The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street

Living the simulation. I tweet about Manchester United a lot, fast cars less and then some other stuff. Mostly just here for bad takes and memes.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

I don’t want the first. It’s been proven horrible in other countries.

The second isn’t actually possible.

Healthcare isn’t toothpaste.

[Jack V Lloyd @jackvlloyd]

I don't want state-guaranteed universal healthcare.

I want a free market in healthcare that is so robust, solutions become as accessible as buying a tee-shirt.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

I mean sure but also City should never have been in that position.

Because they cheated.

For at least nine years.

Probably since.

Definitely since.

[LB✌🏽 @Londonblue_2]

Every time I see a player sent off for a headbutt, I wonder how on earth this was ignored, during a title run in.

Has to be up there with one of the worst PL decisions ever 😂

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

And they played like it for 10 minutes.

[Simon Stone @sistoney67]

Michael Carrick: "Spoke to the boys this morning about the history of the game and what it means."

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Wild takes like this after both watching that match and looking at the underlying data makes you realize nobody has fully accepted that United is a mid-table club in terms of both quality and spend at best after getting a ton of luck last year under similar performances + Bruno.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Manchester United draw some relief and perhaps some belief from that. Surely lessens pressure on Carrick. His players showed some fight and more intensity in challenging circumstances. Baleba good, had to be subbed as managing minutes. Maguire defiant. Otherwise still defensive issues. Martinez point remains valid #MUFC #LEEMUN

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

100%. But also want to raise my hand as a Jew by choice.

[Eve Barlow @Eve_Barlow]

It's impressive that the people who are most insistent upon their identities being respected and acknowledged are the ones who want Jewish people to erase ours for their own social convenience.

We were born Jews. This is who we are. How dare anyone make us feel like we have to pretend we're something we're not to make everyone else comfortable. We can't be anyone other than who we are.

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Don’t really see how Martinez’s comments can be questioned for accuracy. It’s obvious the coach & small number of v good players at MUFC were let down in summer. I’d also be curious to know more about a hiring process that led MU to hire so many ex-MCFC into key positions.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Every pundit and former player tying themselves in knots over Licha’s comments are incredible. Has he played poorly? Yep. Has the team played poorly? Yep. Is the coaching staff out of their depth? Probably. Are his comments self-interested? Of course. But is he wrong? Nope.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Epic.

[David de Gea @D_DeGea]

So……

Let’s talk.

How many Premier League titles have I won then? 🤔

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Man City generated 114 charges from 115(xG)

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Both, and is probably true in this case.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

I think this a compelling argument that lots of smart people make and believe and I think it is just flatly wrong.

1. Anthropic — an AI lab that broke away from OpenAI bc of AI safety concerns many years ago — did suddenly not decide that AI safety was important, like, three days ago.

2. Rather than see the commercial viability of the open weight models causing the fears of RSI, I think one should consider that a third variable — AI progress — is leading to BOTH better open weight models AND greater AI automation/autonomy without alignment, and it’s freaking some people out.

There is a kind of UChicago/Wharton Brain approach to this story, which sees any effort to increase safety as a regulatory capture strategy. But at least consider the possibility that rising evidence of AI abilities and RSI might actually be scary to the people closest to the fire.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

She’s incredible.

[Variety @Variety]

Pink has responded to backlash after resharing an Instagram post criticizing Macklemore’s pro-Palestine performance at Ed Sheeran’s concert:

"I was born a Jew. I didn’t pick it, and I’ve never hidden it... Of course I don’t speak for Israel, or for any government. I never have. What I said in October 2023 is still exactly what I believe: Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations. Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child. Anybody’s child."

"Here’s what I was reacting to. I was in the room at the Grammys in 2014 when Macklemore rapped 'Same Love' and thirty-three couples, gay and straight, got married to it, and I cheered, no questions asked. Four months later Macklemore put on a hooked nose, a black beard and a bowl cut, performed in it, and called it a 'random costume.' Every Jew I know knew exactly what it was."

"Then last weekend he stood in front of a stadium full of music-loving families, with violent images from a war on the screens, dedicated a song to the movement of his choice, and then took the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn’t about them. You don’t get to decide that for us."

https://t.co/4vbHFUy7U3

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

And then they went out and put an (on paper) excellent midfield together including last year’s top target for a third less. Sure, probably not getting an LB, but now it’s on the players and coaching staff to get UCL again and create a positive financial loop for once.

[Pauly Kwestel @pkwestel]

The club gambled heavily last year to spend big to make the Champions League. If you look at the books, they were being propped up by the £40m sale of Garnacho. That's what made it all work. They didn't have that windfall this year so new revenue goes towards older transfers

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Step 1. Recognize there are gaping holes in cybersecurity posture.
Step 2. Build AI that can exploit those holes.
Step 3. Let it happen and freak everyone out.
Step 4. Tell everyone the only solution is to use AI to build defenses.
Step 5. Profit. https://t.co/DBDxGH3ddk

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

“Bobby Charlton was the greatest ever English footballer and he played for Manchester United.” https://t.co/xnoZ3FUAeA

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

When you’re still at least an LB and CM short + your best starting CB pairing and LB are either injured or highly injury prone, the team is gonna be tentative. Must at least solve the LB problem before the window closes.

[Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell]

Harry Maguire on Marcus Rashford: "He's a huge threat to have in your team. We hope as players he stays."

Calls Milan loss "worst performance of pre-season", suggests heat + avoiding injury were factors. "We've got to do better."

#MUFC ⬇️

https://t.co/towTt5Eipr

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Can I bet on City starting with Kompany in the dugout come August 2027 now?

[Chris Winterburn @cmwinterburn]

I suspect Chelsea and Leicester fans recognise elements of this performance. Wonder how long into the season before we hear the VK word.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

@Ole_is_right Bro clearly made the chart in Claude.

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

This is an incredibly on the nose way of putting it.

[Benjamin Fogel @BenjaminFogel]

Seppt Blatter seems like a more wholesome era of corruption, like having a neighbourhood bookie or numbers guy compared to online casinos and sportsbetting websites

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

That is a stupid amount of money. West Ham making almost £145m off two sales.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCL: Al Hilal reach agreement with West Ham United to sign Crysencio Summerville. Deal for 24yo #WHUFC winger worth ~€80m & #Netherlands int’l scheduled to undergo #AlHilal medical. Long-term contract ready, pending final authorisations @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Hr429OPfhF

[The String Cheese Incident on 57th Street @ptappink]

Love everyone being like “that was awesome”