Mark

What will we do today?

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@JohnBennettBBC I hear the noise of the vuvuzela in my head seeing that ball 😂

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@JohnBennettBBC @BBCSport @bbcworldservice Is your tournament dark horse nominated?

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@FabrizioRomano Crazy decision hiring a guy whos only won the Cypriot league cup. Doesn't even speak English will be giving team talks via a translator. Its like Hodgson all over again hiring him because he got Fulham to 8th. Richard Hughes needs gone with Slot.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

The year is 1950. Your doctor lights a cigarette and tells you smoking is fine. He read it in a study. He is telling the truth about having read it. He does not know, or is not saying, that the study was funded by the tobacco industry.

The year is 1958. Your doctor tells you to eat less fat. The evidence is contested. The contestation is not in the public messaging. The food industry has been helpful in clarifying which findings deserve attention. Some researchers who published contradictory data have been quietly defunded. Ancel Keys is on the cover of Time magazine.

The year is 1962. Your doctor prescribes thalidomide to your pregnant wife for morning sickness. It has been approved. The FDA gave it the green light in Europe. Twelve thousand children will be born with severe limb malformations before anyone in an official capacity acknowledges the problem. The families are told the drug was safe. The drug was approved. Both of these things remain true.

The year is 1972. Your doctor prescribes Valium. Britain is in the grip of a benzodiazepine wave that will last two decades. The dependency risk is known internally. It is not shared. Your doctor is not lying to you. He was not told either.

The year is 1999. Your doctor prescribes Vioxx for your arthritis. It is newer than ibuprofen, well-tolerated, and Merck has a study showing it works. Merck also has internal data suggesting it roughly doubles the risk of heart attack. This data will not reach your doctor for four more years. Fifty thousand people are estimated to have died in the interim. Merck eventually settles for 4.85 billion dollars. No criminal charges are brought.

The year is 2002. Your doctor prescribes OxyContin. Purdue Pharma trained its sales representatives to tell doctors the addiction risk was less than one percent. That figure came from a letter, not a study. The letter was about patients with terminal cancer on short-term doses in hospital settings. Your doctor is a GP with a patient who has a bad back. Nobody draws a distinction. Nobody is required to.

The year is 2008. Your doctor checks your cholesterol. Your LDL is elevated. You are prescribed a statin. Nobody mentions that the number needed to treat for primary prevention is approximately 250. Nobody mentions that the muscle deterioration you'll notice over the next two years is listed as a rare side effect rather than a documented pattern affecting a meaningful percentage of patients. The trial that informed the prescription was funded by the manufacturer.

Now it is today.

Your doctor has new guidelines. New studies. New consensus.

He is confident.

He has always been confident.

The confidence has never been the problem.

The confidence is, in fact, precisely the problem.

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@GrennanDavid @UtdMicah Probably pre recorded for clicks

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@JohnBennettBBC Was a bit bizzare that no Senagal player celebrated with the keeper after penalty save. Was almost like they knew it was going to be missed. Thoughts?

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@JohnBennettBBC @garyalsmith @MezahiMaher Oliver bierhoff Euro 96

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@bobbyhughes1 @rtenews @X Crazy how terrible their reporting is.

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@JohnBennettBBC Maybe not so much the rolling around with "cramp" can't remember Tony faking an injury

[Lone Star CSC 🍀 @LoneStarCSC]

Big Peter at the Man City game: “This was a terrible game and the atmosphere was non-existent. Celtic game looked amazing. The next round you’re gonna send me to Dortmund and I’ll be in the green end! “ 😂😂🍀💚

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

The last few months for Irish football:

- Sacked Stephen Kenny last November
- FAI takes 7 months to find replacement
- 4 friendlies in that time for John O’Shea to audition for the job
- End up hiring their “first-choice” manager who happens to be a dentist
- Heimir decides he doesn’t know enough about the players so doesn’t pick squad/team or do all the press conferences
- 0 goals in 180 minutes
- 4 goals conceded
- No clear structure on pitch
- Facing Nations League relegation
- Can only buy tickets in three-match bundles

Meanwhile, the League of Ireland champions get just over €100k for winning it. They also rely on European revenue where games don’t even get shown on Irish TV. Only country in Europe that happens in.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the FAI have well and truly failed Irish football.

What a mess.

[Balls.ie @ballsdotie]

Wouldn't it be great if every Irish twitter account shared this video today?

ON REPEAT 🔊

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@TenHagEra @GrennanDavid

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@GearoidCullen Manioo flattened for the 3rd, the future is bright

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@GearoidCullen The game is gone

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@GrennanDavid @DanielHussey2 Bad decisions in olympic boxing. The shock 🙄

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@Keir_Starmer @SimonHarrisTD @shitlondonguinn

[Mark @MarkSherBear]

@bootlegger1974 Pro move leaving the butter to soften between the sausages captain.

[mark richard hunt @markhunt1974]

Now on public record: highlighted is some of the material evidence of false & misleading information in Hunt v ZUFFA et al.
I will share more leading up to the final orders from the ninth circuit i have been blocked on my other socials and will share when unblocked #onlygodisabovethelaw