Thom Lawrence ππ
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In football, the goals are big and the balls are bouncy. No other sport capitalises on this alchemical formula, and no tactics will quench its fire.
3 days ago
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Having a Mandela effect mental breakdown here: I have always known "whiles and wends" as an idiom for meandering at a leisurely pace. Independently, "while away" and "wend its way" are common but I can find only two pages on the whole internet using "whiles and wends" that isn't about BASIC.
5 days ago
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Seventh with zero goal difference is basically the platonic ideal of an Everton team to me.
6 days ago
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Ah, Catherine O'Hara, fuck. Spectacular emotional and physical range, such a complete comedian.
14 days ago
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Magic: The Gathering
15 days ago
We are deeply saddened at the news of the passing of Magic legend Kai Budde. His achievements in the game and community go beyond what we could say in one post. Our thoughts go out to Kai's friends and family in this moment. Remembering Kai Budde:
magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...
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If you dedicate your thesis to Cristiano Ronaldo, they simply shouldnβt award you a degree, sorry.
17 days ago
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Why do bash falcon for the widening gyre but we never question if the falconer has bad vibes? Or if heβs just unpleasant to be around?
17 days ago
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Gonna miss all these chunky knits on Traitors.
21 days ago
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The best way to understand TTRPG discourse is to imagine a bunch of carnivores and a bunch of vegans arguing about which restaurant has the best cutlery.
25 days ago
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Been noodling with my own TTRPG rules lately cos Iβve been a bit bored DMing D&D5e for kids and lemme tell you now: the meta is Drunken Master Centaur Monk.
28 days ago
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John Muller
28 days ago
We are witnessing the birth of an icon
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I don't know what deeply suppressed trauma this triggers, but literally nothing makes me as incandescent with rage as a delivery driver lying that they've been to my house. I understand the untenable position they must be placed in by their employers, and by extension capitalism, but gimme my stuff.
28 days ago
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Had a dream the other night that I won a competition and for some reason the prize was spending a day with Kevin Mirallas. It was really awkward and we ended up sat silently watching a bunch of highlight reels on YouTube.
29 days ago
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Great summary of past and present study of the Herculaneum papyri from Richard Janko.
#ancientbluesky
youtu.be/rmXM6qh18B0?...
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Reading the Ancient Library from Herculaneum with Digital Unrolling - Richard Janko
YouTube video by Hellenic Society
https://youtu.be/rmXM6qh18B0?si=sZG9jMDzileXF_UD
about 1 month ago
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RIP MTV. The song I most associate with its golden age:
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The Breeders - Cannonball
YouTube video by The Breeders
https://youtu.be/fxvkI9MTQw4?si=bH_ckVsZahgWQ9Zd
about 1 month ago
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Bluetooth keyboard powered down while playing some cube, and so holding Ctrl and activating Lion's Eye Diamond with Ancestral Recall in hand to draw my game winning Doomsday pile did not go how I planned, but my Christmas spirit remains undefeated (as did my ninjas/Doomsday deck).
about 2 months ago
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As of the latest DLC, this is quite a good Crusader Kings III strategy.
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2 months ago
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Choire
2 months ago
This should not be possible.
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Counterpoint: all club owners should own gambling syndicates. In fact there should be mandatory minimums in terms of net worth invested. This would fairly quickly eliminate all owners that knew fuck all about football.
2 months ago
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Michael Caley
2 months ago
my complete, map-filled, analysis of the 2025 election in New York City -How Zohran won the primary -How Zohran won the general (different story!) -How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave
www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
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How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What the 2025 Election in New York Can Teach Us About the National Political Environment
More than you think, but not in the way youβre thinking.
https://www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran-mamdani-won-and-what-the
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Itβs happening again.
2 months ago
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Drafted a standard deck.
3 months ago
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Christmas number one if someone puts the words to Debaser over Troika.
3 months ago
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Magnvs' RPG Journey
3 months ago
How Gamefaqs changed RPG consumption: an history of RPG walkthroughs, from clue books and hearsay to the digital age
#rpg
#wrpg
#jrpg
#crpg
#gamefaqs
#walkthrough
#nintendopower
#videogamehistory
#gaming
#gamedev
#rpghistory
open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrp...
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How Gamefaqs changed RPG consumption - an history of RPG walkthroughs, from clue books and hearsay to the digital age
Writing about the history of videogame RPGs doesnβt just mean discussing titles, franchise, developers and game design trends, but also their audience and how the way it engaged with this genre change...
https://open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrpgjourney/p/how-gamefaqs-changed-rpg-consumption?r=4ci3bt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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lillian
3 months ago
the sheffield sound in music is "we are horny and upset about being horny, in sheffield"
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#MTGTLA
with an extremely fun upgrade to my extremely silly Merfolk deck.
