you in 2023: the new CL format is designed to make sure the big sides are safer than ever the year 2024: Man City are behind Club Brugge and Celtic with two games to play

sorry but that simultaneous 18-game CL final night on Jan 29 may well be the greatest thing humanity has created

A bit disappointed @theathleticfc.bsky.social publishing (without caveat or challenge) a quote saying that there's no European football at the same time as the Club World Cup next year when the tournament literally overlaps with the Women's Euros by a few weeks @dansheldon.bsky.social

Public service accounts were so crucial to Twitter and Musk undermined them almost immediately after his takeover. Twitter employees warned him when he wanted to change verification. One specifically used a tsunami situation as an example. From @kateconger.com and me in our book, Character Limit.

The @economist.com really does have a delicious way with visuals

This feels like an oxymoron

Something which cuts to the core of whether this lovely good-time vibe will work out; X and Threads have almost limitless backing. Bluesky however, does not. A big few months for the platform in more ways than one, with usage and finding people to pay for it critical.

For all the spectacle of GregG Wallace digging his own grave on Insta, this is the real story: multiple complaints were made over several years, nothing was done. Why are these men allowed to continue? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Top of the league!! www.economist.com/science-and-...

I need to stop writing my substack on Thursdays. Every time www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-ban-d...

Bluesky has a verification problem Analysis found 44% of the top 100 most-followed accounts on Bluesky had at least one “doppelganger” Bluesky gives no checkmark or badge to signal an account has been “verified” www.engadget.com/social-media...

Bluesky hit 22 million users this week, which is great. BUT - latest figures show 1.5 million Daily Active Users, while the last ones for X show 156 million. There's a way to go to take this good-time vibe to something more serious. I took a look at what's been going on in my weekly Substack.

To hear a crowd explode as Anfield did when Bradley tackled Mbappé. Beautiful.

Nonsense of course, but as it stands Aston Villa’s reward for finishing a genuinely amazing 9th and best of the rest would be… a playoff against Real Madrid in 24th #UCL

It feels like a delicious satire on modern football that the ulterior goal in the #UCL league phase is essentially to avoid playing more games

Loving Liverpool-Real in the #UCL. Feels like a vintage night; just get Big Clive and Bob Wilson and then we’re talking

I dug into many trends reports and found 5 things defining Digital Marketing in 2025. You won't BELIEVE number 4*. * you'll probably believe number 4

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X Since election day, app usage of Bluesky in the US + UK skyrocketed by almost 300% to 3.5M DAUs Prior to Nov 5, Threads had 5x more DAUs in the US than Bluesky Now, Threads is only 1.5x larger than its rival www.ft.com/content/e1b5...

11-year-old me: "FIFA 98 is like I'm actually PLAYING as Beckham in the World Cup!" FIFA 98:

I was once in a band called Homeopathy. We were like Placebo, but charged more.

Kinda thought Man Utd would bring a bit more to the party. Very routine so far for Chelsea #WSL (also I did consider looking for last minute tickets but the state of the wind there has me very glad to be on the sofa)

This is well deserved, strongly recommend for anyone with even an adjacent interest in Twitter/X.

First weekend on Bluesky with #FPL. First FPL disaster and rage quitting in a huff on Bluesky, too.

Well that was thoroughly meh. Almost nodded off at one point #bristolcity

Have to say this was a superb and affecting listen. Regardless of the outcome of the vote the UK would benefit with more people like Kim in politics

Posted these same numbers on X and very funny to see the very different reactions in both places. The echo chamber over there cannot deal with the pretty basic fact that Trump’s win was both historic and compelling and yet not in any traditional sense, a landslide and a bit narrower than it looked.

Trump’s vote share is now at 49.9% with some votes still being counted. Looks like his margin over Harris will be around 1.5%- the third smallest winning margin since 1888. Trump’s win was solid in the popular vote and electoral college. But it was not a landslide and it was not overwhelming.

TL;DR version: 🤖 #AI & automation is increasing - you knew that already 🙏 Because of this, credibility has never mattered more 📺 Short-form video is vital 🍪 Cookies are out - first-party data is in 🦋 The #socialmedia landgrab is only just beginning Full-fat version 👇 #digitalmarketing #advertising

Theres a deluge of trends pieces out at the moment, but I've pulled together a concise look at the overriding themes in the latest edition of my weekly Substack. I'll put some choice cuts in this thread, but you can find the link here 👉 tomkennett.substack.com/p/which-tren...

Morning made by working out how to use my own domain as a handle here. Turns out its really very, very easy. Thanks for the tip @mattjchurchill.bsky.social

Strava is basically going to make it impossible for third party apps to use their data in a few weeks time. I’ve paid for it for over ten years and this is the first time I’m considering ditching it. WTF are they thinking www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/11/stra...

Stunned by this stat: "X will capture just 0.2% of worldwide digital ad spend in 2025, per March 2024 EMARKETER forecast. In comparison, Facebook will nab 14.6% and TikTok/Douyin will grab 7.1%."

After a decade of structured training, reading various textbooks and reaching a relatively high level of fitness, I've taken to self-coaching (i.e. no TrainerRoad etc.). I've enlisted 'CoachGPT' to do this. This report on how its gone so far has made me far too happy. AI hype really is the future.

The grotty weather has sent me down some wild and unexpected rabbit holes on Spotify in the last couple of days. This afternoon's is the first time listening to PJ Harvey for about five years. Stories from the city, Stories from the sea is still excellent.

Wrote about how Bluesky is booming because it's giving users precisely what the tech giants are taking away www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/blueskys-s...

This is hilarious. And the fact that Infantino had his own name included in the text engraved onto the trophy is just *mwah*

Having said that he would row back on banning TikTok, is Trump now 180-ing the 180? This is going to turn into even more of a mess techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/t...

Elon Musk is asking X users to make governmental decisions now

I've loved returning to running, but I haven't missed the niggling injuries. Gearing up for all-out efforts in ZRL tomorrow with constant theragunning, stretching and theragunning again for my poor right hamstring. If Fantasy ZRL was a thing (and it blooming well should be), I'd be a yellow flag.

It's truly a glorious time for proponents of COPE (Create Once Post Everywhere), the best they've had it since I last heard that phrase in about 2013 bsky.app/profile/matt...

Much as I enjoyed Chelsea-Man City in the #WSL last night, slightly disheartening to see the stadium only half full for the two best teams in the country at the moment. Compared to going to packed out games at the Emirates, have to think Chelsea could do better at marketing these opportunities.

not sure Infantino really cares how people think of him outside of his electorate (for whom he’s reasonably effective at making money - with some major blips - eg EA Sports) but you do wonder if anyone at that organisation has the courage to say “Are you sure, boss?” www.nytimes.com/athletic/592...

Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome! We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:

Oh my good God … 😂

Having another week of this place before the Premier League restarts is sure going to give people a misleading honeymoon about the vibe.

Strava AI really is the hype man I never knew I needed. At this rate Pog has no chance at the TdF next summer. I’ve been back in training for 9 days, so that last statement is saying something.

Love the idea that there are dozens of C-list celebs this morning asking agents "should I announce that I'm quitting X? Will it go viral if I do?"

always in our hearts

This seems like a terrible idea. Our plug in hybrid has been great, surely we need more infrastructure to support EVs, not more gas guzzlers. Yes it’ll take time to get there but this feels incredibly rash.