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I wrote this last week on my daily newsletter on substack and it's quite long but it just feels right to run it again here. RIP Sven. There is a deeply poignant moment in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s farewell film, one of many poignant moments, when he urged viewers, and himself, to

Singapore is still guided by founding premier Lee Kuan Yew's remarks about being a small but hazardous target, pushing military spending per capita to the world's third-highest. https://t.co/oV9R6OI0rI

Message to Man City. Tell your lawyers to stop delaying the 115 charges. Your legacy and respect as a club are tainted. You won 4 titles in 5 years: recently a treble. If punters think you cheated and the club is hiding, while your players act entitled, then football is broken.

Sad to see that Captain Eric Moody has passed away aged 84. Capt. Moody was in charge of BA9 from Kuala Lumpur to Perth on June 24th, 1982, that accidentally flew through a volcanic ash cloud leading to all 4 engines on the 747 flaming out. His passenger PA he did at the time

🚨Currently, 17 papers on @SSRN contain the phrase "as of my last knowledge update," and most of them are not about how AI works. My guess is that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Have we destroyed research?

Thanks to @FT for quoting me in this piece

I put Wallace and Gromit in Aliens so you could see what would happen if they went to LV-426 instead of the moon. Pretty happy with it to be fair.

Life is just getting a bit of cheese from the fridge and then doing other stuff until it’s time to get another bit of cheese from the fridge.

Quite the CNN exit poll. The question was, "Do you think Biden legitimately won in 2020?" AMONG TRUMP VOTERS Yes:                 17% No:                  80% AMONG HALEY VOTERS Yes:                 83% No:                  15%

How did the Tokyo Haneda plane collision occur and why could it not have been prevented? Nikkei verifies the events using video footage of the site, communication records and 3D models. https://t.co/GMvUK1mwVm

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A big congratulations to Joyce Moullakis and Chris Wright for 'The Millionaire’s Factory' being named a finalist in the 2023 Australian Business Book Awards! 🥳 Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/RbDnER4RCZ

From 1960 to 2023, full match replays of all Champions League Finals in one thread Take a seat and enjoy the show 🍿

Keep an eye on whats going on at the Panama Canal. An LNG carrier just paid $4 million to jump the line. This will likely be more common for LNG carriers as their cargo will literally boil off sitting in the hot tropical sun, but it will be interesting to see if container ships

What has happened to @apple ? Order an expensive new computer vital to my business; they wait until the delivery date and casually announce in a do-not-reply email that the delivery will now be delayed a month. No apology. Apple used to understand customer service

A thread of 20 ancient sites and wonders brought to life by virtual reconstructions 🧵 1. The Colossus of Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece (c.280 BC)