Jack
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In five years a lot of people who swear they will net use AI and couldn’t possibly use AI because AI is useless will be using a cool new tool to help them do a thing they love doing but it won’t specifically be ChatGPT so they will swear up and down that the AI thing they are using is not AI.
convinced the majority of these objections are people who think "ai" means "chatgpt as it is currently being sold by openai specifically, generally for exactly one use case which it is bad at"
This fundamentally misunderstands how generative AI works. There can be no relation between real human creativity and AI ‘enhancement’. Even if you feed it your own art, that gets incorporated into the big Average Machine. Whatever it spits out, however close it may be, will be averaged and ersatz.
August 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In five years a lot of people who swear they will net use AI and couldn’t possibly use AI because AI is useless will be using a cool new tool to help them do a thing they love doing but it won’t specifically be ChatGPT so they will swear up and down that the AI thing they are using is not AI.
Football is a morally bankrupt sport.
August 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Football is a morally bankrupt sport.
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Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
This is a bit of a atretch/hope: there were 5 protests, with the largest two being up to 300 people, a total of around a thousand or so people.
July 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.
As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.
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the EU has decided to make football ungovernable
The European Court of Justice ruled Friday that decisions made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport can now be reviewed by national courts to ensure compliance with EU law.
The ruling means that certain decisions from governing bodies such as FIFA can be challenged outside of Switzerland.
The ruling means that certain decisions from governing bodies such as FIFA can be challenged outside of Switzerland.
EU court rules CAS decisions can be reviewed by national courts
CAS, an institution independent of any sports organisation, handles significant legal sporting cases such as doping and contract disputes.
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the EU has decided to make football ungovernable
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the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
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I rate Cunha and Mbeumo but I think spending £130m is absolutely mental. For that sort of money on two forwards you'd hope they'd take you to top four level but I don't think they do anything like that for United.
July 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I rate Cunha and Mbeumo but I think spending £130m is absolutely mental. For that sort of money on two forwards you'd hope they'd take you to top four level but I don't think they do anything like that for United.
Tomiyasu played in these games? I have no recollection of that at all
Below is the starting XI Mikel Arteta fielded the most across all competitions in 2024... and yes, that is Tomiyasu in there!
This XI started four consecutive matches in April/May, winning all four against Chelsea (5-0), Spurs (3-2), Bournemouth (3-0) and Man Utd (1-0).
This XI started four consecutive matches in April/May, winning all four against Chelsea (5-0), Spurs (3-2), Bournemouth (3-0) and Man Utd (1-0).
December 31, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Tomiyasu played in these games? I have no recollection of that at all
This is something that used to infuriate me about Arteta, I thought we learned how to attack well the 22/23 season but we haven't had a season that consistently good from open play since then.
One of my Arteta gripes is how he lingers on specific missed chances. It’s human, but lends itself to a style in which we try to orchestrate too few, but perfect, West Hammy goals, and then nail every one. That’s not realistic. The objective should be to create so much that you forget the misses.
December 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
This is something that used to infuriate me about Arteta, I thought we learned how to attack well the 22/23 season but we haven't had a season that consistently good from open play since then.
Same thing as Fulham btw
This has been really annoying me all afternoon. How can you have only four shots in the last 50 minutes and go 12 minutes at the end of a home game you need to win, against a bottom half team, without a shot? You've got to go for it at some point!
Time of Arsenal shots v Everton. Shows the sterile nature of the dominance especially in the second half:
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You're looking to get a goal to win a match and you manage four shots from the 48th minute to the 97th.
December 15, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Same thing as Fulham btw
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This has been really annoying me all afternoon. How can you have only four shots in the last 50 minutes and go 12 minutes at the end of a home game you need to win, against a bottom half team, without a shot? You've got to go for it at some point!
Time of Arsenal shots v Everton. Shows the sterile nature of the dominance especially in the second half:
8
10
12
17
29
43
43
46
47
57
64
75
85
You're looking to get a goal to win a match and you manage four shots from the 48th minute to the 97th.
