St Jonny preaches the Parable of the Promotion Permutations to the disbelievers. #Boro #UTB

"There are lots of things I don’t get paid to follow that I give my attention to because they seem important." This is not too much to ask of the American people.

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

bloody hell

Jingles about diarrhoea he says? Please tell me the US has this fella.

And this is why the #BBC has to be protected and strengthened at all costs

It is a strange truth that crushing battlefield victories do not per se deliver strategic outcomes.

Ludendorff’s scheme for victory was smash a hole & hope something happened. Hitler’s genius plan for invading the USSR was kick the door in & watch it collapse. Napoleon thought his iron children would batter enough holes in an enemy line for him to push Guardsmen through and humiliate his enemy

Others have fallen into this trap. When you know you can pulverise enemy formations, that can feel like strategy in itself.

Never has a nation been as dominant on the battlefield as the USA. But this war is yet more evidence that tactical mastery has stopped them thinking about strategy.

‘Practically nothing less to target’ Trump, 2026 Stalingrad has been 'destroyed and [was] without any further worthwhile targets.’ von Richthofen, (senior Luftwaffe commander), August 1942

Another belter from @bbcarchivebot.bsky.social - Anymore for Spennymoore? youtu.be/ccyEpv1Z_nI?...

Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving. My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

When considering the economic and financial outlook, it’s important to recognize the sequential dynamics of how war-driven disruptions ripple through the global economy. Also, the longer the conflict persists, the greater the risk that these sequential effects… 1 of 4

Happy 75th, young man. I'm proud to have written for you.

Much more detail in today's Boro blog, including revenue challenges, transfer spend, debt, owner funding, PSR and comparisons with other Championship clubs #Boro swissramble.substack.com/p/middlesbro...

Review of Middlesbrough's financial results for the 2024/25 seasons, when they finished tenth in the Championship. Despite last night's unexpected defeat, they are currently second in the league, so very much in the mix for promotion to the Premier League #Boro

Lovely details here with regards to legal counsel & accounting firm.

“Since you delusional dopes apparently can’t put two and two together when President Nitwit tells you not to, here’s some nice pictures of oil infrastructure burning spectacularly all over the region. Now do you want to have a second think about whether you’ll be reopening the strait anytime soon?”

Almost feels like the Iranians are directly responding to US news and media and markets with this - as if they saw the conspicuous underreaction too and thought “no, we need to demonstrate how easy this is for us”

You're going to get Buster Douglased sometimes #Boro #UTB

Our ‘Addicks ‘Ammering Army #Boro #UTB

Minesweeper—but it’s the Strait of Hormuz: sweepthestrait.com (Via SAlexashenko on X)

give 'em the old 1 or 2

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

⏰ The Government consultation on the future of the BBC closes at midnight tonight, so do have your say. It takes about 40 minutes to respond, but you don't need to answer every question, you can skip the open ended questions if you want. www.gov.uk/government/c...

BREAKING: Andrew Milne, the solicitor who has been buying up hundreds of freeholds in Sheffield and then demanding money from homeowners, has been sentenced to a 24 month community order and 300 hours of unpaid work for “grossly offensive and menacing” emails to the court reporter Daniel Cloake.

You couldn't have got this intel out of me in Abu Gharib & these guys were just giving it out like invite codes.

📹🔴⚪️𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙈𝙔 𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙊! 👏 Three stars we had to talk about after QPR 🔝 Julien Stephan's brilliant #Boro verdict 🤝 Two summer signings in one 📻 Behind the scenes in Hellberg's BBC Tees sit-down interview ⚽️ Charlton preview www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekP5...

Always required listening - #Boro #UTB youtube.com/@northernech...

The new @radiotimes.bsky.social has a lovely feature on our latest @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social audio play 'Patchwuff' - narrated by Valerie Singleton, with music by Sandra Kerr. Extended version on the RT website, too... here! Huge thanks to @braxtm.bsky.social www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bag...

Basically, adults need their social media use restricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Our players are working on fitness and conditioning ahead of the 2026 outdoor season. We always say this when we do not know what they are up to.

The shortest distance between where we are now and entrenched fascism is a terror attack. That is why we are at war with Iran. That is why Trump shrugs at the possibility of deaths on U.S. soil. And that is why Patel fired the FBI's Iranian counter-intel personnel before the first bomb fell.

Historians may conclude that Americans simply got bored with freedom, stability, and prosperity -- the fruits of ordered liberty -- and said, "Let's just burn the whole thing down." An act of national and historic vandalism.

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

They're just words. They're all just words. They have basically no functional meaning because there is nothing that sits behind them and you should assume they don't mean anything until and unless actual facts on the ground prove otherwise.

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

An update... 🫤 If sustained. today's surge in the cost of Brent to (around) $106 is consistent with a jump in petrol prices of (roughly) 30p, from (about) 140p to (about) 170p... (1/2)

🟥⬜️🟥Calling all #Boro fans: #Middlesbrough legend Tony Mowbray will be joining me for the north-east launch of THE SLUM SPORT on MARCH 25 at The Longlands. Tickets available at £10 on the door, or via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...

Above my pay grade to check the math but this argues (with data) that even under US attack Iranian drone production can keep SoH closed for months causing inflation, food shortages and global recession. US is facing catastrophic strategic defeat policytensor.substack.com/p/why-the-us...

Anybody else actually looking forward to Look Geordie tonight?

I remain fascinated by people who are 100% all-in on using LLMs at their jobs (and telling everyone that they're doing it) and who appear to have never paused to consider "what value am I personally adding in here, at this point, and why do I think my employers won't eventually figure this out"

A young colleague asked what she could do about sore sinuses. I suggested some remedies and she said: "I knew I could ask you about things like that. You're wise."

I'm shocked, shocked. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It helps if you start from the perspective that actually saying 'due to this war, things will get worse' is more helpful than making unduly optimistic claims.

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