Today at the Sorbonne, the storied Paris university, some professors held a small public discussion about transgenderism. Some were critical, but as one who is pro-trans delivered his talk, a couple of trans activists in the audience slung pink paint on them all. Watch:
I met most of the professors who were involved in this not long after it happened. We had lunch at a nearby restaurant. Two of them, including Prof.
Recently I’ve been carefully following the excellent Wrestling Playlists substack and creating some video highlights for the matches that strike me as being especially notable. If you’re not familiar with it, Charles from the PWO message board is curating the entire televised history of professional wrestling, from the earliest existing footage to the present.
It’s a work of both profound love and substantial expertise. That’s a great and surprisingly rare combination and I highly recommend it.
Putting aside the time-worn debate regarding the talent vs. popularity of the bands/artists who reap Grammys and inductions into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, no one can deny Swifts success/fame. She sells massive amounts of music, generates a billion in ticket sales, disrupted the ticketing system due to unusually high demand, and, even, improves the economy - (temporarily) of the areas lucky enough to host her concerts. Person of the year?
Today in my series on the managerial issue at Chelsea, I want to explore exactly the difference the right and wrong managerial appointment can make. I’ve publicly been very critical of the Chelsea co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart and their poor team-building and lack of leadership and culture setting since they came into the club in January 2023. To me the lack of leadership, poor signings and poor team building are all on them.
The scapula sits on the rib cage and forms the base from which the rest of the arm can move. It is not firmly attached to the rib cage like you would think of with other joints. Typically, one bone is connected to another bone through a joint that has ligaments, joint capsules and thick connective tissue to connect the bones, but only muscles hold our scapula onto our rib cage!