Alex

I haven’t seen #Belgium get away with one like that since the July Monarchy ensured France’s crucial support for Belgian independence in defiance of the other European great powers, who after being called on their bluff declined to send troops to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands to support the previous union #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway escape two close penalties like this since it narrowly declined #EU membership in two separate plebiscites in 1972 and 1994 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Switzerland have such an easy time against a francophone country since L’Acte De Médiation formally abolished Napoleon Bonaparte’s already-collapsing Helvetic Republic and replaced it with a new confederation that re-established the old canton system. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States pressure Paraguay like this since James Buchanan sent 19 ships to Asunción in 1859 following the Water Witch incident, to collect a $10,000 indemnity. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen #Germany get into this much trouble against a South American side since the excursions of the submarine U-507 spurred #Brazil to enter World War II against it on 22 August 1942 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Canada work its way past a South African defense like this since William Dillon Otter led Companies G and H of the Canadian Maritimes to victory against the Orange Free State at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Morocco commemorate the 4th of July like this since Sultan Mohammed III allowed safe passage for American ships in 1777, thereby becoming the first country to recognize the United States of America. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Argentina survive a scare like that since the corralón measures of President Eduardo Duhalde ended the peso’s fixed exchange rate to the U.S. dollar during the Argentine Great Depression, eventually making exports more competitive and fueling a much-needed influx of dollars. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England get into this much trouble in Georgia since Andrew Pickens led the Patriot forces in a successful siege of Augusta against a Loyalist militia on 22 May 1781. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Ecuador lose ground like this since the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1831 led to a series of unfavorable territorial disputes with Peru, Brazil, and Colombia #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Morocco regain the initiative against a timid Western European power like this since Sultan Mohammed III thwarted the Expedition of Larache in 1765. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Egypt put two on the board this quickly since the Khedivate of Egypt added two additional crescents to its flag in 1881 to indicate sovereignty over Egypt, Sudan, and Hejaz #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen New Zealand get this far inside Egyptian lines since the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force landed in Helwan to prepare for the defense of Greece against the Axis powers in 1940 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Côte d’Ivoire get out ahead of Germany like this since Louis-Gustave Binger and Marcel Treich-Laplène established a series of protectorates there in the late 1880s, reversing the previous French colonial retrenchment in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War and curbing German ambitions in Africa. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen an #Argentina hat trick like this since the Phrygian cap was included in the official coat of arms of the Argentine Republic in 1944, though it had appeared in preliminary designs as early as 1813. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I havent seen #Norway get three in this easily since it incorporated the uninhabited dependencies of Bouvet Island, Peter I Island, and Queen Maud Land near Antarctica #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange I think they filled the McCook one up in July 2023. It’s going to get expanded within a few years. But the real issue for property owners isn’t the capacity so much as the pipes going toward all that storage, which are old, crumbling, and small…I think the metaphor I heard was that it’s like trying to fill up a bathtub with a straw

I haven’t seen #Spain run in behind an Austrian defense like that since the combined Franco-Spanish armies under the command of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, split up an Allied army loyal to Archduke Charles of #Austria and attacked it from three sides at the Battle of Almansa on 25 April 1707. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen negative Dutch tactics defeated like this since #chess master Howard Staunton developed Staunton’s Gambit as a response to the Dutch Defence, showing how to sacrifice a white pawn for an early kingside attack against black. #netherlands #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Japan break out into open space in #Texas like this since Sadatsuchi Uchida led a fact-finding mission to create rice farms on the Gulf Coast in 1902. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States get a concession from Turkey like that since James Madison secured freedom of passage through the Mediterranean by winning the Second Barbary War over the Regency of Algiers, which was at the time under Ottoman suzerainty. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Sweden slot one home like that since Charles XII led the Swedish Empire to victory over a much larger Polish-Saxon Army at the Battle of Kliszów in 1702. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen South Africa stun a #Korean side like this since its 2 Squadron SAAF planes joined the Pressure Pump air campaign against Pyongyang on 11 July 1952. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Portugal get such a decisive edge over Uzbekistan since Francisco da Costa Gomes marshaled the Flechas unit of the Portuguese secret police as well as other counterinsurgency forces on the Frente Leste, to drive out the Soviet-backed People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway do this well in a North American expedition since it established the L’Anse aux Meadows settlement in present-day #Canada ca. 1014 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria caught offguard by a South American attack like this since the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter damaged the Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate, leading to its scuttling a few days later and the retreat of its crew to #Argentina as well as #Uruguay. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States slip two past #Australia like this since the Paris Peace Conference saw the founding of Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations and the subsequent designation of German New Guinea as a League of Nations mandate rather than a colony, both over Australian objections. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Saudi Arabia pull away from Uruguay like this since the Gulf Cooperation Council abandoned a framework for a free-trade agreement with MERCOSUR, missing its original 2006 deadline #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen an Ivorian make a last-ditch attempt this powerful since Didier Drogba helped end the country’s civil war with an improvised televised speech after Les Éléphants qualified for the 2006 World Cup #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen the Netherlands get one back from Japan this quickly since the landing on Blue Beach to commence the Western New Guinea campaign in April 1944. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

