mark thompson
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is a post for bluesky/economy nerds, but this is an interesting use of a feed
Looking to keep up with all things Nvidia as it reports Q3 earnings after the bell today?
Follow this feed to get the results, Wall Street's reaction, and more: bsky.app/profile/yaho...
Follow this feed to get the results, Wall Street's reaction, and more: bsky.app/profile/yaho...
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is a post for bluesky/economy nerds, but this is an interesting use of a feed
This was interesting
New: Declan Rice, Space and Ball Progression
We use our Statsbomb 360 data to analyse how Declan Rice's strong start to the season is related to a wider shift in how Arsenal use and occupy space
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www.hudl.com/blog/declan-...
We use our Statsbomb 360 data to analyse how Declan Rice's strong start to the season is related to a wider shift in how Arsenal use and occupy space
🔽
www.hudl.com/blog/declan-...
Declan Rice, Space and Ball Progression
We use our contextual space metrics to analyse the role change behind Declan Rice’s impressive start to the season at Arsenal.
www.hudl.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This was interesting
Who is advising all of the Instagram brands to post "We're sorry" posts that are 'apologies' for their products being too good, in various ways. Feel like I see a new company doing this every day
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Who is advising all of the Instagram brands to post "We're sorry" posts that are 'apologies' for their products being too good, in various ways. Feel like I see a new company doing this every day
Another one to add to my list of "the path of genAI has gone differently to how I expected because companies with actual reputations are releasing reputation-damaging products"
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Another one to add to my list of "the path of genAI has gone differently to how I expected because companies with actual reputations are releasing reputation-damaging products"
The cut to Steve Clarke really hits
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The cut to Steve Clarke really hits
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Someone needs to bring back the Titanic theme trend for this goal
Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Someone needs to bring back the Titanic theme trend for this goal
And Scotland ended up with the most dramatic ending possible
idk I feel like it's funny that English football media has been like "World Cup (Euro) qualifying needs to be saved from its current dearth of anything of interest or value", while Scotland dramatically spurn a great chance to go top of their group and Ireland Any Given Sunday their way to play-offs
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
And Scotland ended up with the most dramatic ending possible
There should be a fun-leaning Coaches Voice for WSL historic matches and general lore
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There should be a fun-leaning Coaches Voice for WSL historic matches and general lore
Don't know how many I've been to but the best one is, hands down, the corner of York City's LNER stadium where you can see the medieval York Minster from your seat
WAIT
Stop doomscrolling and answer this fun question
How many soccer stadiums have you been to and whats your favorite one?
Stop doomscrolling and answer this fun question
How many soccer stadiums have you been to and whats your favorite one?
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Don't know how many I've been to but the best one is, hands down, the corner of York City's LNER stadium where you can see the medieval York Minster from your seat
Nature is healing/recession indicator
Breaking: Line of Duty has been confirmed for a seventh series, BBC has said.
17 million people saw the series six finale in 2021. Steve, Ted Hastings (like the battle) and Kate are all reprising their roles.
17 million people saw the series six finale in 2021. Steve, Ted Hastings (like the battle) and Kate are all reprising their roles.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nature is healing/recession indicator
Magnifique
And the absolute dumbest shot of the year goes to Corentin Moutet for this botched tweener on a gimme put away shot WHILE PLAYING FOR FRANCE
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Magnifique
You know it's bad when all 3 Gabriel evolutions are out
Starting to wonder if the ask of modern players is sustainable.
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You know it's bad when all 3 Gabriel evolutions are out
Idle thought that should be a blog probably: football, as an industry, doesn't communicate verbally particularly well and/or consistently - an LLM-based UI/UX is gonna need to account for that
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Idle thought that should be a blog probably: football, as an industry, doesn't communicate verbally particularly well and/or consistently - an LLM-based UI/UX is gonna need to account for that
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It's international break, so I took a detour in the newsletter and discussed just a small fraction of things it takes to run a football club.
And also why I have made a big bet on women's football, just like I did with data + analytics in 2014.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/here-s-eve...
And also why I have made a big bet on women's football, just like I did with data + analytics in 2014.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/here-s-eve...
