Bond producer Amy Pascal saying the next film has "got to be something really different" hits different now. Bond goes up against big oil, presumably. (Reskeeted user doesn't allow quote posts).

omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 20h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

I wholly endorse this subtitling from the original Japanese in The Ninth Jedi (and the beautiful animation of a black hole in some of the subsequent frames).

Wenger with an all-timer "I didn't see it." bsky.app/profile/jame...

James Benge@jamesbenge.bsky.social · 2d ago

Arsene Wenger says he was "not involved" or aware of the plans to sell off the World Cup and has welcomed their scrapping. "The decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question". His statement does not mention Gianni Infantino or call for change.

Send them Ed Sheeran? bsky.app/profile/ship...

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d ago

A senior officer in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) intelligence branch emailed a broad group of military analysts seeking “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” A second source indicated a similar request went out the prior week.

It's quite the specious argument to say the "Golden Rule" - for that is what Nolan is on the record as saying Zeus's Law is, and Klein ignores - is Judeo-Christian. bsky.app/profile/ezra...

FIFA has a governance problem, but in my view it also has a problem which stems from its statutory position in Switzerland. FIFA is a media/commercial enterprise, a development-finance foundation, and a private global regulator, all inside a single entity. bsky.app/profile/swis...

SwissRamble@swissramble.bsky.social · 3d ago

FIFA’s plan to sell a stake in its commercial operations to outside investors is thankfully dead in the water, but what was behind this proposal? What would have been the implications for the beautiful game if Infantino had got his way? This is explored in today’s FREE ARTICLE.

FIFA’s plan to sell a stake in its commercial operations to outside investors is thankfully dead in the water, but what was behind this proposal? What would have been the implications for the beautiful game if Infantino had got his way? This is explored in today’s FREE ARTICLE.

A small, probably accidental quirk in FIFA's Statutes: a suspended member association can't vote, and almost certainly can't help trigger an Extraordinary Congress either, but still counts toward the total that makes triggering one harder. A short, fun (for me) thread. bsky.app/profile/jame...

James Dart@jamesdart.bsky.social · 4d ago

New: Gianni Infantino is facing a rebellion from members of the Fifa Council who are attempting to force an extraordinary general meeting that could develop into a full blown leadership challenge

For once, I can say I knew and I wrote about it yesterday in an Italian newspaper: www.editorialedomani.it/sport/uefa-r...

Kevin Lamour, FIFA's (current) Chief Operating Officer: “It is the project of one person. Not only must this project not go ahead … but the time has now come for football political leaders to ask themselves the right questions and make the right decisions.” apnews.com/article/cord...

Senior FIFA official resigns over Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan. Second says it deceived staff

Two senior FIFA officials have criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan with one resigning as a presidential adviser and a second saying staff were deceived by project that must not go ah...

apnews.com

When Carlos Cordeiro issues a statement like this, you wonder if Infantino can actually survive.

Looking very much like JP Morgan have been paid lots of money twice to have football schemes fail.

The series was an absolute gem and this doesn't reflect at all well on Marvel or Disney. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)

"Wonder Man" has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned.

variety.com

As it stands this might also practically mean: No 2026 U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland. No 2029 U-20 World Cup in Armenia/Georgia. No 2030 World Cup in Portugal/Spain. bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Phillips@davidphillips.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bravo, UEFA. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Bravo, UEFA. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

uefa.com

Article 18 of the FIFA statutes technically means that no member association would be able to resign from FIFA before 31 December 2027. As a more general clarification point (not in response to Philippe), confederations themselves aren't able to withdraw from FIFA. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · last wk.

It is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. bsky.app/profile/asel...

Andreas Selliaas@aselliaas.bsky.social · last wk.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

One for @sachinnakrani.bsky.social

Far too many bangers in the responses, frankly. It can only be this. bsky.app/profile/beck...

Becky Tyler@beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2w ago

What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.

Quite big. www.ft.com/content/c984...

Liverpool FC owner in talks to sell minority stake to Mittal family-backed consortium

Deal would value English Premier League side at more than $6bn

ft.com

As one commentator much wiser than I says, "law is not magic and prohibitions are not spells". But there are also entirely reasonable and legitimate uses for smart glasses, including accessibility, fitness/biometric feedback, actual researchers (with consent), etc. bsky.app/profile/kati...

Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com · 2w ago

Ooh I know this one. It's by BANNING THE PERVERT GLASSES

Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18? bsky.app/profile/thep...

Al Pacino & Robert De Niro Face To Face in Heat

ALT: Al Pacino & Robert De Niro Face To Face in Heat

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thepolyorchid@thepolyorchid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18?

Digital ID works perfectly well in the Netherlands and other EU countries. It's never been a "grift" here - it's an incredibly efficient means of joined up public administration (645m verifications in 2025 in NL). The UK's issue was making efficiency sound like an actual ID. bsky.app/profile/fish...

Andrew Fisher@fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 2w ago

Scrapping Digital ID is a good thing - a 20 year long policy grift in search of a problem. It's good to scrap VAT on electricity bills, as a) electricity is essential; and b) it mildly eases cost of living pressures. But energy bills could still rise later in year depending on Trump/Iran.

The only thing more ridiculous than Navarro actually going after beef processors would be for him to say that high prices are due to cows unionising. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Peter Navarro on high beef prices: "Beef has been kind of the holy grail for me, trying to figure out the best way to get it down. So we're cracking down on the cartels that run the beef processing."

Interesting article I came across today. Quick summary: (1) Refs add significantly more stoppage time in 2nd halves, after controlling for in-game events/stoppages. (2) Narrow scorelines at a World Cup lead to increased second-half stoppage time (not Euros). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Objective Calls Under the Spotlight: Referee Consistency and Behaviour on Football's Biggest Stage - David Butler, Robert Butler, Carl Singleton, 2026

We study the objectivity of officiating under extreme pressure by analysing additional time played at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship. Control...

journals.sagepub.com

A Liverpool player has just won the World Cup having played no minutes for Liverpool and none at the World Cup for Spain. Congrats, Víctor Muñoz.

Argentina's performance was an insult to Messi's genius.

The world is healing.

Wholly and completely a goal and an absolute absurdity if the decision to disallow it is upheld.