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John Withum

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From a young age, John developed a large vocabulary and an odd sense of humour. PNW-based, on the ancestral lands of the Clackamas people. Fulham FC and Portland Thorns/Timbers supporter. Follower of Jesus Doctoral student at Northern Seminary he/him

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ask chatgpt?
I’ve already asked the crows in the forest & unlocked all secrets of the universe

01.09.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"That's not a challenge, it's a skill move."

The 2 Robbies weigh in on a controversial foul call that led to a disallowed Fulham goal against Chelsea.

30.08.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(1) The call by VAR that negated Josh King's goal was incorrect.

(2) Chelsea were given too much time at the end of the second half.

(3) There were two obvious fouls by Chelsea in the lead-up to the handball call on Ryan Sessegnon.

(4) The nature of these calls smacks of malfeasance.

#FulhamFC

30.08.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my pet peeves: When you punch 90 seconds into a microwave and it immediately converts it to one minute, thirty seconds.

29.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Men In Blazer’s constant shilling for Wrexham is insufferable. If they weren’t a decent place to find football news, I’d ignore their existence.

24.06.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wish them both the worst.

05.06.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15511    πŸ” 1977    πŸ’¬ 491    πŸ“Œ 219

If you want a really interesting, scrappy USMNT, call up a whole truckload of USL players. These are guys who have something to prove and they'll run through a brick wall.

I watched Portland Hearts of Pine vs Detroit and the quality was third-division but the energy and effort were unbreakable.

07.06.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By the way, MLS could have been a legitimate league before Inter Miami became the Barcelona Retirement Facility.

There were a couple of years when it was interesting and now you've got Marco Reus and Olivier Giroud and the Miami lot and it's all kind of shit again.

07.06.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now you've got European-based players who play a billion matches per season and are absolutely gassed trying to show up alongside a bunch of trust-fund nepo-babies who rose through the ranks of US Soccer because their parents had money.

07.06.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know why the USMNT had some success occasionally in the 2000s? Because no one gave a shit. There were no expectations. The English establishment so thoroughly thumbed their noses at the likes of anyone not named Tim Howard that you had a bunch of guys scrapping for a reputation.

07.06.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't matter if you play the European-based players or the MLS-based players. Until the United States soccer system stops being a pay-to-play endeavour, the team is going to be utter garbage.

07.06.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The USMNT is a disaster and I am here for it.

07.06.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There damn well better be.

04.06.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

happy ordination anniversary to father jim

21.05.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

And in an unexpected twist, it turns out the most punk rock things of all are supporting public broadcasting and patronizing your local library and not cheating on your homework with AI

20.05.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1432    πŸ” 400    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 26

I know @ms518.bsky.social is appropriately woeful of the Orioles season. Good lord, what a mess.

But has anyone heard from Rockies fans recently? Are they ok?

20.05.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Now bring on Ryan Sessegnon for the fourth! #FulhamFC #FFC

18.05.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does seem like Marco has been given a lot of the lead on signings, and for good reason. I really do think he's one of the more underrated managers of our day.

Stansfield would've been a great option to have instead of Vinicius, but I understand why that deal happened.

16.05.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that Muniz is down and we have not a single option for striker off the bench besides Carlos Vinicius is one of the great woes of House Khan.

16.05.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All I’m saying is happy Tuesday morning to people who aren’t thinking about this today.

13.05.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy was an absolute masterpiece.

And I’ll never forgive him for screwing up this scene. It could’ve been one of the iconic moments in films full of them.

Instead we’ve got Gandalf defeated, his staff shattered, and Shadowfax meekly trotting away. Shameful.

13.05.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If by some miracle we qualify for the Conference league, I'm all for it. And there must be some soul searching for why we lose all our focus after March 31.

10.05.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marco Silva is in the top three Fulham managers of all time.

If he could keep his teams off the beach past March 31, he'd be at the top of the list.

10.05.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fulham have lost four of their last five and have looked like they can't be arsed to be out there anymore.

European football is a fading mist, evaporating in the sun of whatever beach each player is heading off to.

Maybe it happens with two wins and the right results otherwise. But is it deserved?

10.05.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really funny that conservatives are like β€œthis pope supports immigrants and doesn’t like gun violence” as opposed to what they think Christianity should be concerned with which is having more white people in Honey Nut Cheerio commercials

08.05.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1180    πŸ” 203    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
An absolute sham post from the Department of the Interior praising Small Business Week despite putting those businesses in jeopardy by selling off logging and mineral extraction on public lands.

An absolute sham post from the Department of the Interior praising Small Business Week despite putting those businesses in jeopardy by selling off logging and mineral extraction on public lands.

The Department of the Interior posted about their appreciation for Small Business Week. This is happening at the same time they're jeopardising those same small businesses by offering logging and mineral extraction on public lands to the highest bidder.

No public lands means no small businesses.

06.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

30.04.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 22911    πŸ” 5826    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 137
The Man From Another Place. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

The Man From Another Place. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

Twin Peaks: The Man From Another Place.

26.04.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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26.04.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OR JUST NOT FUCKING USE IT EVER

25.04.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9629    πŸ” 1277    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 48

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