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FIFA suspends Balogan suspension

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In addition to a general World Cup open thread, I assume people will want to discuss this: Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s World Cup round-of-16 match against Belgium after his one-game red-card ban was suspended, FIFA has confirmed. The 25-year-old striker received...
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A metaphor for something or the other

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Federal officials ordered thousands of people to evacuate the National Mall in Washington on Saturday night ahead of a presidential speech and fireworks display to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. Crowds were told to seek shelter as a line of severe storms approached the city. Park...
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The July 4 Cinematic Journey

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Unlike Loomis, I'm not going to celebrate the founding of the country by watching Birth of the Nation. Here's my slate: https://youtu.be/EZkF3AYVW0w?si=5pgJtS-mnCVfY3BI https://youtu.be/DSCKfXpAGHc?si=SWdNfZT5wjp7kNFu https://youtu.be/B1E7h3SeMDk?si=WbkY6dG_wG-m_cRM https://youtu.be/mIE5HYkzvV0?si=xtnqRkloIcQyPXHn Have a Happy Fourth of July, everyone! https://bsky.app/profile/drfarls.bsky.social/post/3mpt4fnw5ys2h Fun intellectual exercise: Imagine watching all four of these in the company of...

Week 13,044

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Happy Fourth of July! I'm skipping the usual format for the holiday. But the rules are the same - no dooming and hypotheticals, post pictures of your pets and parades.

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