Patrick Caskie

FIFA’s 2026 World Cup could emit 70 million tons of CO2 with deadly human costs The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest yet, and possibly the most destructive. College professor Tim Walters projects that the World Cup could emit nearly 70 million tons of CO2 and lead to the premat...

My latest for @playthegame-org.bsky.social, where I attempt a true cost carbon accounting of the Canada-Mexico-USA World Cup, and conclude that it will be the deadliest sporting event in history, producing emissions that will kill more than 70,000 people. I call this madness "Infantinocide."

World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

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If this sort of stuff interests you, I would suggest familiarising yourself with @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social, a group I volunteer with! Here's the link to the website: fossilfreefootball.org

YouTube video by Sky Sports News Tessel Middag talks sustainable football boots, Rangers and climate change | Playing for the Planet

Excellent to see that one of our own players is leading the charge regarding sustainability in football in light of the climate crisis. The attached YouTube video highlights @tesselmiddag.bsky.social and others' efforts, particularly the football boots she wears!
youtu.be/ZVjDKDJ476Q?...

Palestine and Global Development - Global Development Institute Blog At The University of Manchester, GDI Students for Palestine is a collective of voices united by shared values of justice, equality, and solidarity.

We are pleased to share with you a new blog post written by the GDI Students for Palestine group.

The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.

Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn

Rangers conceded 2.91 xG today; this represents the highest value conceded to a team not named Celtic in a Scottish Premiership game since we returned to the league in 2016.

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲

Football finds itself offside in the climate crisis. ⚽️ 🟥

In the first-ever industry-wide global assessment, climate scientist Dr. Stuart Parkinson uncovers the sport’s massive pollution problem.

Full report: www.newweather.org/wp-content/u...

As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? I had never imagined, when working as a professor of transplant surgery at a large teaching hospital in London, that one day I…

As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode

Bodø Glimt is donating the ticket revenues (62 500 euro) from the home match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, to the Red Cross — earmarked for humanitarian aid in Gaza! 💘🍉

Ps: Bodø Glimt won the match 3-1.

We track short haul flights by Premier League teams ✈️

Nottingham Forest took a 25 min flight to Bournemouth this weekend!

The coach journey would've taken 3hr 30 mins 🚍

Some top clubs have got no-fly policies ⚡

So why are others still choosing ultra polluting air travel? 🤦‍♂️

Israeli settlers torch vehicles, properties in occupied West Bank attacks Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, set vehicles on fire and injure several residents in the West Bank.

Israeli settlers have set vehicles and properties on fire under the protection of Israeli forces while also injuring several Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

Edinburgh approves Scotland's first visitor levy.

🎉Scotland's first visitor levy is on its way!

Greens delivered this law in Holyrood, allowing councils to redistribute wealth from tourists to Scottish communities who need it most.

Gaza war toll likely significantly undercounts deaths, says study An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by 41% through the middle of 2024 as the Gaza Strip's healthcare infrastructure unravelled, according to the study.

A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I don't remember the haircut being that bad

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Happily breaking my hiatus to share some Igamane propaganda.

100%!

Rangers limited Celtic to just 0.07 xG this afternoon, the lowest figure recorded by FotMob or Wyscout in a fixture against Hearts, Hibs or Celtic. This was just the 15th time Rangers have limited an opponent to >0.1 xG since the start of 2015/16.

IDF confession

IDF confessions

IDF confessoons

This Haaretz piece of IDF soldiers’ confessions of human rights violations absolutely wrecked me

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...

‘They can’t sleep … can’t speak’: the lifeline offered to Gaza’s traumatised children War Child hopes to provide a million children in the strip with basic aid and educational and mental health support. It’s their biggest emergency appeal yet * Donate to our charity appeal here “They have many symptoms,” says Ibrahim, describing how…

‘They can’t sleep … can’t speak’: the lifeline offered to Gaza’s traumatised children

While Elon Musk has been parroting for the Far-right AfD in Germany, even capitalising on the tragic terrorist attack in Magdeburg.

Turns out the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, is an atheist who is fond of both the AfD and Elon himself.

"I and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany"

IDF soldiers expose arbitrary killings and rampant lawlessness in Gaza's Netzarim corridor ***

Another day another article about explicit Israeli war crimes. This time it’s about how the IDF murders anybody who crosses an imaginary line into the so-called Netzarim corridor, including children. The IDF then labels them as terrorists, including children.

Human Rights Watch has accused Israeli authorities of deliberately committing the crime of extermination as well as ‘acts of genocide’ in Gaza. www.ft.com/content/b637...

Difference between goal difference and expected goal difference is less stark but still overwhelmingly concerning; the trends decoupled after the 2022 SCSF win (2-1 aet). Insert any number of GK errors and unbelievable misses as evidence. Underperformance here is -8.35.

Don't take any model as gospel; tracking xPoints and Points earned is not pretty viewing. A decoupling started after the 2-2 draw in Jan 2023 and has since seen us win just 5 points in the subsequent 11 games, representing a suggested underperformance of -10.48 points.

Here's the xG plotted from all the old firms since the title win in 2021. Celtic's the dominant force and partly undersold given game states still, Rangers are consistently coming away short, mainly due to chronic penalty-box performances and obvious mental/personnel deficiencies