I am so glad that Eve has utilised the half-point, and forced Dave into it too. (Some 6 and 7s are borderline either way. I once threatened to use percentages.)

Disappointments, surprises, and a whole lotta bruises.

I got offered a new job today, which is very nice, but I'm possibly more excited to see if Joe Root can score the 22 more runs needed and move up to 2nd in the all-time Test run-scorers list. England & Wales - nae Ashes without Simon & Geraint Jones- were rotten when I started watching cricket

I'm only harsh on the ones needing harshed on. I don't do participation medals

I have been beating this drum for a while, and now we're at Neil Peart/Mario Duplantier levels: Huw Jones is sensational. The lost-Rennie years are a damn shame, but he showed Andy Murray-style balls to come back up here and show what he can do

"Keep politics out of metal!" screams person about event organised by Tom Morello. David Draiman has gleefully, and unrepentantly, signed weapons which do not discriminate when they go boom. Fuck him sky-high, and good on the people who booed his murder-approving ass.

UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is

The urgent warning isn't that we have a women-beating, notoriously thuggish, tuneless arsehole playing in our national football stadium, but that traffic might be bad. I live here, traffic's always bad

Wimbledon ain't Wimbledon until some unheard of journeyman, who's usually very tall and has a scud of a serve, beats one of the favourites. Mon the Rinderknech!

Finally caught yon "Ted Lasso", I think it should form part of the national curriculum. Loved it. It could teach, young lads especially, lessons about personal growth and tackled - pun intended - issues with a delicate, humorous touch. But, if any of you pricks say I look like Roy fucking Kent...

Jack Conan looks like a 1920's-inspired pugilist character from a mid-90s beat em up. He's usually easy to beat unless you get caught by a big wind-up punch. When he defeats you, he says "Bully!"

Got absolutely creamed in the first half, picked himself up, got tore back in, and - I hope I don't jinx him here - comes up with the match-defining moment: That's Finn Russell

They've had a good run, maybe it's the time the USA took some time apart and did some solo stuff/side-projects, then maybe do a reunion tour and consider working again together

Anyone want to go see Pulp 7th June? Have to sell tickets, Rona gone done ruptured her Achilles. I kept telling her dancing is the devil's work and we should move to Footloose town, but no. Selling under face value TM have added a wad of charges secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3600624BC...

Scott McTominay's going to have the worst/best hangover tomorrow morning. The whole city's probably going to be waiting for him to go to bed then shut down until he wakes up. The king must rest. Delighted for him and Billy Gilmour.

Does Scott Cummings going temper my outrage at Darcy Graham's exclusion in the Lions squad? We'll discuss that tonight when we record the @scotrugbypod.bsky.social, assuming I can duct tape my laptop back together and it switches on

Leinster v Northampton, and now Inter v Barca?! It's been quite a week for the European semi-finals. I was really worried the 2nd leg would turn into a diving competition but that was outstanding. I think Barca should have had a penalty. Foul on Yamal by Mkhitaryan continued into the box

I am Ruairidh Jackson's 24th man and we be recording a @scotrugbypod.bsky.social tonight. Does anyone have any Hands In The Ruck needing mentioned?

Who put concentrated Ronaldinho juice in Lamal's water bottle?

That Trump v Brecel afternoon session was some top-class cueing. Brecel, in particular, was on fire

Recently I found myself on Antipope Instagram, where there are endless reels of the current Antipope of the Palmarian Catholic Church. This is, of course, extremely my jam, and I started reading up on them hoping to find some wild theology, but instead I found something WAY better...

If they end up winning the title, Scott McTominay will become more God than man in Naples. Man United sold him for less than 1/3 of an Antony

I'm not good at Spanish so this was my understanding of the headline

Your own team's probably playing when this is on - you can read more about the wonderful scheduling in Dave's article - but there's some very good players on show here, and some meaty head-to-heads 4:30pm KO, BBC Alba. I'm doing player ratings

Nicola Murray is a committed transphobe/TERF. She's been vocal about the Supreme Court decision & contributed to forcing the previous CEO of Rape Crisis Edinbhrgh out. She says trans women are a risk to women & kids. She's been found guilty of child abuse. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

Hey @ukge.bsky.social One of your employees or 3rd party vendors is claiming to have and trying to sell the data of every attendee of your #boardgames convention

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

With this news, the legacy is secured. Some day, and soon, he will be recognised as the greatest Warriors full-back of the pro era. Hogg saved his best games for Scotland, McKay matches him in attacking metrics and is unquestionably a better defender.

I have come to the conclusion that this thing draws energy from Kanye West tweets

My favourite section in this, which I was not expecting because I thought it was a season ender, were these eight words casually dropped mid-sentence. This is tremendous news. www.theoffsideline.com/glasgow-lear...

Sometimes, my inner masochist takes over and I glance at the comments. This was a nice surprise. No, I did not write this under a false name, nor did I like it 13 times. Just the once.

1-match ban. Could easily have broken an ankle or damaged ligaments, and he gets a 1-match ban? I've read the standard length for a straight red in La Liga is two matches, how this gets mitigation is wild

Got KB'd for a job interview this morning and, for the 2nd time, they addressed me as "Lain". I feel, particularly if you're in Scotland, you should know that "Iain" is quite common, while Lain is not. I exhibited correct uses of proper nouns elsewhere, the email in my CV is lower-case. I replied

There's probably about 3 people in the world who have Liam Kelly in their Europa League fantasy football, just for budgeting purposes, and tonight they got the best points gained-per spend ratio in the entire competition. Then there's Andre Onana...

Kinda bubble gummy. It's not awful, feels like the outcome of "what happens if we drop a bag of Skittles into some lemonade?" experiment

CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.

I'll miss Henco Venter. That reliable belligerence, on either side of the ball, is hard to find. Everything gets hit. He wants it, you're getting it

Zander Fagerson heard you all say he might not be a test Lion, and now every single one of you owes the shellshocked husk of Nicky Smith an apology

Is Michael Cheika leaving Nicky Smith on the pitch as tough love? A learning experience? Zander is chewing him like a stoned guy with a pack of Haribo

Putting all the things I don't like about Israel Folau's beliefs aside, the fact he thinks he can waltz(ing Matilda) back to be an Australian rugby player when he cost them so much, and then declared for Tonga, is arrogant beyond the pale. Also, this 👇

RIP Val Kilmer, contributed massively to some great films, such as this endlessly quotable, double-banger. Literally

I have decided to watch "The Painted Bird", on the back of a gushing review I read once and hear it's pretty horrifying, so I'm curious. (In many ways.) I have seen a fair amount of gnarly cinema, and paid to sit through "Batman & Robin", think I can stomach it

Probably my 2 favourite sportspeople of all time, despite one of them being responsible for PTSD. (Not to be confused with PSDT, Pieter-Steph Du Toit)

It's. Just. Hate. And it doesn't matter in the slightest if the kid was trans (no) or a boy (no) - that's a grown man abusing a kid because of hatred as sport whipped up by people and outlets exactly like the Telegraph, which runs anti-trans hysteria every single week.

Know what, and I am a bit of a Finn Russell expert, so I feel fairly qualified to say this: Russell's not Messi, he's more like Ronaldinho. Finbosa Russaldinho

Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years. Less than 5 criminal cases in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19 Data provided by Treasury to Parliament, in reply to my question, was inflated and incorrect. Govts soft on tax dodge industry.

Why is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...