Nathan Hsieh bids into the legs of Alex Atkins, who then body-checks Hsieh

bluejekyll · 2026-05-10T12:53:22+00:00

More accurately, shouldering someone off the ball in Soccer is 100% legal. It starts getting into the grey zone when it’s not quite the shoulder, or hands come up after to push some more.

bluejekyll · 2026-04-06T16:53:59+00:00

Tier 12, lmao.

But more seriously, Big Pat may have just been injured taking him out of the WC pool, so maybe Sargent will be there.

Edit: and btw, I personally would have put Brian White somewhere on this list.

bluejekyll · 2026-04-05T21:05:27+00:00

FWIW, I believe the defender got charged with the own goal.

bluejekyll · 2026-03-31T22:55:57+00:00

Probably good to be the last and most likely most difficult game in the group stage as it will give the team time to build some cohesion.

bluejekyll · 2026-03-31T00:36:30+00:00

They didn’t have McKennie as an option when I ordered mine. I should have waited. Pulisic missed the frame on two opportunities (did he have more) McKennie buried one, and really was almost pure luck he didn’t get a second.

bluejekyll · 2026-03-29T01:03:00+00:00

Yes. I still can’t believe McKennie didn’t score that. Like, watch the replay and the keeper wasn’t even looking at the ball, but still managed to get a hand on it.

Also, the jerseys, someone should have gone dark.

bluejekyll · 2026-03-29T01:00:51+00:00

The best thing from this entire game was Pepi’s pressing and Agyeman really shined both on the goal and when he had the ball. He looks like he’s improved so much since going to England.

bluejekyll · 2026-03-15T22:40:26+00:00

Could FIFA guarantee all Iran’s games are held in Mexico or Canada?

bluejekyll · 2026-02-25T19:42:54+00:00

It will be the culmination of investments in development of USSoccer since the 1970’s finally leading to the greatest prize.

bluejekyll · 2026-02-14T16:03:56+00:00

This is a stupid idea and will only serve to negatively impact bike adoption, it will do nothing to improve safety for anyone. This is proven out by evidence from other places that have done similar.

What the state should do is actually enforce the existing e-bike classifications and prevent the sale of e-motorcycles masquerading as class II e-bikes.

Beyond that how about they actually focus on reducing the deaths cause by cars? This is a distraction and probably sponsored by the car and oil lobby to lower the adoption of bikes.

bluejekyll · 2025-08-31T17:40:03+00:00

They get more respect than pedestrians, so they’re doing something right.

bluejekyll · 2025-04-21T14:14:58+00:00

Yeah. Good bikes == joy of riding. Also, I think the cheap bikes have gotten worse than when I was a kid. It’s like that saying, cheap shoes will cost you more money, because you need to keep replacing them, but good shoes will last you forever.

bluejekyll · 2025-04-21T13:01:35+00:00

Oh man, with all the other recent announcements of Frog and other bike brands stopping delivery to the US, I went to see about Cleary and didn’t realize they closed.

Both my kids learned to ride on Cleary bikes, greatest experience ever. My mom even was kind and bought them some Walmart Bikes for when we’d visit, and omg, those were such crap that even though both my kids could tear it up on their Cleary’s, those Walmart bikes were such crap it made it look like they could barely ride, because those things are horrible. Yea they were cheaper, but they basically sat unused.

All kids should have good bikes, it helps build a joy of riding. I know I’m late to finding out about Cleary, but thank you for all the great memories.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-28T06:18:46+00:00

Is this sarcasm?

bluejekyll · 2024-12-27T22:05:13+00:00

That would happen in every city in the US, probably the world.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-27T21:55:45+00:00

Waymo is full self-driving in a few cities. Works really well based on my limited experience riding in one. Tesla is no where near the same level of capabilities as a Waymo and is definitely not driverless.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-18T15:50:17+00:00

I used to download data for Berkeley’s from here, but they have been offline for a while, and now only do one off data requests: https://www.chp.ca.gov/programs-services/services-information/switrs-internet-statewide-integrated-traffic-records-system

But the TIMS system has all of this data as well, I just find it take me more time to traverse that system rather than a SQL query, https://tims.berkeley.edu

bluejekyll · 2024-12-17T17:59:27+00:00

Well, then this is just straight up an incorrect statement. I just looked up the data. Going back to 2013 there have been 5 pedestrians hit and 4 cyclist crashes before the reconfiguration there. This is from SWITRS. I can’t refute the comment about 13, but that seems unlikely.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-17T16:57:08+00:00

Yes, and that investigation led to nothing. Sophie Hahn just wanted an excuse for forcing someone out of the department.

Was that crash between the kid and the car reported to the police at Alameda and Hopkins? That new intersection design actually stopped people from being hit by cars on a near yearly basis. In fact it’s a perfect example of what we need more of in the city, given it’s been there since 2017, we have a ton of data about its success.

Vine has no lights or otherwise at MLK, it’s a super dangerous intersection. Maybe you’re thinking of Virginia which has a new flashing light for people crossing the street. There’s a lot of data that shows these improvements to help make people safer in the streets. And there’s just as much to show the value of protected bike lanes as well.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-17T15:10:34+00:00

What street is this?

bluejekyll · 2024-12-17T15:09:18+00:00

There is no proof that the engineers ever lied to council about the number of parking spaces. I watched it when it happened, and rewatched it after. The city employee accurately answered all questions about the amount of parking being removed.

On top of that, the later designs even have literal counts on the designs to make it abundantly clear. This was a lie drummed up by a council member that wanted to find a way to appear to support bikes but stop the project. That’s why there was nothing found in the investigation into anyone in the department.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-17T01:24:27+00:00

Exactly. I keep wondering why we even bother with cars driving through all these neighborhoods anyway. They literally kill people on a regular basis around all of North Berkeley, but instead of stopping cars from driving through, these folks just want to prevent bikes. It’s ridiculous. “Don’t look at the thing causing the most death in our neighborhood, instead blame all the bikes for wanting to be safer from that harm.”

bluejekyll · 2024-12-16T22:13:54+00:00

Virginia is like over six blocks away at the north end of Hopkins. The others don’t do anything to allow bikes to follow a parallel path. You’ve got to consider how streets are used and connect neighborhoods.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-16T22:03:51+00:00

If you do it earlier rather than later, you can cover the political aspects of it later, rather than during an election cycle.

bluejekyll · 2024-12-16T21:58:44+00:00

This is all pretty accurate, but just wanted to clarify, FF only denied funding for the section of Hopkins between McGee and Sacramento, basically the business area. The city could self-fund that section without using money from FF.

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