Greg Jenner

Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.

SoA calls for transparency around 'unsung' ghostwriters behind celebrity-authored children’s books The Society of Authors has launched a campaign to 'make a stand for a better recognition of the contribution and role of ghostwriters in celebrity-authored children’s fiction'.

The Society of Authors (SoA) has launched a campaign to "make a stand for a better recognition of the contribution and role of ghostwriters in celebrity-authored children’s fiction."

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atlantic article screenshot headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight by yasmin tayag

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

Hahaha, yeah it did feel very “nearest thing available” 🤣

What a brilliant monster!

It’s psychologically much more interesting because they all know of each other, but they also are aware of their reputations with the public, so they’re much more polite and chaotic in their interactions, to avoid giving offence

I have my theory!

Celebrity Traitors is such a fun show - what an incredible cast, this has been the most enjoyable series thus far

No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.

I mean, that's literally how Ancelotti won numerous trophies with Real Madrid -- we are obviously nowhere near that level, but 'great players in stale formation' is a workable plan. Sadly, we lack the first bit of the plan

Sorry!

I honestly think we have to understand last year was a bizarre aberration in two diametric ways - horrific catastrophe and titanic glory - and none of the problems can be erased quickly. This team needs time. Possibly more than one season. But it will improve, of that I’m confident

I expected us to be mediocre from the outset so I’m willing to endure a dodgy opening season if we see signs of progress

It’s going to get worse before it gets better. Our fixture list is brutal

In 3 months we’ll hopefully have match fit Xavi, Kolo Muani, Kulusevski, and Solanke - none of which we’ve seen so far

Neither is working right now, but I fully expect to see new systems arrive through the season, and new players to bed in better

Nah, last year was miserable until the European miracle and we were largely crap for big chunks. This is not good football, of course, but it’s bad in a different way — I hope it will improve

Yeah and that was much more defensive in structure, but in the league we were dreadful playing more openly

I think it’s both. We ended the season with our first choice back 4 but still lost a lot of games; the new structure is much more conservative, so we are not nearly as exposed to turnovers — but that means we are not attacking in the sales numbers, so we have to be more precise with final balls

In fairness, our best defenders were absent or playing out of position, and Monaco flooded the midfield rather than playing wide, so it was a lot to face for a makeshift team

Richarlison is part of the problem at the moment, Solanke (and maybe RKM) might do better at pulling the team up the pitch with ball retention

Yeah, I think Nico Paz would have been ideal

I disagree, we are conceding very few goals — we are much harder to beat now. Palhinha was a good signing, and Bentancur is the right age profile, but we need another midfield who can pass

I’m pretty sure this team improves a lot with Solanke. He holds the ball up so much better than Richarlison

I wonder if we move for a key player in January — this side lacks a creator, and Xavi obviously needs more time. Will Kulusevski return to fitness quick enough?

Oh no 😢

The injury to Romero is a huge blow, as we are already on the Ange Injury Crisis Nostalgia Wagon —- the midfield needs to be the priority, for sure

Frank was always going to be a slow starter, this is exactly what Brentford fans cautioned. But I fully expect us to improve over time, the issue is the only player excelling is Kudus — other key players are patchy

Solid point but we look so devoid of ideas

He’s superb, he’s become such a ruthless killer!