Thank goodness

I don’t understand people saying that the ITV reporter “sabotaged the relationship” between Bellingham and Tuchel with his question. Surely if it were the case that such a simple miscommunication could destroy the player-coach dynamic it was a pretty bad dynamic in the first place?

We need Carlos Alcaraz back. It’s dire out here.

I wrote about the silence around Alexander Zverev on the BBC's TV broadcasts of Wimbledon, which has left UK viewers without the whole picture. Why do the BBC avoid this topic on television when discussing it elsewhere? Free at Bounces: www.benrothenberg.com/p/bbc-wimble...

My tour guide at the Tanzania Village Museum (an interesting but not unproblematic place) said, without irony, that the reason Tanzanians of past eras were able to carry their massive huts around as they moved from place to place was because “they did not have ultra-processed food making them weak”.

Why has Al Carns posted a transparent sticker of himself in the army here? What goes inside his brain

He did get to hear the new Madonna album though 💕

I hope Andy Burnham’s first act as Prime Minister is to pass emergency legislation forcing Olivia Dean to go to the recording studio in order to add a bridge and key change to Man I Need.

Anthony Gordon looks like a minor nobleman Cromwell would outsmart in Wolf Hall.

No piece of writing has captured my experience at boarding school better than this letter to the LRB.

Wow this match really is a big, delicious, spicy and peppery party.

The hate I have for these springbok practice shirts

Horrible horrible horrible.

Scotland vs South Africa rugby, Wimbledon final and England vs Norway at the World Cup tonight………..

These Bolt tuk-tuks are so chic. My driver earlier today got annoyed about traffic and just started driving on the pavement instead.

Just got onto an elevator and didn’t run into Debi Mazar……more updates on this soon

Role Model keeps reheating his own nachos, which are themselves reheated Bruce Springsteen nachos. Food poisoning risk! youtu.be/_5yOOGy_lBo?...

The colour in the new Dune movie looks sublime.

Springboks vs Scotland match day you say?

Their voices honestly work together sooooo well? What was that about

Nobody show this to Liz Truss.

NOBODY IS DOING IT LIKE SHE IS youtu.be/GfLoA83VwmY?...

Not to be overly sentimental but I remember encountering this video on Tumblr when I was 14 and having an experience comparable to seeing the ocean for the first time.

When you’re a hundred or so pages into a non-fiction book about a historical event and the narrative suddenly cuts to a brand new character in an entirely different location for reasons that are unclear…….that’s the good shit.

Can’t be overstated how much the GC movement in the UK used Reem Alsalem to their advantage.

Erling Haaland doesn’t seem like a real person to me. He’s more of a folk deity. A mischievous spirit creature. Parents tell their children that, if they behave, then Erling Haaland might leave sweeties in the kitchen for them overnight.

yeah this is a rather “fork found in kitchen” result.

Dar es Salaam!

Who names their child “Fraudster”? That’s asking for trouble. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Nirosta Steel is as good as all the mean, tasteful gays are saying. Maybe even more.

Listening to Australians discuss Count Binface. “Monster Raving Loony Party” sounds SO chic in their accent……

The lovely Tanzanian women I am drinking with just told me to be wary about my trip to Nairobi next week. “In Kenya they keep you in the club until 10am and then they serve you soup”

Diabolical Shaggy sample. youtu.be/sJv_aqRyR7Y?...

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

Despite more than 1 in 4 MPs signing my motion against the Code, it is due to come into force without any debate or vote in Parliament. I have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities urging her to withdraw it now. 2/2

Kudrow gays the campaign starts now

Zoom has been a revelation for schools debating. I’m judging at a comp in Tanzania and the level from countries that had absolutely no debating infrastructure 5 years ago is so high. The World Championships is in Kenya next week and it’s the largest one in history.

LOVE SHACK BEYYY-BEEEE

Count Binface thing is a bit too twee for me but defeating fascism does require climbing cringe mountain so 🤷‍♂️

This reminds me soooo much of the things people who have never been to South Africa tell me about South Africa.

Nice.

The level of insight is astonishing

Just saw a post and had genuinely no idea if it was about Cristiano Ronaldo or Graham Platner.

This has made me want to rewatch the Court of Arbitration for Sport episode of The Good Wife, an all-timer.

I was wondering how Ugandan news would cover the xenophobia in South Africa. This makes me sad and ashamed. These poor, desperate people. Failed by two countries.

The ranking of these stories is peak Westminster.

Kind of an impossible situation as far as responses go, handled perfectly? He’s very good at placating two sides while making everyone feel in on a reference. Potent!

What a brilliantly unsettling story this is. www.newyorker.com/podcast/fict...

“This time Trump’s corruption is fine because to me it feels low-stakes and it benefits me and also isn’t it exhausting being righteous all the time let’s just have a little fun” well actually this mindset is quite literally how corruption flourishes.