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Spanish commentary doesn’t make soccer better. It reminds you soccer was never supposed to be quiet. I was watching Colombia vs. Ghana in English and literally fell asleep. Switched to Telemundo and the whole game came back to life. The crowd got louder. The danger got closer. The ball started carrying history again. That’s the difference. English commentary watches the match. Spanish commentary enters it.

America reached me before it ever let me in. As a kid in Ecuador, I saw American power arrive as medicine — vaccines for children it would never meet, proof that a powerful country could choose mercy over control. That is still the America I believe in. Not the loud one. Not the cruel one. The one that uses its strength to widen the circle. So on the Fourth of July, spare me the cheap patriotism. The real test is simple: Does our power protect the new, the weak, the tired, the lonesome? Does it heal before it punishes? Does it open the door wider than fear? That is the America worth defending. Make the machine lose to the human. Just don’t expect a hug afterwards.

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Messi just became the top scorer in men’s World Cup history. Seventeenth goal. Argentina shirt. June 22. That date is insane. Forty years ago today, Maradona played England in a game that was never just a game. It was four years after Malvinas. Argentina had lost a war to Britain. Young men had died. The country was still carrying grief, humiliation, rage, and a wound no government speech could close. Then Maradona walked onto a field in Mexico City. First came the hand. Not clean. Not legal. Not apologetic. The Hand of God. Then, four minutes later, came the run. Fifty-five meters in 10.87 seconds. Half the English team. The goalkeeper. The finish. A goal that looked less like sport and more like a country forcing history to blink. Argentina won 2–1. Then beat Belgium. Then beat West Germany. Then lifted the World Cup. That is why June 22 is not just a date in Argentina. It is football, war, revenge, genius, cheating, beauty, pain, and national memory all compressed into one afternoon. And now, forty years later, Messi breaks the all-time men’s World Cup scoring record on that same date. Same shirt. Different god. Maradona turned Argentina’s wound into myth. Messi turned Argentina’s longing into permanence. Most countries remember football history. Argentina keeps summoning it.

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Ecuador fans flipped the script. We owned the stadiums where our team played. Tens of thousands of yellow jerseys in Kansas City and Philly. Even the friendly in Columbus, Ohio felt like a home game. We spent the money. We took the flights. We drove the hours. We showed up. The national team didn’t. Not at the level this generation demands. Not at the level these fans earned. The fans already up-leveled. Now FEF, the coaching staff, Marathon, and everyone around this team need to catch up.

Want to be successful? Learn the language of the rooms you want to enter. Want to be unstoppable? Learn the language of getting things done. Then the room matters less. You do.

Michigan has a Lawnmower Economy. That is my phrase for a low-road economy: plenty of real work, but not enough work that compounds. Grass grows. Snow falls. Machines break. Houses need maintenance. Restaurants need hourly workers. Factories need hands. The work is necessary. But too much of it resets every day, every season, every winter. The data matches the feeling. Michigan ranks 50th in household income growth over the past 25 years. Real median household income is 35th. Per-capita GDP is 36th. Educational attainment is 35th. Fourth-grade reading fell from 16th to 44th. High-wage professional service jobs grew 35% nationally while staying flat in Michigan. That is not an immigration problem. It is a ladder problem. When immigrants do not show up, Michigan does not win. An aging state with more deaths than births needs people, talent, risk, and ambition. Michigan has too few ladders.

Gary Miles @GaryMiles_DN

2 months ago

Howes: Welcome to Poor Michigan, former economic engine of the Midwest detroitnews.com/story/opinion/… via @detroitnews

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AI is disrupting religion. Not by replacing God, but by entering the space where humans have always searched for guidance. For centuries, religion gave people structure in the face of fear: confession, discipline, moral clarity, ritual, story, community, and the courage to keep going when life made no sense. Now AI offers a different kind of presence. It is tireless. Nonjudgmental. Always available. It can sit with your doubt, organize your pain, challenge your excuses, and help turn confusion into language. For many people, religion was the only place where suffering could become meaning. Now a machine can do part of that work. The question is not whether AI replaces religion. The question is what religion becomes when guidance is no longer scarce. What remains sacred when anyone, anywhere, can ask for clarity and receive an answer?

Courtney Mares @catholicourtney

2 months ago

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence "Magnifica Humanitas,” comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the "Tower of Babel" and underlining the need to safeguard human dignity as it is "threatened by new forms

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We are excited to share our plans to build a new, state-of-the-art global headquarters at 2 World Trade Center, reaffirming our company’s deep commitment to Lower Manhattan. Read more about this announcement here: go.amex/CxcPJy

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Software engineers once coded in garages; now they’re reshaping the world. Electric cars, global internet, AI in healthcare—their innovations have moved off the screen and into our daily lives. It’s more than tech; it’s a new way of living. interesante.com/from-digital-t…

As Harris struggles to craft a compelling message, the risk grows that Trump could capitalize on her communication gaps, reshaping the 2024 election narrative and steering the country in a direction that challenges the current political norms interesante.com/will-harriss-w… #VoteForOurFuture

Getting there wasn't easy. Just five days earlier, I found myself in the ER, and the doctors quickly arranged emergency surgery for the following day. My wife, always optimistic despite her health challenges, was also struggling. She has battled chronic AS for over twenty years. But we made it to @DouglasEmhoff's first political appearance after the DNC in Chicago, standing behind him to hear his message and show our support. Thank you for visiting Grand Rapids, Michigan, Doug, and for bringing Kamala’s message of hope and joy to our community. #Kamala4President2024

Doug Emhoff @DouglasEmhoff

2 years ago

Small businesses are the heart and soul of our country. Kamala is pro-business, pro-growth, and pro-innovation—and with her as President, every American will have a leader looking out for their future.

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Located in the jungle on Waigeo Island in Kali Biru, West Papua, Blue River is an oasis of crystal clear, cold, blue waters flowing through lush jungle vegetation.

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@antonio Ecuador, la bandera con más corazón #VamosEcuador

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On this day, May 1 in 1999, the body of George Mallory was found on Chinese slope of Mt #Everest (8848.86 m) by American climber Conrad Anker @conrad_anker. Mallory was missing with his partner Andrew Irvine since 1924.

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