Matt Upson on the BBC commentary has called the Egyptian goalkeeper 'Ryan' and I think earlier referenced "Turkey's" centre backs, rather than Egypt's. Curious.

Dan Taylor's review of the Ronaldo film - over ten years ago - predicted exactly this: "a level of self-obsession that makes one wonder how he will cope now he is approaching the age [...] when the powers gradually start to decline. www.theguardian.com/football/blo...

That might be one of the most perfectly constructed goals of all time. Spain turned Austria into bowling pins and manufactured a chance on the penalty spot from a cross with no outfield player within 15 metres. In American terms, that was a completely uncontested layup.

Players called Lionel M--si; Right now? Mpasi > Messi

Somehow it's always the ones you most suspect...

Germany's supposedly left-wing party BSW is doing its best to prove the horseshoe theory This 'Stop the rip-off' poster looks like taken straight out of an Orban campaign

Answers on a postcard: who is the best player in the world? A) Mbappé B) Olise

Algae Walls is going up! (and Mexico is going pay for it)

Someone explain to me why Ghana's keeper Asare doesn't have 100 caps. Positioning for shots and crosses was *perfect*.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Sempre Carlos Queiroz na cena do crime

I'm an idiot / not (one of) the best footballer(s) of all time, but 1) we get occasional reminders that Messi has never been a very good penalty taker and 2) I'm surprised he's never got *much* better at it. The GK-dependent switch made him better, but if the keeper doesn't move that should go in.

Again, once the question 'do they want to do remigration?' has been (essentially) answered affirmatively, it's important to move onto the next question: 'how?' Because there simply isn't a way to do that which doesn't result in concentration camps. www.youtube.com/shorts/9jy3h...

Am I having a mini-stroke or has ITV really put the only woman on the commentating team in a kitchen? 😬

Delighted to see @mahermezahi.bsky.social make an appearance in the latest video for Search Party on Arab teams at the World Cup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzw...

Friendly reminder that a very good test of "is this person a dickhead" is whether they mock Romelu Lukaku. You do not mock him, you pay hommage to a remarkable man with a preposterous career. This man who scores crucial World Cup goals (plural) without even needing to touch the ball...

You'll not convince me that Promise David isn't at least distantly related to Aristide Bancé.

A pogrom against immigrants = "people who want their country back" Mass protests against police brutality = violent terrorist riots

Lest we remember them

Canada vs Bosnia-Herzogovina in Toronto on Friday will be the first World Cup game in 20 years played in a country the Economist's Democracy Index considers a "full democracy".

Nice try, FT. That “O-apostrophe” isn’t hiding who wrote this.

You spin me right round Gianni right round...

As someone who regularly criticizes crime reporting, I want to highlight the good stuff when it happens. Like this. No equivocating in the post. Headline is clear. First paragraph blunt. Doesn’t quote the admin until paras 12-13, and explicitly notes that it’s evidence-free blather.

Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...

Do I have this right? Sikh guy stabs a kid. His brother calls police, reporting a hate crime. Police arrive and arrest alleged perpetrator (and cuff him). When they realize he is the victim, they uncuff him and render aid. Victim's wounds were already fatal. Perpetrator is arrested and convicted.

Just noting that when Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by a police officer and a vigil held for her on Clapham Common, Farage urged people not to attack men or the police.

We're doing this again, huh. Great.

#BobetoRantsAboutAI, part 3 in an occasional series. There is by now an established standard response to AI-generated art, best exemplified by responses to AI-generated novels: if you can't be bothered to write it, why should I bother to read it? I propose extending this attitude to advertising.

I STATE THAT THE FIRST CONDITION FOR ME TO AGREE TO MEET WITH MY BOSS IS THAT HE APPROVES THE RAISE I DEMAND.

I always knew the FT were part of the pro-pigeon elites, and now they're so brazen about it they feel like they can say stuff like this openly.

When the waiter tells you "Are you sure, it is very spicy":

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

This is where the whole, male anger / inceldom stems from being politically neglected / economically deprived / societally disenfranchised thing falls apart. They're the most privileged subsect of society and they're full of *hate*

South Park on Scientology: "but this is a scam on a global scale!" @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on the SpaceX IPO: "but this is @foldablehuman.bsky.social 's [This is Financial Advice] on a global scale!"

It's always the ones you most suspect....

Must just be some mad coincidence that all the Putin apologists find themselves in a party run by a bloke that really admires Putin

I made this meme some years ago and it just popped up in my phone photo memories and… welp.

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

1/4 I really don't think Trump even understands what he is saying now. To suggest that Saudi Arabia and Iran might both join the Abraham Accords in the current political climate shows a level of detachment from regional reality that is difficult to fathom. #IranWar #Trum #FantasyDiplomacy

In a sense, he's not wrong, although I wouldn't call AI output 'thought'. But even if we agree on that word, if the quality of said thought is worthless, then the product is also worthless.

BBC's HT stats for the Women's Champions League final are... well they're something alright.

The look of a man about to visit his girlfriend’s friend’s boyfriend’s house.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social is very well read. I wonder has he seen this new title?

"A German court in December 1926 awarded...the military leader of the Kapp putsch, back payment of his pension to cover the period when he was a rebel against the government and also the five years that he was a fugitive from justice." - William Shirer. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. p. 109

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

que sequência de palavras, rapaz...

My latest newsletter is about why the fatal flaw at the heart of generative AI isn't just the economics, but the fact that it's deeply uncool and hated. www.whatwelo.st/p/generative...