8
10
12
17
29
43
43
46
47
57
64
75
85
You're looking to get a goal to win a match and you manage four shots from the 48th minute to the 97th.
December 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
This has been really annoying me all afternoon. How can you have only four shots in the last 50 minutes and go 12 minutes at the end of a home game you need to win, against a bottom half team, without a shot? You've got to go for it at some point!
We need to do business in January at this point. Our attack is not good enough
December 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
We need to do business in January at this point. Our attack is not good enough
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imo this is an excellent piece of writing by Grace, which in a just world she wouldn't need to write.
open.substack.com/pub/onfootba...
open.substack.com/pub/onfootba...
What happened to the Rainbow Laces campaign?
It's not going well
open.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:57 AM
imo this is an excellent piece of writing by Grace, which in a just world she wouldn't need to write.
open.substack.com/pub/onfootba...
open.substack.com/pub/onfootba...
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Totally understand why people would be annoyed with the misses but this has been much more ‘normal’ Gabriel Jesus tonight. He’s never been a deadly finisher, involvement is his key marker and there’s been a lot of that tonight. Less looking totally lost and more buzzing around.
December 11, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Totally understand why people would be annoyed with the misses but this has been much more ‘normal’ Gabriel Jesus tonight. He’s never been a deadly finisher, involvement is his key marker and there’s been a lot of that tonight. Less looking totally lost and more buzzing around.
Commentary is infuriating
December 11, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Commentary is infuriating
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Shut the FUCK up Fletch. WHY DOES IT PASS HIM BY???
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Shut the FUCK up Fletch. WHY DOES IT PASS HIM BY???
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I should move on but still unbelievably rattled by the Rice red card v Brighton because that ‘offence’ happens in literally every single game and it doesn’t even draw a comment (rightly so) but loads of people suddenly pretended they thought it was a logical decision.
December 1, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I should move on but still unbelievably rattled by the Rice red card v Brighton because that ‘offence’ happens in literally every single game and it doesn’t even draw a comment (rightly so) but loads of people suddenly pretended they thought it was a logical decision.
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Going to take a huge effort from Arsenal (or anyone else) to stay within striking distance waiting for Liverpool to drop points. Sure they'll drop some eventually - long way to go - but it's some cushion they've got.
December 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Going to take a huge effort from Arsenal (or anyone else) to stay within striking distance waiting for Liverpool to drop points. Sure they'll drop some eventually - long way to go - but it's some cushion they've got.
Saka...
Arsenal - West Ham vs Arsenal Goal Probability Added - By Action
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Saka...
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I drink to the general joy of the whole table. Macbeth. Act 3 Scene 4.
November 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I drink to the general joy of the whole table. Macbeth. Act 3 Scene 4.
This is the most excited I've been for a game in ages. I have a good feeling we're going on a run now.
November 30, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This is the most excited I've been for a game in ages. I have a good feeling we're going on a run now.
This is a great column. I have so much respect for Tim for acknowledging the Partey situation here too, no one else is touching this with a ten foot pole. What we do in midfield in the summer is going to be interesting.
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This week's column is about Declan Rice. Arsenal's transfer activity suggests he is seen more as a 6 than an 8. But when does that process start and does it even matter? 👇🔴⚪
This week's column is about Declan Rice. Arsenal's transfer activity suggests he is seen more as a 6 than an 8. But when does that process start and does it even matter? 👇🔴⚪
Bringing Rice to the Boil
In the 2021-22 season at West Ham, Declan Rice played in a midfield double pivot with Tomas Soucek. During that season, Rice was the deeper of the two players. He scored one goal and managed four assi...
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November 28, 2024 at 7:26 PM
This is a great column. I have so much respect for Tim for acknowledging the Partey situation here too, no one else is touching this with a ten foot pole. What we do in midfield in the summer is going to be interesting.
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Missed the first 7 minutes but excited to bring this to Bluesky for the first time
November 26, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Missed the first 7 minutes but excited to bring this to Bluesky for the first time