Mark Manger

@GadSaad You should be safe as long he doesn't have a beard and wears a taqiyah

I’m getting a massage from a man later this morning. Pray for me.

@settebellissimo German still has a true conditional case but if you use it people think you're trying to suck up to your grammar school German teacher and that's social suicide

The reason why the Latin languages are the only ones in Europe with a true conditional case is because north of Zürich their IQs are too low to answer the Breakfast Question

@Demon_Realms When I was given a medialuna I almost said "your croissants are good but kinda small" but knowing Argentinians I knew better

I once dated an Argentinian girl and she was like "I'm gonna make you traditional Argentinian food 🥰" and it was steak and mashed potatoes. It was good and I was grateful but I was like babe I've had this before

@PaulSpacey Yes. Find yourself in a big enough club that has 2-3 teams per age group. Let the coaches move kids up and down. They'll enjoy themselves more if they play at the appropriate level.

@3lfares They don't really refuse. French language instruction in schools here is a joke. You'll learn more French in a European school in a year than in nine years here. As a result, most Anglo Canadians think French is impossibly difficult to learn, on the level of Chinese or Arabic.

Why do English-speaking Canadians refuse to learn French? Genuinely weird

@marcportermagee Look at the underemployment rate as well. The occasional gig as a performing arts major or some freelance content production for an anthropologist sounds much less attractive than "employed."

The majors with the highest unemployment rates (as of 2024): #2 Computer engineering #5 Computer science But strong mid-career salaries

@Prominent_Bryan You know that there have been amicable separations like Czechia and Slovakia? We’d have a common market and travel area like Ireland and the UK before they joined the EC. Probably even Canadian passports for everyone born in pre-independence Alberta.

Surely if Alberta were independent, they could just negotiate access to the Pacific by threatening to block trucks going from BC to Saskatchewan? Like I don't get how the landlocked argument is used so often. Alberta would have some leverage

@NobletStrength Oh yes England supporters are 0-60 in three seconds after a win against a random Central American nation

@MarkManger I would also use a country like England as an example as it has historically been if anything delusionally optimistic about England's chances to win the World Cup and in 2018 the public opinion changed after a few dreadful tournaments. It's not back to incredibly optimistic.

Does any other national team fanbase have the same social media toxic negativity as USA MNT? It's almost seen as a badge of pride to be hyper negative about our team. I get that it's for likes and shares, but it's also just really dumb. Low IQ behavior.

@runaway_vol Germans are also smartasses. It’s bass line, not base line.

Germans love techno so much because it’s basically marching music with a baseline

@Matt_from_earth The most successful youth sports systems keep as many kids in competitive sports for as long as possible and let talent identify itself around 14-16 years old. Being better at age 8-10 is not a predictor of being better at age 16.

Thread: Youth sports is built around kids who are better than their peers. These kids play triple the amount of games compared to kids that don’t make these teams. Making it even harder for the kids who don’t make these teams to make them in the future. 1/1

@nikitheblogger Nüchtern betrachtet, spart Deutschland Geld an fast jedem Syrer, der €8000 kassiert und nach Hause geht. Es wäre sogar billiger, jedem fünf Jahre Bürgergeld nach Syrien zu überweisen - ja, so bekloppt ist die derzeitige Situation.

Alexander Dobrindt prüft, jedem Syrer 8000€ zu schenken, wenn er Deutschland verlässt. Etwa 900.000 Syrer müssen nach dem Krieg zurückkehren. Das wären über 7 Milliarden Euro, die wir freiwillig an Bürger aus Syrien verschenken. Warum? Wir schulden diesen Leuten nichts...

@MCameron008 The (theoretical) argument is that it’s too much of the same sport and the club wants to “manage load.” In reality few clubs have any idea how to do that - while most HS gym teachers have phys ed degrees so at least have the knowledge.

What’s the difference between a HS student athlete not being allowed to play 2 HS sports simultaneously, and soccer players not being allowed to play HS and club simultaneously?

@MichaelAArouet These surveys are not representative, but neither are the surveys the Community Note cites - also self selected. Even so, this is not a homogeneous group.

Wait, what? I didn’t have the German LGBTQ community voting for the AfD on my bingo card. What am I missing here?

@spacecrater @Graff2023 @MPelletierCIO Also by creating more competition among our largest companies

@Graff2023 @MPelletierCIO You know how you defeat that practice? By making it easy to grow medium sized companies so that they would bleed infinite cash

TD report on CANADA's BRAIN DRAIN is really interesting. Canada is quietly losing its top talent to the United States in what economists call a silent brain drain. While Canada does a strong job educating highly skilled workers in STEM, engineering, and entrepreneurship, it struggles to keep them due to higher taxes that kick in at much lower income levels, limited opportunities to scale companies, weaker commercialization of ideas, and much better pay and growth potential south of the border. -> Talent leaves mainly through temporary US work visas rather than permanent moves -> Outflows are heavily concentrated among the highest skilled, especially in tech and advanced degrees -> Onward migration is worst among immigrants and top university graduates -> Canada has a missing middle of medium sized firms, relying instead on many tiny businesses and a few large ones -> Personal tax rates often exceed 50 percent in major provinces and apply at much lower thresholds than in the US -> Complex corporate tax rules push entrepreneurs toward tax planning instead of growth All of this weakens productivity, innovation, and domestic returns on education, making Canada a feeder system for the US economy REPORT: economics.td.com/ca-silent-brai…

@AsteraMJC @Adam__Clinch They do specialize early yes, but it’s usually high school or club - and only actual pro academies. Club soccer like in the US and Canada isn’t really a thing.

@MarkManger @Adam__Clinch They're also contracted to train with clubs outside school hours, and they specialize early.

The US has been so focused on acting like Europe regarding club, we've slept hard on how much we could be leveraging what we have that they don't, and that's high school ball & the unique connection people feel to their school & community. You'll never ever see this for club.

@stevemagness Hmm, it’s been ten years and my body hasn’t adapted, but I agree, if that’s the time when you can work out, then that’s when you need to do it.

@MarkManger Your body is remarkably adaptable. If you work out for months at 7pm, you’ll get better and better sleep. Maybe not perfect. But the detriment drops. Which is back to the point: if you can only workout at 8pm, go for it.

This might be controversial, but the vast majority of folks shouldn't worry about this. Get in the workout where it fits in your life. You don't need perfect recovery or HRV scores. The folks working out at 9pm often are doing it because that's their only time.

@IHateSoccerPod Ontario Player Development League - our highest level for the girls where you need to play to get recruited to D1 or Canadian USports. Basically ECNL but with ‘eh’ at the end when the coach finishes the sentence.

@MarkManger Huh? What’s OPDL and how is that ECNL?

Love seeing the disparity between girls commits to boys commits from the same club. Just saw a post from a California club that had 23 Girls to 7 Boys. What’s your clubs ratio?