The Bank of Scotland has issued a limited edition ยฃ20 note with a photo of Scott McTominay's famous overhead kick ๐๐ฐ
Scott McSauce strikes again ๐ฅ
(via Bank of Scotland)
HOT TAKE:
Running a marathon doesnโt make you healthier than someone who runs 5K consistently.
If your goal is healthโฆ you probably donโt need anything beyond 5K.
Most of the real benefitsโheart health, weight control, stress reliefโare already there.
You donโt unlock some โextra health levelโ at 21K or 42K.
Thatโs where people get it twisted.
Long distances arenโt about health anymoreโฆ theyโre about testing yourself.
Discipline. Ego. Curiosity. Limits.
And thatโs fine.
But letโs stop pretending marathon training is the โhealthierโ choice.
Sometimes itโs just harderโฆ not better.
History will always remember Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha.
The first and second athletes in marathon history to break the two-hour barrier. A thrilling new era for running.
#Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3.
#YouGotThis
Weโre going to need a few days to recover from this oneโฆ ๐ฎโ๐จ
2 men under 2 hours. 3 men breaking the world record.
We have officially entered the new era of marathon running ๐ซณ๐ค
There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.
He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.
When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.
Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.
The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.
Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.
The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.
That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
๐จ Manchester United are closing in on new deal for Kobbie Mainoo after talks reported since January โ valid until June 2031.
New deal for Kobbie was a priority since he returned key player under Carrick. โญ๏ธ
Final details needed, not done yet but close + #MUFC optimistic. โณโ๏ธ
๐จ๐ Pep Guardiola has now won 40 trophies in his coaching career. 4๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃโจ
๐๐๐๐๐๐ Premier League x6
๐๐๐๐๐ Carabao Cup x5
๐๐๐๐ Club World Cup x4
๐๐๐๐ UEFA Super Cup x4
๐๐๐ Champions League x3
๐๐๐ La Liga x3
๐๐๐ Bundesliga x3
๐๐๐ Spanish Super Cup x3
๐๐๐ Community Shield x3
๐๐ Copa del Rey x2
๐๐ DFB Pokal x2
๐๐ FA Cup x2
Madeira, Manchester, Madrid, Turin, and Manchester again. Wreathed in red. Restored to this great gallery of the game. A walking work of art. Vintage. Beyond valuation, beyond forgery or imitation. 18 years since that trembling teenager of touch and tease first tiptoed onto this storied stage. Now in his immaculate maturity. CR7 reunited.