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Alex Stewart@afhstewart.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m thinking, once again, of the community creators who charge a pretty penny for the same kind of advice that someone like Kyle from Pathway regularly gives away for free, and in a much less aggressive way!

This is spot on and absolutely crosses over to my field also. The number of people on LI who approach every interaction like the “finance bro” of this piece and don’t realise how little joy they’re going to get. Some people even actively encourage this approach

Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 4d ago

I am once again tormented by *thoughts* www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...

Working with clubs who have far smaller budgets and much more sense is so much more rewarding

The confidence with which some journalists pronounce on the likelihood of success of certain transfers is genuinely funny.

I'm really happy with how this one turned out. RAPM is really interesting and deserves more thought. Plus, plenty of news to catch up on.

August 26: RAPM

"plus minus" what about division and multiplication am i right

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any statement like ‘Gen z have no literacy/cannot write/spell/communicate’ that is not also coupled with ‘their means of learning has been eradicated by tech fascism and government removal of funding’ is not worth listening to or boosting. the kids are living under the regime we allowed

What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.

The two of them are twins in my mind. Two great artists whose activism was so ingrained in who they are that you couldn’t separate it from how they lived and moved through the world. And it’s from an abundance of care and love for the world and its people, especially those at the bottom.

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2w ago

“She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy,” Jane Fonda writes about her friend Dolly Parton. “That’s something of hers she’d want us all to take with us.” "To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you.” www.justjared.com/2026/08/25/j...

This is a particularly good time to remind/tell followers on here that I write a newsletter about the football data industry. (And have been for 5-6 years). It's maybe a little more irreverent than it should be. You can read it and subscribe etc here: www.getgoalsideanalytics.com

mark thompson@markposts.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Line go up, hopefully', dipping in to some of the latest on attempts to generate event data from video (potentially automating a painfully manual collection process) www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/line-go-up-p...

Carries > dribbling mostly because the definition of a dribble is baggy and isn’t what you’d think it means (Futi sensibly lumps both together as this post makes clear)

Lewis@lgambrose.bsky.social · 2w ago

When you look at the most common data, you'll see that Christos Tzolis didn't complete a single 'dribble' (more accurately, 'take-on') last night. On @futi.live he gets 99 for 'dribbling' because he was so progressive/direct and effective in carrying the ball into dangerous areas.

While we're here, let's not forget that MLS was a league-leading PL2 CM/DM at 17 and 18 in 23/24, so this kind of step up, while exciting, shouldn't come as a massive shock

Good list, imho, and also get yourself @futi.live

John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · 2w ago

Welcome back for a new season, here are some soccer dorks to follow

Tzolis' 2025/26 numbers but scaled to EPL level (by comparing with existing PL wingers) show a player more than ready to produce pretty ace performances on the regular And, there were definitely hints of that as a 19yo at PAOK, but he's ramped up his carrying and overall output (GDA) a lot

Please: not every football shirt/cultural behemoth crossover is a good idea, especially when they look cobbled together and the show in question had some football references but wore them pretty lightly. This is how good things become really tired and dull.

in the first minute of the Netflix Jose Mourinho documentary Zlatan Ibrahimovic says the first word that comes to his mind when he thinks of Mourinho is “football”

Wrote about James Gandolfini for The Small Bow www.thesmallbow.com/p/eulogy-jam...

Eulogy: James Gandolfini

“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”

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@afhstewart.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jo_...

"Heroes"

YouTube video by Eh Mind O' Gillie

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John Stones to Inter is the kind of move that absolutely makes canonical sense

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Full of despair today. Massive lay offs in social sciences and humanities across the country, Burnham puts out a video saying 'AI can write an essay', and my university is busy integrating co-pilot into all staff and student computers. We are being told we're defunct and there's no resistance.

The House of Fame would be an absolute banger

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last mo.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

OK, we've got just under a month until the Premier League kicks off, sooner if you're a fan of the EFL or SPL, and you know what, I really enjoyed the football posting over the World Cup and think we should keep up that energy. Here's the Starter Pack I made for it go.bsky.app/EvGoMRN

"Hyperbolic nostalgia". How about an actual preference for physical goods? Not wanting to be forced into a format we don't want? And vehemently against the end of consumer rights? Go fuck yourself, you self righteous cunt.

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

✣ Medieval Jimothy ✣

Show me the Argentine national team in one picture

One of the greats www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

This is a good blog about MLS's progress but I can't stop staring at the stat that across a 48-country World Cup, 100 out of 104 games featured a player in the Premier League

Matthew Doyle@mattdoyle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The numbers are in, and by virtually every metric, MLS was the sixth-best league at this World Cup – even if you remove Messi's appearances and minutes. Huge, measurable progress. Not bad! a guest-post from the great @tutul.bsky.social tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/the-final-nu...

If you haven't seen it yet, BBC's montage at the end of the World Cup was fucking tremendous www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Fi...

BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage

YouTube video by Pick Six Productions Xtra

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the world cup final was so boring, that someone went and disproved an almost century old mathematical conjecture instead

Ethan Mollick@emollick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Well, the Jacobean Conjecture appears to have just been proven false by Fable.