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Trust your eyes
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on a purely theoretical level, the failure of the Club World Cup is fascinating
you have famous teams, committed to winning because of the prize pool, in new and unusual matchups, a set of brand new underdogs, playing in cities where high-level football is rare
and no one cares
you have famous teams, committed to winning because of the prize pool, in new and unusual matchups, a set of brand new underdogs, playing in cities where high-level football is rare
and no one cares
June 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
on a purely theoretical level, the failure of the Club World Cup is fascinating
you have famous teams, committed to winning because of the prize pool, in new and unusual matchups, a set of brand new underdogs, playing in cities where high-level football is rare
and no one cares
you have famous teams, committed to winning because of the prize pool, in new and unusual matchups, a set of brand new underdogs, playing in cities where high-level football is rare
and no one cares
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
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Is #Chelsea 's use of the "CFC LDN" branding a cunning way of side-stepping Chelsea Pitch Owners? The short answer is no.
The longer answer:
The Club have been very clear that that is not their intention, but in any event it wouldn't work.
I'll explain why. /1
The longer answer:
The Club have been very clear that that is not their intention, but in any event it wouldn't work.
I'll explain why. /1
February 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Is #Chelsea 's use of the "CFC LDN" branding a cunning way of side-stepping Chelsea Pitch Owners? The short answer is no.
The longer answer:
The Club have been very clear that that is not their intention, but in any event it wouldn't work.
I'll explain why. /1
The longer answer:
The Club have been very clear that that is not their intention, but in any event it wouldn't work.
I'll explain why. /1
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
Good God, the woman is insane.
At a speech in the UK, at the Heritage Foundation, Suella Braverman has said that in 20 years from now the UK could be "the first Islamist nation with nuclear weapons" and "the greatest strategic threat to the USA".
Quotes attached.
Quotes attached.
January 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Good God, the woman is insane.
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Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.
January 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.
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We should be throwing up lab space in places like Cambridge and Tatton Park at a vast rate.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We should be throwing up lab space in places like Cambridge and Tatton Park at a vast rate.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
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If you can't speak truth to power, you can't speak truth.
January 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you can't speak truth to power, you can't speak truth.
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This is the guy that 'a certain section' of Chelsea fans thought should own the club.
December 15, 2024 at 10:48 AM
This is the guy that 'a certain section' of Chelsea fans thought should own the club.
Hey so this album from the Beautiful Game is pretty great, you should give it a listen! open.spotify.com/album/6X5Lln...
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The Beautiful Game · Album · 2024 · 14 songs
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November 15, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Hey so this album from the Beautiful Game is pretty great, you should give it a listen! open.spotify.com/album/6X5Lln...
It's *just* possible, given some of the faces on here, that we might be able to have moany old bugger football conversations without pile ons from bots, Fifa children, and inexplicable Joao Felix stans. Just need to get Chelsea Youth over and we're sorted.
November 13, 2024 at 10:42 PM
It's *just* possible, given some of the faces on here, that we might be able to have moany old bugger football conversations without pile ons from bots, Fifa children, and inexplicable Joao Felix stans. Just need to get Chelsea Youth over and we're sorted.
Oh man, it's actually picking up here now
October 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Oh man, it's actually picking up here now
Musk continuing to have a normal one then, I see...
November 29, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Musk continuing to have a normal one then, I see...