The Small Back Room
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“befuddled, self-occupied, unlikeable loner”
sydney, australia
Joined September 2011
Banning subscription traps is an appropriate response to asymmetric information. Both buyers and responsible sellers are better off if the buyer is confident they are getting what they want.
If it takes 10 seconds to join but 10 steps to leave, it’s a subscription trap. We’re banning them and making cancellation simple, transparent and fair https://t.co/G9ZD8B9Wwn
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🌲 Countries that gained the most forest in the last ten years.
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@secretvault689 @jurgen_nauditt Historical precedents for shock over US officials advising foreign adversaries include: - Henry Kissinger's secret backchannels to China (1971) and North Vietnam, bypassing State Dept., seen as risky diplomacy. - Iran-Contra Affair (1980s): Reagan officials secretly sold arms
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I think this sums it up pretty nicely.
CONFIRMED: The Socceroos are in Pot 2 for the World Cup draw! On average this gives them an easier group, though the requirement to have one European team per group means if they draw a non-UEFA Pot 1 team, it’s a good chance they get a UEFA Pot 4 team. That’s the worst case.
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Identity & finances are the big reasons why the NFL has uniform “guidelines” in place The last thing the league wants is for team’s to muddle their on-field identity… I’d argue that’s an issue in the NBA & MLB right now I’ll have a video in a couple days on this
@ZachCohenFB I get having a limit on how many different set of uniforms but why is there is rule about how many times they can wear them in season?
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2026 will be CRAZY!🤯🔥 - World Baseball Classic ⚾ - Ice Hockey at Winter Olympics 🏒 - FIFA World Cup ⚽ Here are the countries qualfied!
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A working group spent three months studying stadium developments across the U.S. to see what worked and what failed and found the ideal stadium district was in Chicago.
chicago.suntimes.com
A working group spent three months studying stadium developments across the U.S. to see what worked and what failed and found the ideal stadium district was in Chicago.
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The 100+ year old Intercounty Baseball League has rebranded as the Canadian Baseball League (CBL) and will go fully professional in 2026. Full details + the new league logos ⬇️ https://t.co/N7VBNSpo1G
news.sportslogos.net
A baseball league in Southern Ontario is poised to make a big step up next season, and they’re making sure their branding befits their new status. The Intercounty Baseball League — currently compri...
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Inside Northwestern’s bet on the future of college football stadiums: Fewer seats, perfect sight lines, zero nosebleeds
nytimes.com
The Big Ten’s smallest school wanted to claim a true home-field advantage, so it built a new home from the ground up.
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"A wealthy couple can earn nearly $48,000 a year with no effect on their pension or income tax, yet some of the poorest Australians who need to work just to survive are hit with effective marginal rates of around 60 per cent. It’s ludicrous." https://t.co/AGFQWmUN36
theage.com.au
How can a wealthy couple work with almost no impact on their pension, but poor retirees who need the income have their earnings slashed by 60 per cent?
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Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @JBarnettMW goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest. (Could have gone to CSIRO scientists) #pwc #deloitte #accenture
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Being a football fan in Australia in 2025 is not cheap. If you wanted to watch all of the major competitions this year, you'd have needed seven streaming services at a yearly cost of $1,309. Full breakdown explained: https://t.co/gKfOtA4OKl
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Numbat!!! The incredibly endangered state animal of Western Australia.
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Today the NSW government is releasing the mid-rise pattern book. What do you think of the designs?
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WSJ: “Trump may figure he can finally wash his hands of Ukraine if Europe and Ukraine reject his offer… but appeasing Putin would haunt the rest of his Presidency. If Trump thinks American voters hate war, wait until he learns how much they hate dishonor”
wsj.com
His latest peace offer fulfills Vladimir Putin’s wishes and leaves Kyiv with a terrible choice.
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