#MTG
3 months ago
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Every time I walk past this headstone in the graveyard I think to myself βyeahβ¦ we knowβ
3 months ago
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I call this First-Picked-a-Lotus-but-Had-to-Keep-Answering-the-Door-to-Trick-or-Treaters-Storm". Other than mising with Minsc & Boo, my theory was I could Underworld Breach and use Wheel of Fortune and Endurance to deck them out. But the trick or treaters kept coming and Arena clock is unforgiving.
4 months ago
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Had to use Tishana's Tidebinder twice in the same turn to counter my awful plays. Drew my whole deck with Displacer Kitten and Coveted Jewel. Cast Upheaval & for some reason blinked Jewel so had to counter its ability to not draw from an empty deck, then afterwards misclicked Mightstone & Weakstone.
4 months ago
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Cube on Arena appears to be 99% Boros fun police. Ended up going back to Magic Online to actually have some interesting games.
4 months ago
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Wilbur72
4 months ago
I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires. There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
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It's half term, so FM26 is getting until the release of Powered Cube on Arena on Tuesday to prove itself. So far: almost everything is worse, but it lets you start as an even more wretched, unemployed loser than previous games which is all that matters.
4 months ago
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Forums with reputation points are like savings accounts you occasionally dip into to call someone a cunt.
4 months ago
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Modern Toss
4 months ago
For the first time ever, behold the soaring elegance of βFly of the Valkyriesβ β a new operatic automaton from Modern Toss, making its debut at our Sheffield exhibition. OPEN NOW! Got your ticket yet? Sort yourself out on bio, cheers...
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Should Urborg make Multiversal Passage a Swamp in addition to the type you chose?
#mtg
4 months ago
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The apotheosis of UW control in cube is winning every game with 5 cards in your library, 7 cards in your hand, and zero creatures on your opponent's side. (Lutri in the side, naturally)
4 months ago
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TECH SY
4 months ago
β½οΈ Founders in football performance and fan experience solutions - Burnley FC has launched the Burnley FC Innovation Hub, a Premier League testbed for sports tech startups to pilot, prove, and scale in a 6-month programme. Applications close 31 October.
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Burnley Launches Innovation Hub To Pilot Next Gen Sports Tech - fcbusiness
Burnley Football Club has announced the launch of the Burnley FC Innovation Hub β a new accelerator programme created to help the next generation of sports tech start-ups turn bold ideas intoβ¦
https://buff.ly/jGUnK29
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TiVo, New Labour before the mask came off, Xbox (Burnout and Burnout 2!), Windows XP, KDE 3, Simpsons on the BBC.
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5 months ago
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I can excuse war criminals backed by tech billionaires being granted unchecked power, but I draw the line at calling the Gaza International Transitional Authority "Gita", because it has somehow reminded me of this hauntingly bad line reading from An Evening With Gary Lineker (1994):
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5 months ago
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Tiffany Babb
5 months ago
Dr. Chris Stride is a statistician at the University of Sheffield - heβs also behind the Baseball Statues Database. In this interview, we chat trends that popped up over the years, what kinds of players get statues and what kinds don't.
thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
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Sporting Statues
An interview about baseball statuary with statistician Dr. Chris Stride
https://thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
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The Catholic Church's birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein.
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5 months ago
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RIP Zach Galifianakis
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5 months ago
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Happens all the time, a one-time Football Manager wonderkid retires and you feel infinitely old. But it hits different when they were a top prospect in one of your real-life defensive metrics a decade ago.
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5 months ago
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I'm 45 and still feel illicit glee when I stumble upon a treasure trove of conkers.
5 months ago
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Contact anxiety from helping my nephew with last minute maths homework. To this day I canβt see the actor John Nettles without having a mild panic attack because Bergerac used to be on Sunday nights as I ploughed through the accumulated pile of work.
5 months ago
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Jacob Bacharach
5 months ago
I wrote a sonnet about products, machines, and various other "things":
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Few people have contributed more to my enjoyment of showers than Melvyn Bragg.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Melvyn Bragg steps down from BBC Radio 4's In Our Time after 26 years
The veteran presenter has hosted more than 1,000 epsiodes of the programme over the past 26 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewnllp1de8o
5 months ago
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Trump dying/drip doctors crossover tweet⦠anything there?
6 months ago
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The 'secret' w.a.s.t.e. fan club gig Radiohead did at the Astoria in 1997. I maintain I was the only one that knew the words to Motion Picture Soundtrack.
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6 months ago
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1. Crush your enemies 2. See them driven before you 3. Hear the lamentations of their women
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6 months ago
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