Why did visma ride today? Kinda tipped their hand with jonas’ strength. Would have been way funnier if UAE had ridden for the stage and then pog couldn’t drop him.

I wasn’t feeling this one. Pretty much to script although surprising Jonas had top tier snap. Deserved break winner, but foregone conclusion once he went solo. Maybe I was delusional but I was hoping for more interest from classics guys from the peloton.

This. One of the dangerous things about chronical pain that I think might be underappreciated is that it blinds you to signals that in a healthy person would cause them to seek medical help. When doctors ask now I always caveat that I’m a poor witness of my own wellness because there have been times when I felt like I was doing fine but in fact needed surgery. I don’t know how doctors (or occupational health, or social workers, or carers) do it, there’s basically no reliable information in talking to an ill person but that’s like 90% of what you have to go on.

In fairness. “net zero” has a precise but pimited meaning. If anything using “net zero” as shorthand for “zero net increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide” is deficient in the first place. It’s snappy and (reasonably) clear but very easy to twist or repurpose or reframe.

It will be miraculous if Jonas can go toe to toe with pog. There’s way more talent in the tour though, I’m holding out hope it won’t be pog’s playground even with his strength of team. CRod or remco or rog on a good day can give him a scare. Maybe Jorgenson? He’s still on the ascendency. Outside of freak circumstances I don’t believe anyone else has the chops to challenge.

I still think most likely pog wins and UAE get another podium too, but hopefully we see a bit of life in the GC battle before then. Best case Jonas clings on as he races back to form and we get the showdown we dreamed of week three.

Saw him sitting with a beer in the fan zone watching his son at the WC last year. I can believe his finances have gone to shit, and that he’s not in a good place in any number of other ways (seems like ex pro athletes are at quite high risk for this type of outcome). But thankfully he has not lost “everything”. For what it’s worth, I’m sure the whole cycling community still admires him and is rooting for his success and happiness, in however he chooses to define that.

OK so you’re just here to strawman and insult. Thanks for outing yourself.

I don’t see it. And who gives a shit what the logo is? Is this all journalism has to offer?Bacon sandwich-gate tier piss taking…

Just an example, take caring for my kids or decorating my house or even working out if you don’t like that one. What do you mean by “the other direction”?

AV was a different kettle of fish. Garbage turnout and masses of undecideds in polling. I don’t think anyone ever thought it was nailed on even if technically AV was ahead in some polls. Point stands though.

It is tricky to make something both snappy and accurate. I think anti-JOB might have worked better, but it sounds like a sex strike, so don’t put me in charge of marketing.

When I dig my garden I am doing work. That obviously entails no wage labour let alone labour exploitation. Why is it hard to belive people might be against wage labour in its present form but not against fulfilling, self directed labour?

Black lives matter is the least hyperbolic statement of that movement imaginable. That there was pushback even on that framing speaks more to the vile ess of its opponents than to a failure of marketing.

You might want to put it on your list but it’s the opposite problem to your other examples if anything.

Seriously

He’s using those words to defend not giving benefits to the parents of a third child though. It’s just double speak: “it’s not about handouts is about a social safety net”. By playing into the framing of social safety nets as handouts he just defends the status quo. Definitely no evidence he really gets it.

Inspiring. Inquisitors and rogue traders are the best bits of the setting.

Why reference a fable at all if you’re going to totally ignore it’s message?

The tories have been the same arrogant, entitled breed the whole time. Labour have still lost to them repeatedly so it seems weird to chalk it up to luck this time.

Interesting point from lanterne rouge about how lidl trek might like this result actually: they were left to it and couldn’t pull back the break so they’ll be more legitimately able to ask for help on future sprint stages. Actually probably a better outcome for them than losing a sprint, though obviously not as good as winning. Is Milan really better than Merlier though? I’m not sure.

Best I’ve seen so far is the independent and, while they add some sensible context, even they are quoting sunak as if he’s speaking in good faith.

It pisses me off that this getting coverage when it contains no actual new information and is so obviously a conservative communications strategy.

Rishi is not accepting the rejection of his ideas at all. He’s conjuring the spectre of hung parliament as a rallying cry to disaffected tory voters. Maria Caulfield quote about the differences between local and govt elections really hammers this home and every media outfit is blithely repeating it all like they’re tory sock puppets.