Any excuse to post this excerpt from Donald Sterling’s 2003 deposition in his lawsuit against a former mistress.

Maybe I don’t pay attention to other teams enough but this annoying thing where United start a game with one CB pairing and end with another is not something I’ve seen happen to other teams. Happened 3 or 4 times last season (Arsenal and Chelsea away) and now today. I hate it

Got lost in Shinjuku station. Can confirm it’s humongous

C.S. Lewis on resisting temptation

This is an 80 year old….

Lamb!

Cowboys are embarrassing

"Shōgun" star Anna Sawai gets emotional as she accepts her #Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series. She is the first Asian winner in category history. bit.ly/3XKVFVF

Happy for shogun. The show that dared to ask questions like “what if we have good lighting?” and “what if you can see what’s happening? Even at night???”

Simply astonishing. Imagine if this was a necessary war that actually needed to be fought? [wsj.com/world/one-mill…]

This. Is. Tremendous.

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This awful jersey should count as the 116th charge against Man City

I see that Diarmaid MacCulloch has written another book. I have read one of his books and that is more than enough. You can’t pay me to read another one. They’re torture to get through [economist.com/culture/2024/0…]

"If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They're here to help," says Polish PM Donald Tusk after announcing that German troops were volunteering to help tackle the floods in Poland

Very intrigued by this story of the footballer who tried to smuggle 60kg worth of cannabis into the U.K. - they do not appear to have done anything more complex than put the drugs in suitcases and get on a flight. Is that how easy it is to do now? [thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…]