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Enjoy science stuff, crypto and comfortable t-shirts. Sports fan

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

The @PGA have put on a fantastic tournament. They got it just right. Has made for great TV.

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@FixdePitchmark @mickdela @gregallenRTE Every round should be assessed accurately and the PCC doesn’t. The CONGU system was far superior for that. e.g. a 74 in brutal conditions with general poor scores is far superior golf than 74 on a perfect day with general good scores but the PCC consistently rates them the same

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@mickdela @gregallenRTE 100% agree. You battle your socks off for 32pts in high winds, thick rough, tucked pins and PCC is mostly 0 even though scores are generally terrible. There is no reward for good golf in tough conditions for players who aspire to get their handicap down.

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@mickdela @gregallenRTE PCC maxing out at 3 is another feature that makes it not fit for purpose. We are constantly battling high winds and thick rough and a PCC of 6 or more would be warranted at times. There is no reasonable rationale for it maxing out at 3

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@HHubelPGA @acaseofthegolf1 It’s crazy isn’t it. The PCC assessed the awful scores and decided the day was only worth an adjustment of 2. Nonsensical. The fact PCC maxes out at 3 is also wrong. It’s not fit for purpose

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@gregallenRTE The second part of the second paragraph starting from “Therefore, even if…” makes no sense. If the PCC was genuinely reflective of the conditions then of the 8 counting cards in my record, at least 4 should have a lower score differential. That is a significant impact!

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@gregallenRTE @GolfIreland_ I emailed Golf Ireland about PCC. They say it’s “working as intended”… and therein lies the problem. It’s an over engineered algorithm that is deliberately conservative and fails miserably to identify days where conditions were obviously not normal. USGA/R&A asleep at the wheel

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

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[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@RTEsport This was, not so subtly, part of her rebuttal to the person who asked that question

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

.@USGA @RandA The PCC continues to fail. Week after week we play in wind and rain and scores reflect that. For the PCC to consider these scores as “normal” playing conditions is a joke. WHS Score Differential formula and “confidential” PCC algorithm are a failure

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@PGATOUR @TCHouOpen This is a Greenkeeper’s Revenge pin position

[Camus @newstart_2024]

The moment the West decided evidence no longer mattered — if it got in the way of utopia.

Melanie Phillips (former Guardian journalist):
“Objective evidence was cast aside because it was too inconvenient. The very idea of reason and rationality was dismissed.

All these ideologies — multiculturalism, lifestyle choice, deep green environmentalism, moral relativism — were utopian. They promised perfection. Anyone who brought facts against them wasn’t just wrong… they were evil.”

Result?

- Evidence became “right-wing”

- Dissenters were bullied, ostracized, fired, threatened

- The Guardian itself became the heart of this ideological machine… until she fell foul of it.

When ideology is sacrosanct and the world must be perfected, facts become the enemy — and truth-tellers become heretics.

Have you watched this shift in real time — where inconvenient evidence gets labeled “hate” or “misinformation”?

Which sacred ideology do you think has done the most damage to open debate?

Your honest take 👇

[Sevilla FC @SevillaFC_ENG]

🇮🇪 Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona do lucht tacaíochta Sevilla Éireannaigh ar fud an domhain!

Have some good craic! 😀

Our first-ever foreign manager Charles O’Hagan was from Donegal 👔

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@AremJeff71070 @EmmYMako88 @FTBLsection @grok Ah yes, because that “news organisation” is the beacon of truth

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@SkySports Perfectly reasonable question. It’s just an attempt to get insight into the athlete’s mentality. To be asked that question is actually a compliment!

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

This should be a yearly celebration, the day music was perfect.

It was 1976 when George Harrison of The Beatles and Paul Simon took the stage together at Saturday Night Live.

The song was a timeless one, the classic, Here Comes The Sun, performed by legends.

Such an awesome performance and a meeting for a great piece.

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

The organisers of this bloodsport are morally bankrupt

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

New combat sport league where heavyweights just sprint full speed into each other

[I_thinks_it @I_thinks_it]

@WeAreWST Not doable nowadays due to how the refs position themselves during shots. Ronnie said himself the ref helped make 5m8s possible because of where he stood… the black was back on its spot a couple of seconds after being potted