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's international break, so I took a detour in the newsletter and discussed just a small fraction of things it takes to run a football club.
And also why I have made a big bet on women's football, just like I did with data + analytics in 2014.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/here-s-eve...
And also why I have made a big bet on women's football, just like I did with data + analytics in 2014.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/here-s-eve...
It's funny how a bunch of career advice is like 'be very focused and driven towards the one thing you want' and another bunch is like 'try lots of things, you never know what will work out'
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's funny how a bunch of career advice is like 'be very focused and driven towards the one thing you want' and another bunch is like 'try lots of things, you never know what will work out'
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good LLM writing and good human writing have the same problem--lots of resources required to create an idiosyncratic (and likely polarizing) voice for which there usually isn't much demand. in a real sense "why ai writing is mid" and "why most professional writing is mid" have the same answer(s)
Why AI writing is mid
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai/p/why-ai-wri...
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai/p/why-ai-wri...
Why AI writing is mid
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
good LLM writing and good human writing have the same problem--lots of resources required to create an idiosyncratic (and likely polarizing) voice for which there usually isn't much demand. in a real sense "why ai writing is mid" and "why most professional writing is mid" have the same answer(s)
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There's no argument that machine learning capabilities are getting closer and closer to what 'good' on-pitch decision-making looks like. And so, imo, we should ask whether that is what we are striving for, or whether there's a different path.
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
Are footballers artists or accountants?
With football data and machine learning models getting closer to finding 'right' answers, we have to consider what a footballer really is.
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There's no argument that machine learning capabilities are getting closer and closer to what 'good' on-pitch decision-making looks like. And so, imo, we should ask whether that is what we are striving for, or whether there's a different path.
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
I wonder what Ashes bluesky is gonna be like
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I wonder what Ashes bluesky is gonna be like
idk I feel like it's funny that English football media has been like "World Cup (Euro) qualifying needs to be saved from its current dearth of anything of interest or value", while Scotland dramatically spurn a great chance to go top of their group and Ireland Any Given Sunday their way to play-offs
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
idk I feel like it's funny that English football media has been like "World Cup (Euro) qualifying needs to be saved from its current dearth of anything of interest or value", while Scotland dramatically spurn a great chance to go top of their group and Ireland Any Given Sunday their way to play-offs
Just seen the (WSL) NLD result. An incredible weekend for Manchester City (now top by 3 points, seven ahead of 3rd)
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just seen the (WSL) NLD result. An incredible weekend for Manchester City (now top by 3 points, seven ahead of 3rd)
Rondos, reinforcement learning, and Rosalía: are footballers supposed to be artists or accountants?
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
Are footballers artists or accountants?
With football data and machine learning models getting closer to finding 'right' answers, we have to consider what a footballer really is.
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rondos, reinforcement learning, and Rosalía: are footballers supposed to be artists or accountants?
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/footballers-...
If I wake up and find myself in 1985, I'm doing two things:
- waiting 30 years to put a bet on Leicester City winning the Premier League
- writing a stern letter to newspaper editors to complain about them paywalling news by making me buy a paper
- waiting 30 years to put a bet on Leicester City winning the Premier League
- writing a stern letter to newspaper editors to complain about them paywalling news by making me buy a paper
It looks like “news shouldn’t have paywalls“ discourse is starting again.
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If I wake up and find myself in 1985, I'm doing two things:
- waiting 30 years to put a bet on Leicester City winning the Premier League
- writing a stern letter to newspaper editors to complain about them paywalling news by making me buy a paper
- waiting 30 years to put a bet on Leicester City winning the Premier League
- writing a stern letter to newspaper editors to complain about them paywalling news by making me buy a paper
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It’s is definitely not fun that the modal critique of media seems to be that nobody should have to pay for it and nobody should get fired (except for the people that should get fired and they deserve it).
It looks like “news shouldn’t have paywalls“ discourse is starting again.
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
-Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them
-Native ads are coercive
-Billionaires buying papers backfired
-Event driven funding doesn’t scale
-Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s is definitely not fun that the modal critique of media seems to be that nobody should have to pay for it and nobody should get fired (except for the people that should get fired and they deserve it).