π₯ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Music,Pop and rock,Dance music,Indie,Soul,Disco,CMAT,Florence + the Machine,Pulp,Bernard Butler,Diana Ross,Peter Gabriel,David Bowie,John Lydon,Nina Simone,The Beatles,Fleetwood Mac,Culture π Hereβs what youβll learn: 20. Maxine Nightingale β Back Where We Started (1975)It's hard to imagine anyone's heart not being lifted a little by Back to Where We Started From: the joyful rush of new love delivered in three minutes of Northern Cod soul (performed, unexpectedly, by several former members of ELO, The Animals, and Honeybus from the 1960s). Avoid 80s cover by Sinitta at all costs.19. CMAT β Nashville (2022)A…
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Key idea: The Blues have won just one of their past seven league games and picked up just six points from six games in December to fall 15 points behind leaders Arsenal.But the results are only a small part of the story.Maresca, whose contract was due to run until 2029, delighted key figures at Stamford Bridge - including sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, and influential co-owner Behdad Eghbali - by leading Chelsea to a fourth-place finish and winning the UEFA Conference League and the Club…
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Main takeaway: Tom Stewart keeps his place in Whore and is joined by Australian actor Angus Bell and Tom O'Toole.Henderson and Joe Hobbs form a new-look second row, while Cormac Isochukwu moves to the wing and is joined in the back row by Nick Timoney and Bryn Ward.Doak returns to the midfield half in an unchanged backline, which consists of Jack Murphy, Zak Ward, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Werner Cook and Jacob Stockdale.Rob Herring and Eric O'Sullivan will return from injury on the bench. For the visitors,…
π₯ Explore this trending post from Hacker News π π Category: π Main takeaway: Typically when receiving any review hardware preloaded with Microsoft Windows I tend to run some Windows vs. Linux benchmarks just as a sanity test plus it still seems to generate a fair amount of interest even though the outcome is almost always the same: Linux having a hefty performance advantage over Windows especially in the more demanding creator-type workloads. As an unexpected twist and time consuming puzzle the past two months, when recently testing out the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 it's faster for numerous workloads…
π Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Music,Culture,Radiohead,Neil Young,Joni Mitchell,Pop and rock,Experimental music π Key idea: βI had dismissed Joni Mitchell as an acquired tasteβThe first time I heard Joni Mitchell, in 1997, she was looped across the chorus of Janet Jacksonβs single Got βTil Itβs Gone. The songβs credits would educate me on the sampleβs origins; I had previously assumed Big Yellow Taxi was an Amy Grant original. The second time I heard a Mitchell song was when Travis covered the beautiful River as a B-side.Mitchell always seemed a bit too βadultβ to…
π₯ Read this insightful post from WIRED π π Category: Gear,Gear / How To and Advice,Level Up π‘ Main takeaway: This applies not only to the things you have to do, but also the things you think you want to do. Maybe you think you should learn Spanish, but you haven't done anything to actually learn Spanish. Admitting that you're not actually committed to the idea enough to undertake the process of learning Spanish can help close this cycle. Getting rid of that feeling of having to learn Spanish may be the thing that frees your mind enough that you…
π₯ Read this trending post from BBC Sport π π Category: π Hereβs what youβll learn: Palestinian Authority MediaAt least 18 buses will travel from Lancashire to SuffolkPaul BurnellNorthwest, northwestA lifelong Blackpool fan is paying for free coaches for fellow supporters to make a 560-mile (901 km) round trip to watch the Tangerines play Ipswich Town in the FA Cup third round.Businessman Steve Richardson, 65, offered fans the opportunity just before Christmas for the match on January 10, and said he got an "overwhelming" response.βWe run 18 coaches and people are constantly reaching out to us,β said Richardson, whose company…
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Key idea: An Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the worldβs largest battery-power ship, describing it as a βa giant leap forward in sustainable shippingβ and the βmost importantβ project it has ever done.Incat, a manufacturer based in Tasmania, constructed the ship β called Hull 096 β after being contracted by the South American ferry operator Buquebus to build a vessel to run between the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, and Uruguay.Launching the ship in Hobart on Friday, the company said it would operate entirely on…
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Key idea: It was the first time Hibs had won back-to-back league games since early November and only the third time overall this season.Clearly consistency must improve if they are to move up from fifth place. There is a feeling that Hibs have not made the most of their good play when at the top of the game this season, which has been marked by a string of draws in the opening months.But fundamentally, when you analyze this Hibs squad, they have the raw ingredients to take…
π₯ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Film,Drama films,Hugh Jackman,Kate Hudson,Neil Diamond,Culture,Music π Hereβs what youβll learn: HA stunningly bizarre and undeniably entertaining true story from the heart of the American entertainment industry; A good-natured fan favorite won't prepare you for the way the plot twists as frequently and wildly as an unsafe ride at a fairground. In fact, I had my eyes closed and my mouth open at certain key points, and I was gripping the seat in front of me with both fists. It may also prove that Hugh Jackman truly is…
