Soccer is short for ‘Association Football’ and was coined by the English. Amazing.

what a pratt

I'll take any excuse to post this clip. Maybe the funniest scene in TV history

The Crimean Bridge has been closed for 8 hours. The occupiers don’t seem to be enjoying it — Crimea is starting to feel a lot less connected.

Our warriors have achieved good results in applying long-range sanctions against important facilities on the territory of Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. More than 700 kilometers from our state border, in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, SSU warriors struck an oil facility that was important for the reserves of the aggressor state. Warriors of our army reached their targets in Russia’s Tula region – specifically, the Azot plant, whose operations are critical to explosives production capabilities. Air traffic restrictions were imposed at six Russian airports, and overall, since yesterday evening, 28 regions of Russia have been under air raid alerts. There were also hits on the occupier’s military logistics in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. Ukraine is carrying out its plan of long-range sanctions against Russia and the assigned tasks regarding mid-range strikes in response to Russia’s refusal to end this war. We have offered the Russian leadership every possible format for negotiations – and the only response was continued aggression and attempts to expand it. It stands to reason that the war is coming back to where it came from. Ukraine needs peace. Glory to Ukraine!

Absolute chaos at EES passport control at Frankfurt airport. This system is a total disaster, queue for hours people missing flights. AVOID TRAVELLING TO THE EU.

Submitting a paper to PNAS has to be one of the most painful experiences in academic life. And all for the near certain outcome of desk rejection.

Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit

I'd heard about the problems with German trains but it really is a disaster area, makes the UK look like a paragon of efficiency and punctuality. Will I ever get out of Frankfurt??

It's so profoundly entitled to take your place at a prestigious university - playing the game when it benefits you - then shout over people who've done years of research because you don't want others to hear their arguments

The relevant questions are 1) why @UniofOxford and @OxfordLawFac have permitted this and 2) what they are doing to rectify this violation of the academic freedom of their staff and students.

And much less than international competitors in US, Canada, Oz etc.

West Ham United have confirmed that Joint-Chair David Sullivan has stepped down from his position with immediate effect. Mr Sullivan has also resigned as a director of both WH Holding Limited and West Ham United Football Club, having been made aware of the impending publication of serious historic allegations. It is understood none of the allegations relate to West Ham United or any of its operations. Through his own legal representatives Mr Sullivan denies any illegal conduct and has taken the decision to step down in order to avoid disruption to the Club while he addresses the matter privately. Interim Chief Executive Officer Karim Virani, reporting into the current Board of Directors, will continue to be responsible for leading the Club’s day-to-day operations. The Club will provide an update on the future structure of the Board of Directors in due course, but will make no further comment at this time.

This looks like a helpful message. It isn't. When you go to DM, you chat with a robot who redirects you back to the website that doesn't enable you to speak to a human. WITHINGS CUSTOMER SERVICE IS APPALLING. AVOID.

I bought a new strap from @Withings, the website said it would fit my watch but it doesn't. It is impossible to return it and it is impossible to communicate with Withings literally impossible. So I have lost £85, be warned DO NOT BUY STUFF FROM WITHINGS.

Agree with Jame May here on pub closures. Having said that, I've been to his pub and it's, at best, ok. It would probably shut down if the owner wasn't famous and on the telly.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Nicola Sturgeon has updated her pronouns to him/not me.

These are the very worst sort of transfer 'stories' - 'selling club values player higher than buying club'. No shit. There will be a lot of these about West Ham this summer sadly.

I love the angle taken by @kenearlys on the Champions League final. He’s absolutely right to dedicate so much time to how Arsenal waste time 🗑️ The drinking water and human life lines 🤣