Ben Mitchell
@bmitchellwrites
Painfully nostalgic for the 90s.
Normally, I love the hot weather (although this is ridiculous), but I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to Sunday:
Assuming I can count, if Sheff Wed lose their next game...away to Sheff Utd, they'll be relegated with 13 games still to play. Must be some sort of record. Although they have been deduced 18 pts so probably pointless to compare with others.
This quote couldn't be more true and I know this is how so many British Jews feel right now:
You can't be a fan of VAR and then say it kills joy. That's exactly what it's been doing since day 1. So fed up with pundits who keep wanking on about how "VAR is here to stay. It just needs to be better." It never ever will. It remains the worst rule change in footballing history.
Check out this outrageous comment from 2008. It's all 'lived experience', feelings over facts, evidence free, postmodernist claptrap:
The overdiagnosis of mental health conditions (usually s'thing to do with neurodiversity) follows exactly the same playbook as gender id. People in charge too cowardly to say no to the kids, or worse, affirming a problem that doesn't exist. A system gamed by the entitled middle class.
Terrific piece from the fearless @suzannemoore.bsky.social about the latest iteration of state sponsored child abuse. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c79daa5...
Typically excellent from Janan Ganesh. Forget the politics, the opening paragraph is my favourite bit: www.ft.com/content/68ee...
Most of these suggestions are barking: "More points for scoring more than 2 goals!!" "Penalising 0-0 draws!" The only one worth listening to is Stephen Warnock's:
And this point is so so true, particularly when it comes to Starmer. His judgement is often appalling.
Starts off about plagiarism but it's mostly about the bombardment of online shit and what it's doing to us. And it's only going to get worse with AI. I'm already sick to death of hearing about bloody AI.
BBC News - US tech CEO suspended after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral www.bbc.com/news/article... God, they're so po-faced. US companies have such puritanical attitudes to employee relationships.
These people are sick. And dangerous. No amount of evidence will ever be enough. How can it be for a movement, an ideology, built on postmodernist 'just be kind' claptrap?
Key point in this terrific (as per) piece from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social:
Continuing with his favourite topic, another fine piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on the necessity of reading: