If genAI so good and inevitable in creative fields why comments always turned off on genAI adverts on video apps ??

It’s earnestly so so funny that everyone’s having a lovely international time and then English fans get into American bars and proceed to be The Worst and then complain about it lmao

I did a couple workouts during that second half and earnestly it was the first time I wasn’t upset to be doing exercise sets that included exercises that made me face away from the television. Joyless.

This is the stuff I want to see during the World Cup.

"Lamine Yamal celebrated his first World Cup goal by throwing up the zip code of the working class neighborhood Rocafonda - the neighborhood he grew up in and the [right wing party] Vox calls a 'multicultural manure pile'. Huge."

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

At least this group should be easy to root for on its final day: Colombia rampage and any DR Congo win. I cannot abide by anyone who allows that man to look youthful, out you trot.

I’m not sure exactly when it happened but at some point political reporting ceased to be about covering politicians and their ideas and turned into a sort of daily horoscope on what ‘the markets’ think about absolutely every single political decision

What I loved about this is the Telemundo commentators took notice of the the stadium filled with Jordanian and Algerian fans being excited about the Mariachi band during the pause and noted this is what a World Cup is about at its best

So, Group E. I love that Curaçao have a shot at progressing, but I am unfortunately very dedicated to an Ivory Coast progression Any possible permutations where both Ivory Coast and Curaçao make it through? I admit I’ve not started thinking about third place rankings, someone pls have done the work

Unpleasant viewing

Late kick off was a tough one for me as I’m delighted for Algeria but hated seeing Jordan eliminated. I feel like we all just got here!!

These Kalshi ads are absolutely relentless and I am definitely clicking all the ways through to block any “content creator” that makes them, gtfoh

"I don't call him Ronaldo I call him Cristiano here is only one Ronaldo and he wore 9 not 7" Henry just hit the hardest slide tackle of the entire world cup while standing in the studio

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Gutted for Cape Verde

I’m winding up my dissertation and I never want anyone to read it, I hate it, however, it’s main premise is that Britishness would be in a healthier place if people were better able to consume northern culture by Black and South Asian writers as British culture Anyway what the fuck

Sam Coates of Sky News went to Manchester (43% Black and Asian) to do a piece on Andy Burnham’s prospects and in his 17 minute video interviewing residents failed to interview a single Black or Asian person news.sky.com/video/sam-co...

"for sale: baby shoes, never worn" is a singular and specific short story. "Netherlands versus Sweden in Houston" is a sprawling modern epic with more stories than pages that could tell them

The comparison between Messi’s position with Argentina & Ronaldo’s with Portugal has three main differences: 1) Argentina have young players around Messi that do his running. Portugal have Fernandes and Silva who can’t do it. 2) Messi is three years younger. 3) Messi is still good.

I wanted that draw for CIV, but they looked exhausted. They should still get through, but nothing is guaranteed. They'll be a bad matchup for some favorite.

No Brazilians have shown up with actual joy so we must find joy where we can

I need Ivory Coast to go through and am now supporting all results that help them, obviously and starting with them winning their third game

i know we're all (rightly!!) mad about the hydration breaks but i need us to be just as angry about the use of ref cams in this tournament with zero!! ZERO!! footage of everyone crowding around the ref and yelling and/or begging

~anyway~ glad to see youse all caught up with me it seems

no wonder tunisia fired homeboy

Cody Gakpo did NOT cut inside 🚨

Head-to-head record instead of goal difference is so annoying man. I assume it’s to account for third game changed squads on the part of already qualified teams? Annoying nonetheless

The Milwaukee Messi v funny as a statement

I don’t flog Netflix products often but there’s a documentary on the police called Power that I think does a pretty good job on a lot of things, including documenting how police escalate stops routinely & how loads of stops might make someone act more frustrated than you, a never stopped, might act

I *did* really like The West Wing as a baby who likes rhetoric and feeling good, and watching it again is wild bc sometimes it’s grand but so often it’s so heavily entrenched in the times (gay rights; my god the season five episode entitled “Gaza”), but there’s one main thing:

By the way if we can find a way to ban the stuff I’m talking about here I would start using this app like Twitter. As it is, I get the ick every 5-7 posts when I veer off my following TL bc it’s weirdos pretending America was Pristine and Perfect the second before Trump took office. Euuuugh.

“Too often we come together because we are forced to by tragedy. What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy.” This is really good. Good enough that I checked the time & I’d been listening to a fan of teams I don’t follow talk for 7 minutes? It’s very cool when someone Gets It.

Palestine didn’t “fail to qualify” for the World Cup. Israel literally killed everyone on the team.

In April I bought a brand new car after years without having a vehicle and it’s been hit TWICE while parked in April and May — and then someone running a red light in daylight almost plowed into us turning left on a green yesterday. It’s a bright red car??? 😭

We could have Nigeria here smh

Nigeria, feel deep deep shame for allowing this South Africa side to gain automatic qualification over you

Yes, England fans are now doing what Arsenal fans did all along: engaging in the hypocrisy of all football fans in supporting the ugly, frustrating thing when it helps their team win. As a non-England fan I can confirm I found the approach to set plays ugly and frustrating still lmao

Think this is my most “true neutral” game yet. It’s fun! I hope everyone has a good time!

Cowards run up rewarded, smh

Highlights package

Today, Christiano Ronaldo will tie the record for most World Cup matches played without winning the tournament, setting a record impossible for Messi to break.

Possession stats are largely meaningless on their face etc etc but the internet has pointed out that Cape Verde had more possession against Spain than Arsenal v PSG in that Champions League final, and that’s earnestly very funny

One of my favorite World Cup subplots is almost every country having the time of their lives in the host cities while England has had their equipment stolen and massive thunderstorms

Earnestly would be very funny to call nothing a foul and then give that pen though, but alas

Referees ignoring fouls is getting a bit irritating I have to admit

I remember sitting watching astonished that same night as four fellow Labour MPs were interviewed together on Newsnight about it, and all spoke about “social media abuse”, and it was not at all clear that they were talking about “from Nazis”.

Remarkable scenes in the mixed zone tonight - both players lingering well beyond what FIFA comms asked of them, stepping off the dais to answer more Qs even as their handlers sought to shepherd them out of the area Seemed eager to express what they're dealing with and how challenging all this is

I’m trying the FOX stream and it is wild how it feels Not Like The Same Sport with just a random advert break???