Every spurs fan right now

Not as straightforward as one would hope

@jkandiyali.bsky.social Here's an example of what we were talking about the other day, in a public library. I *think* it's a remnant of covid-era signage. (If not, I've not idea what the heck it means.)

Deliberately saying this when spurs have benefitted from it: the FA need to do something about corners, to make them less potent.

Finished watching The Leftovers and it's just utterly brilliant. Possibly the best thing I've ever watched. I don't understand why I see so few references to it anywhere (even allowing that it's not recent).

An awesome sticker that a student gave me today

PhD scholarship in Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh registryservices.ed.ac.uk/scholarships...

@theextrainch.bsky.social “I was saying Bou-tile gesture.”

Football’s international break

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

Please don't call it that

Wonderful inaugural lecture tonight from @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻

More bad news for Charli Xcx: John Horton did the Brat album cover in 1992

@nathanaclark.bsky.social do Liverpool’s current woes echo your worries about Slot when spurs were linked?

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Seems v silly (and potentially dangerous) to allow PL players, like Sanchez, to serve their suspensions by missing an early round of the league cup. (Especially when he wouldn’t have played anyway.)

New objective list theory

@nathanaclark.bsky.social do i remember your saying on TEI (a while ago) that there’s a Scandinavian(?) league where set pieces have kinda ruined the league cos teams got too good at them? Feels like a real sea change in the PL this season, with even spurs taking great corners!

Anyone for a pain-killing penguin?

Gearing up for the new academic year in the uk

@nathanaclark.bsky.social sorry if you’re getting loads of these but what’s going on with our LW options? Is it fair to assume Frank doesn’t rate at least 2 of Odobert, Moore, Tel, Johnson?

Prediction: Mourinho to be managing one of the teams in the old firm derby next time they play (after this weekend).

@theextrainch.bsky.social has anyone made the point to Nathan that Pahlinha is good? Am guessing not!

Not a huge deal but what is the VAR theory of Trafford taking out kudus?! I only saw 2 replays but it seemed like it was a foul and also possibly a handball?! #coys

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

Cheers Euclid

We're living in a darkening age of epistemological neoliberalism...by which I mean that each consumer of knowledge is left entirely up to their own devices to try to figure out which bits of data are reliable & which ones are not. All of the institutions which used to help us do that work are dying.

A paper of mine that I keep thinking about in relation to (1) the end of Son’s time at Tottenham and (2) the death of Ozzy Osbourne. academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...

@theextrainch.bsky.social Nathan’s mentions after Pahlinha snaps into his first tackle.

cancelling all conference travel

Diagram of the day

Love to read the philosophy blogs

I'm old enough to remember when Google worked properly.

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social bollard down

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People won’t believe what Blazin Squad look like now

Once again ensuring the process of getting a kids bus pass in Scotland. Totally normal for this to involve a driving licence, passport and a scan of my face.

Although CPR has become synonymous with medical heroism, nearly 85 per cent of those who receive it in a hospital die. Why has it remained the norm?

still haunted by a trip to the chemist last week where I overheard a manager telling a worker to "just put it into chatGPT" 💀

Crossing leith walk is a great way to do a magic eye puzzle while at risk of being hit by a bus

I was in favour of keeping Ange into next season but it’s notable that no one *ever* talks about the risk/possibility of a rival team appointing him.

Love to live in a city where, in 18 months, I am nearly run over by someone driving straight through a red light (using their phone, presumably🤷‍♂️) on 3 separate occasions and where nothing can be done because, for some reason, none of the traffic lights have the cameras to catch these cases.

Lovely story re Scott McTominay (moved to Italy even though he wasn’t keen), played superbly and helped them win the league. Held in (almost) as high regard as Maradona now. Great lesson for experiencing new things. When asked of his main memory he said, ‘Can’t believe how good the tomatoes taste.’

@drlivcoombes.bsky.social more succinctly

An incredible dog at the park today

@jackpittbrooke.bsky.social your discussion on VFTL, TFS re Ange made me think the following: to avoid risking a post 2019 style malaise, Levy shouldn’t sack a manager that a (now very?) significant section of fans will think/could quickly come to think should have stayed.

If Harry Kane wants to get the premier league record and play in the champions league, I’ve got an idea for him.

Spurs haven’t won a trophy in 30 minutes. Shambles.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe kicking himself for not pocketing more of the complimentary tea bags from the hotel.