Alex the Fort Explorer

As a child I went in 1994;,there was general excitement for footy in the USA and it was fairly accessible ;FIFA has turned the World Cup not into celebration of footy as it's meant to be but something that is now almost alien to almost all footy fans.

It's becoming painfully clear;you just don't know who is carrying a gun these days ; any interaction or fight with someone can end in gunfire .

A sketch after every Raptors game this season (80/82)

Almost a year of work went into this one. A ball for Modelo's World Cup campaign. It's starting to show up in stores now and it’s quite surreal.

We must arm and train the moderate chimps on the ground

graphic got him looking like he just won 100 cases on law & order

@Lovandfear 100 percent rather read books

Is there anyone else who still favors reading physical books over e-books in 2026?

Trenerze, nie tak miało być… Wyrazy współczucia dla rodziny i najbliższych.

Nie żyje Jacek Magiera. Gdy piszę te słowa, łzy płyną mi z oczu. Jeszcze wczoraj rozmawialiśmy, umawialiśmy się na kawę we Wrocławiu. A dziś przyszła najgorsza z możliwych wiadomości... Odszedł świetny trener, ale przede wszystkim – cudowny, ciepły człowiek. Pamiętam nasze pierwsze spotkanie, na obozie Legii w Grodzisku, 19 lat temu. Wypytywał mnie o wszystko: czy gram w piłkę, gdzie chodzę do szkoły, jakie mam plany. Chociaż byłem tylko szesnastoletnim, anonimowym dla niego dzieciakiem, potraktował mnie z szacunkiem i sympatią. Bo właśnie w taki sposób traktował wszystkich. Dla piłkarzy był mentorem, wychowawcą i liderem – uwielbiali go dlatego, że nie widział w nich tylko sportowców. Widział w nich ludzi. A w tych ludziach zawsze dostrzegał dobro. Świat bez niego będzie dla mnie całkiem innym miejscem. Niech spoczywa w pokoju.

Iam always curious about the people who complain about homeless people on the TTC .. where do you realistically expect them to go ??

@_Zojka Haha but on the flip side;Poles will pickle almost anything possible

Some spices are so hard to get in Poland I feel like an 18th century spice merchant trying to procure them

Apologies in advance for yet another lengthy post, but I’m trying to figure out what percentage of tickets are in the hands of speculators right now rather than those who fully intend to sit in that seat and cheer their team on… We attempted to come up with a percentage number… And when I say “we” I mean various AI platforms who analyzed the data as it currently stands Short answer: nobody credible has a hard number, but if you force a grounded estimate, you’re probably looking at something in the 25%–45% range of tickets ultimately ending up in speculative or resale-driven hands for this World Cup. Let’s walk through how “we” came up with that number: ⸻ 1. The demand-supply imbalance is extreme •FIFA has already seen tens of millions of ticket requests for a supply that will likely land around 5–6 million tickets total. •“One”estimate suggests 500 million people globally want to attend (someone needs to explain how bots work to that person) That gap alone guarantees a massive resale ecosystem. Whenever demand exceeds supply by that magnitude, arbitrage isn’t a side effect, it becomes a core feature. ⸻ 2. FIFA has effectively legalized and monetized speculation •Reselling above face value is legal in the U.S., and FIFA explicitly allows it. •FIFA also takes ~15% from both buyer and seller (≈30% total) on resale. That’s a huge signal that they’re not fighting speculation but they’re participating in it. ⸻ 3. Evidence of large-scale speculative behavior •FIFA’s own president admitted many ticket buyers will resell for profit. •Tickets are already appearing at 10x–30x face value and beyond, even in early phases. •Thousands of tickets per match are showing up on resale platforms in some cases. That’s not casual fan resale but structured, intentional positioning. ⸻ 4. Historical benchmarks (this is key) Across major events: •Olympics, Super Bowl, Champions League finals → Typically 20%–40% of tickets enter secondary markets •High-demand events with dynamic pricing + weak resale controls → can push 40%+ The 2026 World Cup has: •dynamic pricing •legal resale •global demand spike •FIFA-owned resale platform That’s basically the perfect storm for the high end of that range. ⸻ 5. A rough but realistic model If we break total tickets into buckets: •Federation allocations (true fans): ~30–40% •Hospitality / corporate: ~20–25% •General public sales: ~35–45% Now apply behavior: •A meaningful chunk of “general public” buyers are speculators •Some federation allocations leak into resale •Corporate/hospitality rarely resell publicly 👉 That gets you to: ~25% (conservative) up to ~45% (aggressive but plausible) ending up in speculative circulation at some point. ⸻ Final honest take (gut + experience) Given everything we’re seeing right now, “we’d” personally anchor it at: 👉 ~30–40% of tickets influenced by speculative intent ⸻ The bigger picture (the part that stings) What’s really happening is a shift: •The World Cup used to be a fan allocation event with some leakage •This one is closer to a market-driven asset with controlled fan access When even governing bodies benefit from resale velocity, you’re no longer trying to minimize speculation, you’re optimizing around it…

If this true..he should be banned from all social media platforms

Exploring Krakow today

À big “Happy Publication Day” to my History Book Buffs chum @Tonisenior whose new book “Stalin’s Apostles” is published today in the UK. Bravo Senior! Fabulous job. 🥳📚🥂

Place your bets on the first podcaster to admit to taking dog immortality pills.

Westbank has to be a prime example of a developer over exposing themselves to markets that they had no experience in

FIFA has announced the Canada Celebrates Tour for FIFA World Cup 2026. It’s a 38-stop tour from coast-to-coast-to-coast and spans from Mount Pearl, NFL to Whitehorse, Yukon to Salmon Arm, BC. Stops are located within a two-hour drive for more than 75% of Canadian residents

The Easter bunny arrived

Bottom of the 7th and they have already sold over 100,000 hot dogs at the Blue Jays game so far. Hotdogs are .77 in honour of the teams first-ever game played in 1977.