@gwire@mastodon.socialTIL that the UK won the 2023 SpoGomi world cup. (and that "SpoGomi" is competitive litter picking.)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/26/japanese-competitive-litter-picking-spogomi-sport-thrives-in-u…
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldAnd what do you get if you win beer pong? A solo cup full of slobbery quarters.
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@nitpicking@mstdn.partyhttps://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/114929861839446170
Even the effing Nazis held the Olympic games and let all nations participate. MAGA is actually being worse. Impressive, in some sense.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDAZN, which paid $1B to show FIFA's Club World Cup, expects 2025 to be a "transformational" year, despite low usership in the US, UK, Africa, and South America (Philip Buckingham/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6404831/2
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries
—most of them African
—to his travel ban list.
The Washington Post obtained a Trump administration memo that would give the 26 countries listed 60 days to capitulate to State Department demands.
Some countries were flagged for having “no competent or cooperative central government authority to produce reliable identity documents or other civil documents,”
or “government fraud.”
There was …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump says Club World Cup trophy will remain in Oval Office after tournament's end (Alexander Abnos/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/14/trump-says-club-world-cup-trophy-will-remain-in-oval-office-after-tournaments-end
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p52#a250715p52
@Xexyz@mastodon.me.ukMario Kart World: completed!
Hah. As if. And yet, I've seen the credits, unlocked the special cup, and have gold trophies displayed for all grands prix and knockout tours. This was done on the medium difficulty. By all my usual metrics, I've completed the game. But Mario Kart's not like that, and Mario Kart World is doubly not like that. The real game in Mario Kart appears at 150cc, the hardest difficulty level, when not only does your kart travel faster (to the extent…
@shriramk@mastodon.socialThis is how it begins. Slowly we can return Genoa, the Milan teams, and AS Roma to their cricketing roots. World Cup finals in San Siro someday?
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/italy-netherlands-qualify-for-2026-men-s-t20-world-cup-1494665…
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@al3x@hachyderm.ioUSA leads 4–0 at the beginning of 3rd period in the first semi of the Ice Hockey World Cup. I was expecting a much more disputed game.
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialDo it.
And relocate the rest to Mexico.
https://ohai.social/@MeanwhileinCanada/114887199534440658
@timbray@cosocial.caTrump stole the Club World Cup trophy?!?! You'd think we'd be used to the craziness by now.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Booed By Soccer Fans at FIFA World Cup Final (Julia Ornedo/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-booed-by-soccer-fans-at-fifa-world-cup-finals/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250713/p58#a250713p58
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@kurtsh@mastodon.social
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageCyber security of Mega Events: A Case Study of Securing the Digital Infrastructure for MahaKumbh 2025 -- A 45 days Mega Event of 600 Million Footfalls
Rohit Negi, Amit Negi, Manish Sharma, S. Venkatesan, Prem Kumar, Sandeep K. Shukla
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15660
@simon_lucy@mastodon.socialI guess the World Cup will have this farce of introducing every single player as they enter.
#WorldClubCup
@akosma@mastodon.onlineI hereby formally propose to switch the Argentine anthem (which, let's be honest, it's a bit dull) with the already available and much more awesome "San Lorenzo March".
> The march became famous in other countries over time and, according to the Argentine British Community Council, is currently considered in Europe one of the best five military marches ever written.
I can imagine the crowds singing this before a World Cup match. Seriously. I get the chills.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica (Leigh Kimmins/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-gold-club-world-cup-trophy-for-himself-so-fifa-had-to-give-the-winners-a-replica/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p101#a250714p101
@brian_gettler@mas.toOnly a year until the start of the next men's world cup! We've got 365 days (plus the tournament itself) to watch FIFA sink to new lows as it works hard to please its authoritarian (majority) host, all the while lining its pockets and those of its officials. Fans will once again pass the time desperately applying the sausage principle - don't ask how it's made - to the largest sporting event on the planet.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSource: Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions, reaching $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time (Saleah Blancaflor/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/fox-wraps-upfront-2-billion-sports-properties/…
@lindawoodrow@mastodon.socialOn this cold midwinter night, fire in the fireplace, cup of red wine, good dinner of locally caught mullet with salad from my garden. Life is good even though the world is going to shit. I feel for people in so many places who don't have this warmth, safety, full belly, tonight.
@arXiv_csRO_bot@mastoxiv.page3DFlowAction: Learning Cross-Embodiment Manipulation from 3D Flow World Model
Hongyan Zhi, Peihao Chen, Siyuan Zhou, Yubo Dong, Quanxi Wu, Lei Han, Mingkui Tan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06199
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSoccer Fans Brutally Boo Trump During The FIFA Club World Cup (Paige Skinner/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/soccer-fans-boo-trump-fifa-club-world-cup_n_687432dfe4b03db3e7f38fd2
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p54#a250714p54
@Dragofix@veganism.socialUrge FIFA to Help Stop the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs in Morocco! #AnimalRights
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium (Ryan Grenoble/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fifa-club-world-cup-ticket-prices-dhs_n_68505826e4b043333688af81
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p145#a250616p145
@gwire@mastodon.socialIt was such a pathetic moment in the show, along the lines of "we heard your criticism about competing in a country that criminalises gay people... so we incorporated rainbow colours into our shirts". Yet it's somehow sadder even that was too much.
https://kotaku.com/te…
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
So you think you're pretty smart. Well, if you're Canadian, then it's obvious you are very smart... and pretty. Canadians have contributed some important inventions to the world, and this short video highlights just a few. It doesn't include some life changing Canadian inventions, like the athletic cup and the Wonderbra, but the rest are just as incredible. If you're not Canadian, don't hate us because we're awesome.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Inventions
https://youtu.be/cC0nuASZBfY?si=r_RWq9s0jCl6n4Nt
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWill the NFL ever offer 'Sunday Ticket' on a single-team basis? Sports Media Mailbag (Part 2!) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6460554/2025/07/03/nfl-sunday-ticket-sports-media-mailbag/
@kosmoplan@social.linux.pizzaBad thing about Lamine's brilliance is... he plays for Barcelona. Good thing is... this time, such a player is Spanish.
I wonder what's to come in the next World Cup when we get there with Lamine, Pedri, Nico, etc etc. I must admit I'm looking forward to it...
@gwire@mastodon.socialI would suggest non-US citizens should not consider buying tickets for the US-hosted games of the 2026 World Cup.
(Especially Iranians.)
@memeorandum@universeodon.comConfusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win (Andy Hampson/Yahoo News)
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/confusion-donald-trump-joins-chelsea-021810251.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p102#a250714p102
