Brian Corcoran

This is fucking amazing

Some might call that extreme naivety. It has never been something that Russia has believed in, the U.S. & China both “believe” in it only when it suits their hegemonic interests. Europe needs to see the world for how it is, not how we wish it were - and act accordingly

Didn’t Germany commit a very similar strategic error with reliance on cheap Russian gas? What on earth is happening to the strategic minds in Berlin?

Threads reaches 150 million daily users and is ramping up ads Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users and is ramping up ads on the text-based platform.

Zuck seems to believe Threads users have been sufficiently baited, so now comes the "switch" part of the "bait and switch".

The value of public R&D

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Presumably Slot knowingly sacrificed this game so he could have a solid week of training with the first team. Relatively low-stakes gamble in the circumstances (no one cares that much about the League Cup, especially right now) but they now HAVE to beat Villa.

Ah, ok. I have to admit that I don’t get it (or the headline), but I’m also perfectly fine not understanding everything I come across!

I do the same. Why do you consider this “scandalous behaviour “?

Keir Starmer's failure to stand up to this man is a cowardly and suicidal calamity

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Personally I cannot wait for Elno to go to Mars. I’ll be cheering him on

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek | TechCrunch Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI.

Perfect timing for this story to drop on the same day Amazon lays off 30,000 workers due to claims of AI efficiencies.

If companies have less work for people to do, they don’t give you Fridays off, they lay off people until everyone has a full workweek.

And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

Leoni will be 19 in 6 weeks, Bajectic turned 21 a few days ago. Still
Enough time for both. Bajectic had a disastrous 2nd season (23/24) due to injuries, but he did make 33 appearances last term. I’m not giving up hope on him, especially given what a player he looked in 22/23

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

Kerkez has looked awful for about 80% of his LFC career so far. He was great for Bournemouth as a galloping counter attacking FB. We’re asking him mostly to play possession football with short passes etc and he looks deeply uncomfortable. Seems like a bad fit for the apparent style Sot wants

Sadly you are probably right. I fear the same for Leoni

I broadly agree - Endo is extremely limited at this level - but I think Bajectic could be that guy - so much promise if he can get/stay fit.

Financial Times headline says “critics accuse” Trump of extrajudicial killings

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

Fart is making a comeback — as a shit

Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union.

A political fable.

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

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

AI Workers Are Putting In 100-Hour Workweeks to Win the New Tech Arms Race With expertise in the field scarce, workers in Silicon Valley are pushing themselves to extremes day after day.

Never have a group of people worked so hard to build the technology that will replace them.

Brexit: the gift that keeps on giving (at 4% of GDP, or almost £500 billion, per year) to gain back 0.8%\^^^

Look at Foden, David Silva, Coutinho, Cazorla, Bernardo Silva, Eden Hazard, Gundogan, etc.
I think Wirtz will be fine (although I do worry about Liverpool overall being a relatively small team in a league that seems to increasingly prioritise set pieces, especially corners)

British army veteran known as Soldier F not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders Families say justice denied as only soldier ever tried in relation to 1972 Parachute regiment shootings acquitted

The British Army murdered 13 civilians on the streets of the UK in 1972. No-one has ever been held accountable. Now, they probably never will:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is an isochronic passage chart for travelers created by Francis Galton. The Princeton library catalog has this description "Landmasses and oceans colored according to travel time (in days) to those points from London, ca. 1881. Includes explanation of colors, showing days journey indicated by each color. Includes note: "showing the shortest number of days journey from London by the quickest through routes and using such further conveyances as are available without unreasonable cost. It is supposed that local preparations have been made and that other circumstances are favourable." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography."

This fantastic map by Francis Galton shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881.

Cara has never rated Szobo - was pointing out last year how few goals he scored (true) without ever referring to how much defensive work he was doing for Salah to enable the magician to do his thing. I think Carra is a bit blinded by comparing Szobo to Stevie, which is a tough bar for anyone!