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Brian Phillips
@brianphillips
NYT bestselling author of IMPOSSIBLE OWLS 💫 / ⚽️ host of the 22 GOALS podcast ⚽️ / writer @Ringer
Pennsylvania
Joined June 2009
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    Jack Grealish traveling to New York City to tour locations from Home Alone 2 is the real World Cup final
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    I know everyone is dunking on this, and rightly so, but I genuinely think “I have observed that automation tends to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few all-powerful capitalists, and this disproves Marx” is the funniest thing I have ever seen on Twitter
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    England managing to lose on penalties even in a match that isn’t going to penalties. Simply incredible commitment to the bit.
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    I’m fascinated by sentences that get worse with every single word — sentences where not even the prepositions offer us any hope or rest
    Samsung is bringing “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to Fortnite as it looks to connect with Gen Z in its latest move into the metaverse. ow.ly/UVeM50KMYAt
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    Replying to @brianphillips
    “Learn to code” bro learn to read chapter 2
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    What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god, also he should be trained from birth to manage logistics for a mid-sized regional wholesaler
    Every student should have access to an education that aligns with industry demands and evolves to meet the demands of tomorrow’s global workforce.
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    Replying to @brianphillips
    This is why they had to kill the humanities — so they could get away with takes this dumb
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    Grant Wahl was my friend and was one of the most generous, kind, and encouraging people I knew in or out of sports media. He was such a bright presence; I never talked to him without feeling a little better about the world afterward. This is crushing.
    NPR can confirm the death of longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl). He died today in Doha, Qatar while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal. Story to come.
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    Trying to think of an American sports analogy for this match…it’s LeBron versus MJ in a double-overtime Finals Game 7 and they go for 60 and 50 respectively
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    Rafa: These guys are good! Roger: These guys are almost as good as me! Novak: I can heal water with my mind
    Former player asks a good question: "What are Roger, Rafa and Novak thinking watching this?"
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    .@FenwaySportsGrp hi I would like to do one of those deals where I borrow $2 billion to buy Liverpool and then transfer the debt to Liverpool so I own Liverpool and have no personal debt. Do you have a phone number
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    There are bad games and then there are “they had to spell out your point total with letters” bad games
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    Replying to @brianphillips
    Things I look for in a bank - fires all its security engineers - corporate philosophy based on on r/cryptohentai upvotes - wildly inconsistent from day to day, owner boasts about doing “a lot of dumb stuff” - not a bank - central hub for my 280-character posts about my enemies
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    I wrote about the World Cup final my heart rate is still ~1000bpm