PC Matthew Blades, one of the two policemen who died last week in Middlesbrough along with his colleague Tom Clough, was a Manchester United fan. He'd travel to games with his two sons.
His wife Sarah and two sons will be at Old Trafford tmrw, the boys will be mascots.
There are places we pass through in life… and there are places that become part of who we are.
Manchester will forever be my home.
To the city, the club, and every supporter, my sincerest thank you. These past four years have been unforgettable, filled with moments my family and I will carry with us for the rest of our lives. There simply aren’t enough words to describe the happiness and warmth we’ve felt here.
Thank you for every cheer, every memory, and for making us feel at home from the very first day.
Forever a Red Devil ❤️
🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.
And it's making you a worse person because of it.
Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.
That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.
It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.
Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.
The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.
Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.
This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.
Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.
You're right. They're wrong.
Even when the opposite is true.
Seeing Maguire get a standing ovation as he walked off, honestly warmed my heart. The mental struggles this man has gone through, and overcome, in the last few years shows how strong of a person he really is. Topped off with another solid performance. ❤️🏴
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Fair play to Michael Carrick tho, bringing several strikers on when trailing in a game instead of swapping two centre backs for two centre backs, that’s refreshing!
Perhaps worth noting following the Leicester verdict today that tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the Premier League charging Manchester City for multiple breaches of financial rules
‘You could never walk in our shoes, coward.’
Veteran caller John, who lost nine friends in Afghanistan, demands an apology from Donald Trump ‘on behalf of the nation’.
Just because we have won, a lot of people will sweep it under the carpet but Anthony Taylor was an absolute disgrace today and he has to be called out. The amount of decisions he called against us for the same fouls which he gave to City was a joke. City's 12 man today.
Manchester Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM tells Faisal Islam that Reform are “anti-North” over its plan to scrap the £45bn northern corridor rail link & “breathtakingly arrogant” to tell investors to shun the North of England.
“Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said
🚨 EXPOSED 🚨
Reform UK caught red-handed — AGAIN.
A “polling company” pushing a poll claiming Reform is the most trusted on the economy and naming Zia as Chancellor turns out to be a brand-new company registered at the EXACT same address as Reform UK.
Same address. Fresh registration. Fake credibility.
2026 is the year the con collapses.
One-man show. One-address polls. Absolute fraud.
#NeverFarage
Ruben Amorim could have gone at multiple points over the last year. A historic low league finish, Spurs, Grimsby. That he’s been sacked for mouthing off in a presser with Utd in the CL mix says a lot about how muddled the club’s board are.