@nonrenormalizable.bsky.social
Academician and collegiate-assessor.
It's been such a shit season otherwise, and the news in general and personally has been awful, so even the dangling of hope like this feels cruel. But you've got to dream, right? #COYS
Into the Europa League final! And another great away performance under very difficult circumstances. (But my goodness that penalty-scare at the end would have been very, very in keeping with this season.) COYS!
May 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's been such a shit season otherwise, and the news in general and personally has been awful, so even the dangling of hope like this feels cruel. But you've got to dream, right? #COYS
Into the Europa League final! And another great away performance under very difficult circumstances. (But my goodness that penalty-scare at the end would have been very, very in keeping with this season.) COYS!
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Into the Europa League final! And another great away performance under very difficult circumstances. (But my goodness that penalty-scare at the end would have been very, very in keeping with this season.) COYS!
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WE'RE GOING TO BILBAO!!!
May 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
WE'RE GOING TO BILBAO!!!
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Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini
The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After his reversal on trans women post-SC ruling, I was reminded of Starmer's pledge to quit if his "Beergate" activities were deemed fine-able by police. I now realise this wasn't a bold gamble but simply how he addresses difficult problems: by accepting whatever the legal system says is true.
some will, others probably back his approach. the harder truth is that Starmer is a bigger problem than McSweeney - partly as he's the one who's decided that this approach is a good one, and partly as he has so few qualities as PM himself.
May 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
After his reversal on trans women post-SC ruling, I was reminded of Starmer's pledge to quit if his "Beergate" activities were deemed fine-able by police. I now realise this wasn't a bold gamble but simply how he addresses difficult problems: by accepting whatever the legal system says is true.
I haven't read the piece which by all accounts is pure bunk, but while the thread here dunks on it, I don't think it's incorrect to say there is a small "c" conservatism within Lynch's works, though not of the strain that seems popular in American discourse today.
Yes, he shows that the idyllic 1/
Yes, he shows that the idyllic 1/
I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work there
May 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I haven't read the piece which by all accounts is pure bunk, but while the thread here dunks on it, I don't think it's incorrect to say there is a small "c" conservatism within Lynch's works, though not of the strain that seems popular in American discourse today.
Yes, he shows that the idyllic 1/
Yes, he shows that the idyllic 1/
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A two-part object lesson in how performative authoritarianism done by the left is never enough for the right.
April 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A two-part object lesson in how performative authoritarianism done by the left is never enough for the right.
The whole bit is quite good but the middle part here scans a little differently today ...
www.youtube.com/watch?t=153&...
www.youtube.com/watch?t=153&...
So You're Living in a Police State Stephen Colbert
YouTube video by Rippley Ripples
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The whole bit is quite good but the middle part here scans a little differently today ...
www.youtube.com/watch?t=153&...
www.youtube.com/watch?t=153&...
TIL as well as quantum mechanics, this year is also the centenary celebration of chocolate digestives.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
Taking the biscuit: for 100 years we’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong
McVitie’s reveals chocolate side should be down to fire up taste buds
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
TIL as well as quantum mechanics, this year is also the centenary celebration of chocolate digestives.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
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6/Moreover, partners starting to realize that there is no credible decision-making process in the US. This is not an expert-led, interagency negotiation. Decisions made in hallways and flip flop based on moods. Why agree to restructure your economy on a whim.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The 18 hours that changed Trump’s mind on trade
From Tuesday evening to Wednesday afternoon, Trump and his trade advisers spoke to several Republican lawmakers and top foreign leaders who raised concerns about the faltering global markets.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
6/Moreover, partners starting to realize that there is no credible decision-making process in the US. This is not an expert-led, interagency negotiation. Decisions made in hallways and flip flop based on moods. Why agree to restructure your economy on a whim.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How is he going to get the inside scoop on local political developments if his taxis have no human driver?
My god. My ... my god. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/o...
April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How is he going to get the inside scoop on local political developments if his taxis have no human driver?
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Sixty percent of Americans say that we are losing our democracy. The same percentage says that the country is on the right track.
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sixty percent of Americans say that we are losing our democracy. The same percentage says that the country is on the right track.
