Hugo Gordon
@hugogordon.bsky.social
Dubliner in London. Sports nerd (and general nerd). Views described as "top bilge" by award-winning journalists
That Lions win over the Bulls is a good result for Leinster - means we'll finish the weekend in 6th. Bulls have now lost 3 of the last 4.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That Lions win over the Bulls is a good result for Leinster - means we'll finish the weekend in 6th. Bulls have now lost 3 of the last 4.
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Alex Soroka really does seem like he'd be an absolute prick to play against (complimentary)
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Alex Soroka really does seem like he'd be an absolute prick to play against (complimentary)
Anyway, we need to get this out of our system soon because here's our run of games between now and this time in January.
Quins
Leicester (a)
Ulster
Munster (a)
Connacht
La Rochelle
Bayonne (a)
Connacht (a)
Quins
Leicester (a)
Ulster
Munster (a)
Connacht
La Rochelle
Bayonne (a)
Connacht (a)
I think there's mitigating circumstances for the way Leinster have started this season - Lions hangover, injuries, lots of inexperienced players coming through - but it's been undeniably poor. A BP win an unbelievably flattering result tonight.
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Anyway, we need to get this out of our system soon because here's our run of games between now and this time in January.
Quins
Leicester (a)
Ulster
Munster (a)
Connacht
La Rochelle
Bayonne (a)
Connacht (a)
Quins
Leicester (a)
Ulster
Munster (a)
Connacht
La Rochelle
Bayonne (a)
Connacht (a)
Josh Kenny however turning out to be some find. Along with Soroka and Paddy McCarthy he's been a real bright spark in what's otherwise been a pretty unconvincing start to the season from Leinster.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Josh Kenny however turning out to be some find. Along with Soroka and Paddy McCarthy he's been a real bright spark in what's otherwise been a pretty unconvincing start to the season from Leinster.
I think there's mitigating circumstances for the way Leinster have started this season - Lions hangover, injuries, lots of inexperienced players coming through - but it's been undeniably poor. A BP win an unbelievably flattering result tonight.
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I think there's mitigating circumstances for the way Leinster have started this season - Lions hangover, injuries, lots of inexperienced players coming through - but it's been undeniably poor. A BP win an unbelievably flattering result tonight.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Listen, normally I love it when Leinster look like Ireland but "desperately hanging on while getting everyone yellow carded" wasn't what I had in mind.
#DRAvLEI
#DRAvLEI
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Listen, normally I love it when Leinster look like Ireland but "desperately hanging on while getting everyone yellow carded" wasn't what I had in mind.
#DRAvLEI
#DRAvLEI
If the US is ever going to fully emerge from the darkness of these years, an awful lot of people are going to have to go to prison.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If the US is ever going to fully emerge from the darkness of these years, an awful lot of people are going to have to go to prison.
An 11% net drop in 3 weeks is crazy and a sign that the political kevlar Trump has possessed for a decade may be finally disintegrating
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An 11% net drop in 3 weeks is crazy and a sign that the political kevlar Trump has possessed for a decade may be finally disintegrating
Re: that Observer interview with Linehan. The interviewer is clearly desperate to give a sympathetic portrayal (in line with much of British media which frames him as simply a martyr for free speech) but keeps bumping up against the fact that Linehan is clearly obsessive and unwell.
Graham Linehan as portrayed in much press reporting: a well-loved comedy writer who has been cancelled for wanting to protect women's sport.
Linehan in real life: a guy whose obsession with hating and harrassing trans people led to his marriage disintegrating.
Linehan in real life: a guy whose obsession with hating and harrassing trans people led to his marriage disintegrating.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Re: that Observer interview with Linehan. The interviewer is clearly desperate to give a sympathetic portrayal (in line with much of British media which frames him as simply a martyr for free speech) but keeps bumping up against the fact that Linehan is clearly obsessive and unwell.
"No state", lady you are talking about the literal Roman Empire
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"No state", lady you are talking about the literal Roman Empire
You have never heard the word "alien" pronounced like this before
if you've never heard the end credits song for Aliens Infestation on the Nintendo DS
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
I beg you to stop and listen right now
it's important
[OST] Aliens Infestation (Nintendo DS) [Track 16] LV426 - Ending Theme
YouTube video by Sega-Mag
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You have never heard the word "alien" pronounced like this before
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Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
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The two work in tandem to create a terrible synergy: people will believe images/video they want to believe while disregarding those they don't.
