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[brincs @brincs]

Always stand by your principles. Never defend the undefendable no matter what.

[BigMoh jr @Koladoskidculer]

🚨 Jurgen Klopp on Sørloth’s wasted chance:

“This is exactly why it’s not always advisable to play with two strikers. Yes, it can work, and when it works it looks brilliant — but there are moments like this that show the risk.

Strikers, by nature, think about goals first. It’s instinct. When you have two of them, there is always that small competition in their minds — ‘I want to score, I want to be the one.’ It’s completely normal, I understand it, I was around strikers my whole life.

But in that situation, 2 against 1, it has to be a goal. This is something every team in the world trains every single day. If that’s a winger in that position, the first thought is usually the pass. That’s the difference.

And look, I also understand the other side — when you have someone like Haaland in your team, of course you want to work for him, you want to score yourself, you want to be part of it. That’s football, that’s emotion.

But chances like this, in a knockout game, you don’t joke with them. You simply cannot.

Imagine Norway go 2–0 up in that moment — the whole game changes. The confidence, the belief, the energy… it explodes. And suddenly England are in real trouble, maybe even questioning everything they planned.

These are the moments that decide big matches. Not tactics on the board — decisions in seconds on the pitch.”

[brincs @brincs]

@winstonzin @grok
What about table tennis

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«Aggression won’t make you win, calmness can»

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, what a paragraph...

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Bosses who get results shouldn't earn a license to be cruel.

Berating and belittling aren’t signs of tough love—they’re hallmarks of abusive supervision. Treating people like dirt doesn't motivate them—it undermines them.

If you can't model respect, you don't deserve to lead.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“In the short term, you are as good as your intensity.

In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency.”

— Shane Parrish

[James Clear @JamesClear]

It's remarkable how often the real problem is not what happened, but how it was communicated.

[brincs @brincs]

@ServidaAndrea Good luck Andrea. Hope to see you around.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“The more easily you get offended, the less intelligent you actually are.”

— Naval Ravikant

[brincs @brincs]

@Colhamer Curious to hear where you stopped along the way

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

Rafael Nadal on the importance of doing the work, even when it's hard:

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

“The most courageous decision that you can make each day is to be in a good mood.”

— Voltaire

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Every smart person I know is a voracious reader who also says, “every smart person I know is a voracious reader.”

[brincs @brincs]

@nntaleb Sugo Nero always the best

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

Fabio Quagliarella has retired from football at the age of 40, which is a great excuse to post his most unforgettable goal. 🇮🇹

Disgustingly good. 🥶

[Paul Caruana Galizia @pcaruanagalizia]

"A work of rare vividness and authority … devastatingly told ... And it is in Daphne’s role as mother (as well as wife and friend) where this book really sings."

@OLIVERBALCH's review of A Death in Malta for the Financial Times.

https://t.co/hJoHkB39og

[Paul Caruana Galizia @pcaruanagalizia]

Excited/anxious that my book A DEATH IN MALTA will be out in the US on November 7.

“Blistering … an instant classic of political true crime” –Publishers Weekly (starred)

“A memorable book of a courageous crusade for justice.” – Kirkus (starred)

More: https://t.co/hUOrjlNhwT

[brincs @brincs]

A Maltese stew to hop to https://t.co/bSebfCmJ9L

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