Enjoyed this, a useful reminder that even in one self-contained arena of human endeavour, control and agency are fleeting, and that we should strive to exercise epistemic humility. You could swap manager <-> politician and football <-> politics in the last para and it would still hold.
Football is massively complex, perhaps impossible to understand, and we probably should recognise that.
jonawils.substack.com/p/nobody-kno...
jonawils.substack.com/p/nobody-kno...
April 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Enjoyed this, a useful reminder that even in one self-contained arena of human endeavour, control and agency are fleeting, and that we should strive to exercise epistemic humility. You could swap manager <-> politician and football <-> politics in the last para and it would still hold.
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you know, you know
Brilliant result but more importantly a great performance for Spurs. There was a period in the first 45 minutes where we were camped in Frankfurt's half, something I hadn't seen in a while. Solid defending (though still with some awful near misses) and reminds us what this team can do if fit. #COYS
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Brilliant result but more importantly a great performance for Spurs. There was a period in the first 45 minutes where we were camped in Frankfurt's half, something I hadn't seen in a while. Solid defending (though still with some awful near misses) and reminds us what this team can do if fit. #COYS
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WE'RE INTO THE SEMI FINALS!!!
April 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
WE'RE INTO THE SEMI FINALS!!!
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Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
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In a previous generation, the photos of Iraqi prisoners being degraded at Abu Gharib were a source of national shame.
If it happened today, there would be a line of Republicans there for a photo-op.
If it happened today, there would be a line of Republicans there for a photo-op.
April 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In a previous generation, the photos of Iraqi prisoners being degraded at Abu Gharib were a source of national shame.
If it happened today, there would be a line of Republicans there for a photo-op.
If it happened today, there would be a line of Republicans there for a photo-op.
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We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
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No disrespect to Elliot but I think Americans’ revealed preferences say otherwise. In the abstract they’ll say x y z but in the ballot box the answer is different. bsky.app/profile/gell...
Despite what you’ve probably heard, Trump’s immigration agenda isn’t actually popular. While Americans sometimes approve of “the way he is handling immigration” in abstract, they are very negative on the details.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
Trump's immigration agenda isn't popular, actually
Polling shows most Americans oppose the details of enforcement and the president’s most extreme tactics
www.gelliottmorris.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
No disrespect to Elliot but I think Americans’ revealed preferences say otherwise. In the abstract they’ll say x y z but in the ballot box the answer is different. bsky.app/profile/gell...
Steve Rosenberg ostensibly reports from Russia, but a careful decoding reveals his real dateline is the US of about six months hence.
A Russian court has convicted hairdresser Anna Alexandrova of spreading “false information” about the Russian army & sentenced her to 5 years 2 months in a penal colony. We featured her case last year in this report about denunciations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
April 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Steve Rosenberg ostensibly reports from Russia, but a careful decoding reveals his real dateline is the US of about six months hence.
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'I thought he would do really well at Spurs and it's been little short of a disaster'
Should Ange Postecoglou walk away from Spurs even if he wins a trophy?
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@markpougatch.bsky.social
@samdalling.bsky.social
Should Ange Postecoglou walk away from Spurs even if he wins a trophy?
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@markpougatch.bsky.social
@samdalling.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'I thought he would do really well at Spurs and it's been little short of a disaster'
Should Ange Postecoglou walk away from Spurs even if he wins a trophy?
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@markpougatch.bsky.social
@samdalling.bsky.social
Should Ange Postecoglou walk away from Spurs even if he wins a trophy?
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@markpougatch.bsky.social
@samdalling.bsky.social
Good piece on what is being discarded here. It was difficult but just about possible to give an answer to someone in the developing world who questioned the difference between having the US and, say, China, as an ally and an ideal. That will not hold much longer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is difficult to imagine a post-American world. But imagine it we must | Nesrine Malik
The truth is, we were always dangerously overexposed to decisions made in Washington – consider this chaotic moment an opportunity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Good piece on what is being discarded here. It was difficult but just about possible to give an answer to someone in the developing world who questioned the difference between having the US and, say, China, as an ally and an ideal. That will not hold much longer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...