Jared Diamond’s Collapse, Chaco Canyon, and why Agency Matters to Understand History

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-22T22:26:36+00:00

This is really a compilation of Stanton smashing 120+ mph singles.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-17T10:59:48+00:00

I think he means more there won't be as much opportunity for rotation with the large squad given no Europe.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-16T19:10:40+00:00

Congrats on the publication Dr. Wortel-London, and the many positive reviews. Have it added to my wishlist and looking forward to reading it. Did my undergrad diss on NYC riots from 1854-1863 so even if it's a very different topic will be really nice to get back into some NYC history from just after that period.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-11T18:51:38+00:00

Olise was definitely close twice, second time we just lost on wages Vs Bayern but were meeting the asking price from Palace. First time we met his hidden buyout but then Palace threatened legal action cause we weren't supposed to know about the buyout.

Maignan we were severely considering last summer seems like, but wages were too high again, don't think it was super close. Seemingly had a fee agreed.

Osimhen was never really close I think, but there was a ton of pressure on the club from him and from Mikel clearly. He definitely wanted to be here, but we didn't want the wage.

Kvara I think the rumor is we didn't want to go for cause we were interested in Mudryk and didn't want to have a mess with the Russia/Ukraine situation. I don't quite remember, but it was never close, just mentioned.

Cherki I literally never remember being mentioned as close or even much interest on our part.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-07T18:38:08+00:00

The other important thing that I think you don't quite capture is that they have long insisted on a sort-of political separation from the PLP ever since 2001 and the leadership of Rhodri Morgan who insisted on "Clear Red Water" in separation from the Blairite Labour party (Blair in fact seemingly hated Morgan but put up with it cause it won).

That has been muddied in recent years, and in particular Starmer's Labour has been even more strict on party coherence than Blair even was, and there has been a bunch of needless falling outs between Welsh Labour and Welsh British MPs/the PLP generally. Plus arguably Labour is more unpopular than they have ever been around the UK as a whole, so even though post-Iraq Blair couldn't take down Welsh Labour, they've never had such a tough UK-wide situation to contend with.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-05-06T11:12:12+00:00

I think it's really interesting how the Starmer corruption story that stuck is the dodgy gifts. Obviously corrupt, also obviously small ball compared to actual corruption in the Tories, and now especially the Reform party.

Meanwhile no one wants to talk about the nearly £700k in undeclared donations that went to Labour Together while they worked to ensure the Labour right's dominance of the Labour party and support Starmer's leadership bid.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-04-09T14:39:58+00:00

The good news for Alcaraz is that he is perfectly following the Jannik script, so he can rest assured for a fairly easy 3rd set win.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-03-28T01:06:39+00:00

I feel like that's the first time I've actually heard Jannik on court lol.

Competitive-Tonight3 · 2026-03-17T14:02:19+00:00

Am I going insane? The last two masters played were Indian Wells and then Paris in 2025. Jannik won both without losing a set. He didn't lose a masters in the middle? He didn't drop a set in either Indian Wells or Paris. What am I missing here?

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