It’s genuinely remarkable how little atmosphere there is in the room for the World Cup draw. I’ve been to funerals with a better vibe. It’s physically painful to watch.

I took some photos at the @canarytrails.bsky.social Copthorne Races at the weekend. These are a couple of my favourites. There are more at www.leonardmartin.photo/galleries/co...

I don’t really expect this will raise much by way of meaningful revenue, but it’s refreshing to see the current government faced with an open goal and actually score rather than punching themselves in the face and pissing their pants.

Cats for the #ffconf cat wall

I attended the first #ffconf in 2009, and back today after a 10 year absence. It’s definitely 16! (And I feel old now)

There is a sitcom trope where a male protagonist completely changes some aspect of their identity to attract a woman, and all other characters and the audience see them as completely ridiculous and insincere, but the protagonist is blind to the ridicule. This is not a post about the Labour Party.

Genuinely excited by this. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

Realised that I’m now treating funny viral videos in the same way footballers celebrate goals — 1) initial joy, 2 sudden panic it might be AI/offside 3) lengthy investigation as joy saps away 4) conclusion, joy modulated through fatigue if proven legit/onside, but angry and gutted if AI/offside

Well played.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

Little spot of non-league football tonight with Haringey Borough beating Wormley Rovers 4-0.

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

I’m planning a little ski/sled expedition in the Swedish arctic early next year if any long-jogging friends fancy trying something a little different? www.nordur.co.uk/the-kungsled...

awfc are averaging 1 rocket per match, long may it continue

Would be nice to not go 1-0 down to an early defensive error every week, but 9 goals in two games is hard to argue with as a start to the season.

he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest

Achievement unlocked: consumed enough women's rugby and football content that Instagram's advertising algorithm has assumed I'm a lesbian.

I can

Me watching England absolutely demolish Samoa. Quite looking forward to seeing England play some (hopefully) more competitive games in the knockout stages, because this is just a little awkward tbh. #RWC2025

okay I can excuse the rabid transphobia and genocidal propaganda and neoliberal fecklessness and conservative editorial bias and constant platforming of, if not zealous acquiescence to fascist rhetoric, but the NYT paywalling the mini crossword is a step too far

Can he recognise my strength of feelings that he's a fucking waste of space and if he can't stand up for the rule of law, the international order and basic humanity then he should step aside for someone who can?

Finally got myself around to visiting the Pallas’ Cat kittens at Port Lympne Park yesterday. They are magnificent.

I will be supporting England in the Rugby World Cup, but mostly supporting Sadia Kabeya because I met her a while ago at an event I was shooting and she was wonderful. Off to a good start!

I'm an AI Luddite in both the original and contemporary sense, but the last sentence of this article really hits.

“We’re supposed to believe in free speech, which is why nobody should be allowed to disagree with me”

I saw “General Booty” in slot 1 and thought surely there’s no way they can top that, and I was absolutely dead wrong.

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

RIP Jim Lovell ‘When I circled the moon and looked back at Earth, my outlook on life and my viewpoint of Earth changed... Earth is a spaceship, just like Apollo & just like Apollo, the crew must learn to live & work together. We must learn to manage the resources of this world with new imagination.’

Destination X is not a good TV show, but I will watch it anyway for the moments when Daren talks about his wife - Jackie P - and I get to imagine he’s in a committed relationship with a jacket potato. #DestinationX

sometimes the only tactic needs to be just don’t fucking lose innit

Evergreen skeet

Seems pretty naive of Spain to be playing exactly to England’s game plan like this if I’m honest.

England v Spain final. Just wish there was a very recent example of an underdog English team overcoming a Spanish team in a European final to win said European trophy for the second time.

Whatever happens I think we can all agree that Arsenal were the real winners tonight

The Germany coach is what happens when you order a Mourinho on Temu

Can't beat a bit of slow motion swearing on the football

Bloody hell!

Whatever happens I think we can all agree that Arsenal were the real winners tonight

Watching to Tour de France ITT "highlights" and all I'm saying is that aerodynamics is where aesthetics go to die. See also: Formula 1

So we’re agreeing that the France game was all 5D Chess to avoid getting Spain before the final, right?

I may have ever so slightly just bought a new* camera. A little bit. And a lens. * not actually new new

I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.

Proper goal from Miedema that.

Kneecap are on in Finsbury Park right now, and - from what I can hear from the garden - seem quite popular. There’s not _not_ chanting.

Here's a few pictures from the Finsbury Park 5000s hosted last night by London Heathside. Got another 2,600 to edit today...

I took a few photos at the Triffic Trail 10k in Trent Park yesterday. They’re on my website at www.leonardmartin.photo/galleries/tr...

So sad it has come to this…

Happy London Marathon Rejection Day to all who celebrate!

Say what you like about Tottenham (shit) but they do have a jolly good stadium. And Beyoncé isn’t bad either.