mark thompson

yuuup

For real though, are England even going to force Australia to bat again?

The types of businesses applying for Innovation/Incubator schemes don't *have* to be local, but given that - in England, at least - 1) economic growth needs to be spread outside the big cities 2) every other town has a strong sports team and a uni, it'd make sense to encourage it

Related, saw a post on LinkedIn the other day that mentioned Stevenage FC's new Innovation Hub, and there's a fun version of the future where local/regional economies are built around a triangle of sports team-university-industry

I've never seen so many caught and bowled opportunities in such a short space of time in a Test match

one regular day of bazball, all I ask. will never happen.

Mitch Starc currently has both the highest batting and the lowest bowling averages of this Ashes series

79.00 with the bat
11.75 with the ball

#AUSvENG

There was a period, like, 6(?) years ago when it seemed like France had all the promising young centre-backs (I guess it was that 2018 peak) and it's incredible that things have gone _up_ since then

Awesome news!

Something quite medieval about fear of the left-hander too

'Actually, in the original Brothers Grimm tale, Mitchell Starc eats the batsman limb by limb'

Day/night tests are fun because there's something very medieval about the level of fear people have for twilight

Fulham-City yesterday and Brighton-Villa today feels a little "don't eat all your Christmas chocolate now, you won't have any room left for dinner"

The chitter-chatter on Villa's long-range goals would be improved hugely by someone letting us see the change in xG value in different circumstances from 20-25 yards

those who have quit all streaming platforms, curious what your music tech setup is, i aim to reach this enlightened state in 2026

Couple of years ago I shortlisted and interviewed Yash for a role we had at Statsbomb around a large consultancy project; unfortunately soon after the project faltered and we had to withdraw the role, but I would have hired Yash - they were an excellent candidate.

(I don't think this is a real future of journalism, because the ad doesn't talk at all about the systems one would use, but it probably is the future (or present!) of how certain layers of management are thinking (shallowly, at best))

"We do not believe in resumes or cover letters. They are usually full of AI slop[...]" is a real unexpected treat in this

Cool thread

AFCON 2025 will be shown on UK TV on Channel 4. The tournament takes place over the upcoming Christmas and New Year period. Most group matches will be on 4Seven/streaming, but Egypt v South Africa on Boxing Day will be shown on Channel 4 itself.

Suffered the same fate, so I'm on the lookout for work. In my 6+ years at Forbes I covered EPL, especially Liverpool, Everton and Man City, international tournaments, and US soccer including lower leagues. I'm uniquely placed ahead of 2026 World Cup given my reporting history and areas of expertise.

This is partly a 'my algo' question-

I see bunch of small business owners on IG/YT who do "things I'm learning about the *business* side of business" videos - are there folks doing this for media businesses?

It'll never happen, but I'm really interested in what'd happen if someone *did* try that

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

damn you guys really gave Ryan Lizza money huh

“The normalization of deepfakes is something no one was asking for. It’s something that OpenAI did because it made their thing more viral and social,” Carrasco said. “Once you open that door to being okay with people deepfaking you, even if it’s your friends deepfaking you, all of a sudden your likeness has just gotten fucked. You’re no longer in control of it and you can’t pull it back.”

Deepfakes have shifted from something mainly created on seedy forums at the turn of the decade into one of the most accessible technologies today.
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some fun results in today's new Expecting Goals newsletter -- how objective motivation affects football teams

it seems like the intuitions of the fans have this one right: everyone hates defending and loves an excuse not to have to do it open.substack.com/pub/expectin...

Aside from anything else - and I say this as someone very susceptible to extra clauses - the comma-to-word ratio in this is a bit of a red flag

Here’s the football catch of the year. Stay for the slow-mo at the end. Absolutely unhinged.