I think it's important at times like this that we wait to see who was on the yacht before we rush to judgement.

I don't know if the social media ban for kids will be effective, and have any meaningful change in their happiness. I just know that it's perfectly possible to have a happy childhood without it, it does have negative consequences on some kids, and a ban doesn't go against any principles I have.

Yet when you look back on SM's issue of the day from, say, 5 year ago, it's usually long forgotten about. But we were all driven to have very strong, often very tribally strident, often angry views about it. Being in this state constantly is really not good. For us individually, or society.

One of the weird things social media does is it tries to force you to have an opinion on today's talking point, even minor ones. And once you have an opinion, make it a *strong* opinion. It's not good that we're less likely to say and think "I don't know/I don't really care about that all that much"

Very, very few things in football better than a ball being properly wellied home! Get in New Zealand! #WorldCup #IRNNZL

Presumably Dominoes thought that two halfwits would add to a whole. They don't, they multiply to a quarterwit. Not even their Mums would want to watch this.

There's almost no better/worse moment in football than when the ball hits the side netting, and a set of fans watching from certain angles thinks they've scored for a second #WorldCup #KSAURU

And one of the plenty of things you can say about Saudi Arabia is this - it's wonderful to see Saudi women in the stadium passionately supporting their team. And wonderful that everyone back home will be seeing it too. #WorldCup #KSAURU

Well this is another fantastic match. There's plenty to say about the country and its league, but you can't deny Saudi football is leaps and bounds above the standard it was a generation ago #WorldCup #KSAURU

Belgium have gone from a team everyone thought looked good on paper, to a team they're desperately hoping looks good on parchment #WorldCup #BELEGY

This Belgium team is basically getting the old crew back together for one last heist and/or caper, when back in the day they didn't actually successfully do any heists, let alone capers. #WorldCup #BELEGY

If we can’t be relied on to truthfully report our findings, then the whole enterprise is compromised. Science would be a lot better off if people were able to report null results without complaint, as it would save a lot of others time.

I confess, when Forest had Nuno da Costa and Ryan Mendes I didn't picture them one day humiliating Spain #WorldCup #ESPCPV

And that, dear Americans, is why a 0-0 "tie" can be the most amazing, magnificent excitement that will be remembered forever! #WorldCup #ESPCPV

Spain are playing with all the urgency and energy of a team that can hear Lee Dixon's co-commentary #WorldCup #ESPCPV

No wonder Spain look slow, how do they expect to win still relying on Torres? It's near on 20 years since his Liverpool hayday, the lad must be well in his 40s #WorldCup #ESPCPV

You'd assume that Cape Verde would be brilliant at getting their shots on target, given that if they blaze it over the crossbar back home they have to fetch it out the sea with a net. #WorldCup #ESPCPV

Is that crossbar cursed, a magnet, or a cursed magnet? #WorldCup #CIVECU

If I was an Ecuador I would simply stop hitting the woodwork with my shots, and get them on target. #WorldCup #CIVECU

The Ivory Coat bar keeps being hit harder than the Boston ones with Scotland in town. #WorldCup #CIVECU

The Art of the Deal*. *Suing for peace after a humiliating failure.

This is so end to end it's like a basketball game! But, you know, interesting and important. #WorldCup #CIVECU #JustJoking

Nice for Caicedo to be playing in a tournament where he's guaranteed not to be completely bossed by Ryan Yates. He's basically on holiday. #WorldCup #CIVECU #nffc

Not, strictly speaking, related to this specific game, but reason number 237 to miss Italy qualifying is we won't get to hear their tremendously jaunty national anthem. "Rom pompey pom, rom pompey pom!" #WorldCup #CIVECU

@lordshortcake.bsky.social once tried to popularise the phrase "requaliser" for a goal that got a team back level for the second time, would have been a fine addition to the English lexicon. Japan requalised. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

Typical Dutch football. Lumping it into the box for the big man. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

I think the Hydration Break(TM) will be in the first half highlights package. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

Looking forward to the second half. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

Forget Cruyff, Gullit and Van Basten this is the best ever moment in Dutch football.

If Japan entrench themselves into any more of a defensive position, I fear the hosts will consider chucking some A-Bombs at them, for old times sake. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

Tricky game for Japan this. They're up against Holland, the Netherlands, AND the Dutch. Unfair when you think about it. #WorldCup #NEDJPN

Boing! #WorldCup #GERCUW

This is basically like if Anthony Joshua fought Timmy Mallet. And Timmy wasn't allowed to take Mallet's Mallet into the ring with him. #WorldCup #GERCUW

I've just checked, the number one trending topic in Curacao is "Where is Curacao?" #WorldCup #GERCUW

"Now it's time fer a bitta bluesky fer the Dad's..." bsky.app/profile/poli...

Not the sort of circus that has clowns mind you, because they're already working there!! .... I said they're already working there!!! .... You know, Trump and his staff! .... I'm calling them the clowns!!! ..... Hello .... Is this thing on?

I googled because I didn't know what it looked like - it's a monstrosity

STOP THE COUNT

Great game, even better result. Scotland have given themselves a proper chance! #WorldCup #HAISCO

Whatever this was it got me worried for a second. Can you imagine if Scotland's winning return to the World Cup was overshadowed by aliens making first contact? #WorldCup #HAISCO

Get in there! And deserved as well, not least because for a load of big buggers who seem like they'd have no problem taking care of themselves if things turned tasty, the Haiti players aren't half easy to shove over #WorldCup #HAISCO

No pithy jokes for the start of this one, just this - COME ON SCOTLAND! #WorldCup #HAISCO

Perhaps not the most problematic of the issues surrounding this #WorldCup, but these kick off times really create a dilemma for a chap that likes a refreshing drink while watching the games, but doesn't want to get drunk, or fall asleep, or be any worse the next day #BRAMOR

There is Einstein, there is Newton, and there is James Clerk Maxwell. Geniuses of geniuses.

Oil be damned.

I knew it wasn't a good idea for Brazil to play Kurt Russell's character from "The Thing" in goal. The lad's been through a trauma, the last the thing he needs now is to carry the hopes of a nation in a #WorldCup #BRAMOR

Yeah, I'm starting to think Scotland's game later is "must win". #WorldCup #BRAMOR

Important clearance for Brazil by Gabriel. Dreams can come true. #WorldCup #BRAMOR

People in certain sections of America will be doing their nut seeing that Morocco's flag is just a big green pentagram, and that massive ones will be laid on their soil #WorldCup #BRAMOR

Lee Dixon co-coms in exactly the tone of voice you'd expect someone to give a company-wide HR presentation on changes to the annual leave request, approval, and schedule system in. It's like he finds the world cup important but dull, so let's just get through this. #WorldCup #QATSUI