Joshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Amazing thing about London is that wherever you are going, it is always half an hour away
This weather is costing me a fortune in iced coffee
Was thinking they hadn’t had much zeitgeisty stuff recently (Theroux on the manosphere most recent probably?) but then was wondering if that’s actually because *almost nothing* breaks through and becomes part of the discourse anymore
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2d agoNetflix draws level with BBC as first port of call for viewers
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report finds Parliament is “Britain’s last alcohol-soaked workplace” where MPs are offered free drinks as early as midday despite alcohol-related scandals, a report has revealed. Drinking is commonplace and some MPs have had their stomachs pumped after consuming so much alcohol that they ended up in hospital, one disclosed. Continue reading...
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The season is underway with probably the worst penalty shootout we’ll see all season in the Carabao Cup preliminary round. Rochdale won 2-1, Tranmere missed *four in a row*
The thing that elevates Infantino above other bad football administrators is the contempt for the rules of the game. Unilaterally making football a game of four quarters at the World Cup, ignoring the rule about how long half time is to facilitate a half time show, and the Balogun intervention
Miguel Delaney@migueldelaney.bsky.social · 4d agoFootball chiefs are now rightly pushing for Infantino’s exit But it doesn’t stop there and the reform that didn’t come in 2016 is now badly needed Football also has to live with his decisions, like Saudi 2034, because the same critics let too much go www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"A number of western European FAs are understood to have been mobilising their peers ever since Donald Trump revealed he had repeatedly called Infantino asking him to overturn the USA striker’s suspension for their tie against Belgium." www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Uefa has formed a rare but fragile united front against Fifa in battle for football’s future | Nick Ames and Matt Hughes
Emerging from this week with unity over Fifa’s World Cup sell off was quite an acheivement but Europe cannot rest on its laurels
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Budget on 28th October, says John Healey on his socials
For the uninitiated a visualised podcast is when you make a TV show but put microphones in front of the people who are speaking
TV Zone@tvzoneuk.bsky.social · 5d agoVideo podcast companion show confirmed to accompany upcoming series of Big Brother #BBUK on ITV2, which returns for an extended eight week run. More details: www.tvzoneuk.com/post/bigbrot...
Andy Burnham told Narendra Modi that Ahmedabad is the "Manchester of India" in a call today, says Downing Street
Burnham says FIFA President Gianni Infantino is "the wrong man to lead the organisation”
The conversation seems to still be geared around the scheme Infantino was trying to push. That ship has sailed. The real question now seems to be whether it is days, weeks or months for him in this job. It is a completely untenable situation now all these various actors are scurrying away from him
Asian Football Confederation say they "stand in solidarity" with UEFA and CONCACAF to protect World Cup. Says football should never have been placed in a position where World Cup boycotts are threatened
Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
Custom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location.
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“We were due to move house as lockdown hit but to find out if it would be allowed we had to listen to the Chancellor of the Duchy if Lancaster, Michael Gove, on the Today program”
Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 6d agoTried to explain to my kid what travelling abroad was like in the pandemic and it started “well there was this guy called Grant Shapps,.. every Thursday before your holiday he would post on… this thing called Twitter… his personal account… then you’d cancel your flight”. And you just sound MENTAL.
Similarly, why is “Great Britain” slightly south of the Forest of Bowland, Lancs
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6d agohere's a very random question: why is it that Google Maps hides Brighton? attached are several screengrabs that show it displaying much smaller places but not Brighton, you have to zoom in soooo much to get it to appear, it's so weird?
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Howe set to leave Newcastle United. All parties initially chose to continue but 48yo has informed #NUFC of decision to take break & will depart after 5yrs in charge. Matthias Jaissle of Al Ahli lined up as replacement 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Eddie Howe set to leave Newcastle United, Matthias Jaissle poised to replace him
The 48-year-old, who led Newcastle to their first trophy in 70 years with the 2025 Carabao Cup, has made the decision himself.
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New UEFA statement. "UEFA knows there is significant and growing opposition to FIFA’s scheme. FIFA cannot continue to use our sport to enrich themselves and their friends. We can grow the game correctly. It’s time to prioritise associations, clubs, leagues, players and fans"
I love Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as much as any right thinking individual but…Maverick isn’t even the character’s actual name
Jack Blackburn@hackblackburn.bsky.social · last wk.Every now and then I am inordinately fond of a pun With thanks to @joetwyman.bsky.social, @warmovietheatre.com , @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social
Have a friend who was slogging through these and who said something like "oh they lag a bit but from book 25 onwards they get good again" or something
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · last wk.Always fun to look at the Games Workshop annual report. “in the last financial period we sold over five million novels.”
The Prime Minister has posted about the FIFA private investment story saying football “does not belong to investors” and the World Cup is “not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone's to sell...Once you have sold a piece of it, you have sold out."
Google Gemini giving a quick and usable answer to “how do I turn off the Ask Gemini button in chrome?” Maybe AI is good, actually
On reflection having heard the Mayo local radio commentary multiple times now my favourite bit is “the curse be damned, hit the nuclear button”
