Chris Mitchell

Head of Evaluation @YF_Foundation. Views mostly stolen from cleverest friends / colleagues.

Philosophy, behavioural science, eval methods, film, @southamptonfc

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

Oh my God

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

😳 "50% of your revenue next year to Middlesbrough."

👀 "You should have to pay a severe and heavy price."

James Corden suggests a heavy punishment for Southampton's Spygate scandal.

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@ATRightMovies Same woods as: the one-shot ambush in Children of Men; Band of Brothers currahee run; Harry Potter sad camping. And Eggars filmed his new Werwulf movie there last year.

This has fuelled the conversations of local dog walkers for decades now.

[Conor Friedersdorf @conor64]

Or, if you're hard core MAGA, you beat them with a flag and Donald Trump pardons you and the White House rewrites history to treat you as a righteous patriot and most Republicans in Congress say nothing while pretending to support law enforcement.

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@AlexComber_ Enjoyed this - keep it up!

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

It isn't Will Still #saintsfc

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@CJM_ArtByColin Sam was fantastic in those Europa League games

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

GODZILLA MINUS ONE

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

MY TOP FILMS OF 2023: oppenheimer, past lives, anatomy of a fall, tar, infinity pool, the Holdovers.

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

The repeated amnesia of football fans who come to hate their players who struggle at Premier League level, and forget this doesn't mean they won't be more than adequate at Championship level #saintsfc

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@SouthamptonFC @KWPeters Thank you KWP. Loved watching you play 🔴⚪🔴

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@ashby44 @ATRightMovies I'm sorry to tell you that this is not correct! It was the Bourne Woods.

[Winston Marshall @MrWinMarshall]

Douglas was right. You cannot deny the Nazi-revisionism and Hitler-apologia dominating parts of the online right.

[GeoConfirmed @GeoConfirmed]

GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump.

While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond.

Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president.

In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war.

1)

The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy.

https://t.co/ixpSYq760j

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https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

(Grok: https://t.co/xvtso8g5ZC)

2)

President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction.

https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

https://t.co/UvDRegmS2a

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/TBgyaJQog8)

3)

Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area...

https://t.co/g52JHKbxOS

https://t.co/oDp3fUd8mq

https://t.co/nn0RpBGGu6

(Grok: https://t.co/UFR5gGvlmi)

4)

President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process.

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(Grok: https://t.co/8oYZ22jCDL)

5)

President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation.

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(Grok: https://t.co/RGglftewgL)

6)

There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process.

The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security.

The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence.

Regarding the famous 'promise':
Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law.
The hierarchy can be summarized as follows:

1) UN Charter obligations
2) Other treaties and customary international law
3) Non-treaty international texts
4) Political promises or commitments
5) Historical claims

Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant.

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(Grok: https://t.co/Gh0hvwaeCN and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0 and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0)

8)

Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA.

As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days.

https://t.co/bkygHVSYXk

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/Ujmef6lyCF)

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24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka.

52.106063, 31.780644
4Q4J+C7C Sen'kivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Sources: https://t.co/4VNiYZYDbS

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[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

Gets basic facts wrong, ignores evidence, demands impossible studies, confuses correlation with causation, uses false choice between "safe/unsafe," but apart from that, totally reasonable & deserves to be taken seriously 🙄
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[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@andy_murray The ultimate competitor

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@England Thank you Gareth.

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

Respect

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the G̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶s̶ English always win.

All the best for the final on Sunday, England! #EURO2024

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@s8mb Thank you for saying this

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

@SouthamptonFC We've mostly struggled since Stu signed, barely surviving and then not surviving relegation battles. And yet he always retained the love and respect of the fanbase. Thanks for the service Stu 🙌

[Chris Mitchell @CJMitchell90]

I hope it was handball #saintsfc