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Will Comish retweeted
Before Hawkins, there was Marion.
OTHER WORLDS: A STRANGER THINGS ADVENTURE. New series only on Netflix, 2028.
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The new trailer for David Fincher's ‘THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH’ has been released.
In IMAX theaters on November 25.
Haha.
So he cards a suspicious + pedantic quadruple bogey yesterday via a rules official, leaving him behind at +2.
And he follows it up with 11 birdies (+ 2 bogeys) to shoot a 63, now sitting just ONE shot behind the leaders.
Extraordinary effort to turn it around.
"I would say I'll be at least two or three behind going into tomorrow.
Rory McIlroy reflects on his second round of 63 (-9) as he currently sits tired third 🎙️
"Before I left the course, I made peace with it. I didn't dwell on it or I didn't feel like I did anything wrong. But then at the same time, I said the video didn't look good, like the close-up of it. So, again, I just never wanted the perception, people feeling like I got away with something. Yeah, I just wouldn't want that sitting with me.
"I'd much rather be two shots worse off than be called a cheat. So that's what I did, and I made peace with it. I went out today, it wasn't playing on my mind. I had a clear conscience, and I could just go and play.
"I played well enough to feel like I could play my way back into the tournament. I went out today and played a good round of golf and did get myself back into it.
"I did everything well again. I drove the ball well. I hit my irons well. I putted a little bit better. I saw a few more putts go in, which is something that I haven't been seeing for the last couple of months.
"I would say I'll be at least two or three behind going into tomorrow, but I'm still in a much better position than I thought I would be. So yeah, give myself a great chance, and that's all I can ask for."
#AbuDhabiChamps | #RolexSeries
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BREAKING: The New York Times is nearing a deal to buy Letterboxd for $330 million. A wild figure for a site that can be easily duplicated, but I'll say this much — the Times will be a fine steward for the brand. This is a much better outcome than if a studio had acquired it...
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The New York Times Company is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Letterboxd.
The price is reported to be about $330 million, which amounts to more than 20 times Letterboxd’s projected earnings for 2026 of about $15 million
variety.com/2026/digital/new…
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Okay, let's have a serious look at what's interesting about this clip, which to me is the effectiveness of the response from a "crisis management" perspective (heavy term for a tournament golf incident, but you get my point) and how it stands in contrast to others we've seen.
First, let's get the truth of the incident out of the way, which is that what Rory did was clearly against the rules, but more importantly, it created a situation where there is absolutely no way for him to prove he didn't cheat. That's a hugely important part of this: Because we can't see inside his head, we will never know if he cheated intentionally or not, and there's nothing he can say to exonerate himself. We all have our own beliefs, based on what we saw and what we believe about his character and his history, but there is absolutely no definitive proof either way. The minute he got himself into that situation, he threw himself at the mercy of opinion.
What differentiates Rory is that he *knows* this. So in this interview, he takes a three step approach. 1, he faces the press and answers the question without hostility. 2, he admits it was a penalty and looked bad. 3, he invokes his reputation and implicitly makes the argument that you should trust that he wouldn't do it intentionally. CRUCIALLY, though, he doesn't harp on that point. It's more of the "if you want to believe me, great, if not, fine" variety.
There is no defensiveness. He has a resigned smile on his face the whole time. He's not getting angry or upset.
There was one small part of this clip that was most interesting by far. At one point, he mentions the fact that by the language in the rule book, there may be some potential gray area because of the definition of the word "press." When I heard that, I inwardly cringed, but it's the exact kind of thing you want to avoid—some absurd bit of semantics that will have everyone who saw the incident rolling their eyes. BUT, just as quickly, he said "at the same time, I don't want the perception of people thinking I got away with something either, so I'm happy to take the two-shot penalty."
That's deceptively important. He intuitively understands how much perception matters here, and that trying to force his innocence down our throats would be counter-productive. Again, to sound like a broken record, there is absolutely no proving your innocence here, and human nature 101 is that the harder you protest, the worse you'll look. Rory gets there are things you can't change, and he gets the futility of desperately trying to be "right."
When we compare to similar situations we've seen, there is absolutely nothing that happened on the course that makes his act seem any more or less intentional. But because of his tactic of acceptance, he's going to get off so much easier in the court of public opinion. This will be forgotten by almost everyone but the true haters in a matter of...24 hours? And they will decry that as a double standard, but instead of fixating on that, they should ask themselves a far more interesting question about that outcome: Why?
I mean, the difference between the "weight of the club to be supported by the grass" + "pressed the club on the ground" is essentially nonexistent.
Rory McIlroy was penalised two strokes under Rule 8.1b(4) for his actions immediately before playing his fourth stroke, his second chip shot from the rough, on the 12th hole during round one of the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship.
