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This is an amazing facility that will undoubtedly produce groundbreaking research to tackle a looming global crisis. Congratulations to all involved! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

Why The UK Needs More Gary Linekers - EA WorldView "Gary Lineker has made his choice. And like all heroes, he will not be silenced. Truth spoken clearly cuts through even the loudest noise."

Wise words, well written. A beacon of sanity in these crazy times from @hasanpatel.com eaworldview.com/2025/05/uk-n...

Earth heritage - University of Birmingham Earth heritage comprises the landforms, rocks, fossils, minerals and soils that surround us and the ways that people understand, value, are inspired.

Earth Heritage is now a research theme within our International Centre for Heritage & we have funding to develop it further. We’re keen to hear from people interested in research partnerships in heritage, geotourism, geoethics, geoconservation & related areas. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

He's right. The guy's going to Real Madrid, not Old Trafford.

Ace in spades.

That’s right. 🇺🇦

No Time To Die was a great movie. Skyfall was a masterpiece. Casino Royal was a return to form. Prefer you to my previous post.

My, how wrong you are.

Look closely.

Oh, how wrong you are.

Solving Amorim’s conundrum: Be more Stoke The Red Devils, The Busby Babes, The Heathens, The Reds, or simply ‘United’. There have been many names for Manchester United during their 147-year history, since the club was founded as Newton Hea…

Sometimes, you just have to state the obvious. Manchester United fans - find out how your club can achieve success by being more like Stoke City wp.me/p4KPY9-4J

Almost everything looks better in lycra So, two years ago I bought a bicycle. Nothing strange about that – people buy bicycles all the time. I’d last bought one ten years previously – an old Marin mountain bike acquired for £35 from a fr…

Lycra. It's a wonderful thing. I've blogged about the start of my cycling adventures. moranmoranmoran.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/a...

Just How Terrible Is A Chibson Guitar? YouTube video by Milehouse Studios

Excellent video that debunks some of the myths around 'Chibson' guitars! youtu.be/G9vyF0m0OY0?...

AI and the existential ennui of supporting Stoke City So, it’s January 2025 and hurtling into the brave new world of Artificial Intelligence, it seems humanity is terrified and excited in equal measure. It seems that AI increases in power and complexi…

It's been a while, but I've started blogging again. Can AI convey the highs and lows of supporting a football club as tragically inconsistent as Stoke City? moranmoranmoran.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/a...

Very funny that the more Elon speaks, the more people hate him

Thanks! It was a bit of a relief 🤣

Love this photo. Well done @tomcannon.bsky.social @stokecityfc.bsky.social on an excellent smash and grab against Sunderland!

Absolutely. Classic Pulisball from day one!

Must have been bad where you were @hasanpatel.bsky.social

There was only a light sprinkling of snow in Warley Woods, but higher parts of the Black Country got significantly more snow overnight. Here's a great photo of the snow-covered peaks of the Rowley Hills in Tvidale this morning.

Watch this inspirational call to action for us all 🔥

“What we need right now is for everyone to stand up and have courage. We need everyone to stand up and say, ‘I am not going to back down to this bully.’ We need people to be warriors for democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social

Terrifying

It was a direct response to a humanitarian disaster. It raised millions and saved lives. Rather than imposing the values of 2024 on a charity single from 1984, why not expend your energies fretting about the injustices going on around us right now?

People are taking the lyrics of a 40-year-old song too literally. It did its job, it raised the money. The words convey a certain cynicism that people are either choosing to ignore or missing. The lyrics were chosen to provoke a reaction among the British public and get them to buy the single.

David Rieff: Did Live Aid do more harm than good? Live Aid forced the world to confront the Ethiopian famine and raised more than £50m. But as Bob Geldof prepares his Live 8 reprise, aid expert David Rieff argues that guilt-stricken donations helped ...

A more nuanced take. www.theguardian.com/world/2005/j...

'Smug garbage'? It's a charity single designed to get people to part with their cash and save the lives of thousands of starving people. It did its job admirably - pop stars taking action where government failed.

Calm down dear, it's a charity single. It raised a shed load of money and saved thousands of lives.

Deck John Halls With Boughs of Holly Despatches from the 2004 Stoke City Christmas Dinner

Back in the day, when football was less up its own arse. A great read! pulisvsbojan.substack.com/p/deck-john-...