I find it deeply strange how the TV coverage of the two-man bobsleigh only ever refers to the pilot as if they’re an individual competitor and we never even get to learn the name of the other guy.

So good to see Leah Williamson back in the starting XI. I’m a big fan of Catley and LWM, but Leah is just different gravy. #awfc #arsenal

My favourite thing* about this Olympic ice dance competition is the continued insistence on "twizzle" as a technical term. [*aside from all of the other things]

The drone cameras have been the MVP of this Winter Olympics. They were stunning on the Downhill this morning and absolutely mind blowing now in the Big Air.

Massive result for Arsenal today, and well deserved. The title race is still over but this could be huge for the Champions League qualifying spots. Looking at the fixtures remaining you have be optimistic. #awfc

Happy abseiling lesbians day to all who celebrate!!!

Some subtle shade in today’s Times crossword. “Trouble from ChatGPT, say, source of lies (3)”

No dice. Honestly a little relieved.

If for reasons I needed to go for a long weekend away from London, where should I go and why? Only requirement is it needs to be less than ~4 hours travel time door to door.

Arsenal Women "Dominate a game and not somehow lose 1-0" challenge. Level: impossible. #awfc

Made a last minute call to throw my hat in for OCC. Only got 3 pebbles, so not expecting a spot, but I feel like I at least have a chance to have a nice time over 56k.

Holmberg looking like a very good signing right now.

This is the #TheTraitors content I am here for.

always good to see a government cracking down on degenerate art

I low-key love the fact that someone has clearly just gone ‘fuck it, I’m making the house that I like and I don’t care what you, or any concept of “good taste”, have to say about it’ And honestly… why not?

My wild and speculative Traitors theory is that Stephen is the secret traitor. I look forward to being proven laughably wrong.

The Fibonacci-Premier League fact that was on the Only Connect I just watched has blown my mind. Blackburn - 1 🏆 Leicester - 1 🏆 Liverpool - 2 🏆 Arsenal - 3 🏆 Chelsea - 5 🏆 Man City - 8 🏆 Man Utd - 13 🏆 Absolute perfection in trivia form.

This post is wildly inaccurate. I’m 42.

2025 has been an absolute bollock of a year. I'd love to hope that 2026 will be better, but I said something similar at the end of 2024 as well, so we'll wait and see...

100% going to watch the hell out of this.

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.’