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Great admirer of Michael Marshall - @knowrogan.bsky.social is a podcast worth your time - good and useful scepticism www.knowrogan.com/episodes/

reminded of something I wrote about Lauren Boebert back in 2020 theweek.com/articles/946...

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

the worm is in control now

Fiorentina 🔥 #seriea

Cracking night in Melbourne for some Aleague #MVCvSFC

In Europe right now!!

Some game of #Aleague that

Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione — who was a fan of Peter Thiel & Elon Musk — for murdering an insurance CEO. If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.

Cracking goal by Pedro, some run by Tavares #UEL

What a miss by Retegui, how?

Historically, it seems pretty common that the billionaire class instigates a culture war to avoid a class war. But with 14 billionaires and counting in Trump’s administration, it’s going to be difficult to ignore.

They got him looking like a dude who would choose to play for the Italian national team after coming through the USMNT youth setup.

This iteration of City has real Aloisi at Heart vibes, pedestrian, slow, lack of ideas. I get Vidmar is blooding a lot of youth, but just don’t see any patterns of play or proper system. #Aleague #MCYvWSW

By far the best Roma have played all season, let’s see if they can get something out of this game #TOTROM

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Alarming financial results from Melbourne Victory lodged with Asic this week. Annual loss of almost $10m, up from $7.6m in FY2023, with a big jump in liabilities. And this note about whether the business remains a going concern (ie: can survive) #aleagues #sokkah

I was skeptical of the “X is slowly cooking your brain” discourse because I don’t think my ideological worldview has shifted much, but having now experienced both Bluesky and X I think the big difference is I got used to fighting/provocation as the standard “tone” of posting without realizing it.

this week's column www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

Quick one for the new BlueSky users, I'm curating a Starter Kit of Aussie Media & Football on here. Fellow Football tragics like @simonhill1894.bsky.social, @niavowens.bsky.social & @chloeamandab.bsky.social to newsreaders like @sandrasullyam.bsky.social & @riminton.bsky.social.