happen in, say, the past six months to cause this instability? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEeQ...
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David Boston is *the* cautionary tale of steroid addiction
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Mexico deserves to lose. Always, in general
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's try this again: Mexico deserves to lose just for dressing in black and gold like they're the New Orleans Saints
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Mexico deserves to lose for wearing black uniforms
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
Moonlight
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game. it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
Prof Lou Moore (@profloumoore.bsky.social) reposted
I’m not sure how we host the World Cup or the Olympics without countries boycotting. Julio César Chávez Jr. arrested by ICE 4 days after Jake Paul loss
Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) reposted
A for-profit detention camp in which migrant children were detained in tents had to be abandoned in Homestead in 2019 due to a hurricane approaching Florida. If a regular summer rain is causing this new Everglades detention camp to flood, then this place is not equipped to handle storms.
Rodger Sherman (@rodger.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you FIFA for finally answering the question of “what if the team that won the Champions League last month played the team currently in sixth place in the MLS’ Eastern Conference”
Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira (@mausellmoli.bsky.social) reposted
"Emotions explode at the Colosseum of Chaos!!!!!!!"
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It sure didn't look like Juárez
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When I first heard this song was coming I was very worried that it would be cringe. But it's alright www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUXx...
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Ground level tents in the Everglades? What's the hurricane plan?
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I'd expected the worst. It's worse than I'd expected
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven't been able to figure out what happened there. Why was Acuña so amped?
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I'm AMAZED that my school is there. Ripon College
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(I'm watching Inter Miami - Palmeiras because fuck it okay I'm interested)
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever heard Andres Cantor call a game in English.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Nobody else is watching this game
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
No era handball
Robert Cadena (@robertcadena.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Just can’t get over how much they look like images of cartel out of Sinaloa or Juarez.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I've been saying...
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
The Boca Juniors fans that have invaded Miami seem to care quite a bit
James Nalton (@jdnalton.bsky.social) reposted
This is from a Concacaf Gold Cup media release. You can't really boast of regional unity, community, and the spirit of filling a stadium when fans of one participating team, Haiti, are banned from entering the host country.
Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagiragrant.com) reposted
noem saying thery're going to "liberate" california from its leaders seconds before federal law enforcement restrains and removes one of the state's senators from the room—like what else needs to be said
Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) reposted
A boat transporting individuals to a Telemundo party celebrating one year out from the World Cup was boarded by the coast guard. They checked the immigration status of the staff on the boat. The mayor of Miami-Dade, FIFA officials, and Telemundo leadership were present.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
To be charitable, by the second OT the players were rightly exhausted.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
The Club World Cup opener in Miami, which already slashed ticket prices twice for lack of interest, now advertising that US Customs and Border Patrol agents will be "suited and booted" at the stadium providing "security." www.miaminewtimes.com/news/border-...
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The USA equivalent of intramurals, basically
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
I played some soccer at the university level in England. And that level was for washouts. One guy on our team had played professionally, at a low level, and his career was over. That sport, in England at least, is not a school-related thing
danielle weisberg (@danielleweisberg.bsky.social) reposted
also you guys the library??? We all gotta be using it more. An incredible public good. Walk in, get anything that interests you, check out for a total of zero dollars, walk out. anyone against it is my nemesis
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Donald Trump has a plan to watch more TV. He ain't crafting electoral strategies
Scott Lyons, TACO lover (@scottwhitegloves.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
He's such a whiny bitch.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
This is my dog. Today is his birthday
Michael Hobbes (@michaelhobbes.bsky.social) reposted
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
Black Stabbers shows the light wit you appreciate in a street gang
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social) reply parent
That stolen base looked perfectly fine, no?
Robert Andrew Powell (@robertandrewp.bsky.social)
I know nobody cares outside of South Florida, and that only a few people care IN South Florida, but the Panthers are *such* a good hockey team
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Contemplating that this may be the best goal ever scored by anyone ever
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Inter Miami had zero leverage. Zero. None. Yet Miami still gave them $250 million in public land