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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
I don't know, if I were welcomed instead of greeted it would exceed my expectations.
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Fascinating. Even more amazing how military special forces (especially training phases) and other round-the-clock jobs can function.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-happens-to-your-body-on-no-sleep?utm_source=pocket-newtab
What Happens to Your Body on No Sleep
In short, nothing good—and just one bad night can trigger a cascade of scary side effects.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-happens-to-your-body-on-no-sleep?utm_source=pocket-newtab
What Happens to Your Body on No Sleep
In short, nothing good—and just one bad night can trigger a cascade of scary side effects.
British climber latest to die on Everest amid overcrowding
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...die-on-everest-amid-overcrowding-robin-fisher
This documentary is well worth watching.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...die-on-everest-amid-overcrowding-robin-fisher
This documentary is well worth watching.
There was a reality tv show in the early 2000's based off sleep deprivation. The last one to fall asleep wins 100 grand.
Good guardian piece about the show - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...ty-tv-experiment-in-extreme-sleep-deprivation
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I agree, based on what I have read.
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Interesting article on the fall of the collectibles industry, mainly baseball cards and Upper Deck. It's an old article.
I was huge into collecting from the late 80s to mid 90s before the likes of UD priced me out of the market along with the over saturation of options. Wasn't too long before my interest fell as well. I still have a nice collection, probably worth in the high four digits/low five digits, but lost half of that collection in a house fire in 1996.
https://thebiglead.com/2013/07/19/the-hobby-the-rise-and-fall-of-upper-deck/
The Hobby: The Rise and Fall of Upper Deck
I was huge into collecting from the late 80s to mid 90s before the likes of UD priced me out of the market along with the over saturation of options. Wasn't too long before my interest fell as well. I still have a nice collection, probably worth in the high four digits/low five digits, but lost half of that collection in a house fire in 1996.
https://thebiglead.com/2013/07/19/the-hobby-the-rise-and-fall-of-upper-deck/
The Hobby: The Rise and Fall of Upper Deck
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Inside the black (cherry) market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors
When you’re in the mood for Kool-Aid, you can walk into a grocery store and chose from about 20 different flavor packets all priced at about a quarter a piece. However, if you’re in the market for some quintessentially classic, high-grade, “Oh Yeah!”-era Kool-Aid, you’ll have to enter the fruit-flavored underbelly of one the most intriguing subsets in the world of pop culture food enthusiasts: the black market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors.
When you’re in the mood for Kool-Aid, you can walk into a grocery store and chose from about 20 different flavor packets all priced at about a quarter a piece. However, if you’re in the market for some quintessentially classic, high-grade, “Oh Yeah!”-era Kool-Aid, you’ll have to enter the fruit-flavored underbelly of one the most intriguing subsets in the world of pop culture food enthusiasts: the black market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors.
Not sure which layer of irony this is, but it was a fun read
https://jewishcurrents.org/if-you-prick-watto-does-he-not-bleed/
https://jewishcurrents.org/if-you-prick-watto-does-he-not-bleed/
If You Prick Watto, Does He Not Bleed?
[whispering to date while watching Watto when Watto first appears on the screen] That's Watto
Just another day in American youth sports.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27009178/police-looking-man-brawl-youth-game
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27009178/police-looking-man-brawl-youth-game
A very, very long but excellently put together piece documenting the entirety of the Ana Kriegel murder case from Ireland...
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cri...r-trial-the-complete-story-1.3929570?mode=amp
I try to avoid the heartbreaking stuff in the news but I read that today and it brought me to the point of tears. That poor girl. I also try to avoid the lust for vengeance from these stories but those two deserve the absolute worst life can throw at them for their remaining years.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cri...r-trial-the-complete-story-1.3929570?mode=amp
I try to avoid the heartbreaking stuff in the news but I read that today and it brought me to the point of tears. That poor girl. I also try to avoid the lust for vengeance from these stories but those two deserve the absolute worst life can throw at them for their remaining years.
This muppet doesn't understand the second law of thermodynamics, but made it the centre point of his published article.
I can't comment on the economics or the rest of it, but the science is ok if simplified. Water is rare in that it is denser as a (low-temp) liquid than as a solid, and that property allows life in deep water bodies to thrive during the cold, and hence that property has been essential for life.
