Matt Pfaff (mattmanp)

I’m a software engineer and love writing code. Not sure how to use that here but it’s fun.

One thing I’m surprised I don’t hear discussed often is that Austin can go with two DPs, sign third in summer window, and get half the 2 million GAM

We can have more than 2 players in the box?

Would have been funny if it had 7 on it. Save the club money.

We were in it the entire game and held Mukhtar and Surridge largely in check. Can’t ask for much more from the current roster IMO.

They’re so back

We have a bad habit of self-immolation at the end of the season anyway. Seattle has the ideal roster build strategy IMO and I hope we get there some day

It’s still too hot in Texas, so ready for scary movie season

I know who you are from comics but I love that you’re a fan, although of the wrong green team

You have to say what people are willing to pay to hear, whether it’s true or not

Suarez is a terrible person. Worse yet, I expect @mls.bsky.social will do nothing because they’re spineless.

With his 2025 saves per game stat (3.5), decent chance he moves to 1st by seasons end

Birds of a feather

Faltering down the stretch: A look at Austin FC's post-July performances If you think Austin FC has trouble finishing out seasons, we have math to prove you right. Perhaps this season will reverse a trend ... but it's not happening thus far.

Just a reminder, as Austin FC gears up for a big match tonight against San Jose, what trendline the team should be invested in turning around:

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The didn’t say Cup, they mean tennis US Open event.
www.usopen.org

Only time it’s possibly okay is defense on Breakthrough because unlimited spawns and even then not always

Ironically the snow mountain map is only one that allows any “slow play” because an engineer can stay near HQ and use anti air rockets on planes, choppers, and drones. But also, I don’t like it.

Billionaire owners are more afraid of retaliation from Trump than from their fans

I usually try to not be “that fan” but the refs have had some really bad ones this season

PAY ATTENTION: L.A. just got a little preview of what’s coming. No arrests. No real “threat.”

Just cops in riot armor playing soldier. Martial law isn’t a conspiracy anymore, it’s a countdown.

Thank you for actually understanding

The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy As we celebrate Pride Month, I am struck by the contrast of what I know to be true about this region and what the popular narratives may be.

Along those lines, this is a really good article. The urge to write off 'red' states means erasing millions of people who resist or seek change
The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy

Holding whole groups to collective responsibility for the actions of some members of that group is the basis for all bigotry.

If your reaction to hearing about a bunch of children dying in a flood in Texas is to make a snappy comment about how red states deserve it then you should fuck off and lock yourself in a closet until you can develop the actual fucking empathy and political understanding of an adult

My point the entire time has been you should slow down and consider how your words are harmful. Your response has alway been deflecting to say things about others. You’re not acting in good faith. We’re done. Hope someday you’ll understand.

I guess no side is “pro life” if people deserve to die. You can disagree on policy and even say I told you so if that makes you feel righteous. But to gloat over death is sick and pushes people away.

Dehumanizing people by othering them is what led to ICE. Don’t be like them. I live in the Austin area. Flooding all around it and it’s blue. Fight ignorance with knowledge, fight hate with love. Stoop to their level and we all lose.

the big questions for american democracy going forward seem to be (1) can the GOP actually build the federal police state they just funded, (2) in time to finish before democratic checks can be established, and (3) whether dems gaining power would actually try to stop/dismantle it

It really is incredible how despite a half-century of expanding executive power, ballooning the debt, bloating the government, and policing private behavior, the GOP is still discussed as the party of small government libertarianism and fiscal responsibility. Just no relation to reality at all.

Oh no