@jmoiron.bsky.social I've never met anyone who agrees with this, but the music that plays on this menu is my favorite piece from any Final Fantasy game.
jmoiron plays the blues
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Lamal might never win another one. Most players don't win two.
But I expect him to eventually light up a World Cup the way he did the last Euros. The best is yet to come, even though the outcome is hard to top.
But football is a team sport, and teams win tournaments.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Spain was the best team and the best unit. They played like a club team. Their tactics were perfect in both the semi and the final.
When you notice that one team always seems to have an extra man, that's because of tactics. That's shape.
Spain strangle you with their quality.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I'm not a big Messi hater. He's the best to ever do it. He had an incredible world cup. His first touch and close control is still other worldly.
But at 39, he has limits. He's got a lot of 120 minute matches in his legs. As much hope as he represents, leaving him on is a gamble...
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I knew it wouldn't happen, but after Enzo's red, when it was still 0-0, I thought "Surely some part of Scaloni must be thinking that he has to take Messi off."
How can you play for penalties for 40 mins down to 10 when one of your players doesn't run?
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: If you watched this final in the US w/ English comms, think about how long it took for the commentary team to recognize Spain's utter dominance, and compare that to the way they counted every meaningless touch from Lionel Messi.
@jmoiron.bsky.social It's not how you start but how you finish.
Spain were worthy winners, one of the most dominant finals I can remember.
After the bus incident, happy to see Argentina lose, though this side honestly would probably have gone out sooner had they faced more canny opposition.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Good day for me and my fellow luso-americanos, we are now free to enjoy sport for the rest of the summer.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Honestly I hadn't really formed an opinion on this guy yet (not my sink not my dishes) and he should absolutely go away immediately, but I had some thoughts that I wanted to sort out about the whole sordid affair.
@jmoiron.bsky.social I think Schumer could be a beloved character were he to appear on a man-on-the-street viral interview as a kindly local grandpa, but when he peddles tired lies like this he shows how inadequate he is as a bulwark against the growing threat of evangelical theocratic fascism.
@jmoiron.bsky.social I travel to France ~yearly, but I try to avoid summers because they've simply not adapted to the new normal. I was there in summer in 24/25, both times during "unprecedented" heat domes.
My friends there are starting to admit that things have changed and they need aircon.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Quem monstra esse caminho longe?
Que grande resultado para Cabo Verde. Os Espanhois agora entendem a "sodade."
@jmoiron.bsky.social A guy on TV just said (about Knicks fans egging Wembanyama):
> You know the saying, "Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole thing"
That's not the saying! That's the opposite of the saying! That's the thing the police say after getting caught killing innocent people!
@jmoiron.bsky.social RCV goes a long way towards solving this "Dorian Salazar-O'Malley is just not popular enough, we need Jilliam Drilnt if we want to beat Holden Bloodfeast in the general" death spiral we're on.
Give people a structure where they can vote for what they want instead of against what...
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Genuine extension of "New Yorker" identity to immigrants and transplants is one of the best things about New York (and I'd argue it's unique in kind) but I guess someone like JLo who doesn't actually live here wouldn't understand.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Trump also ruined the US Open final in Queens last year. He was booed loudly by the crowd (though not unanimously, it must be said), but the footage they showed in the US filtered it out.
Expect similar filtering Monday.
@jmoiron.bsky.social João Fonseca might not win this but man he is dynamite. Two amazing matches against Djokovic and Ruud, and now doing something truly impossible, making a tennis match against Jakub Mensik exciting.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Common genre of comment where the commenter is not happy that the thumbnail does not fully summarize the content of a 30 minute video.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I'm not generally an enlightened middle type, but it's so frustrating that there are amazing things being made and there are very real problems with it all and the popular narrative from each position is just flooded with bullshit.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Going to take something incredible to outdo that Fonseca v. Djokovic match this year.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I indulged in some "Milo" kitkat recently but sadly they didn't taste malty at all and were a disappointment. At least shrinkflation meant I didn't end up with too many.