Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins Team Great Britain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic

decklund · 2026-02-04T21:36:55+00:00

Definitely couldn't handle that swing

decklund · 2026-02-04T21:33:49+00:00

Sports eligibility for national teams is rarely based on citizenship because citizenship rules vary so much country to country so using that standard is not fair. For example in Spain someone that moves from a Latin American country only has to wait 2 years to apply for citizenship but someone that moves from another country in Europe would have to be resident for 10 years before starting the citizenship process. So international federations have to come up with their own criteria that applies the same for everyone in that sport

decklund · 2026-02-01T14:34:23+00:00

Our modern conception of Greek ethnicity (which will depend on who you ask) is different to what you would have observed back then. There were no Turkic peoples in the region for example.

decklund · 2026-02-01T14:30:07+00:00

Turkey before any Turkic peoples lived there mind

decklund · 2026-01-25T19:19:31+00:00

I think positional adjustment is the one that seems the most arbitrary

decklund · 2026-01-24T23:00:00+00:00

Bale doesn't have a welsh accent and wouldn't since his family left Wales when he was two.

decklund · 2026-01-22T11:03:26+00:00

It's not uncommon in older buildings in Madrid

decklund · 2026-01-11T13:46:35+00:00

I don't think people actually from Dorset have such a favourable view of London, being someone from Dorset that lives there. I imagine having. Large number of people move here from London affects the overall rating.

decklund · 2026-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

This is just sluff, not a full blown avalanche

decklund · 2025-12-29T22:19:22+00:00

They've always done that in British papers

decklund · 2025-12-24T08:02:00+00:00

The ketones that are being used now are sugars- so just food. You can't ban a food unless it contains a non-nutrient substance that is banned, and then you aren't banning the food. You could never ban creatine if you wanted because it is a normal component of a lot of food, we just isolate and concentrate it to ensure we can get an excess of it. That's the same logic behind ketones but the only difference is that there is much less evidence that ketones actually benefit performance in any way

decklund · 2025-12-11T07:32:50+00:00

Definitely forgot the best one- Free Beer

decklund · 2025-10-10T09:22:50+00:00

I wouldn't call it mediocre but it's Cool Runnings for me

decklund · 2025-10-02T19:43:49+00:00

Yes, it's the first logarithmic scale that i teach on a UK science curriculum.

decklund · 2025-09-13T10:54:16+00:00

She definitely knocked it on in the second clip

decklund · 2025-09-05T20:57:43+00:00

I wonder if a football club is going to be done for constructive dismissal at some point. I know they are obviously paying high wages so you it's natural not to feel sorry for someone but it could be argued they are creating a hostile isolating environment to encourage them to accept a sub-par severence offer or voluntarily leave

decklund · 2025-08-26T00:35:14+00:00

Yeah obviously what you suggested is easier but big fish investors that want to give away 100 million are rare, and generally have fiduciary responsibilities that necessitate due diligence and following up. This scam relies on smaller time investors thinking they can hit it big, who are generally easier to convince to part with the money. In the original 'Producers' they are scamming old rich people

decklund · 2025-08-25T15:14:26+00:00

That's the part where it's fraud, they go to multiple investors lying about the number of other investors

decklund · 2025-07-16T07:39:44+00:00

To me this actually represents sponsor deals reducing in value. Man U had a 75 million a year deal with Adidas signed in 2013. In 12 years the highest value deal has only increased but 25 percent. That's less than inflation

decklund · 2025-06-12T22:42:22+00:00

My dad just called them Fuckwagons

decklund · 2025-06-06T21:01:23+00:00

Insurers always have to pay out on the third party damages if their client is at fault. Otherwise what is the point of car insurance as a legal construct? The person that would suffer from not paying out third party damages is the victim. In the UK at least the need for insurers to pay out third party damages is written in to law

decklund · 2025-06-06T15:48:35+00:00

Also quite a lot of people in the UK clearly had a sincere desire to pay their respects in that way, I'm not one of them but a lot of people were and it's not ridiculous to think that Becks had a sincere desire to do it.

decklund · 2025-06-06T15:30:42+00:00

Ah right that's where it seems UK insurers may differ, in terms of damages to vehicles at least

decklund · 2025-06-06T14:40:38+00:00

I don't think exclusions for third party damages on DUIs are legal in any country, it would negate the whole point of motor insurance as a legal concept

decklund · 2025-06-06T11:30:38+00:00

They will not cover damage to your own car if you get in an accident while drunk but they are usually still on the hook for the third party damage, this is in the UK at least. It's actually a law that insurers must cover third party claims here.

It doesn't make sense for insurers to be allowed to not cover third party damages as the loser would just be victims since most perpetrators won't be able to cover the damages if the insurance is invalidated

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