We’re 2/3 of the way through the season, and 8 coaches have been sacked so far. - Nottingham Forest ❌ 3 - Spurs ❌ 1 - West Ham ❌ 1 - Wolves ❌ 1 - United ❌ 1 - Chelsea 🔄 1 (Enzo agreed to leave Chelsea) Thanks to Forest, the league averages a new dismissal once every 3-4 weeks. Start the countdown

The ref (and VAR) made the correct decision yesterday at the end of Liverpool v. Man. City I don’t know how you can look at what happened and not conclude Szoboszlai denied Haaland on “obvious goal scoring opportunity” (open net) Sure, it’d be more “fun” if the goal stood. But then what are rules?

Am I missing something, or is Helen of Troy not even really part of the Odyssey? Her husband Menelaus, sure. But in what Odyssey sources does she do anything? She’s def a fascinating character (way more interesting than Penelope) I’m just surprised. Homeric Greek nerds 🤓, please help me out.

City and Villa, neither side won their easy match today… It’s like everyone is conspiring to be terrible this season, in order to gift Arsenal the title. When the gunners lift the trophy, it’ll be because the quality of the League, excepting them, was as poor as Villa losing to a 10-man Brentford.

Djokovic is so old. This is just so hard for him. Especially after staying up late a few days ago. - BBC commentators (who are not wrong!) talking about a 38-year-old

🎵Regrets… I have a few…🎵

Me this week: 🎵 Wild Card *dum, dum. dum, dum.* You make my team good. You make everyone leave. Wild Card, I think I love you 🎵 Me the day before decisions have to be made: I don’t know, maybe I’ll just keep everyone. Me tomorrow, an hour before kickoff: 😰 [frantically making all the transfers]

Disappointing of course, and I hope he keeps in good health and spirits during the recovery. But I’m also evergreen hopeful that we can adapt the squad this time. Make smart choices, set people up to play to their strengths, and make full use of who is fit. I hope the new coach figures this out.

What stats do we want rn? 😁 - this is the first time in 121 matches that Arsenal have conceded 3 goals - this is their first home defeat in 9 months - this is United’s first comeback win at Arsenal since Feb. 2005 - there’s a non-zero chance my voice will be hoarse at work tomorrow

Manchester United do not need a The Crown- style series. If a tv show must be made, if someone absolutely needs that money, may I suggest a Succession-like dramedy about the Glazers’ 20+ years of ownership. The debt, the mismanagement, the degrading quality of football, the protests. The drama 🎭

Coming up on 8 years in France, 5 years working full-time in a Francophone environment, and my English has gotten worse. I’m now more likely to misspell a homophone than not on the first try. How much worse will it get? Their must be a sealing.

There are two funny things about living in the north of Paris: 1. You’re instantly notified when there’s a goal in the AFCON final 2. It’s impossible to tell if it was for Morocco 🇲🇦 or Senegal 🇸🇳 Hope everyone has a good night!

I watched a new movie I ended up not liking, instead of the AFCON final. Ending the weekend with a big mistake.

Typical United fan over here. We win one game today and I’m like, I think we could win the title. #MUFC

If they rehire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer between now and the end of January, I’m going to need some time to either brainstorm the right analogy to express my frustration or just time to be speechless and really, really annoyed. 😑 The men making these personnel decisions are too emotional. It’s chaos.

Charles X pushed French forces into Algeria in June 1830 because he was losing political support at home and annexing Algiers had been a long-term foreign policy goal for some French politicians. He’d hoped conquest would rally support for his reign. He was ousted weeks later in the July Revolution.

Three of the last six Premier League Manager of the Month award winners have lost their jobs ☠️

I ate a chocolate covered cherry someone had set in the part of the office where we normally put things to share, and now I’m panicking. There are so few people in the office today that, if it wasn’t meant to be shared, it’s unlikely the suspicion won’t fall on me. I’m probably suspect no. 1 🙈

Every time I read/hear about Keir Starmer, my stupid brain goes to Kier Eagan. That’s never been helpful, but it is usually fun to suddenly reflect on Severance lore instead of whatever the news was talking about.

Excited to be in Luxembourg at CHR 2025 to hear about everyone’s amazing work and to share my project with @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and our team. We tracked canonical authors and texts in Seattle Public Library circulation data.

What coding with an LLM feels like sometimes.

Happy Thanksgiving 🍽 from the Hexagon (France) I celebrated on my own in the kitchen yesterday, and made gooey pumpkin chocolate brownies for the office today.

You’re the hero of your own story. A super villain is going to destroy the world. You team up with your evil nemesis to take him down… Then they fail at the most basic task, and it’s like, why did you sell your soul to root for this person? That’s me supporting City tonight against Newcastle. 😓

I was thinking the same thing. How can Alisson focus on the ball with this view behind it?

And Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 make history in a very exciting game against Denmark 🇩🇰 ! As a Christensen, it was stressful to see Rasmus Kristensen get a red, but fun to see Andreas Christensen assist Dorgu’s equalizer. As a #MUFC fan, it was fun to see our guys do well (why did we let you leave, McTominay ? 😢)

Ran my first ever 10k today in the HOKA Paris Centre race. It took me a little over an hour (but only a little 😉), so I kept my brain busy with the @empirepoduk.bsky.social podcast ❤️. Then I hiked up to Gare du Nord for a well-deserved thali and South Indian coffee.

I can’t get into Python GUI libraries. I tried a few today to solve a problem (displaying images and updating a DuckDB database), but ultimately whipped up a little Flask app instead. Browsers just seem easier and more straightforward. Still waiting for a library / Python project to change my mind.

As a Manchester United fan, it’s gonna sound weird… but I’m really hoping City win today. Someone has to keep Arsenal from winning the title. In these trying times, we need to come together, and save the world from Arteta’s smugness. Sunderland did their duty yesterday 🫡

Always try to score 😕 #MUFC A. Don’t count on later opportunities. B. Even a blocked shot can rebound to another opportunity. C. Don’t base your strategy on never conceding. The only thing for certain in front of the net is that the team who doesn’t keep creating chances and trying will not score.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Amorim’s 3-4-3 3 points today 4th in the table 3 wins in a row! #MUFC

A real live Lupin

Dickens (pre-Christmas Carol / any big success), sitting for a portrait painted by a fellow activist in the 19th-century fight against child poverty, artist Margaret Gillie. Her story ❤️ www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Betrayed by “git stash” today. Send snacks.

Since the new iOS, is the iPhone slower to unlock? Other latency issues seem improved. But unlocking… idk. Seems slowed down.

Had my first course of bombarde tonight 😁

Well-researched and well-sourced article. Plus, I didn’t know about the collection downtown (will check it out now!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

I started a new job today (first one outside academia) and I completely lost track of the transfer market mayhem. These millionaire sports people’s last-minute, literally 11th-hour negotiations and document write-ups throws me back to academia and school papers. Can’t wait to catch up!

Doing research for fun, I stumbled on this transcription of accounts the Senate published of witnesses to the attempted shooting of the king, Louis-Philippe, around Christmas in 1836. It's such a rich resource, featuring testimonies from different classes of Parisians! www.senat.fr/fileadmin/im...

Party A: I want £70. Party B: I’ll pay £25. [party A drops their price to £60.] Reporters: The parties found a “happy medium” at £40. Me: No they didn’t! Party A got fleeced. Sort your maths out. — Postscript: Manchester United suck at financial planning and their negotiators suck at negotiating.

WTF? This is Grimsby. Grimsby!! We spent all that money this summer. We (the fans) have given Amorim so much leeway and grace. I still believe in him… But WTF? The first 2 of this season’s 38 games were bad results, but we push through it. We found hope in the performances. But this? It’s Grimsby!!

I was watching Spurs and didn’t see but… what on earth happened with West Ham today? What is that result?

So excited for the new #EPL SEASON 2025-2026! My #FPL Midwestern Wanderers are here! Both we and #MUFC are both gonna bring it 🏆 Also, with everything going on, I love that the biggest question on my mind for the next few days: Bruno or Mbeumo? Love football.

My eye keeps on twitchin’, twitchin’, twitchin’… into the future?

Cynthia Erivo came to Cleveland Orchestra’s summer home, Blossom, to perform mostly pop, jazz, and a few Broadway tunes arranged for orchestra to a crowd of 20k. There was no Wicked, which I think is sad for all the little girls who came out (dressed up). But she sang the hell out of Feeling Good.

Another day of traveling.

A big, beautiful, complex conceptual model of how a "story" is manifested in various versions, languages, (parts of) witnesses, etc. by @katkel.bsky.social & @jbcamps.bsky.social. A delicious, nutritious alphabet soup of CRM-CIDOC, FRBR, LRMOO (look 'em all up!) #DH2025

This part of Lisbon is under the path of a lot of airplanes. Some people find it hard not to notice #DH2025

At the Museu de Lisboa, I learned the Portuguese crown located their capital to Rio de Janeiro (1807-1821). It’s the 1st European capital outside Europe! French 🇫🇷 & Spanish 🇪🇸 forces were advancing. So, with English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿support, the royal court quickly packed up their ships and crossed the Atlantic.

En route to #DH2025 Lisbon.