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The two work in tandem to create a terrible synergy: people will believe images/video they want to believe while disregarding those they don't.
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
Strong team. Genuinely surprised Beirne is playing, would have thought he'd be rested.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Strong team. Genuinely surprised Beirne is playing, would have thought he'd be rested.
This is one of the most French things I've ever seen Galthie do, close behind that time he gave an interview with a half unbuttoned shirt promising that Les Bleus would meet their opponents in glorious battle and sweep all before them like Napoleon.
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is one of the most French things I've ever seen Galthie do, close behind that time he gave an interview with a half unbuttoned shirt promising that Les Bleus would meet their opponents in glorious battle and sweep all before them like Napoleon.
The Max Deegan All-Stars ride again. Strong enough team given the lack of internationals available, though a few very inexperienced faces, including Ericson potentially making his debut. Tector notably on the bench but probably to cover 12 rather than 10. Snyman, somewhat surprisingly, is available
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Max Deegan All-Stars ride again. Strong enough team given the lack of internationals available, though a few very inexperienced faces, including Ericson potentially making his debut. Tector notably on the bench but probably to cover 12 rather than 10. Snyman, somewhat surprisingly, is available
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A summary of the qualifiers for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup
posttopost.sport.blog/2025/11/26/r...
#RWC27 #RugbySky #Rugby #RugbyWorldCup #MensRugbyWorldCup
posttopost.sport.blog/2025/11/26/r...
#RWC27 #RugbySky #Rugby #RugbyWorldCup #MensRugbyWorldCup
Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers – Summary
A summary of the 2027 men’s Rugby World Cup Qualifiers
posttopost.sport.blog
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A summary of the qualifiers for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup
posttopost.sport.blog/2025/11/26/r...
#RWC27 #RugbySky #Rugby #RugbyWorldCup #MensRugbyWorldCup
posttopost.sport.blog/2025/11/26/r...
#RWC27 #RugbySky #Rugby #RugbyWorldCup #MensRugbyWorldCup
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The big calllouts for me are
The top three cover at 5,6,7 & 8 is the same 7 players
Centre and left wing are a problem. The core four at centre feel a yard off the pace, and there is no direct replacement for Lowe in Andy's system so we either need a new Lowe or a new attack system
The top three cover at 5,6,7 & 8 is the same 7 players
Centre and left wing are a problem. The core four at centre feel a yard off the pace, and there is no direct replacement for Lowe in Andy's system so we either need a new Lowe or a new attack system
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The big calllouts for me are
The top three cover at 5,6,7 & 8 is the same 7 players
Centre and left wing are a problem. The core four at centre feel a yard off the pace, and there is no direct replacement for Lowe in Andy's system so we either need a new Lowe or a new attack system
The top three cover at 5,6,7 & 8 is the same 7 players
Centre and left wing are a problem. The core four at centre feel a yard off the pace, and there is no direct replacement for Lowe in Andy's system so we either need a new Lowe or a new attack system
Lawrence Goldman was a professor at mine at university. Let me tell you it does not come as a huge shock that he's involved with History Reclaimed.
2. Pretend that you have consulted expert historians who accuse Olusoga of being an activist when the reality is the reverse. As ever, it is the private right wing lobbying company History Reclaimed who supply what insubstantial critique there is.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Lawrence Goldman was a professor at mine at university. Let me tell you it does not come as a huge shock that he's involved with History Reclaimed.
My best guess, based on Ireland and Ireland A selections over the last year, as to the current Ireland depth chart (ymmv as to specific order, particularly beyond the first few options).
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
My best guess, based on Ireland and Ireland A selections over the last year, as to the current Ireland depth chart (ymmv as to specific order, particularly beyond the first few options).
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One of the young folk in the office mentioned he'd never seen whatever show this meme was from, so I regret to inform you we may be entering the Post-Simpsons Era
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
One of the young folk in the office mentioned he'd never seen whatever show this meme was from, so I regret to inform you we may be entering the Post-Simpsons Era