He should not have said this "defies laws of thermodynamics" - it clearly doesn't, since it does happen, and the laws of thermodynamics hold. Nothing defies the laws of thermodynamics!
And maybe it is the ex-chemist in me but I would approach this question always with the molecular structure of H2O, then the fact that hydrogen-bonding makes water a dense liquid, then how the same H-bonding becomes more extensive as water is frozen and leads to a more rigid/ordered but less efficient structure for ice. And of course all this, like everything else, follows the laws of thermo. But it violates an empirical observation(solids are denser than liquids, density increases as temperature decreases).
You might be interested in this very long interview:
about the defeat and retreat of the left, about how there are obvious lies with no consequence, and stuff like that.
And a much more prosaic and shorter explanation, which I still like:
(Much more US-centric, it's from the mid-90s but I think holds true for Trump's election).
I know humans that bitch about walking 200 feet to another breakroom when the main breakroom is under renovation. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48824181?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
A young Arctic fox has walked across the ice from Norway's Svalbard islands to northern Canada in an epic journey, covering 3,506 km (2,176 miles) in 76 days.
My partner works close to the Scottish Parliament building, Holyrood. She's been told to rush down the street, there's a huge fire. She thinks she heard a horrible, thunder-like noise. There is armed police.
She's now fine and a fair bit away from the commotion.
She's now fine and a fair bit away from the commotion.
Almost half of young Jewish Europeans experience anti-Semitism – survey (Irish Times)
It's not likely to improve either.
It's not likely to improve either.
Well this is very bad
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Court orders block on illegal streaming of English football matches (Irish Times)
Does the Commercial Court Order apply to my internet service provider?
Does the Commercial Court Order apply to my internet service provider?
What are the consequences of illegally live streaming matches next season?Irish Times said:
Irish Times said:
That's probably the end of all sports watching for me, if its spreads 
In a first, India votes in favour of Israel at UN against Palestine human rights body
India changes its decades-old position on two-state theory, votes to deny observer status to Palestine body ‘Shahed’ at UN.
India changes its decades-old position on two-state theory, votes to deny observer status to Palestine body ‘Shahed’ at UN.
Boy, 8, dies after he and mother are pushed on train tracks in Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ther-pushed-on-train-tracks-germany-frankfurt
Second time in ten days this has happened. This sort of random violence just makes you speechless.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ther-pushed-on-train-tracks-germany-frankfurt
Second time in ten days this has happened. This sort of random violence just makes you speechless.
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She isn't, this is the stock market reacting to her before she takes office. As an economist helpfully pointed out:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49317750
Her ticket (she only runs as vice-president) won the primary by a landslide. Its not over yet, but the Peronista ticket is huge favourite to win the presidential election. Anyone, who has the option should pull their money out of Argentina. The voters get what they deserve.
Glaston doing a PSA
Brexiteers have fantasised about her drowning and now more mainstream conservatives say:
The conservative movement in the us and UK is driven by some death wish towards everyone else in the planet and it has international collaborators and will win.
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The conservative movement in the us and UK is driven by some death wish towards everyone else in the planet and it has international collaborators and will win.
I really hope a day comes when the guillotines come out. It'd just be too sweet for people like the above. Level of guilt about saying it: 0%
There's no possible way you can say that with any degree of certainty. Gore was a neoliberal interventionist in the 90s. He voted for the first Iraq War and he had crazy warhawk Lieberman as his running mate. Hilary was a fan of invading as well. Plus if the neocons stoked the flames and Gore didn't invade, a Republican might have won in 2004 and invaded anyway.
I'm pretty sure Gore wouldn't have invaded Iraq. Even Dubya, with all the neocons whispering in his ear, found it to be a tall order that couldn't be accomplished without significant arm twisting and propaganda, so no way Gore would've even dreamt on embarking on such a course.
This is only your speculation and has no factual basis. You can pretend Gore wouldn't have invaded but you really have no way of knowing so its misleading to insist that that was a difference when it very well might not have been.
Its actually misleading to suggest he would've since you have no evidence to back it up.
the point is you cannot be sure about what Gore would have done right?
You can certainly make an educated analysis based on his policy positions at the time and the fact that he was vocal about criticizing Bush's policies during the war itself.