People don’t realize how much Taiwan has pivoted away from the PRC and toward the USA economically. Its exports to the USA outvalue those of both the PRC and Vietnam.

I haven’t seen the United States come up with a set piece like that since William F. Drueke founded his namesake chess equipment manufacturing company in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1914 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Canada get a foothold this deep inside the Qatar zone since Operation Friction saw the deployment of thousands of Canadian Forces personnel to Doha in 1990–1991. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Spain lose nominal control of Cape Verde like this since Portugal and England routed the army of Don Juan José de Austria at Estremoz in 1663, effectively ending the Iberian Union. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Iran get such a hard-fought draw since it saved face by decimating the Iraq-backed MEK in August 1988, despite UN Resolution 598 for a ceasefire having already been accepted by both parties and having initially been cast as a “win” for Iraq. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Turkey get one back that quick since the Treaty of Sèvres was instantly scuttled by Turkish nationalist backlash and the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne ensured no Allied partition of the former Ottoman territories. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Norway get one back this quick since Operation Doomsday, name notwithstanding, secured Germany’s immediate surrender and then transitioned into a peaceful Allied occupation. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a #Ronaldo double like this since Ronaldo Lemos became a fellow of Ashoka in 2015 and was reappointed to the Social Communication Council the same year. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMondial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #France steal the spotlight from America like that since lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, led his fleet to victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake, ensuring that the British army of Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown couldn’t be reinforced. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange Yeah I feel like it’s sometimes hard to defend because despite so much solar being installed, emissions have only ever gone down due to major exogenous events like COVID-19 and the Iran War. Blocking the Strait of Hormuz made a bigger dent than all renewable energy combined.

I haven’t seen #Austria pull of a miracle like that since its archduchy organized a successful defense of Vienna against an Ottoman invasion in only six days in September 1683. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Canada show such resolve against a Balkan opponent since it decisively intervened between Croatia and Serbia as part of Operation Medak Pocket in 1993. #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen #England put four on the board like this since Turnbridge Wells MP Greg Clark was appointed President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council and served for four days from 15 to 19 July 2016, at which point his appointment was recognized as erroneous and the post subsequently given to Liam Fox instead. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC #ThreeLions

I haven’t seen Americans this excited at a red card reversal since Target issued a nationwide recall of its Up & Up baby wipes in early 2026. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Sweden caught flatfooted like this since a Danish-Norwegian flotilla captured 30 Swedish supply ships at Dynekilen harbor in 1716 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Korea get one back this quick since it drove out the Mongols and then conquered Liaoyang in the 14th century #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen a 1-2 punch from #Argentina in the United States like this since the Batallón de Inteligencia 601 worked with the CIA to train the Contras and then used US sponsorship to supply the counterinsurgency in Guatemala during the latter’s civil war #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Switzerland seize the initiative like this since Swiss troops besieged the French fort at Hüningen near the denouement of the Napoleonic Wars, setting the stage for its eventual demolition as per Article III of the 1815 Treaty of Paris #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England get two back that quick since it briefly reinstated control over Singapore and Hong Kong after Japan’s surrender, ending almost four years of a brief imperial interregnum #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Egypt sneak one past #Iran like that since Gamal Abdel Nasser began financing Ayatollah Khomeini’s resistance to the shah over 15 years before the 1979 Revolution. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC