Why am I not planning to attend any #WorldCup games, despite being a big soccer fan?
Partly #FIFA's sycophancy to our baby tyrant.
Partly #ICE's racist threats, which I worry will play out live in front of me if I go.
Partly it's the prices.
Partly all-too-typical pigs-at-trough behavior, starting locally with Kraft family externalizing costs on local towns.
And it's USMNT inconsistency, making it unlikely they'll go far in the knock-out rounds.
John Coates
npub13g…t4emv
2026-04-29 11:57:33 UTC
Author Public Key
npub13g7mgx7fpn3ye2lhddeuqw7xfypcvkry46tckxl0psmcp24lvw6q7t4emvSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-04-29 11:57:33 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "40617da2221598d7883c8b89180850078b7317b9980613820eb215fb198fcb1c",
"pubkey": "8a3db41bc90ce24cabf76b73c03bc64903865864ae978b1bef0c3780aabf63b4",
"created_at": 1777463853,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"worldcup"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/@jciv/116487871076918201",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"fifa"
],
[
"t",
"ice"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/jciv/statuses/116487871076918201",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.social/users/jciv/statuses/116487871076918201",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Why am I not planning to attend any #WorldCup games, despite being a big soccer fan?\n\nPartly #FIFA's sycophancy to our baby tyrant.\n\nPartly #ICE's racist threats, which I worry will play out live in front of me if I go. \n\nPartly it's the prices.\n\nPartly all-too-typical pigs-at-trough behavior, starting locally with Kraft family externalizing costs on local towns.\n\nAnd it's USMNT inconsistency, making it unlikely they'll go far in the knock-out rounds.",
"sig": "e103243a27f263c14c37f87fcf4f584fcb12d6128b6fa69965ff3de5840eddbf270b3b2a1a94157c91c042d0e51054fed340ec874564462a93530ea0dfc282dd"
}