Writer, editor, translator, custodian of #saveoursubs, early adopter of Amon DüüI II, occasional tedious Messiphile. Proud to be an Ant & Dec retweetee.
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Jun 15
Amorim at Sacchi's club will be different from Amorim at Ferguson's club? Now that's what I call blind faith.
Jun 15
🚨🔴⚫️ BREAKING: Rúben Amorim to AC Milan as new head coach, HERE WE GO! 🇵🇹
Verbal agreement done on deal valid until June 2028 plus option until June 2029.
Amorim has accepted all conditions and will sign this week as new Milan manager. 🫱🏻🫲🏼
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May 21
America!
What a symphony is:
A long-form piece for full orchestra, usually lasting 30-45 minutes and typically divided into four movements.
What a symphony isn't:
(1) An orchestra
(2) The building where the orchestra plays.
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May 19
The Granta/AI debate is simply resolved. If in doubt, ask authors to provide all their earlier drafts, edits, character notes, etc. to support their submissions. If the response is "oops, the dog ate it", don't publish.
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May 19
If this happens, the United squad will feature not only a Mateus, a Matheus and a Matthijs but two Fernandeses. Chaos. Absolute bloody chaos. Game's gone.
🚨 JUST IN:
Manchester United have had more recent discussions with West Ham about the availability of Mateus Fernandes. #MUFC [@NathSalt1]
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"So. Lyrics. How about 'In the savannah, the mighty sav...'."
"Doesn't scan."
"Ah. True. 'In the desert,' maybe?"
"It's a lion, not a fucking camel."
"'In the tundra'? 'In the Andes'? 'In the peat bog'?"
"Be serious."
"Got it! 'In the jungle!'"
"Close enough. Right. Next line."
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If you find yourself saying the only reason you lost is because you weren't allowed to play against 10 men, just admit it, Vinnie: You've got a truly great team, but PSG are even better.
🚨 Kompany: “Why is it not a red card? I don't understand. Why we concede a penalty in Paris and we don't receive one here? I understand the rules, but the hand was above his head”.
“It felt like there was a hand that tilted it to the wrong side for us”.
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A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE by Jordan Harper. The New York Times called it "*the* noir novel for our times", and you know what? They're not wrong. (Sorry, Ellroy, but what EVERYBODY KNOWS strongly suggested has now been confirmed: the baton has been passed.)
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Wishbone Fash.
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Apr 15
The greatest backing vocals in the history of recorded music are the "Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! ... Stuuuuh-uff!" bit at 2:56 in Donna Summer's timeless disco hit, scientists have found.
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Apr 13
Swallwell that ends...oh.
Rep. Eric Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress following the sexual misconduct allegations against him. The California Democrat has denied the accusations. cnn.it/4dGLnOE
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Hermann Goering will not appear for his upcoming deposition in the Nuremberg war-crime hearings given that he is no longer serving as Reichsmarschall, president of the Reichstag or Prussian prime minister.
Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation given that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general, the Department of Justice said. cnn.it/4sx00YM
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My Kindle's 12 years old. Amazon have just told me that they're ending technical support for it. But it's not technical support; they're making it useless, because I won't be able to use it to download any books from any source any more. Is such nuking of a paid-for device legal?
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Mar 26
Since the BBC inexplicably cancelled "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way" after one season, life in the UK has gone...
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to pot/seed/the dogs
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pear-shaped
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down the toilet
2 votes • Final results
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Mar 25
I'm stunned to have just learned that the British Army now comprises only 74,000 soldiers, of whom only 19,000 are combat trained and ready. And, at best, only half of the Army's 288 tanks are actually operational. Is that ... well... bad? To give you an idea, Morocco has 900.
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Mar 15
I know Salah has been out of form for a while, but what the hell is this?
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Mar 13
Helm's Deep is open for guided visits. The only thing prohibiting guided visits right now is the horde of a quarter of a million rabid orcs besieging it. It is open for visits should the horde of rabid orcs stop doing that.
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Mar 10
Whereas nobody spent even ten minutes trying to copy you, pal.
Mar 10
Fabio Capello: “You know what I don’t like about Guardiola? His arrogance. The Champions League he won with City is the only one where he didn’t try anything funny in the decisive matches…
“He would change things and invent them so he could say: ‘It’s not the players who win, it’s me’. And that arrogance cost him several UCLs.
“Besides, even if it’s no longer his fault, he has done a lot of harm to football, because everyone spent 10 years trying to copy him.”
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