Michael Hartt

One of the greatest barriers to my ever moving to Italy: a fundamental intolerance to hot weather.

I'd melt or be miserable!

Love it. Very Lecce / Catanzaro. Would be better with black shorts, oddly.

May buy it at full price and not the end-of-season discount. What a historic decision that would be, eh @mattchurchill.co.uk?

#watfordfc

Somehow the Sabres have lots of money to spend, and yet have spent lots of money on things that aren't very good, so they can't spend it on things that are good.

This team is a mess.

#sabrehood

Not as well as yours, certainly!

Start as you mean to go on, I say.

Grim reading - yet entirely predictable, franchise cricket with the Hundred was going to harm county cricket.

Disappointed that despite resisting, Surrey @kiaoval.com seem sure to give in.

Just block the account - that's what I've done. Cleans up the feed immediately.

Not that there's too much #watfordfc chatter here, sadly.

Tacopina had such confidence/arrogance when taking over SPAL, a shame his ownership has led them to this.

Obviously not everyone has €3mil lying around, but how does a rich owner and backers get to the brink of collapse.

An interesting, special club in a lovely city that deserves better.

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Has Started Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points The latest version of Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, is promoting fringe climate viewpoints in a way it hasn’t done before, observers say

Who would've imagined this scenario.

Musk's Grok AI chatbot puts forward climate denial messages in order to "balance perceived mainstream bias".

www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...

Been doing it for years, it's what makes Aldi Aldi.

When I first moved from the U.S. to the UK and came across the Aldi versions, genuinely wondered if they were the real thing and were forced to rebrand for some reason.

Military-style operation equipment. Smoke grenades and flashbangs used on civilians. Let that sink in.

Moving from U.S. to UK in 2012, was stunned that what I knew as a nice European beer - served in a "chalice", fancy! - had such a bad reputation.

And it's still the case in the States, not necessarily trendy but certainly premium.

Cannot help feel Pozzo's seemingly swift and sigificant transfer action reinforces he simply refused to back Tom Cleverley.

Whether that's out of principle, stubbornness or ignorance of what was required, it undermined the manager's and club's chance for success.

#watfordfc

Uncertain but sounds like Behrami would be Assistant Sporting Director, working under Nani at #watfordfc. Cult hero but only one or two years working, so not expecting much. Nani's role would seem to be a big question depending upon whether Pozzo retains stake in Udinese or full sale.

Also left the other place. As much as anything, I miss the sport chatter, particularly football. A good source for #watfordfc news and info, had a great network of #calcio friends, etc. But very glad to be here with fewer fascists.

Pulled out this old #Napoli #sscnapoli shirt, wore it proudly today in London.

Celebrations in Greenwich more muted than at Piazza del Plebiscito, but an excited hello from Antonio at the local Italian restaurant and some friendly waves.

Forza Napoli Sempre.

No club in Europe is like Napoli.

No place in Europe is like Naples.

#napoli #SSCNapoli #scudetto #forzanapolisempre

AG4IN.

A brilliant Scudetto win for Napoli, Conte, McTominay.

Nothing expected. Never respected. Earned through hard work and belief.

Naples will not sleep tonight.

Forza Napoli Sempre!

#Napoli #SSCNapoli #SerieA

If Pozzo is really serious about competing for promotion, I'd say we need:

Two strikers minimum. Upgrades on Kayembe and Sissoko. Real solutions at RB and LB. Permanent solution at CB.

Lot of work to do. Expecting little.

#watfordfc

Latter stages have become better and more peak Eurovision crazy and dramatic. Back on board.

Finding Eurovision 2025 strangely underwhelming.

Do I need more alcohol? Have my tastes become dull?

Labour cannot out-Reform Reform. And trying to do so risks alienating and angering Labour's core voters - without winning over new ones.

How Labour takes forward or adjusts this political strategy will be fascinating to watch.

21 managers in 13 years, time for another go.

At what point does Gino Pozzo acknowledge his own failures. Because if it's been wrong 21 times, surely that is his responsibility, not all 21 managers' fault.

Out of ideas, unwilling to change, making the same bad choices again.

#watfordfc

What a 24 hours.

@sabres.com fall downward in the draft. And then reports that Adams will keep his job.

This team is just something else.

Top flight seasons in the 90s for Luton:

1990-1991
1991-1992

It's like not @adriankajumba.bsky.social understanding that Division 1 became the second tier or something.

Said this the day Trump gutted NIH...three months ago. Unique, significant opportunity for Starmer to (further) establish world-leading position in science and tech in the UK. And since then, seemingly nothing, as others have seized the moment.

bsky.app/profile/mich...

That seems... not competitive...?

What's the problem with widebody aircraft? If they have wifi service available, are there contractual terms that mandate it be paid-for and set a pricing structure? Something else?

Best part is Decibel Bellini's "Scott-uh" after McTominay scores.

The approval floor and ceiling are pretty entrenched in U.S. politics right now.

Also a reminder of exposure to stock prices on day-to-day basis versus actual prices, which will trail behind in terms of impact, presumably.

I do not like when the nerds who post graphs on here are all going "oof" and "jesus christ" at the same time