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Dan Cooper

@danielwcooper.bsky.social

Journalist, Broadcaster, Goof. All flowers, in time, bend toward the sun.

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Dan Cooper@danielwcooper.bsky.social · yesterday

It was probably 2018 when I got the itch to build an improv show from scratch. As the busy, ADHD person I am, that meant I endlessly kicked around the idea but never actually did anything about it. It wouldn't be until last year that I decided to actually get on with it.

Isabel Rogers@isabelrogers.bsky.social · 5d ago

Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."

The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. From that moment onwards, every decision on the international calendar, every decision on competition formats and every decision shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders. This model has no place in world football. Football's future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return. Nor can the interests of national associations, leagues, clubs, players and supporters become subordinate to investor returns. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain. Europe's position is clear. We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.
Ed Morrish@edmorrish.com · 6d ago

thanks to the sheer volume of denial-of-premise replies to jokes on bsky, sarcasm has been upgraded to the second-lowest form of wit

Dan Cooper@danielwcooper.bsky.social · last mo.

"The world's richest man has made the as-yet unreleased comeback film of an actor facing accusations of cannibalism freely available after getting the permission of its director, Uwe Boll."

Christopher Morris, announcing the headlines.
Rob Manuel@robmanuel.b3ta.com · last mo.

My theory on why Manchester is powerful and it's the ITV franchise / Granada TV. Tony Wilson was able to build a non-London power base with it, used it to launch Factory records, and make a conscious decision to stay in Manc. The people making culture had a nucleus and didn't have to move to London.

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · last mo.

Was chatting about the relative invisibility of Birmingham compared to Manchester yesterday. Theories: -Lack of top flight football and music scene -Lack of defining visuals -Made bad bet on wrong kind of urbanism -Midlands identity just gets lost in north/south duality -Relative economic decline

Chris Weatherspoon@cweatherspoon.bsky.social · last mo.

Would be good if, even as an aside, blanket coverage of yet another British PM finding the country impossible to govern would mention the enormous, undeniable impact of foreign interference. Richest bloke in the world is actively undermining UK democracy and it's taboo to say so

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 2mo ago

2. It comes from an institution (the UK government, and arguably the UK parliament and political class) which basically does not understand tech very well and is quietly proud of that. Hence the biannual “let’s ban encryption” conversation.

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 2mo ago

I think a lot of things about the U16 social media ban. I‘m just going to list a few of them and go have some lunch. 1. It belongs in part to groups of parents who read (parts of) Jonathan Haidt’s questionable book and then yelled a lot on WhatsApp.

merritt@merrittk.com · 2mo ago

Babylon 5 is so fuckin good. the way they're taking this guy who was shitty and gross at the beginning and making him into the only one who's trying to stop the extremely bad stuff that's going on and taking this goofy pompous dude and making him a villain... JMS the GOAT