Rule 8.1b(4) permits a player to ground their club lightly right in front of or behind the ball. "Ground the club lightly" means allowing the weight of the club to be supported by the grass on or above the ground surface and there is no penalty even if the lie is improved. However, a player is not allowed to press the club on the ground.
Having reviewed the footage, McIlroy was unable to say whether he had pressed the club on the ground or not. However, given his concern over perception of the footage, he was not comfortable proceeding without penalty. He therefore chose to apply a two stroke penalty.
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"The squad Liverpool have got is very expensive but not as good as it should be and not as balanced as it should be."
@Carra23 questions Liverpool's return on investment 🗣️
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Last week, Andoni Iraola was a brilliant appointment. This week, he’s not up to the job. No point lurching between such extremes so early on in his tenure when a number of the players responsible for last season’s mess keep making the same mistakes. A long road ahead.
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Liverpool owner FSG in talks over £2billion investment to buy controlling stake in Cadillac F1 from Mark Walter’s TWG Global | The Guardian
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128 - Liverpool have conceded the most fouls of any side in the Premier League this season (128), while only three sides have won fewer fouls than them (88).
58% of fouls in Liverpool's games this season have been against the Reds - the highest ratio of any side.
Discussion.
“We have to tell the players to dive.” 😳
🗣️Andoni Iraola says he’ll instruct his side to go down in future after Liverpool were denied a penalty for a shirt pull on Alexander Isak. 😤
#BBCFootball #LFC #LIVARS
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The refereeing Liverpool have been subjected to, particularly at Anfield, is genuinely staggering. And I’m tired of legitimate criticism being dismissed as “sour grapes” before anyone even bothers to look at the evidence.
Paul Tomkins has researched this extensively, going back decades and some of his findings are genuinely ridiculous.
Consider these stats from his April 2026 study:
• ZERO opposition players have received a foul-related DOGSO red card at Anfield since 2009. That’s 325 home league games without an opponent being sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity through a foul.
• 3 Liverpool players received DOGSO red cards at Anfield in just 28 games under Slot. More than opposition players received at Anfield in the previous 25 years combined.
• Liverpool haven’t received a penalty in the opening 15 minutes of a league match with fans present since December 2012. Man City received 14 (!!) in that same period.
• Liverpool went 305 consecutive league matches between 2015 & 2023 without an opposition player receiving a 2nd yellow. That’s 8 years. Home or away.
• Since VAR was introduced, Liverpool have received just 2 VAR-awarded penalties for fouls. Man City received 11. Liverpool have also had 7 awarded against them.
• Liverpool received ZERO subjective VAR overturns in their favour before the 28th minute across approximately 260 matches. Man United received 7, Arsenal 6 & Man City 6.
• Salah averaged just 0.83 fouls won per 90 minutes, ranking outside the top 2,000 players in Tomkins’ study. Anyone who watched Salah knows how ridiculous that is given how frequently he’s grabbed, pulled & manhandled.
• Liverpool’s average foul free-kicks won dropped from around 12-13 per game before Klopp to just 9 after his arrival. Only Sheffield United recorded fewer in Tomkins’ comparison.
• Only 51% of Liverpool’s penalties were awarded at Anfield, compared to approximately 63% at home across the league. Some home advantage, eh?
And perhaps the most damning stat of all:
Of the 56 highly contentious league incidents Tomkins identified against Liverpool in the VAR era, 53 (95%) happened when the match was level or separated by just 1 goal.
These are game-changing decisions. Penalties, red cards & incidents that can genuinely decide matches, title races & entire seasons.
Think about Tarkowski’s challenge on Mac Allister, Ødegaard practically playing basketball at Anfield, Senesi’s handball or Salah getting manhandled every other week without a whistle. Oh, and literally disallowing a completely valid goal at Tottenham (no, YOU let it go).
At what point do we stop pretending this is normal?
And what frustrates me most is how quickly people dismiss the conversation as “sour grapes.” As if being a Liverpool supporter somehow invalidates the evidence. You can be biased & still be absolutely right.
I’m not suggesting these stats automatically prove some grand conspiracy, but the disparities are extraordinary. And when you actually watch the incidents themselves, it’s difficult to understand how some of these decisions are even possible.
We’re talking about penalties & red cards. Literally the most consequential decisions a referee can make. And somehow Liverpool consistently find themselves on the wrong end of them, even at Anfield - especially at Anfield - where we’re supposedly benefiting from this enormous home advantage.
Why shouldn’t that be questioned?
Credit to Paul Tomkins for actually doing the research & documenting this over the years.
Full analysis:
tomkinstimes.substack.com/p/…
But sure, “sour grapes.”
#LFC
Hilarious that we've simultaneously got debates about how Isak should've gone down for a foul + how Mac Allister made the most of contact to force a caution, with neither doing the right thing.
